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what are the shoplifters lifting in the Peg a 7/11 got hit 6 times in a day are they stealing food cause they are hungry or stealing to sell items foe money ?

From what I've heard/read it's a combination of  
 
A) people stealing small items for sh*ts & giggles  
B) people stealing higher value items to sell, often to buy drugs  
C) straight-up robbery for cigs, cash, lotto, phone cards, anything locked up and of value  
 
I'm not going to speculate as to causes etc, but especially category C, there's the welfare of the staff at stake too.

Is way worse than it ever was! The rest of us who work to make a living, pay taxes, pay for our things and not steal things are paying for all the deadbeats who do! Why are we working so hard to have these scabs take from us? Our tax dollars are funding them to stay home and do nothing!

in retail and it was a daily occurence, twice a year the company would collect for a charity that handed outr meals, i got where i didnt want to ask for donations to feed the thieves who stole daily and people were starting to say they didn't want to donate because of the same reason.......get a job like the rest of the world.....

Half of us work hard and pay taxes that supply funding to the system and the other half are busy working the system to live without working.  
 
Something wrong with the system!!

Criminals have more rights than any honest person ever will! If you have someone stealing your vehicle and you go out to protect your property…you’re in more trouble then the scab stealing from you! Our justice system has failed us miserably!

It end? How did our country turn into this? I think there should be tougher stipulations as to who can receive free money! I also think those freeloaders should be made to get out and work for a living and prove they can contribute to society!

They have a debilitating, life threatening disability… cut them off the free paycheques!

Do you read the police media releases? You should - they are simultaneously funny, sad, entertaining and heartbreaking. I read them pretty much in a daily basis.  
 
One things that is evident is that the vast majority of calls that make it into the media release either related to theft or intoxication (of your substance of choice - alcohol, meth, etc). There also seems to be considerable overlap between those two: locations, time of day, the stealing person was intoxicated etc.  
 
There is also, statistically locally and nation-wide, considerable overlap between addiction and mental health. There is an equally impressive overlap between mental health and underemployment. There is a definite correlation between underemployment and poverty. Poverty tends to lead to food insecurity and homelessness, which amplifies mental health issues, which drives addiction issues. And addictions play a significant role in theft.  
 
Theft is a symptom of a much larger societal problem. It's not as simple as "get a damn job" or gaming the system or even necessarily a failure in the justice system. All of those are relatively easy fixes, and all of those have been tried. It's fundentally driven by deep flaws and inequalities in society. There's no simple solution here, and the places that have had some success have provided wrap-around, housing-and-income first solutions. Solutions that aren't cheap. But ultimately cheaper than the alternative. The problem is convincing the buy-in.

Tired of working my butt off while others work the system! There’s a overlap of people doing this very same thing as well!

I'm willing to call it now: things like this will likely not end, and will only get worse with the way things are in the world in regards to social and economic issues, so I feel that as years go on, we will see more retail stores following the lead of liquor stores where there will be checkpoints at locked doors that people need to get through to to access products. Won't stop anyone though, as people will just get more aggressive and rob patrons in the parking lots. Ain't life great?  
 
Edited by Mr Eman, 2024-09-23 09:45:03

Soon it will be like trying to go into a MLCC store....regardless of how old you are...you will likely have to provide photo ID....

It is out of hand because there is no punishment for the crime. The government and RCMP refer to it as a victimless crime. Now you have the group that will defend the thief It is a victimless crime until it happens to you.