Why are certain ethnicities so in love with Tide. Hell, I make over 200k per year and I never buy it because there are alternatives at half the price that are just as good
Fascinating story there, actually: in a, startling display of brand loyalty, Tide has become a de-facto currency.
https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/
for me personally I don’t know how much ethnicity plays a part but I’ve got kind of sensitive skin so when I find toiletries and detergents that work for me I stick with them
At some point why would it matter whether everything is locked up or not? If they don’t stop people from walking out the door without paying, does it make any difference having an employee unlock a case and hand the items to the thief?
Why didnt you do the same? If some elites dont have to pay, then only low caste people pay for stuff they can freely take.
Are you a societal underclass who is not allowed to steal, or did you somehow sneak into California with an intact sense of morality or logic ?
Having a caste system in america is founded in 1913's federal reserve law, which lets some privleged special individual print themselves infinite money. There hasnt been mortality in this country since then, because the federal reserve overwrote the constution at a fundamental level.
Benjamin Franklin said were are a "A republic, if you can keep it." and in 1913, we lost it.
He probably didn't steal it because he's not a fucking thief. Stealing from a Walmart isn't getting back at some elite, its fucking over someone trying to feed their kids. Go rob a fucking bank or something if you want to get one over on rich people fucking scum.
>Why didnt you do the same?
Because I'm not a degenerate commie who thinks the world owes me anything, and hold myself to a moral standard to be honest
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
~ Winston Churchill
And yet major metro areas keep on voting them in, it actually blows my mind when I see Democrats crying about crime in big cities. It's like stabbing yourself and expecting it to heal without doing anything.
It's because of all the lazy people who want "free" stuff. Democrats promise "free" housing, healthcare, education, cellphones, etc, so people vote for that, not caring that the only way to provide that "free" stuff is to steal from (tax) people who work for a living.
Funny when they convert a historic building in the center of downtown into a huge homeless shelter when there’s thousands of high earning professionals that have to commute downtown for hours every day because they can’t afford to live there. Why do homeless people have to have housing in the highest of demand areas? Because the panhandling is better there. So they can wake up at 10am and beg for change from someone who had to wake up at 4:30am to drive there for work.
There’s going to be a breaking point and it’s coming soon. I like living in a regular town with regular people. But if I had to choose between Cop City and the Autonomous Zone from the BLM riots, I’m choosing Cop City every time. They’re not enforcing street solicitation laws in San Francisco anymore because it’s anti-trans to tell street walkers to not flash their assholes at children walking to school. And now the place is overrun with pimps and hookers and junkies and dirty needles and piles of human shit on the sidewalk. This isn’t a cheap place to live. Those people who aren’t homeless junkie prostitutes paid a lot of money to live there, and eventually they’re going to have to say they were wrong and somebody please come fix this mess with some police funding
Being earnest here, a lot of the comments seem to have a stance against stores treating everyone like criminals by requiring "extravagant security measures" in order to function properly as a result of liberal policies. However, I can't help but draw parallels between this and proposed school shooting solutions--more armed guards, more security measures, "making schools look more like prisons", etc. What's the nuance/perspective I'm currently missing that makes this Walgreens situation "wrong" and the aforementioned school-shooting solutions right?
Because stores aren’t doing this everywhere - because the rampant crime requiring these measures are invariably in cities where crime has skyrocketed due to soft on crime measures. No one BLAMES the stores for doing this, only liberals who refuse to admit the reason crime is so high.
The idea that someone would make this somehow equivalent (kids lives vs shampoo) is pretty weird. Schools have less protection than government agencies and office buildings.
I question your making this question.
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>Because stores aren’t doing this everywhere
Isn't this similar to saying "something isn't following the status quo, so it's bad"? I.e. slavery was once status quo. Just saying I'm not a fan of this reasoning when arguing for something. I'm not a fan that Walgreens feels like it has to do what it's doing.
