It's really simple: either you accept shrink, or you hire enough people with keys to handle your anti-theft shit.

I don't go to target anymore, CVS, or Walgreens if it's at all avoidable because it's going to take an hour to get in, buy a few things, and leave.

They want to lock shit up, but then only have one employee covering the whole damn store that can unlock shit, meaning if you want some laundry detergent, it's going to take you half an hour.

Of course, the local grocery stores, Walmart, Amazon, and various other retailers don't lock shit up, so yeah, I just go there and don't have to deal with stupid bullshit pushed by morons who haven't gone shopping in one of the stores they run.

I was at a store the other day, eeddd usb-c pd cables.

The 5ft 10 dollar cables were locked up, the 10 ft 14 dollar cables weren’t.

The only thing worse than shaming your customer is inconveniencing them.

I stopped going to Walmart for that reason.

I remember as a kid in Mexico, you had to go make a line at the store. When you finally got to the desk, you would ask for what you wanted to buy. Lol, needles to say that's exactly how it still works in small local stores. Its a little like buying cigarettes at the gas station, but for everything minus the ID.

That's not good for business, but hey, it's been decades of my life and they're still working like that. Maybe there's something to it? I hate it though. I would never shop there unless it was the last place on earth.

Personally it's the pricetage that always stopped me from shopping there. Walgreens is consistently the most expensive option for pretty much their entire inventory compared to the 6 chains within half a mile that sell the exact same shit.

Walgreens is why I joined Dollar shave club years ago. Nothing like needing to flag down an employee to fetch another employee who can unlock the razorblades.

In the Bay Area, I saw stores with gates and turnstiles which are presumably intended to make running out of the store harder, especially for someone holding a lot of stuff. I wonder if they work any better.

One store I went to there even had a guy letting people in one by one after looking them over, like a bouncer.

This logic frustrates me:

these claims were unfounded, with a mere 23 shoplifting incidents occurring between 2018 and 2021, according to police records

That's less than one shoplifter a month, which is obviously not an accurate count.

The police barely even respond to shootings. Are they going to do anything if you call them and report someone stealing a box of shaving supplies? Why bother even trying to report that?