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Thu Nov-24-11 01:17 PM
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| My son saw shoplifters nailed at Wal Mart yesterday. Tell me what do you think? |
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There is a Wal Mart store of the size that includes a big grocer store* in this county. My son works for a distributor that sells to them and he deals with that account weekly. He told us that yesterday they nailed a family group of shop-lifters at the store. The theft was done by three people, a man, his wife, and their teenage son. They stole nothing but groceries apparently. Their method was simple, they filled up cart(s) and just wheeled them out the door to their vehicle.
When the story had got this far I had a picture planted in my mind, maybe you do too. So now let me go on.
They had hauled out roughly 6 carts worth when apprehended and the value of the stuff in the carts exceeded $1,000.
Knowing no more than that, and I do not know any more than that, tell me what you think.
By far the largest and best supplied grocery store in the county, freshest vegies, best meats selection, more of the other stuff than anywhere else around.
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| -My son saw shoplifters nailed at Wal Mart yesterday. Tell me what do you think? |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:17 PM |
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shoplifting for profit? To sell the stuff? |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-24-11 01:19 PM |
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That's what I think. n/t |
tammywammy |
Nov-24-11 01:21 PM |
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Bottom line..they are thieves. |
Bonhomme Richard |
Nov-24-11 01:20 PM |
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They shoulda stolen BIG, like the Walton family. n/t |
Orsino |
Nov-25-11 11:52 AM |
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What do you have against a heart-warming, humble, fictional family of TV characters? |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 12:55 PM |
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Budding capitalists |
lunatica |
Nov-24-11 01:20 PM |
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Black market... |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Could be ..... |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:24 PM |
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You're kidding right? |
lunatica |
Nov-24-11 01:28 PM |
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and 6 carts is not one hell of a lot of security. Really, not much at all |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:32 PM |
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Not much food security? |
karynnj |
Nov-25-11 11:09 AM |
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perhaps they stole a big freezer @ bestbuy earlier in the day? |
elehhhhna |
Nov-25-11 01:43 PM |
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Your stats only underscore my point |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:33 PM |
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OK I thought you were being critical of my idea |
lunatica |
Nov-24-11 01:52 PM |
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In DC there is a black market for Tide detergent. Shoplifters wipe the |
Glimmer of Hope |
Nov-24-11 06:35 PM |
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Tide is better for shoplifting than groceries. |
JVS |
Nov-25-11 07:55 AM |
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I thought they are hungry |
riverbendviewgal |
Nov-24-11 01:21 PM |
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me too. 6 carts of grocery? they've done it before. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Obviously, it wasn't going to be consumed by the thieves. |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:26 PM |
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They stole food... |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:21 PM |
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Working in the grocery biz myself |
Sherman A1 |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Sounds like a lot more to it than simply being needy. |
TheCowsCameHome |
Nov-24-11 01:22 PM |
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Nov-24-11 01:25 PM |
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Such kind words for the Roma... |
ellisonz |
Nov-24-11 01:47 PM |
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Contrarian view. Maybe they were liberating the food stuffs |
coalition_unwilling |
Nov-24-11 01:26 PM |
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Food is a necessity. When necessities are... liberated... ;-) |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-24-11 01:29 PM |
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There's a market for anything that's cheaper than retail |
sylvi |
Nov-24-11 04:34 PM |
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But, in tough times, such food black markets become necessities.... |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-25-11 06:58 AM |
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or even a very large extended family back at home - I do not know. |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 01:29 PM |
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Actually, it is the prosecutor who decides the charge depending on value of food. |
dixiegrrrrl |
Nov-24-11 01:40 PM |
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Thank you, I should have realized that. |
ThomWV |
Nov-24-11 03:38 PM |
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That would be disgusting, IMO. I work with the largest food bank in the world- we don't need and... |
NYC_SKP |
Nov-24-11 01:41 PM |
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Optimist. |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Nov-24-11 06:32 PM |
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Soon to get job offers on Wall Street |
formercia |
Nov-24-11 01:38 PM |
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What I think? |
SomethingFishy |
Nov-24-11 01:53 PM |
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This was out and out theft |
Pigheaded |
Nov-24-11 02:00 PM |
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Nov-24-11 02:11 PM |
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Way to show the spirit of the holidays. (nt) |
idiotgardener |
Nov-24-11 04:03 PM |
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Nov-24-11 03:01 PM |
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Nov-24-11 04:03 PM |
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My first thought is they may be selling the food. |
Iggo |
Nov-24-11 01:59 PM |
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I think I'm glad they got caught, and hope they're prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. |
Abin Sur |
Nov-24-11 02:39 PM |
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Just like the people who broke into my car over & over were stealing tools so they could go to work |
NBachers |
Nov-24-11 02:56 PM |
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How exactly were you "distracted" enough for someone to make off with |
Missy Vixen |
Nov-24-11 06:18 PM |
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I'm sorry, the parking lot wasn't deserted and I never said it was- read again carefully |
NBachers |
Nov-25-11 08:44 AM |
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My view - something is wrong in this country if this is what folks resort to. Just sad. nt |
TBF |
Nov-24-11 03:02 PM |
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A few thoughts that rushed through my mind in no particular order |
Jack Rabbit |
Nov-24-11 03:16 PM |
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thieves... $1000 should put them in jail through the holidays! |
IamK |
Nov-24-11 03:27 PM |
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maybe they were really hungry or really fat.... |
IamK |
Nov-24-11 03:29 PM |
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Maybe that was the intent - the arrest not the food |
nadine_mn |
Nov-24-11 06:29 PM |
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. |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-25-11 07:00 AM |
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A whole cart ? |
nini |
Nov-24-11 03:31 PM |
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It was 6 carts n/t |
tammywammy |
Nov-24-11 03:42 PM |
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Did they fire the employees? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Nov-24-11 03:52 PM |