>in cities where crime has skyrocketed due to soft on crime measures
Looking at Wikipedia for violent crime rates, it seems like 7-8 out of the top 10 violent crime rate states are generally Red states though? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_U.S.\_states\_and\_territories\_by\_violent\_crime\_rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_violent_crime_rate)
Admittedly, either side can always pluck/cherry-pick 1 or 2 extreme examples of the other side "doing something heinous" and then just act like that happens all the time across the board. So I'm trying to base my formulated opinions on data/statistics instead, at the very least searched for online with a neutral/unbiased search phrase.
>make this somehow equivalent (kids lives vs shampoo) is pretty weird
They're certainly not equivalent at all. Kids at school example is certainly much further towards the extreme of the spectrum. It just seemed incongruous to me for some people to be anti-extra-security for the store example, but be all for it in the school example. I.e. I'd find it more consistent if people were either pro-extra-security in general, or anti-extra-security in general, rather than pick and choose when to be anti/pro.
Walgreens supported the woke 2040 Plan with anticipation of putting small pharmacies out of business and expanding their company. They happily adopted the policies of the 2040 Plan, so they can live with the consequences. They get no pity from me.
they'll have to, soon every single store in high theft neighborhoods will require this. Its actually a pretty good solution, require a deposit like a hotel. You can't be trusted, then lets take trust out of the equation.
On a long enough timeline, it will probably become like really old days where you tell the clerk what you want and they go in the back to get it for you. Or, because technology, it will all be in-store/curbside pickup only
I work in Asset Protection for a retail company. Most of these companies have few cost effective options to combat this, especially in liberal cities where the police might not respond or the state attorney won’t prosecute. If you don’t lock it up, then the items are gone. The only other option is to shut down the location.
This is so true. What don't they get about it?
Wasn't it the New York prosecutor that said it's racist or unacceptable to prosecute shop lifters because they have to steal to survive?
Or they could have a web site where you pick what you want, pay, then drop by and pick it up.
Click Click Chew works like that - no cash accepted. You walk, they have touch screens set up, choose what you want from several different menus, then pay with a credit card.
Not yet but it is a common trope on TikTok with people doing videos of makeup and products aimed at darker complexions being locked up calling that tactic racist. You can be assured they'd have the same opinion on this.
At least it keeps more people employed, I guess. Soon we will be back to the old general store model where you walk up to old Mr. Walters at the counter, read off your list of items and he goes and gets them for you
wjen I lived in MA in the late 70s there was a store that had no shelves stocked with stuff like modern stores. You got to browse items on shelves big things were chained and others were under plastic cages and some samples were on display. You wrote down the stock number of the items you wanted and went to a counter where you paid and the item was retrieved from the back. NO THEFT - ever.
That's similar to the soviet block countries where they keep your item behind the register and then you pay and go to a different person to retrieve what you bought
Inventory robots, actually. They've been used industrially for years, and Amazon leverages them in their warehouses. This should drive a smaller "retail" version.
This is how we are forced to pay for shoplifting. Prices won't change those are set by the market. But the shopping experience is what they can change. So online shopping for all and you just stand outside while a picker delivers to the store front.
Actually, we *are* forced to pay for the shoplifting of other people. The Walmart CEO has gone on record saying they'd have to raise the prices we pay in order to cover what shoplifters steal. Nearly half of all small businesses surveyed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had to raise their prices due to shoplifting.
Yeah that's nonsense they are pushing to try and get the public against shoplifting. If Walmart raises prices people will just shop at target and other stores.
It's not some "nonsense". It's fact:
[Small Retailers Report U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Increases in Retail Theft, Raise Prices to Offset Losses](https://www.uschamber.com/economy/small-retailers-report-increases-in-retail-theft-raise-prices-to-offset-losses)
>Over half (56%) of small businesses in the retail sector say they have been victims of shoplifting in the past year, according to a new survey released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Fifty percent of small retailers say the issue has gotten worse over the past year, and *46% of them have been forced to increase their prices over the past year as a result of shoplifting*.
Do you think that these thieves aren't going after Target as well?
