• ByteJunk@lemmy.world
      11·
      7 days ago

      Agreed.

      If you’re gonna steal groceries, might as well pick up stuff that the dealer needs and deliver them to his door for full price + delivery fee.

      With how crazy prices are getting at the supermarket, might as well start selling smuggled eggs from dark corners…

  • barkybeak@lemmy.zip
    50·
    7 days ago

    Walmart loss prevention are terrible. They are willing to die so Walmart doesn’t lose $35 worth of food.

    I saw a police cam video of a woman who accidentally didn’t scan a $10 item. No big deal. I have been guilty of that myself. You get reminded to scan the item.

    These L&P people called the cops and then the cops called for back up. They stopped the woman before she left and had her arrested.

    No prior offenses. She had a baby with her (less than a year old). Just someone who made a simple mistake and would easily be fixed with simple conversation.

    But Walmart L&P was not having it. Telling the cops to charge her to the furthest extent

    Even the cops were like “Hey she didn’t do this maliciously. She has not left the store. She can still pay for the item. “

    Walmart L&P told the cops to “teach her a lesson”

    The cops were “nice enough” to wait until the baby’s father arrived to take the baby but the woman got arrested for not ringing up a $10 item

    The L&P had these smug looks as if they took down some Batman villain. Giving each other high fives when this woman was put in cuffs.

        • asqapro@reddthat.com
          10·
          7 days ago

          I’m not a lawyer, and maybe this is just a US-centric understanding, but someone “pressing charges” doesn’t force the police to arrest the accused person, let alone actually charge them with a criminal offense. Pressing charges, at least to my understanding, is notifying police of a crime, pointing out the offender, and tacitly agreeing to cooperate if the police need more information.

          • white_nrdy@programming.dev
            4·
            6 days ago

            You might be right. I am also not a lawyer, and I’m also in the US. I assumed that they would arrest since Walmart is technically provate property, L&P might have had her legally removed for trespassing? I don’t know, who knows. It might also just be that the police were just listening to the orders of their corporate overlords 🤷

            • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
              4·
              6 days ago

              Given that the police were trying to get L&P to drop it, I’m betting they just took her to the station and had her husband pick her up so they didn’t have to deal with L&P anymore.

              Since she didn’t leave the store with the item, she didn’t actually steal anything.

      • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Because it’s easier to give her a ride to the station and give her a warning than to deal with angry employees.

        I’d be shocked if she was actually charged with anything because the DA would know that even a public defender could get her off.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 days ago

      Afaik in Canada, you aren’t even breaking any law until you try to leave the premises without paying. Perfectly legal to grab shit from the shelves and stuff it in your pockets as long as you take it out and pay for it before you leave. If you wanted to fuck with their loss prevention people, do that looking as shady as you can, like furtive looks around as you shove things in your clothes, then just pull it all out at the register.

      Note that they can ask you to just leave and ban you from the store without needing to charge you with anything (after which returning at all could get you a trespass charge), so it’s more of a funny prank to think about and then not bother doing because there’s nothing to gain.

      • versionc@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        Pretty sure that’s how it is in Sweden too, though I’m not sure if grocery stores have a right to ban you like that. I have a tendency to put stuff in my pocket if I forget to take a basket.

      • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        eh, in some places, “concealing items” is illegal, even if you intended to pay. I believe that’s the case in florida. If you hide items, that in itself is an illegal act. I recommend not doing this.

    • shneancy@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      so America actually does what my anxiety disorder used to tell me would happen?

      guys you live in hell

      • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I don’t think this is a very common occurrence. Depending on the state it might not even be a crime (mine says the value has to be over $50 before cops get involved).

        What probably happened was the cops told the husband to meet them at the station and gave her a warning.

        I was caught stealing a graphing calculator from Walmart when I was a teen, and all that happened was the L&P guy asked if I was with a parent, then called her to the office and said I had an upset stomach.

        But we don’t know what race the woman is, so that probably is a factor.

  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
    18·
    7 days ago

    Also some libraries carry power tools and kitchen tools that you can borrow if you need something only occasionally

  • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    they started scanning dockets when you leave shops here. They scan it, so if someone tries this, it will flag them and they will investigate.

  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
    9·
    7 days ago

    Don’t they ask for the card that was paid?

    I guess you could look for a cash transaction.

    If I shopped at Walmart maybe I would leave my receipt more often.

    • restingOface@quokk.auOPEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      If the receipt was for a purchase paid on a card, they would ask if you want your refund charged back to the original card or if you would just like a Walmart gift card.

      If you happened to find a receipt that had been paid in cash, then great. Walmart would just issue you cash for the return and you can skip the step of swapping the gift card with a friend for half the face value in cash

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      Don’t they ask for the card that was paid?

      I think they’ll usually give you a gift card instead if you ask, though.

  • kakler bitmap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Can one even source actual heroin these days? Like sans fentanyl, tranquilizers, RCs etc? Hypothetically speaking of course - please don’t DM me.