Even if they did , they would not mess with They will say wait for the police and by the the robber is gone. If people want to get paid fo the should get a degree or learn a trade and work all day.
No you idiots. It's still illegal and you still get charged for it if caught. Just shows how many of you didn't read the bill. Y'all watch too much Faux News
@@lindasue4237 It’s terrible for the employees but I don’t blame the company. If a business is being robbed so often that it isn’t viable, it has to be closed.
If the reason for the closure is due to the prevalence of online shopping/a shortage of raw materials for medicines, will there still be insurance claims? Will it cause more panic in chain convenience stores/pharmacies? The victim and the blamed are the 99%
@@isitmeeTV No. First... insurance only pay a fraction of the damages. In certain areas, the stores can't even get insurance. Second....insurance RAISES the rates for the stores.
This is what happens when you fire people for not getting a vaccine. They lose their job and income and need to survive. What did you think they were going to do. Roll over in the gutter and starve to death. 😆. Nah, they will just walk in and take what they need since they don’t have money to buy the goods because Joe Biden took their jobs away. End the vaccine mandate and the crime would most likely end in my opinion.
What I find more disgusting than the thieves and opportunists taking advantage of these asinine laws are the people defending them and the mayor avoiding responsibility.
Hey I a kid I didn't mind stealing due to parenting issues, but as a adult see it's wrong but that somehow STILL didn't stop security guards from accusing me once in a while 🤦🏾♂️
There is no reason this should not be resolved!! Having to shut down due to uncontrollable theft is beyond my comprehension!! I don not understand why they can’t stop it??
@@jasonp1305 Not to be political here but those are just ONE of the many consequences after having the type of presidency we had the last four years. Elections matters, sadly. And we’ll be paying the price of that 2016 election in many ways for couple of years if not decades. God help us 🙏
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Dude wants to blame Walgreens but wont come out and say it because he knows he is full of crap. You can't blame Walgreens if employees are to scared to work in stores that are continually robbed. That is a natural reaction to violence.
@@CheckItOutHOODREVIEWS Just say you don’t like the truth. I’m just pointing out the facts. Look at how NBC and idiots erased my comments. I don’t like white supremacists and black supremacists either. They’re both out to destroy America.
Looting stores doesn’t alleviate poverty, it creates poverty. Now 50+ people are going to be out of work and there’s going to be a reduction in services available to those areas.
On the contrary, given the high rate of opiate deaths among Karens and soccer moms, closing their legal source for easily obtaining the drugs might save lives.
You act like corporate America is our only way of getting business into our communities. Mom and pop shops will take over and adapt to the environment. Stop being an alarmist.
@@aceboog4546 Yes, I can tell you're a decent person, aren't you? Hopefully someone you know won't OD and plz you can get that crap on the streets. You can thank the cartels for that, since we allow so many in this country. Killing many innocent kids too
Yes, i remember those days--gone, i guess. Unfortunately the honest have become "sitting ducks." Landslides never slide back up and desperate pepole do desperate things, irregardless of what brought them to desperation (even in the land of plenty). Now, honesty only lives in the land that time forgot; making our collective future up to us.
It all depends on who you stole it from. There is a huge difference between stealing from a huge corporation, a mom and pop shop or an individual. I don't really care is mega corporations get robbed. I care if the regular people and workers get robbed. The initial theft was the rich robbing and exploiting the poor for centuries, not the poor robbing the rich and corporations, that's just residual. See it clearly.
@@whatabouttheearth you are wrong on a million levels. HUGE CORPORATIONS employ HUGE numbers of people, use HUGE numbers of people to build their stores, transport their merchandise by their merchandise. And all THOSE companies employ huge numbers of people! You mentioned Mom and Pop stores, THEY buy from "HUGE CORPORATIONS" also. Huge corporations are not the enemy. You have been listening to the wrong people! And when people steal or commit crimes against big stores, we all lose. Prices go up, they cut costs and employees... Or close down stores. Stealing is stealing and evil is evil! Just being RICH has never been the problem. We wouldn't have anything if "rich people" didn't build, invest, expand, hire. Are there evil rich people? Yep just like there's evil poor people. And if you look closely an individually at poor people, they're poor due to poor choices. You can argue that but it's true.
You hit the main on the head and the one grocery store that is their is known for not playing that they don’t call the cops the call for a ambulance especially if a mom and pops store in the neighborhood.
john ruvolis everyone is justifying their actions. When our businesses owner refuses paying overtime- he has explanation. When company refuses to provide you any benefits- they have justification. Society starts rotting from the top. When your boss let you go because you're 50 now, then lower classes say - hey, I can grab those headache medications and resell it. Yes,it's legal to let you go, however moral code is still broken. When upper class scoundrels brake moral codes, lower classes go for crimes.
How are folks walking out with nearly $1000 of stolen goods when I get accused of stealing while I’m paying or trying to walk out with the receipt in my hand?
It's basically legal to steal in San Francisco, since the police won't arrest. Car break-ins are also rampant, because the cops won't do anything. The law there treats stealing like jay-walking or spitting on the sidewalk. Not considered serious enough to warrant legal action. I won't even drive through that city, nor any major city in CA.
@@jlam3927 yes. They hassle shoppers but just watch thieves walk away. A lot like cops. They are great at writing traffic tickets but not so great on patrolling.
For the most part is only mega corporations and extremely high end boutique stores I don't really care is mega corporations get robbed. I care if the regular people and workers get robbed. The initial theft was the rich robbing and exploiting the poor for centuries, not the poor robbing the rich and corporations, that's just residual. See it clearly.
Lol but the companies penalize their workers for losses so often. It sucks. I've had friends get fired for confronting thieves when I worked at a highly targeted store. One employee was bitten by a thief and got Hep C and was given nothing from the company because he tried to stop it. But we would also get fired if there was too much theft. It was a lose lose and absolutely abysmal situation. So glad I'm out of that but feel awful for people who have to cope with it.
The leftist enablers of theft will be complaining about multinationals having ever growing monopolies due to this. The "shortages" we hear about aren't only caused by shipping issues, this plays a big role if you are unlucky to live in a metropolitan area. Everything behind glass cabinets someday because people have no self control and want money to buy crack and booze. We go from "They have insurance, all the loss is covered, so who cares?" to "I can't get this thing I used to buy locally, the store I bought it at is gone/reduced inventory of goods, so I have to go through Amazon to get the thing I want for a higher price. Jeff Bezos is to blame for this :(((((((("
@@johnleff7119 'The shortages we hear about aren't my only caused by shipping issues, this plays a big role...' - the moment people started sneering at you on Thanksgiving, dear God you're a lunatic. 😂 🤣
It is not 'shoplifting' it is theft. We collectively have romanticized this crime, and continually push the thresholds upward before action is taken. Now a new wave of professional thieves, alone or in groups, have been stealing in ever increasing numbers and boldness. We give permission to this theft every time the thief is released with little to no consequences. Welcome to your own demise!