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Not needy, just greedy (n/m) |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Nov-24-11 03:57 PM |
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6 carts of food |
minavasht |
Nov-24-11 04:38 PM |
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They had to do two carts each before security made a move? |
AnotherDreamWeaver |
Nov-24-11 05:02 PM |
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Robin Hoods? |
eShirl |
Nov-24-11 05:05 PM |
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Or, robbing hoods... |
MilesColtrane |
Nov-24-11 06:54 PM |
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I think they were foolish to press their luck after the fifth cart n/t |
fishwax |
Nov-24-11 05:08 PM |
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Some Walmarts demand to see a receipt before you leave the store.. |
HipChick |
Nov-24-11 05:21 PM |
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I've seen that, too. |
Rhiannon12866 |
Nov-24-11 05:40 PM |
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The stunt which was prevalent in the UK a few years back |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-24-11 06:41 PM |
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"cart" in the US |
jberryhill |
Nov-24-11 09:21 PM |
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lol |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-25-11 03:00 AM |
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Yeah, I could never figure out... |
jberryhill |
Nov-25-11 03:23 AM |
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Broadly speaking |
dipsydoodle |
Nov-25-11 03:53 AM |
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Wagon Train. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 09:30 AM |
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So, then the US and UK are both wrong - it is a "shopping wagon" |
jberryhill |
Nov-26-11 02:36 PM |
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Those thieves are going to end up paying a whole lot more for that food than they whould have... |
slackmaster |
Nov-24-11 06:33 PM |
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My guess is food insecurity |
Horse with no Name |
Nov-24-11 06:58 PM |
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Either they're victims or martyrs. |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-24-11 08:03 PM |
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I see a third possibility |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 12:27 PM |
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Baseless insult against people trying to alleviate hunger? |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 12:39 PM |
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Maybe they did it for money |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 12:54 PM |
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If there is a black market for food, then that means the legal system has failed, |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 01:03 PM |
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Not necessarily. There is a black market for cigarettes because people can get them cheaper... |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 01:08 PM |
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If the family had six shopping carts of cigarettes, I would not be defending them. |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 01:23 PM |
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I'm sure more than one crook has been thrown in jail screaming "Laws are abstract constructs!" |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 01:26 PM |
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Heaven's Gate cultists killed themselves so they could ascend into |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 01:38 PM |
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Come and see the violence inherent in the system |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 02:20 PM |
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Exactly. They all have a different perspective on authority, because authority |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 02:35 PM |
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If anti-theft laws are abstract, so is the "right" of shoplifters not to be shot by storekeepers |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 02:45 PM |
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"If anti-theft laws are abstract, so is the "right" of shoplifters not to be shot by storekeepers" |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 03:05 PM |
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There is NO evidence here that the incident described in the OP had anything to do with hunger |
slackmaster |
Nov-25-11 04:08 PM |
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They stole food. So I think there are two likely scenarios: |
ZombieHorde |
Nov-25-11 05:00 PM |
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They have captives confined in their basement |
jberryhill |
Nov-24-11 09:22 PM |
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I don't care for w-mart, but stealing isn't usually necessary |
bhikkhu |
Nov-24-11 09:32 PM |
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Your comment reminds me of what I saw when I was a little girl |
Catherine Vincent |
Nov-24-11 09:39 PM |
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I always wondered how people got away with leaving with unbagged groceries |
Blasphemer |
Nov-24-11 10:47 PM |
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Oddly enough, in a busy grocery store, walking out with a cart of unbagged grocies is a good plan. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 03:09 AM |
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My motto "always act like you know what you are doing" |
jberryhill |
Nov-25-11 03:25 AM |
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I actually got into a friend's secure office building, and onto his floor, that way. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 09:25 AM |
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Here's a question: After one weighs and labels a bag of fruit, say, who's to stop him from putting |
WinkyDink |
Nov-25-11 07:03 AM |
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No one. And nothing. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 09:27 AM |
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Theft pisses me off. I worked in a grocery store - a big one - and we lost a lot to theft. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-25-11 03:05 AM |
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. |
Dennis Donovan |
Nov-25-11 07:01 AM |
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What I think? I think they stole food. That's what I think. (What am I missing here?) |
WinkyDink |
Nov-25-11 07:01 AM |
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I think they ought to get as much time as the banksters who wrecked the economy.. |
Fumesucker |
Nov-25-11 07:17 AM |
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I KNOW they're thieves. Don't have to think about it, its evident - |
lynne |
Nov-25-11 07:36 AM |
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six carts? i guess they don't 'shop' often |
spanone |
Nov-25-11 08:46 AM |
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wouldn't each person be charged separately, and only for the value |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-25-11 08:55 AM |
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IMHO, shoplifting is theft. |
blue neen |
Nov-25-11 09:00 AM |
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It'sbeen my experience that retailers don't worry so much about custmers stealing |
notadmblnd |
Nov-25-11 09:01 AM |
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Are they executives at Bank of America, by any chance? |
jberryhill |
Nov-25-11 11:01 AM |
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What's to think - they are theives - period |
karynnj |
Nov-25-11 11:07 AM |
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Yep. |
GoCubsGo |
Nov-25-11 11:46 AM |
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Their error... |
krispos42 |
Nov-25-11 11:09 AM |
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Aspiring bankers? |
Danascot |
Nov-25-11 12:26 PM |
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They are serious, big time, shoplifters who deserve more than just a "slap on the wrist". |
Quantess |
Nov-25-11 01:39 PM |
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Must have been really hungry. |
BiggJawn |
Nov-25-11 02:52 PM |
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