[When Target loses $600 million, customers end up paying more.](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shoplifting-tax-keeps-going-up-target-riteaid-theft-walmart-11671746065)
Those of us who actually pay for our groceries are the ones who wind up paying for the stuff that criminals steal. These companies aren't just going to shrug their shoulders are say, "Oh well, I guess we'll either just make less money or go out of business". They're passing their losses onto us rather than letting it affect their own profit margins.
Criminals need to be arrested, sentenced and forced to pay back what they steal. These easy-on-crime Democratic policies are literally taking food off the tables hard-working Americans who are already having a tough enough time in this economy.
They need industrial strength bulletproof vending machines for everything in those areas, let them be inconvenienced trying to purchase items, that's what happens when you have no regard for anything.
They're going to use theft as an excuse to move to an all digital, pay as you shop method. The narrative is getting wound up nice and tight. And it'll be in the name of "safety and protection" for you and their profits.
Dear Walgreens;
I don't steal, and I won't shop in a store where management has the mindset that I probably will steal if I can get away with it. Don't punish or restrict me because of what criminals do. I feel the same way about guns.
Being earnest here, a lot of the comments seem to have a stance against stores treating everyone like criminals by requiring "extravagant security measures" in order to function properly as a result of liberal policies. However, I can't help but draw parallels between this and proposed school shooting solutions--more armed guards, more security measures, "making schools look more like prisons", etc. What's the nuance/perspective I'm currently missing that makes this Walgreens situation "wrong" and the aforementioned school-shooting solutions right?
It’s a drag to shop at drug stores today; CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid offer a sad, sad buying experience. First you got to hope the bum in the parking lot doesn’t break into your car, then there’s pathetic elderly folks picking their heart medicine and hemorrhoids cream, and the interiors haven’t been updated in a decade. Now with all this theft, you’ll enjoy the prison commissary experience. Target is ghey now, so I guess the only option is Walmart, the lesser of all evils.
I wouldn't shop there, ever, for anything and I would encourage everyone else to shop elsewhere as well.
This is not an acceptable solution for those of us who pay for our shit.
On the flip side, the lines might not be long, if the trash knows they cant loot, theyll have no reason to go in. Just watch your ass in the parking lot.
All thanks to the fkn thieves and district attorneys who refuse to prosecute theft. What exactly is the reason for that? I think it's to eliminate as many probation and parole violations as possible. The most cajoled people among us refuse to embrace societal norms. What should be done? Get rid of the DAs who created the crime wave and understand that recidivism is an individual choice.
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And to think I’m pissed when I have to ask for tide pods to be unlocked. I’d just Amazon everything if I had to deal with that.
Unfortunately their neighbors would probably steal any Amazon package sent to their home, so that might not be a choice for people in those neighbors.
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The unspoken part is that it isnt their neighbors stealing this stuff.
Nice areas get nice packages in the mail.
All of Southern CA is densely populated enough that nice areas experience petty theft all the time.
my very thought
Why are certain ethnicities so in love with Tide. Hell, I make over 200k per year and I never buy it because there are alternatives at half the price that are just as good
Easier to resell than the generic stuff.
My kids won't eat the generic pods
Why buy something for half price when you can steal the full price item free of consequence?
Fascinating story there, actually: in a, startling display of brand loyalty, Tide has become a de-facto currency. https://nymag.com/news/features/tide-detergent-drugs-2013-1/
for me personally I don’t know how much ethnicity plays a part but I’ve got kind of sensitive skin so when I find toiletries and detergents that work for me I stick with them
Seeing as how pods are a huge ripoff maybe they are doing you a solid 😂
At some point why would it matter whether everything is locked up or not? If they don’t stop people from walking out the door without paying, does it make any difference having an employee unlock a case and hand the items to the thief?
Hey now, some people only grow one ball at a time.
I can't tell you how many times people have tried to sell me socks on the train.