The California governor should stop trying to pass laws about gender neutral toy aisles, and start passing laws to help keep people safe from thieves in his state.
Theft is a by product of economic issues. It always has been. None of these thieves make enough money off of resales to their dealers or on the street to make ends meet past a month, so it's knowingly unsustainable. This is just the beginning. Robotics and AI will make low skill labor difficult to come by. Inflation is stripping the buying potential from the dollar. We're entering a renters state where a large portion of families can't afford homes and the ones that can are competing with corporations and hedge funds that are willing to settle in cash. This isn't about Democrats or Republicans. This is about how capatalism is a broken system. The pandemic made that reality crystal clear to pretty much everyone.
@@North_Bound The pandemic showed these big corporations that they can lower their employees hours, and work a skeleton crew. The theft is because employees are understaffed, underpaid, and over worked.
I'd like to know where this reporter got the numbers for the "average retail" salary? He said it was $27,000 per year. Where? Since most retail companies are NOT paying a living $15.00 per hr wage, that $27,000 could only be achieved through full time work. That would be approximately $13.00 per hr at 40 hours per week. And for anyone who actually works retail, they already know that companies DON'T want to have workers at full time so the don't have to offer them benefits. A more realistic yearly salary estimate should have been around $21,000. And even this is generous.
@@redneckhippiefreak I see your point, but including manager's salaries in the mix gives an unfair impression of how much real retail workers earn. Yes, I understand that retail managers are retail workers, but it is grossly unfair to lump my manager's $110,000 a year salary together with my $21,000.
@@starbrand3726 Yeah, I looked a little deeper..From what I gather, The average is based on the Store employees from entry to franchise manager. Seems to focus on Walmart type outlets too. As with all tyhese statistics it takes a second look sometimes. XP So its possible the average is Not including the additions of the District/regional/upper managements salary . The difference from Base entry to manager is for sure wide for the higher end and shops but the majority of Mom'n Pops type establishments make up for a Much larger cut in the averaging of the wages as those are set by the given areas wages and not a National Cooperation. . Its definitely more complex than I first thought. . That $7k diff.., seems kinds conservative in my opinion but, It seems Im not versed on the Modern retail game either. XD.
@@monsignorerasmus.6441 Yes, that's a good realistic figure. And that's only if the retail business gives steady hours. Most of these businesses give fluctuating hours.
Yes Walgreens the million dollar company that doesn't pay its employees well or pay its fair share in taxes and destroys small business around it is the victim here. Oh those poor ceos living in France or the Carmen Islands. OH no what can we do to help them? Oh man. What will I do if Walgreens leaves my city wow
@@lo-ficommie7988 Nothing wrong with a company being profitable. They'll leave the area because of leeches who have no morals or pride and it'll be harder to get prescriptions filled and everyday items not to mention the taxes generated from that store going into the local economy. Some people are just to stupid to see the bigger picture.
@@blnunya6689 Was it about morals when they had my peoples on the plantations, imposing Jim Crow laws, and burning down black built, and owned towns. Or terrorizing us for decades. I'm listening, so tell me when morals kicked into this picture.
"Crime has been falling steadily for 20 years. So this is not exactly a crime wave." This is the problem. As far as the state and MSM are concerned, unreported or decriminalized crimes never happened at all. Their strategy for reducing crime statistics is to simply stop recording them.
I went to San Francisco about a year ago. It was absolutely filthy. Tons of trash in the streets, tons of homeless people everywhere. Just dirty and gross. Also unbelievably expensive and the customer service sucked. I was so happy when I left San Francisco and went back home.
I like how this story makes it out like it's just normal that people steal and it's because of addiction. HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTIBLE NBC, make these people out to be what they are, CRIMINALS. My Walgreens are really nice, very little theft, low crime and guess what, I don't live in a big blue city...
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So many new laws go in effects mandates, gender neutral toys must be in store shelf etc . And not one new laws to be amended penalize repeat petty theft offenders.
As a former employee I can testify that this is a pervasive problem pre-pandemic. The company provides little to no security, and the police aren't interested in petty theft. Repeat offenders were the norm, in part because the law was linient, and it was rare to go a shift without incident! Customers used to get annoyed when half the store's items were under lock and key but we had no choice.
They can walk in and walk out with loads of stuff. Means they could work in any number of jobs that admittedly aren’t cushy as a professional shoplifter
Excuses they are going broke because of CEOs. Make it make sense! Give the working class's more they need the money and the economy will start revolving again.
@@hsab4646 false. They are doing just fine. It's the blue areas that have homeless everywhere. Just beause the media and tech companies are rich doesn't mean everyone is.
Those who steals are released criminal that are meant to be lock up forever. If you are Californian you know that. Gavin, Jerry Brown released 10 thousand of non violence onto the street.
@@ModernGeekReview lol what I’ve stole before but I’ve never been arrested so that already negates whatever you mean also realize that almost half the World has stolen something before
@@ModernGeekReview I'm having a little trouble understanding all of your comment but did you say that people who steal should be locked up forever? Isn't that sorta extreme for theft?
@@niclasnyberg4173 When petty theft become a career! Repeat offender people criminals. Yes if you keep doing the crime you would be in prison forever. Only Today democract fail to understand that. While rest of the world still prohibit " I shall not steal "
@@ModernGeekReview yeah, every one prohibits theft but only extreme countries do stuff like chop off hands or or execute thieves. A life sentence is pretty much up there with those. I can understand like ten or twenty years depending on the crimes and prior record. Prisons are already overcrowded.
It’s a legitimate fear. Shoplifting is rampant and has been for too long. The legal system these days is a joke. Criminal and special interest groups have wrecked this country.
Not just that but crimes such as this cost all of us. Stores in their budgets, actually have to budget in the price of shoplifting which results in higher prices across the board. Not just that, I think that a lot of people simply do not have a conscience anymore. More proof that some people simply want to live in anarchy.
Some Walmart can lose 1 million a year in shop lifting, if not more. It's funny, where I live the guy at the Kroger's who works there has someone call the cops and chases out after them. The cops often get there before they can leave the parking lot and arrest them. He doesn't care about his safety, he hates shoplifters :)
@@trvman1 it also depends on the state. I remember growing up in Michigan to where I knew a female klepto. She would steal stores blind because at the time in Michigan, even if they knew somebody was walking out the door with stolen merchandise, no store employee could touch them once they went through the doors and they also were not allowed by law to drag them back into the store against their will so it was like a catch-22 for the store. This was back in the seventies so maybe by now they have changed that law in order to take out that loophole.
