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inthewind21

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42. What

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 12:12 PM

Mar 2023

did they expect when they made themselves a self service store and cut their staff? Walmart can't have their cake and eat it too. They wat YOU to check yourself out so they can cut employees. You leave your doors open with the store unmanned, what did they think would happen?

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Walmart Set to Close All Stores in Portland amid Record-Breaking Retail Theft [View all] CatWoman Mar 2023 OP

What in the hell is in wally world worth stealing and going to jail for? yaesu Mar 2023 #1

No one is going to jail for shoplifting. former9thward Mar 2023 #5

No one is going to jail and they know it Polybius Mar 2023 #15

I'd imagine keroro gunsou Mar 2023 #27

Tide pods, HABA, cosmetics, meat, razors, condoms. Mosby Mar 2023 #61

TVs, consoles, tablet computers, PC components, that sort of thing. Initech Mar 2023 #73

FALSE NEWS. They are only closing 2 stores. I live in portland AND I KNOW THE TRUTH Trueblue1968 Mar 2023 #78

Correct, the last two remaining, according to the first paragraph of the OP MichMan Mar 2023 #83

Maybe food. Deuxcents Mar 2023 #2

Not sure this is a bad thing. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #3

Stores say shoplifting is a national crisis. The numbers don't back it up By Nathaniel Meyersohn, C cbabe Mar 2023 #4

That has nothing to do with losses at any given chain or location MichMan Mar 2023 #8

Thank you... This is more copaganda (being used by corporations) IMHO Nevilledog Mar 2023 #9

Agree. More greed. And I wonder if any unionization attempts were live love laugh Mar 2023 #12

Thinking maybe they should push more pickup of grocieries by offering a discount walkingman Mar 2023 #6

Thieves don't even bother with going through any checkouts MichMan Mar 2023 #7

A failure of management if I've ever seen one. Get better managers instead of... brush Mar 2023 #10

Or get better politicians Polybius Mar 2023 #16

It's management's fault that the stores are being victimized by shoplifters? f_townsend Mar 2023 #51

I have noticed the past few years more and more items Meowmee Mar 2023 #11

Well maybe they need to Tree Lady Mar 2023 #13

We have monitors who watch Karma13612 Mar 2023 #20

"Nobody wants to work" RandiFan1290 Mar 2023 #25

You haven't noticed lack of waitresses newdayneeded Mar 2023 #29

This is true. Going to stores and restaurants anymore is hit-or-miss Wingus Dingus Mar 2023 #44

My grandson belongs to this community Tree Lady Mar 2023 #52

I've seen the argument made that kids didn't ask to be born, ergo didn't ask to be wage slaves, ergo renate Mar 2023 #71

It's kind of a thing in that both my adult late-millennial sons really don't Wingus Dingus Mar 2023 #81

I was raised that way to and probably Tree Lady Mar 2023 #82

There are lots of reasons why there is a shortage of workers. Mariana Mar 2023 #67

SMH inthewind21 Mar 2023 #43

This! 👆🏻 oregonjen Mar 2023 #46

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2023 #50

I cannot BELIEVE the right-wing talking points on this thread. Coventina Mar 2023 #60

It has been like this for a while obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #66

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the Waltons!?!?!?!? Coventina Mar 2023 #69

Yeah, it keeps coming up obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #84

When my daughter was still working retail Mariana Mar 2023 #68

That's awesome! Coventina Mar 2023 #70

Yup! Lemon Lyman Mar 2023 #79

This was not my assessment. Karma13612 Mar 2023 #74

You cannot police someone's language here obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #85

People are not willing to work under the conditions and salary offered. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #63

I never meant to imply it was laziness. Karma13612 Mar 2023 #75

During the pandemic, especially before vaccines were available, Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #77

OMG quit saying that, why are you doubling down obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #86

What amount constitutes a living wage? MichMan Mar 2023 #91

The unemployment rate is unbelievably low. People ARE working. Mariana Mar 2023 #64

Again, Karma13612 Mar 2023 #76

And still tripling down overcthis anonymous obamanut2012 Mar 2023 #87

Walmart made a company statement that people are lazy? MichMan Mar 2023 #92

And Yet, We Have Historically Low Unemployment ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #80

The unemployment numbers only count those actively looking for work MichMan Mar 2023 #88

Wrong ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #89

So it is true for U-1 to U-3 MichMan Mar 2023 #90

This has nothing to do with that pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #32

Exactly Calculating Mar 2023 #57

When I walk around my local Safeway I'm astonished at how much pre-prepped items there are Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #14

I agree on the pre-packed Karma13612 Mar 2023 #18

Wow.. I've been in Walmart Cha Mar 2023 #17

Here in North Carolina Karma13612 Mar 2023 #19

The Walmarts near me don't have that Kaleva Mar 2023 #24

Cool, great location for a multigraincracker Mar 2023 #21

I'm a lousy grocery checker. Mopar151 Mar 2023 #22

Yep, I too vote with my dollars and my feet. MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #45

Well yeah! There's a problem with shoplifting & stealing! imanamerican63 Mar 2023 #23

Employee theft JanLip Mar 2023 #36

We watched shoplifters steal from three Portland stores. Nobody stopped them. BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #26

This is what the death of law and order in a society looks like Calculating Mar 2023 #56

Hmmm.... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #28

My daughter worked at a small retail newdayneeded Mar 2023 #30

Trying to stop a shoplifter could end up badly, either for LisaL Mar 2023 #31

Stopping crime is dangerous Calculating Mar 2023 #59

Portland and other cities pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #33

Once at a Wal Mart, I asked for $80 cash back. When I got to my car I checked the money panader0 Mar 2023 #34

Good on you. I do the same thing when somebody gives me too much money back. Liberal In Texas Mar 2023 #35

Portland's a blue city. How come this problem is so big there? Hortensis Mar 2023 #37

If they aren't prosecuting pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #40

Agree. BUT, note the surge in blue-city weenie crimes against retail Hortensis Mar 2023 #41

Our DA in Portland doesn't prosecute for crimes under $1k MissB Mar 2023 #54

Such a sad era, but it'll pass. I'm remembering when NYC was in such Hortensis Mar 2023 #58

The problem is that it's Double Bright Blue, and they are soft on crime Polybius Mar 2023 #55

As a proponent of responsible, sensible policies myself, Hortensis Mar 2023 #62

Post removed Post removed Mar 2023 #38

The community made the decision not to prosecute shoplifters ripcord Mar 2023 #39

What inthewind21 Mar 2023 #42

I wonder the same thing. Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #47

If the policy is "you can take $900.00 worth of free stuff per visit," there LeftinOH Mar 2023 #48

I suspect that many of these thieves simply have nothing to lose. Chainfire Mar 2023 #49

ya trust what wally world says? dembotoz Mar 2023 #53

Portland only has two Walmarts and the city is filled with liberals who don't shop there. tinrobot Mar 2023 #65

Yep I'll bet you're right about that FakeNoose Mar 2023 #72