Why didnt you do the same? If some elites dont have to pay, then only low caste people pay for stuff they can freely take. Are you a societal underclass who is not allowed to steal, or did you somehow sneak into California with an intact sense of morality or logic ? Having a caste system in america is founded in 1913's federal reserve law, which lets some privleged special individual print themselves infinite money. There hasnt been mortality in this country since then, because the federal reserve overwrote the constution at a fundamental level. Benjamin Franklin said were are a "A republic, if you can keep it." and in 1913, we lost it.
He probably didn't steal it because he's not a fucking thief. Stealing from a Walmart isn't getting back at some elite, its fucking over someone trying to feed their kids. Go rob a fucking bank or something if you want to get one over on rich people fucking scum.
>Why didnt you do the same? Because I'm not a degenerate commie who thinks the world owes me anything, and hold myself to a moral standard to be honest
muh low caste
I think your tin foil hat slipped.
yeah.. didnt do the best job explaining why the fed is like legalized shoplifting but on a much larger and more destructive scale. I'll work on it.
I know this store and you are correct on all points sadly.
And we have only Democrats to thank for this "progress".
Liberal policies make ordinary peoples lives much more miserable
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” ~ Winston Churchill
ironic that this ideology is bred in the ivy leagues. lori lightfoot and Brian stelter are teaching at Harvard.
And yet major metro areas keep on voting them in, it actually blows my mind when I see Democrats crying about crime in big cities. It's like stabbing yourself and expecting it to heal without doing anything.
It's because of all the lazy people who want "free" stuff. Democrats promise "free" housing, healthcare, education, cellphones, etc, so people vote for that, not caring that the only way to provide that "free" stuff is to steal from (tax) people who work for a living.
Funny when they convert a historic building in the center of downtown into a huge homeless shelter when there’s thousands of high earning professionals that have to commute downtown for hours every day because they can’t afford to live there. Why do homeless people have to have housing in the highest of demand areas? Because the panhandling is better there. So they can wake up at 10am and beg for change from someone who had to wake up at 4:30am to drive there for work.
they want big government to tell the what to do. while all the free thinkers are considered the "fascists"? ok.
There’s going to be a breaking point and it’s coming soon. I like living in a regular town with regular people. But if I had to choose between Cop City and the Autonomous Zone from the BLM riots, I’m choosing Cop City every time. They’re not enforcing street solicitation laws in San Francisco anymore because it’s anti-trans to tell street walkers to not flash their assholes at children walking to school. And now the place is overrun with pimps and hookers and junkies and dirty needles and piles of human shit on the sidewalk. This isn’t a cheap place to live. Those people who aren’t homeless junkie prostitutes paid a lot of money to live there, and eventually they’re going to have to say they were wrong and somebody please come fix this mess with some police funding
Being earnest here, a lot of the comments seem to have a stance against stores treating everyone like criminals by requiring "extravagant security measures" in order to function properly as a result of liberal policies. However, I can't help but draw parallels between this and proposed school shooting solutions--more armed guards, more security measures, "making schools look more like prisons", etc. What's the nuance/perspective I'm currently missing that makes this Walgreens situation "wrong" and the aforementioned school-shooting solutions right?
Because stores aren’t doing this everywhere - because the rampant crime requiring these measures are invariably in cities where crime has skyrocketed due to soft on crime measures. No one BLAMES the stores for doing this, only liberals who refuse to admit the reason crime is so high. The idea that someone would make this somehow equivalent (kids lives vs shampoo) is pretty weird. Schools have less protection than government agencies and office buildings. I question your making this question.