@@patrickkenyon2326 and what if those security officers have friends? I can let you in and out and it's not going to cost you a penny. You're not thinking about corruption.
@@Jlawson310 yeah, it's complex problem. You raise min wage up and employers want to see higher skill sets. So unskilled workers get left behind when the intent of a min wage "increase" was to help low income, low skilled workers.
@@RavenousFallen I don't think the Democrats intention for a minimum wage increase is to help low income people, I think they are fully aware that higher minimum wage means fewer jobs, and more government dependency, which is their bread and butter.
A few thieves can make life difficult for the store owner, the employees, and near by residents that rely on the store. What’s even more criminal is when caught then released the criminals will be right back at it.
So if you steal "only" $949 worth of merchandise per person, that is a misdemeanor and SFPD won't make an arrest? So 10 shoplifters walk in and each grabs $900 each, so the store loses $9000 and SFPD won't do anything? No store can withstand those type of losses very many times. If you want stores for the community, then you have to protect the stores, not leave them wide open to unending looting.
It's sad that people are stealing from retail pharmacies like Walgreens. We're in a difficult time and local pharmacy's are needed to pickup medical supplies like allergy meds, diabetes meds.
@@ccdogpark Right, this person know that. They just want to point the finger but a lot of this goes on in the non poor neighborhoods twice as much. It's just the person isn't jailed, the police isn't called and they turn their backs to it.
No. They're afraid of getting hurt if they try to stop them. Also, the store does not cover them for any security injuries. The workers are told to just let them steal
don't blame Walgreens, blame the thieves that are getting more bold, ask them and they all say insurance will pay the stores, but that is now how it works, and now jobs being lost and stores closing and making it harder and harder for some parts of population to get what they need. seen folks walking out with whole duffel bag full of product and try to stop them and next thing your surrounded by folks coming in from outside and from all around, who are working with them.
@@koguma.newyork1 and a lot of those people never bothered to save or lived beyond their means. It doesn't excuse stealing, especially when we have the most job openings in history.
The changing of this law was all about fudging with the numbers. Felony crime goes down not because the actual acts decreased, but because of reclassification. It’s about conveying a positive spin on something that in reality hasn’t changed anything at best or increased criminal activity in general at worst.
Walgreens has been wanting to close store and transition to more online services...BUT that does it also negate the fact that these young kids are going crazy… And it's not a race thing neither… Because in San Diego I saw the same thing with a bunch of white kids
This is just another Walmart scam. I worked at Walmart and their plan is to close stores to the publc and make them OGP curbside pickup only to keep up with Amazon. The insurance for customers and employees are two different things. The insurance for customers is alot more expensive, and eliminating the cashiers makes more shelf space and eliminates cash in the stores. Walmart just needs a reason to do so and here it is.
@@ryanroberts1104do you not think they knew it was a "colored" neighborhood when they built the stores??????.... give the race sht a rest....if that's the case I guess it's "colored" that's stealing.... Or the tannest non colored people in the news clips...... lmao.....
This is what happens when you fire people for not getting a vaccine. They lose their job and income and need to survive. What did you think they were going to do. Roll over in the gutter and starve to death. 😆. Nah, they will just walk in and take what they need since they don’t have money to buy the goods because Joe Biden took their jobs away. End the vaccine mandate and the crime would most likely end in my opinion.
Blame your politicians who allow people to get away with this crap. The crime is soo weak for repeat offenders in some states. Why would Walgreens even bother.
How do you guys turn “stores closing due to shop lifting” into “retail workers don’t make enough” and “it’s really not that bad social media makes it look bad”
Back in 1973 I was told that I could NOT smack my child if they talk back to me or did something against the law. B.S.!!!!!!!! All 6 of them are parents and raised my grandchildren to be good citizens.
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No don't call it homelessness but as poverty increases trying to pretend that the economics has nothing to do with this becomes a bigger pill to swallow somehow the same people who would never steal for any reason find reasons to break the law
This isn’t a poverty issue, lack of enforcement and ethics is the problem. It’s also a product of rampant drug addiction. Homeless people addicted to fentanyl do whatever it takes to get their next hit.
Some people think poverty is when you cannot afford a cell phone. Nobody starves in this country. Poverty is not an issue if it just means not having what you want.
The obvious lies by these newscasters is why I refuse to get vaccinated. The disgust as these media people speak about us Americans ... The media and the politicians are who America is going to tear apart during the coming revolution. We remember your faces. We know everything about them.
@Life is better when I do something. @Life is better when I do something. Most crimes are committed by certain people who cry about getting mistreated. When they are criticized for their crimes they defended and are seen as victims. That's why nazis are rising, they are getting sick of these people destroying everything and acting like the victims. I'm Asian and though I'm not american, I still know who the real criminals are
@Lucifer Morningstar No, dummy. When ONE particular group is doing far far more per capita.... then that group needs to be pointed out and held accountable. Facts are NOT racist, Trayvon. But you all keep saying that to deflect blame from yourselves, once again.
@@upsidedownworld8416 I'm a Native. So why don't YOU take yo baby mommas and go back to your continent full of third world countries that can't even feed themselves without other groups helping you.
Kamikaze that's because Walgreens was the only ones dumb enough to put a retail store on that street. Looks like they just fixed it. Now they will cry that they don't have a store.
@@Jlawson310 yeah only places I've ever seen be safe from crime in bad areas are Krispy creme and churches chicken, churches chicken seems like it only wants to be in bad areas🤣🤣
@@smythe7480 you mean like Caldwell county Missouri. $5.00 worth of weed and driving on a suspended license and registration. They threw me on jail for 2 weeks and hit me with $500 in fines and 500 for "room and board" not only did I go to county for that but I was transferred to a regional medium security prison for 2 days till I was released 30 miles away from my car.
Those same crooked people will now complain that there is no pharmacy in their neighborhood. It sucks not having a place to steal from in walking distance.
That fine, educated gentleman who pretty much blamed the whole problem on income "gap" (In other words, the thieves are the victims here.) will be the first to scream when the stores shut down and leave.
It's amazing how much work you put into making sure actual thrives are portrayed as victims. In countries with better drug policies/justice systems, they recognize that addiction is an issue, they also recognize the actual *crime* involved. You go to treatment/rehab, it isn't optional, it's better for them and for everyone else. We need to get our s*** together in this country and recognize mandatory treatment isn't cruel and inhumane, giving out drugs and needles and keeping those gripped by hard drugs on their hard drugs just might be though. Detain them, treat them, and release them ONLY once it's clear the individual has recovered and poses no further threat, why is this rocket surgery, people need help not victimization.
in November 2020, Walgreens paid a $4.5 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that it stole wages from thousands of its employees in California between 2010 and 2017. The lawsuit alleged that Walgreens "rounded down employees' hours on their timecards, required employees to pass through security checks before and after their shift without compensating them for time worked, and failed to pay premium wages to employees who were denied legally required meal breaks."
