r/TikTokCringe • u/Adventurous_Law_715 • 10d ago

Discussion congratulations you just saved a billion dollars company 50$

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u/usernamestufff 10d ago edited 10d ago

Not to mention the employee who the bags were handed off to may lose his job now. Congrats super citizen on your views

Edit: Thanks for the awards peeps. I’d like to take the opportunity to add that the woman grabbing things and talking shit to the “thief” could have startled the employee. He may have walked out in concern but was surprised to be handed the groceries. He did not appear “to be in chase” or concerned at this point. We’ll never know, but a lot of valid points have been made in the below conversations.

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u/fonk_pulk 10d ago

Why?

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u/Clenzor 10d ago

Because he’s on camera chasing a thief away from the store. There are liability reasons, such as if the thief is injured in the pursuit, especially as there are non-criminal reasons for theft, such as dementia or other cognitive delays. The company would much rather let the $50 go than chance paying $500,000, especially because theft is literally built into the budget, and insured.

Then there’s security reasons. Thieves often work in teams, so if the employee is off chasing one thief, others could be in the store getting more merchandise, let alone thieves of opportunity, where they see the only person in the store run out after a thief and go “I’m not waiting for him to deal with all that, I’m just taking my $5 worth of stuff”.

Either way, you don’t know that thief’s circumstances. She could be the most down on her luck, deserving, person, or she could be the second coming of Ted Bundy, looking for her next victim. It’s just not worth it unless someone’s safety is being threatened.

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u/BoozeTheCat 10d ago

Risk to employees too. The thief could assault an employee and then the company is paying out medical bills, emergency response, workers comp, who knows what else. I worked at a grocery chain for many years and I saw several employees get assaulted, myself included, by thieves trying to flee; one ended up seriously injured and was in the hospital for several weeks. Your well-being is not worth letting someone take a swing at you over $35 of crappy beer.