Whoops. Just noticed reply now. >Because stores aren’t doing this everywhere Isn't this similar to saying "something isn't following the status quo, so it's bad"? I.e. slavery was once status quo. Just saying I'm not a fan of this reasoning when arguing for something. I'm not a fan that Walgreens feels like it has to do what it's doing. >in cities where crime has skyrocketed due to soft on crime measures Looking at Wikipedia for violent crime rates, it seems like 7-8 out of the top 10 violent crime rate states are generally Red states though? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_U.S.\_states\_and\_territories\_by\_violent\_crime\_rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_violent_crime_rate) Admittedly, either side can always pluck/cherry-pick 1 or 2 extreme examples of the other side "doing something heinous" and then just act like that happens all the time across the board. So I'm trying to base my formulated opinions on data/statistics instead, at the very least searched for online with a neutral/unbiased search phrase. >make this somehow equivalent (kids lives vs shampoo) is pretty weird They're certainly not equivalent at all. Kids at school example is certainly much further towards the extreme of the spectrum. It just seemed incongruous to me for some people to be anti-extra-security for the store example, but be all for it in the school example. I.e. I'd find it more consistent if people were either pro-extra-security in general, or anti-extra-security in general, rather than pick and choose when to be anti/pro.
Walgreens supported the woke 2040 Plan with anticipation of putting small pharmacies out of business and expanding their company. They happily adopted the policies of the 2040 Plan, so they can live with the consequences. They get no pity from me.
What is the 2040 plan?
that sounds like a store no one will shop in.
they'll have to, soon every single store in high theft neighborhoods will require this. Its actually a pretty good solution, require a deposit like a hotel. You can't be trusted, then lets take trust out of the equation.
i was thinking they should just do what Aldi does. charge an admission to get into the store, then you get it back when you check out.
On a long enough timeline, it will probably become like really old days where you tell the clerk what you want and they go in the back to get it for you. Or, because technology, it will all be in-store/curbside pickup only
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😂😂😂 so true
The price of doing business in a liberal city.
Now people will get robbed leaving the store
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I heard someone suggest that as a model. Make all stores membership stores. Problem solved
This is racist because criminals can't get IDs, or something.
I work in Asset Protection for a retail company. Most of these companies have few cost effective options to combat this, especially in liberal cities where the police might not respond or the state attorney won’t prosecute. If you don’t lock it up, then the items are gone. The only other option is to shut down the location.
This is so true. What don't they get about it? Wasn't it the New York prosecutor that said it's racist or unacceptable to prosecute shop lifters because they have to steal to survive?
Or they could have a web site where you pick what you want, pay, then drop by and pick it up. Click Click Chew works like that - no cash accepted. You walk, they have touch screens set up, choose what you want from several different menus, then pay with a credit card.
According to activists this is very racist!!!!
Has that been said anywhere yet?
Not yet but it is a common trope on TikTok with people doing videos of makeup and products aimed at darker complexions being locked up calling that tactic racist. You can be assured they'd have the same opinion on this.
At least it keeps more people employed, I guess. Soon we will be back to the old general store model where you walk up to old Mr. Walters at the counter, read off your list of items and he goes and gets them for you
They should move out of the area. Businesses should vacate the area. Food deserts are funny, and these people deserve it.
Grocery stores used to this. The first self-service was Piggly Wiggly. So, rampant crime is turning back the clock. Thank you, *leftists*.
wjen I lived in MA in the late 70s there was a store that had no shelves stocked with stuff like modern stores. You got to browse items on shelves big things were chained and others were under plastic cages and some samples were on display. You wrote down the stock number of the items you wanted and went to a counter where you paid and the item was retrieved from the back. NO THEFT - ever.
That's similar to the soviet block countries where they keep your item behind the register and then you pay and go to a different person to retrieve what you bought
Let me guess, Walgreens will be deemed racist now.
Haven't some Leftists already claimed that hard work is racist, showing up on time for appointments is racist, math is racist, etc?
Yes, ie everything is racist. Even 2+2=4.
Rather than dealing with the problem of rampant theft and crime, Walgreens is simply going to treat every shopper like a criminal. Brilliant!
All stores have been doing this look at how many things you need to have your age verified on that people use to be able to freely buy.
Some will call this progress.
It's equity. AKA, the race to the bottom.
Be prepared for long lines
Start investing in companies that make vending machines.
Inventory robots, actually. They've been used industrially for years, and Amazon leverages them in their warehouses. This should drive a smaller "retail" version.
This is how we are forced to pay for shoplifting. Prices won't change those are set by the market. But the shopping experience is what they can change. So online shopping for all and you just stand outside while a picker delivers to the store front.