Listen Kmart dealt with this in the Bronx years ago. Security at door and ur not leaving without a receipt. Everyone knows this. Pay for the security. Penny wise, pound foolish.
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
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No, it really is this bad.You say it's just social media, but I have seen it and after 20 years and it has been ramping up, I left retail. Couldn't do it anymore. Risking my life constantly...no.
No. As was pointed out the real victims are the communities left without stores. The problem isn't limited to Walgreens. Grocery stores are also being driven out because of heavy shrinkage.
@@beachbum1523 It is unfortunate for those who need community shops. And the community you choose is exactly that, a choice. If you want better, do better.
@@beachbum1523 The people who are doing the stealing are member of the local "community". Nobody takes a road trip to rob Walgreens. The locals aren't "victims", they are the reason the store needs to close.
@@ryanroberts1104 I disagree that the criminals are from the local community which needs the stores. Law enforcement has busted up at least one large ring of thieves, who pay the grabbers, sort the goods, sell online - with millions of dollars of stolen inventory. With that kind of incentive, people are willing to drive over to a liberal city with a progressive DA who dismisses most misdemeanors (so the cops rarely bother making arrests except for felonies). (And no, the typical thief is not too poor to have access to a car; this kind of theft pays). If you buy discount drugstore items on eBay, Amazon, or via Craigslist, and it's shipped from somewhere in the Bay Area, you are keeping this profitable for the organized criminals and for their street lackeys that do the actual grabbing.
Walgreens has the no confrontation policy. They need to invest in security like Walmart and you get in trouble for not reporting theft as an employee. Walmart will tackle people who want to steal
The problem is if you get in a scuffle with someone they could have a knife on them and then you get stabbed in the throat. Alternatively the person you are trying to stop falls and hits their head and then a lawsuit is coming. Not worth the risk either way for a low paying job.
Not true. I was a train hopping hobo for years and we occasionally went to Wal Marts all over the country to refill water, charge our phones or get supplies and I have many times heard security say they can't do anything unless they see the theft and even then "I don't get paid enough to chase someone through the parking lot if I ain't seen it" was common for Wal Mart security to say while chilling in the smoking area.
They're selling it after stealing it. Does this have anything to do with impossibly high housing costs, homelessness, and lack of wages that meet cost of living? I mean, is it really the laws and social media videos that are the problem? 🤷♀️
Just do like in Islamic countries, cut one hand from the thief. Then send them to work in prison with the remaining good hand for two years. That will solve the problem.
The real thieves are the corporations who pay their employees less than 25% of the wealth their laborers generate, which is the vast majority. That is literally theft. And then on top of that these corporations don't hardly pay taxes, and then they get billions in government subsidies. I don't really care is mega corporations get robbed. I care if the regular people and workers get robbed. The initial theft was the rich robbing and exploiting the poor for centuries, not the poor robbing the rich and corporations, that's just residual. See it clearly.
@@whatabouttheearth "The real thieves are the corporations who pay their employees less than 25% of the wealth their laborers generate, which is the vast majority. That is literally theft. And then on top of that these corporations don't hardly pay taxes, and then they get billions in government subsidies. " Just an excuse to do crime. You have probably missed those small stores owners getting same treatment as big corpos that does not care, because they supports this crime, so they can get rid of small store owners. Even if employees are not getting their fair share, they need the job to live in this first world country. You r born into society and that society does not own you anything. Just because you have high expectation from life and how society should treat you means nothing. You are entitled in first world country. While true poverty and struggle is in 3rd world country. "I care if the regular people and workers get robbed" Dont lie, you care if you care about your entitlement. After seeing this video, do you believe in your own statement? When people will lose their jobs, because of shoplifting? YOU DONT CARE.
Love how NBC passive aggressively (and subtlety) spins it so it justifies the lawlessness and supports the criminals. This crime doesn't happen in our state.
They ARE getting away with it. I see it at Lowe's in Seattle all the time, also at Target. That's why I don't like going out to shop anymore. The "homeless by choice" problem is out of control. Bunch of junkies.
Walgreens is doing great. Don't let 'em fool ya! This is BS propaganda to rile up the Trump cult TRAITORS! Proof: Walgreens also said it reached its goal of shaving $2 billion in annual costs from its business a year ahead of schedule. Chief Financial Officer James Kehoe said it would raise its cost savings goal to $3.3 billion by fiscal year 2024. He said the company expects to have flat growth in adjusted earnings per share in fiscal 2022 at constant currency rates. Here's what Walgreens reported compared with what analysts were expecting for the fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, based on Refinitiv data: Earnings per share: $1.17 adjusted vs. $1.02 expected Revenue: $34.26 billion vs. $33.30 billion expected In the quarter, net income rose to $627 million, or 72 cents per share, from $373 million, or 43 cents per share, a year earlier. Walgreens earned $358 million, or 41 cents a shares, from its continuing operations during the latest quarter. However, excluding items, the company earned $1.17 per share, exceeding the $1.02 expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Sales rose to $34.26 billion from $30.37 billion a year earlier, higher than the $33.30 billion that analysts expected.
Here In ARIZONA! It was crazy! Here in Chandler I told the manager I could not close at night anymore and she said I would not be promise my 30 hours to keep my Insurance! So I quit! My LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT!
It s disgusting criminals are so brazen - stealing is immoral and it violates one of the10 commandments - more people should care about that and try to live a decent life with more giving and being helpful to others.
If you don’t have it to buy. You will steal. It’s only immoral to people who can afford it. Some people have no choice, some due. Everyone doesn’t follow the Ten Commandments.
@@JaylaCharlese lame argument. Nobody in America needs to steal to survive. There are plenty of organizations willing to help people out. If you are able bodied enough to take a garbage bag into a store, put twenty plus pounds of goods into the bag, and then run out you are able to work. No one is entitled to just take whatever they want. Is working at a low wage job fun? No, but sometimes you have to do some crappy jobs to get by. If you don't like your circumstances then do something positive to change them. Again, there are plenty of good organizations willing to help people get their lives together.
@@loydamedina235 I believe he is making reference to our politicians never accepting responsibility. Like the President we just got rid of who has never ever been wrong in his entire life.
So they say that theft crimes are not as bad as they used to be AFTER they increase the dollar value that they can be charged for. Lol Are these people for real.
