(07-10-2019, 07:47 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-10-2019, 05:39 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: Perhaps not for the business, but for me as an employee it would be well worth it.  I hate (and I don't use that term often) thieves.  I would do everything that I could possibly do to not only catch the coward(s), but also try to beat some common sense into them.

What this whole incident illustrates (the first story) is the perfect example of socialism.  Those that fail to work for something that others have feel that they can just "take it".  Politicians buy votes by promising people like this that they will "take money from the rich and give it to them".  The far left platform that the democrat party has become feeds this.

"Free" Healthcare
"Free" college education indoctrination
"Free" housing
"Free" food

I have not yet seen or heard any of the (24?) candidates from the democrat party talk about opportunity, hard work and/or the ability to achieve the American Dream.  Instead they pander to the "instant gratification" crowd and attempt to essentially buy votes from them.  Social "problems" seems to be the platform that all of them are running on.  No real solutions regarding national security, the economy (other than bad-mouthing those that are actually making money) and doing the core thing that the Federal Government under The Constitution is mandated to do.

Everyone gets upset about thieves.
Maybe you get more upset than the average person.
Maybe you missed your calling to be a security guard?

Seriously though, there's a huge difference in attitude between taking something that's not yours, versus demanding that the government provide that thing for free or reduced cost to everyone.
One attitude says that you are special and you get to break the rules, and the other says that we should all get together and change the rules but still treat everybody the same. You can call it naive but it's not thievery.