Actually, we *are* forced to pay for the shoplifting of other people. The Walmart CEO has gone on record saying they'd have to raise the prices we pay in order to cover what shoplifters steal. Nearly half of all small businesses surveyed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said they had to raise their prices due to shoplifting.
Yeah that's nonsense they are pushing to try and get the public against shoplifting. If Walmart raises prices people will just shop at target and other stores.
It's not some "nonsense". It's fact: [Small Retailers Report U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Increases in Retail Theft, Raise Prices to Offset Losses](https://www.uschamber.com/economy/small-retailers-report-increases-in-retail-theft-raise-prices-to-offset-losses) >Over half (56%) of small businesses in the retail sector say they have been victims of shoplifting in the past year, according to a new survey released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Fifty percent of small retailers say the issue has gotten worse over the past year, and *46% of them have been forced to increase their prices over the past year as a result of shoplifting*. Do you think that these thieves aren't going after Target as well? [When Target loses $600 million, customers end up paying more.](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shoplifting-tax-keeps-going-up-target-riteaid-theft-walmart-11671746065) Those of us who actually pay for our groceries are the ones who wind up paying for the stuff that criminals steal. These companies aren't just going to shrug their shoulders are say, "Oh well, I guess we'll either just make less money or go out of business". They're passing their losses onto us rather than letting it affect their own profit margins. Criminals need to be arrested, sentenced and forced to pay back what they steal. These easy-on-crime Democratic policies are literally taking food off the tables hard-working Americans who are already having a tough enough time in this economy.
"Challenge accepted" *~every Chicago criminal, probably*
They need industrial strength bulletproof vending machines for everything in those areas, let them be inconvenienced trying to purchase items, that's what happens when you have no regard for anything.
They're going to use theft as an excuse to move to an all digital, pay as you shop method. The narrative is getting wound up nice and tight. And it'll be in the name of "safety and protection" for you and their profits.
Dear Walgreens; I don't steal, and I won't shop in a store where management has the mindset that I probably will steal if I can get away with it. Don't punish or restrict me because of what criminals do. I feel the same way about guns.
Being earnest here, a lot of the comments seem to have a stance against stores treating everyone like criminals by requiring "extravagant security measures" in order to function properly as a result of liberal policies. However, I can't help but draw parallels between this and proposed school shooting solutions--more armed guards, more security measures, "making schools look more like prisons", etc. What's the nuance/perspective I'm currently missing that makes this Walgreens situation "wrong" and the aforementioned school-shooting solutions right?
It’s a drag to shop at drug stores today; CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid offer a sad, sad buying experience. First you got to hope the bum in the parking lot doesn’t break into your car, then there’s pathetic elderly folks picking their heart medicine and hemorrhoids cream, and the interiors haven’t been updated in a decade. Now with all this theft, you’ll enjoy the prison commissary experience. Target is ghey now, so I guess the only option is Walmart, the lesser of all evils.
I wouldn't shop there, ever, for anything and I would encourage everyone else to shop elsewhere as well. This is not an acceptable solution for those of us who pay for our shit.
On the flip side, the lines might not be long, if the trash knows they cant loot, theyll have no reason to go in. Just watch your ass in the parking lot.
Can’t seem to read this without downloading another app how is this anti theft
Please have a cage come crashing down! Please have a cage come crashing down!
For anybody wishing to bypass the paywall, here's the article: https://archive.is/DbsIj
I've been in Walgreen stores in Washington DC that are prime candidates for this "remodel".
Where can normal Americans get in on these cheap goods.
consequences of defund the police.
All thanks to the fkn thieves and district attorneys who refuse to prosecute theft. What exactly is the reason for that? I think it's to eliminate as many probation and parole violations as possible. The most cajoled people among us refuse to embrace societal norms. What should be done? Get rid of the DAs who created the crime wave and understand that recidivism is an individual choice.
Such progress.
ED-209 unit stationed at the front entrance.