When I use to work for rite aid, the manager had me tackling people to get the stuff back and I was a regular worker making minimum wage. I don't feel bad for this billion dollar company. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN, GIVE NOTHING BACK
Things are about to get much worse as prices, unemployment and poverty continue to rise. If you live in a major city and value your safety I only have one word of advice…MOVE!!!!
Service merchandise had it right. There was 1 usually fake product on the floor. You took a tag and the item was sent from the warehouse to the front via conveyor belt. Limited to no shoplifting.
Does that threshold also apply to vandalism? When vandals get caught in the act do the police bring calculators or get estimates to see if damages exceed $950?
Why is there even a threshold? Crime is crime, theft is theft. You should get punished equally if you stole $1 worth of goods or $100,000 worth of goods.
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller t So the kid that stole a candy bar shoul go to jail the same length of time as a person that stole the life savings of hundreds? The world isn't black and white, little boy.
@@chinaarlene7035 it’s not extreme views. It’s just real life. People like you with kid gloves is why society is in a mess with Karens running around throwing temper tantrums. Adults with no awareness of how the world works.
I live in a state where the felony threshold is higher than California. And it happens to be a conservative, republican dominated state. Crime isn't that bad here, but it is only a matter of time.
Today a year later and Walgreens is now stating they may have exaggerated the shoplifting epidemic since none of the actual end of year numbers are adding up to the problem they were reporting early in the year. Shocker.
Ha Ha Ha... I've seen videos of heathens riding around inside stores on bicycles with huge Hefty trash bags full of stuff. Then I hear these lunatics offering excuses for them and claiming it's some sort of corporate greed because Walgreens has to close down.
At minimum, the thieves are useful idiots providing cover for stores that want an excuse to close costly brick and mortar locations. All this BS about “social justice” and these thieves are
@@evan5604 The persistent problem with running a business (especially a "costly brick and mortar" one) is making a profit. Usually a business can weather out a certain degree of thievery but when it becomes rampant and the perpetrators aren't caught or prosecuted... staying open becomes an act of foolishness. I doubt seriously that you'd continue to operate a business that was constantly being robbed of a profit by low life heathens.
@@digidanshow i actually don’t disagree with any of this! My point was more to the cynical: if you think giant chains ultimately want to close more stores and move more business online as part of a long-term plan, rampant, repeat, organized mass thievery is at minimum giving those bigs chains, who might already see certain locations as less viable, great cover. Do I think there was a preexisting plan among big chains to do this? I don’t know. It’s not implausible. But I absolutely agree that groups filling contractor bags with whatever fits and daring anyone to stop them, knowing security are outnumbered, told to stand down for liability and PR reasons, and laws exempt them and DAs won’t prosecute anyway, means those stores can’t really function, let alone at a profit. Add in the more aggressive, threatening shoplifters, and the stores become unsafe for everyone else. I never thought I’d see this insanity. It’s truly sad as it hurts the employees and local residents who depend on those stores the most. These are not victimless crimes.
@@evan5604 Ditto. The pharmacy part of such a store is pretty much protected from five finger discount shopping and could run efficiently from a 20 x 20 building with nothing but a drive/walk up window. Obviously a great deal of their profits come from the "other" items they sell... hence register coupons and "bonus bucks" for items other than prescriptions. Online mail order pharmacies are great for refills but when the baby needs an antibiotic or grandma needs a new blood pressure med even overnight shipping is unsatisfactory. I honestly don't know what the solution could be... but I'm positive that decriminalization of "petty" shoplifting isn't it.
No retail employee gets paid enough to deal with organize crime.
Yeah the $27 k per year , yeah right more like $22
@@FurthermoreJack some even less working part time and jobs make it impossible for them to have a second job.
Especially when everybody is carrying a gun.
They also make less than what the products are worth
Even if they did , they would not mess with
They will say wait for the police and by the the robber is gone.
If people want to get paid fo the should get a degree or learn a trade and work all day.
This is insane. So they can just steal $949 worth of stuff and walk out the door with no one doing anything? I would close my doors too.
That is exactly correct. And it was our lawmakers who maxe it happen.
Yes and they’ll be back tomorrow for another basketful.
im glad tbh walgreens is a leech
I need a job.
Pay me...
I'll sit outside the door with a bat..
No you idiots. It's still illegal and you still get charged for it if caught. Just shows how many of you didn't read the bill. Y'all watch too much Faux News
The criminals in the security videos should not have their privilege of having their fades blurred. 😤
@@anonyD412 try harder
Facts
@@legosaurus1791 They’re all black my dude. The guy is speaking facts.
Just waiting for BLM to accuse Walgreens of being racist because virtually all of the stores they're closing are in predominantly black neighborhoods.
Facts! And we should be informed which barber shop that shoddy work came from…
I don’t blame Walgreens and Target for closing stores there.
@Freddie Jones
Didn’t say they were
@Freddie Jones Some people are blaming them. They’re calling it a crime against poverty.
Not good for the employees losing their employment. Messed up!
@@lindasue4237 It’s terrible for the employees but I don’t blame the company. If a business is being robbed so often that it isn’t viable, it has to be closed.
@@hillerm Agreed
Stores don’t stay open when they can’t make money. They don’t make money when people steal things.
The insurance pays out more then what the items are worth. Its because of safety reasons for the employees paying customers.
If the reason for the closure is due to the prevalence of online shopping/a shortage of raw materials for medicines, will there still be insurance claims? Will it cause more panic in chain convenience stores/pharmacies? The victim and the blamed are the 99%
@@isitmeeTV No. First... insurance only pay a fraction of the damages. In certain areas, the stores can't even get insurance. Second....insurance RAISES the rates for the stores.
@@maxmadison5488 Criminals make it hard for everyone!!!
BLM ✊🏿
The mayor and city council are blaming Walgreens saying theft wasn't that bad. You can't make this up.
This is what happens when you fire people for not getting a vaccine. They lose their job and income and need to survive. What did you think they were going to do. Roll over in the gutter and starve to death. 😆.
Nah, they will just walk in and take what they need since they don’t have money to buy the goods because Joe Biden took their jobs away. End the vaccine mandate and the crime would most likely end in my opinion.
Just getting their repatriations
@@Ryan-my5lz really? So that makes it right to steal? You get fired so instead of stealing food and necessities you steal TVs??
@@Ryan-my5lz blaming the shoplifters on the vaccine and Biden is about the dumbest thing I ever heard.
@@Ryan-my5lz take the vaccine
What I find more disgusting than the thieves and opportunists taking advantage of these asinine laws are the people defending them and the mayor avoiding responsibility.
I pray the Republicans will nominate someone who isn't a useless POS in 2024.
Hey I a kid I didn't mind stealing due to parenting issues, but as a adult see it's wrong but that somehow STILL didn't stop security guards from accusing me once in a while 🤦🏾♂️
@@ccdogpark nope, still gonna be me, stable genius.
