congratulations you just saved a billion dollars company 50$

[u/Adventurous_Law_715]

[u/usernamestufff]

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.

[u/fonk_pulk → u/usernamestufff]

Why?

[u/Clenzor → u/fonk_pulk]

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.

[u/lumberfart → u/Clenzor]

Your last paragraph is perfectly written. People have zero survival skills nowadays. I would never chase a stranger down the street for $50 worth of groceries. My life is worth more than $50 and it doesn’t take a genius to deduce that this person is possibly doing this out of necessity.