So @NYPD deleted this before I could ask if they arrested the babies as accessories after the fact

[Farmer-Rick]

55. Geez, there is so much wrong with assuming the chain store runs like

A mom and pop operation.

The corporation makes a calculated risk by allowing people to pick up and carry their own shopping items in a store the size of an aircraft carrier. There is a reason the fancy stores and expensive jewelry stores lock up things and provide sales staff. Because that guarantees practically no loss. It's more cost effective with cheap items to let customers handle it themselves, push the responsibility and work on to the customer. The store doesn't have to pay for workers and loss thru shoplifting is added into your price. Their huge size guarantees they can never have enough security staff to stop losses and that's calculated in too. They could just provide abundant staff like they use to but they don't want to pay for labor. And if you think you're getting the cheap prices because of the stores labor savings think again. Nothing has changed in stores after COVID yet prices are up.

They have insurance for large losses. So, they really didn't lose $1800.00. When I worked for a big named grocery store we would routinely write off 10 percent of stock due to spoilage, damage and expiration. I doubt the big chain store lost any money. Even diapers have expiration dates.

And why should a parent have to pay so much to care for their children. It's crazy. When corporations are making huge profits, the customer still has to pay the equivalent of a poor person's monthly salary. This is capitalism gone crazy.

Do you want a shrinking, older population? Well keep doing this. Do you want women to be so stressed out they can't feed their children? Just keep jacking up prices. Do you want to just use coercive methods like stopping abortions and jail time so your population starts popping out children again? Seems like a really stupid idea to me, when you could just control and regulate prices.