Liberals in charge
@@carlinbrumback8931 cUz HoMeLeSS DoNt ShOpLift iN RePuBLiCaN DiStRiCtS
Fears? They're tired of losing revenue. It's a good business move, actually.
There is no reason to remain open.
There is no reason this should not be resolved!! Having to shut down due to uncontrollable theft is beyond my comprehension!! I don not understand why they can’t stop it??
@Ownerthekpwner I do understand, I just don’t, we are the United States of American, but all of a sudden being ran like a third would country
@@jasonp1305 Not to be political here but those are just ONE of the many consequences after having the type of presidency we had the last four years. Elections matters, sadly. And we’ll be paying the price of that 2016 election in many ways for couple of years if not decades. God help us 🙏
Exactly! Who would earn money when your products are already STOLEN?
If I owned Walgreens, I’d shut these locations down too.
Unprecedented times coming ahead. Military checkpoints will be set up on us interstates for covid vaccination certification. Camps will be activated. Police state/genocide is coming. New world order led by obama and pope francis is coming. Jesus christ is coming back for the rapture. Get ready. Dont believe the coming ufo alien abduction narrative
All the store will close to stay away from stealing. no job,no money and no life.
... Why not hire one bodyguard who gets paid more than the employees?
@Ownerthekpwner oh really? Do you suggest tax money from all the people out of work are going to pay for it?
@@really5453 you mean tax money from all the people that don’t want to work. About every factory and corporation is hiring right now.
Dude wants to blame Walgreens but wont come out and say it because he knows he is full of crap.
You can't blame Walgreens if employees are to scared to work in stores that are continually robbed.
That is a natural reaction to violence.
He just came out and said the stores being robbed blind were not the victims. No wonder that city is falling like a lead balloon.
@@laviebanale just say you don't like black people
@@CheckItOutHOODREVIEWS Just say you don’t like the truth. I’m just pointing out the facts. Look at how NBC and idiots erased my comments. I don’t like white supremacists and black supremacists either. They’re both out to destroy America.
@@laviebanale them deleting your comment is kinda like gaslighting. They foul for that. BTW come take a look at my content.
@@roseroses7576 Good. That's what those idiots voted for. Elections have consequences
Looting stores doesn’t alleviate poverty, it creates poverty. Now 50+ people are going to be out of work and there’s going to be a reduction in services available to those areas.
Good.
On the contrary, given the high rate of opiate deaths among Karens and soccer moms, closing their legal source for easily obtaining the drugs might save lives.
@@aceboog4546 whatever you have to say to make yourself feel better about objective statistical facts buddy
You act like corporate America is our only way of getting business into our communities. Mom and pop shops will take over and adapt to the environment. Stop being an alarmist.
@@aceboog4546 Yes, I can tell you're a decent person, aren't you? Hopefully someone you know won't OD and plz you can get that crap on the streets. You can thank the cartels for that, since we allow so many in this country. Killing many innocent kids too
When I was 8 years old, I stole a bottle of Elmer's glue at 29¢. I did it on a dare. 68 now and still feel guilty.
Yes, i remember those days--gone, i guess. Unfortunately the honest have become "sitting ducks." Landslides never slide back up and desperate pepole do desperate things, irregardless of what brought them to desperation (even in the land of plenty). Now, honesty only lives in the land that time forgot; making our collective future up to us.
I stole a key that wasn't cut to shape yet at 5, almost got away with it too lmao, I wanted it cause it had smily faces on it
@@NANA-su5ql Done that once when I was a kid. Few years afterwards, went to the store and gave the cashier some money and left.
It all depends on who you stole it from. There is a huge difference between stealing from a huge corporation, a mom and pop shop or an individual.
I don't really care is mega corporations get robbed. I care if the regular people and workers get robbed. The initial theft was the rich robbing and exploiting the poor for centuries, not the poor robbing the rich and corporations, that's just residual. See it clearly.
@@whatabouttheearth you are wrong on a million levels. HUGE CORPORATIONS employ HUGE numbers of people, use HUGE numbers of people to build their stores, transport their merchandise by their merchandise. And all THOSE companies employ huge numbers of people! You mentioned Mom and Pop stores, THEY buy from "HUGE CORPORATIONS" also. Huge corporations are not the enemy. You have been listening to the wrong people!
And when people steal or commit crimes against big stores, we all lose. Prices go up, they cut costs and employees... Or close down stores. Stealing is stealing and evil is evil!
Just being RICH has never been the problem. We wouldn't have anything if "rich people" didn't build, invest, expand, hire. Are there evil rich people? Yep just like there's evil poor people. And if you look closely an individually at poor people, they're poor due to poor choices. You can argue that but it's true.
This is what causes food deserts and why grocery stores won't open there.
Exactly
You hit the main on the head and the one grocery store that is their is known for not playing that they don’t call the cops the call for a ambulance especially if a mom and pops store in the neighborhood.
Where do you think these "fine people" will shoplift next? Coming to a town near you...
Yes indeed
And when that happens I will laugh and laugh. Libs you get what you deserve 🍿
Being poor or rich, there's no excuse for a lack of morals.
get real man. You know if your life depended on it you'd shoot a f**ker
What morals when you are hungry and need money or your an addict they don't have morals.
Say that once you've gone without a few meals
I agree with you completely but you can see how a thief always tries to justify their actions.
john ruvolis everyone is justifying their actions. When our businesses owner refuses paying overtime- he has explanation. When company refuses to provide you any benefits- they have justification.
Society starts rotting from the top. When your boss let you go because you're 50 now, then lower classes say - hey, I can grab those headache medications and resell it. Yes,it's legal to let you go, however moral code is still broken. When upper class scoundrels brake moral codes, lower classes go for crimes.
How are folks walking out with nearly $1000 of stolen goods when I get accused of stealing while I’m paying or trying to walk out with the receipt in my hand?
So it's the store's fault?
It's basically legal to steal in San Francisco, since the police won't arrest. Car break-ins are also rampant, because the cops won't do anything. The law there treats stealing like jay-walking or spitting on the sidewalk. Not considered serious enough to warrant legal action. I won't even drive through that city, nor any major city in CA.
News flash...You cannot be accused of stealing while still in the store paying. Anyone knows you have to be outside.
@@jlam3927 yes. They hassle shoppers but just watch thieves walk away. A lot like cops. They are great at writing traffic tickets but not so great on patrolling.
@@rds990 you must steal a lot
Yet, bookstores are not having a problem.
For the most part is only mega corporations and extremely high end boutique stores
I don't really care is mega corporations get robbed. I care if the regular people and workers get robbed. The initial theft was the rich robbing and exploiting the poor for centuries, not the poor robbing the rich and corporations, that's just residual. See it clearly.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That’s funny stuff there.
The same ol book comment again, OMG y’all gotta come up with something else already
@@chocolatechipslime
There was a workboots one but it got took down. Awwh, Kids & their silly digs.. wen will they learn?
When a person is arrested over and over, slapped on the hand and let go they will keep doing this and more will join.
@Ek Ek AND WHAT . . . HAVE THEY LEARNED ? 💀
. . . . steal in cheap amounts (less than $900)
Repeat offenders need intervention, real consequences, & rehabilitation
Where is the people that truthfully know more than one person that can confirm this. Anyone can make a video. Only media can publish it.
That’s Chicago right now because of Kim foxx and Lori Lightfoot.
Blaming companies because city allows legalized theft. You can’t make this stuff up.
America doesnt do news anymore. We do pravda.
Lol but the companies penalize their workers for losses so often. It sucks. I've had friends get fired for confronting thieves when I worked at a highly targeted store.
One employee was bitten by a thief and got Hep C and was given nothing from the company because he tried to stop it. But we would also get fired if there was too much theft. It was a lose lose and absolutely abysmal situation. So glad I'm out of that but feel awful for people who have to cope with it.
Allows legalized? 🤣
The leftist enablers of theft will be complaining about multinationals having ever growing monopolies due to this. The "shortages" we hear about aren't only caused by shipping issues, this plays a big role if you are unlucky to live in a metropolitan area. Everything behind glass cabinets someday because people have no self control and want money to buy crack and booze.
We go from "They have insurance, all the loss is covered, so who cares?" to "I can't get this thing I used to buy locally, the store I bought it at is gone/reduced inventory of goods, so I have to go through Amazon to get the thing I want for a higher price. Jeff Bezos is to blame for this :(((((((("
@@johnleff7119 'The shortages we hear about aren't my only caused by shipping issues, this plays a big role...' - the moment people started sneering at you on Thanksgiving, dear God you're a lunatic. 😂 🤣
It is not 'shoplifting' it is theft. We collectively have romanticized this crime, and continually push the thresholds upward before action is taken. Now a new wave of professional thieves, alone or in groups, have been stealing in ever increasing numbers and boldness. We give permission to this theft every time the thief is released with little to no consequences. Welcome to your own demise!
You’re right. Brazenly running out with merchandise is robbery
You are wrong. Those are just undocumented purchases.
True. Welcome to your own demise
ALL Dem cities. think about that fact
@@sergeanthulka7528 completely false
Oh sure leave it to the “expert” to blame everyone EXCEPT the actual criminals. What is with people coddling criminals?
Welcome to the new way of the World! Thank the Woke left for this BS!
Shut down Alcatraz as a tourist attraction, open it as a local "shelter"
Who is going to transport goods to the inhabitants?
@@geraldboykin6159 hells angels...its Frisco!
Ditto to that!!!!
🤣
Believe in JESUS CHRIST
You know you have nothing to lose when you steal from a store, and go right outside to sell what you stole.🤔
Or you're in commifornia.
@@ryanroberts1104 that’s boosting have nothing to do with a state
Will they call the police when the stuff they're selling gets stolen from them?
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@@heruone3249 Has everything to do with the state
The California governor should stop trying to pass laws about gender neutral toy aisles, and start passing laws to help keep people safe from thieves in his state.
Gavin Newsom and the Democrats wants to see the state burn while continuing to get those tax money, they even rigged the Recalled election
Theft is a by product of economic issues. It always has been. None of these thieves make enough money off of resales to their dealers or on the street to make ends meet past a month, so it's knowingly unsustainable.
This is just the beginning. Robotics and AI will make low skill labor difficult to come by. Inflation is stripping the buying potential from the dollar. We're entering a renters state where a large portion of families can't afford homes and the ones that can are competing with corporations and hedge funds that are willing to settle in cash. This isn't about Democrats or Republicans. This is about how capatalism is a broken system. The pandemic made that reality crystal clear to pretty much everyone.
Support small businesses.
@Carlos Blandino Remind people about the importance of supporting small businesses.
@@North_Bound The pandemic showed these big corporations that they can lower their employees hours, and work a skeleton crew. The theft is because employees are understaffed, underpaid, and over worked.
I'd like to know where this reporter got the numbers for the "average retail" salary? He said it was $27,000 per year. Where? Since most retail companies are NOT paying a living $15.00 per hr wage, that $27,000 could only be achieved through full time work. That would be approximately $13.00 per hr at 40 hours per week. And for anyone who actually works retail, they already know that companies DON'T want to have workers at full time so the don't have to offer them benefits. A more realistic yearly salary estimate should have been around $21,000. And even this is generous.
Averages are averages. You have to include the salary people AND the Regional managers too.. Thus, the "Average" part. XD.
@@redneckhippiefreak I see your point, but including manager's salaries in the mix gives an unfair impression of how much real retail workers earn.
Yes, I understand that retail managers are retail workers, but it is grossly unfair to lump my manager's $110,000 a year salary together with my $21,000.
@@starbrand3726 Yeah, I looked a little deeper..From what I gather, The average is based on the Store employees from entry to franchise manager. Seems to focus on Walmart type outlets too. As with all tyhese statistics it takes a second look sometimes. XP So its possible the average is Not including the additions of the District/regional/upper managements salary . The difference from Base entry to manager is for sure wide for the higher end and shops but the majority of Mom'n Pops type establishments make up for a Much larger cut in the averaging of the wages as those are set by the given areas wages and not a National Cooperation. . Its definitely more complex than I first thought. . That $7k diff.., seems kinds conservative in my opinion but, It seems Im not versed on the Modern retail game either. XD.
I would say 17,000 on average.
@@monsignorerasmus.6441 Yes, that's a good realistic figure. And that's only if the retail business gives steady hours. Most of these businesses give fluctuating hours.
My parents taught me never to steal anything I haven't worked for, earned or deserved. I still honor that lesson.
There will come a time when that lesson is no longer relevant. You will then have a tough choice to make
Yes Walgreens the million dollar company that doesn't pay its employees well or pay its fair share in taxes and destroys small business around it is the victim here. Oh those poor ceos living in France or the Carmen Islands. OH no what can we do to help them? Oh man. What will I do if Walgreens leaves my city wow
@@lo-ficommie7988 Nothing wrong with a company being profitable. They'll leave the area because of leeches who have no morals or pride and it'll be harder to get prescriptions filled and everyday items not to mention the taxes generated from that store going into the local economy. Some people are just to stupid to see the bigger picture.
@@blnunya6689 Was it about morals when they had my peoples on the plantations, imposing Jim Crow laws, and burning down black built, and owned towns. Or terrorizing us for decades. I'm listening, so tell me when morals kicked into this picture.
@@mr.gonzales3623 No, there won't. Morals will always be prevalent, even after the world is gone.
"Crime has been falling steadily for 20 years. So this is not exactly a crime wave."
This is the problem. As far as the state and MSM are concerned, unreported or decriminalized crimes never happened at all. Their strategy for reducing crime statistics is to simply stop recording them.
exactly right............ they never report the daily murders in LA. detroit, or chicago.................more on the weekends!!
Youre not lying! Reeeeeeeereeee dems dont understand this
You dont work, you dont eat
Because NBC and MSM are fake news, they refused to tell people the truth. I dare the news reporter to walk thru that neighborhood at night.
It seems like the cheapest solution, rather than address the issue.
If you haven’t been to San Francisco lately you’ll see that homelessness has skyrocketed. It’s insane!
Just like the rest of California
Since the streets of San Francisco, I fell in love with it.😊 from Wales In Britain.👋
Just like all of USA
Can confirm. So is homeless related crimes
I went to San Francisco about a year ago. It was absolutely filthy. Tons of trash in the streets, tons of homeless people everywhere. Just dirty and gross. Also unbelievably expensive and the customer service sucked. I was so happy when I left San Francisco and went back home.
I like how this story makes it out like it's just normal that people steal and it's because of addiction. HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTIBLE NBC, make these people out to be what they are, CRIMINALS. My Walgreens are really nice, very little theft, low crime and guess what, I don't live in a big blue city...
Scary but amazing times we live in. Military checkpoints will be set up on us interstates for covid vaccination certification. Camps will be activated. Police state/genocide is coming. New world order led by obama and pope francis is coming. Jesus christ is coming back for the rapture. Get ready. Dont believe the coming ufo alien abduction narrative
You had me until you said blue. You are part of the problem allowing pollical parties to brain wash and divide you. You are the true sheep.
@@davek1833 The truth is the truth, it hurts sometimes cupcake.
@@kfiscal01 Yeah, what they said was true. To think that politics is as simple as "left bad, right good" is just denying reality.
@@ariaurre
It's more of a case of:
Left = lenient
Right = strict
Sad situation because of this where is next location to pick up meds for the ill and elderly and other health issues people may have 😕
That's what delivery is for 😱
So many new laws go in effects mandates, gender neutral toys must be in store shelf etc . And not one new laws to be amended penalize repeat petty theft offenders.
Always in dem run cities. SMH
Very simple! They can go to Walmart or CVS or Target or some other place! Walgreens isn’t the only place where there are pharmacies!
@@neilandbob4186 .
As a former employee I can testify that this is a pervasive problem pre-pandemic. The company provides little to no security, and the police aren't interested in petty theft. Repeat offenders were the norm, in part because the law was linient, and it was rare to go a shift without incident! Customers used to get annoyed when half the store's items were under lock and key but we had no choice.
@Fright Night... 👻 you are silly.
It's not the police officers fault it's the government putting this pressure on the police 😡
@Fright Night... 👻 I understand what your saying but that adds up over time. You give a inch they will want a Mike
Quit voting for democrats
Lazy police
Walgreens are not closing just 5 stores in SF. They are closing 5 more in addition to 12 that were recently closed in SF.
Actually the headline acknowledged this. I'm at 2:20
They should close them since there is so much crime.
It is a problem of despiration.
They can walk in and walk out with loads of stuff. Means they could work in any number of jobs that admittedly aren’t cushy as a professional shoplifter
Excuses they are going broke because of CEOs. Make it make sense! Give the working class's more they need the money and the economy will start revolving again.
And Unfortunately some people were never disciplined enough, to Not Steal.
"America isn't a place where you live, it's a video game you survive" - Henry Rollins
No just California and New York city
Is this one of the reasons people are fleeing Cali?
@@lindasue4237 ya and it just gets worse and worse there
Democrat cities aren't American, they are Chinese and Russian mixed with Pol Pot
@@hsab4646 false. They are doing just fine. It's the blue areas that have homeless everywhere. Just beause the media and tech companies are rich doesn't mean everyone is.
And people would rather steal than work, especially if there's no consequences.
Those who steals are released criminal that are meant to be lock up forever. If you are Californian you know that. Gavin, Jerry Brown released 10 thousand of non violence onto the street.
@@ModernGeekReview lol what I’ve stole before but I’ve never been arrested so that already negates whatever you mean also realize that almost half the World has stolen something before
@@ModernGeekReview I'm having a little trouble understanding all of your comment but did you say that people who steal should be locked up forever? Isn't that sorta extreme for theft?
@@niclasnyberg4173 When petty theft become a career! Repeat offender people criminals. Yes if you keep doing the crime you would be in prison forever. Only Today democract fail to understand that. While rest of the world still prohibit " I shall not steal "
@@ModernGeekReview yeah, every one prohibits theft but only extreme countries do stuff like chop off hands or or execute thieves. A life sentence is pretty much up there with those. I can understand like ten or twenty years depending on the crimes and prior record. Prisons are already overcrowded.
It’s a legitimate fear. Shoplifting is rampant and has been for too long. The legal system these days is a joke. Criminal and special interest groups have wrecked this country.
Not just that but crimes such as this cost all of us. Stores in their budgets, actually have to budget in the price of shoplifting which results in higher prices across the board. Not just that, I think that a lot of people simply do not have a conscience anymore. More proof that some people simply want to live in anarchy.
Some Walmart can lose 1 million a year in shop lifting, if not more. It's funny, where I live the guy at the Kroger's who works there has someone call the cops and chases out after them. The cops often get there before they can leave the parking lot and arrest them. He doesn't care about his safety, he hates shoplifters :)
@@trvman1 it also depends on the state. I remember growing up in Michigan to where I knew a female klepto. She would steal stores blind because at the time in Michigan, even if they knew somebody was walking out the door with stolen merchandise, no store employee could touch them once they went through the doors and they also were not allowed by law to drag them back into the store against their will so it was like a catch-22 for the store. This was back in the seventies so maybe by now they have changed that law in order to take out that loophole.
@@nonamegame9857 Thats what Security Officers are for.
@@patrickkenyon2326 and what if those security officers have friends? I can let you in and out and it's not going to cost you a penny. You're not thinking about corruption.
Wages haven't remained the same, they've decreased substantially when taking inflation into account since the 60s.
When the report said wages remain the same, he didn’t say the value was the same. Only the dollar amount.
California has the highest minimum wage of anywhere, I don't think that's what this is, I think it's bad people stealing stuff. A thief is a thief.
@@Jlawson310 yeah, it's complex problem. You raise min wage up and employers want to see higher skill sets. So unskilled workers get left behind when the intent of a min wage "increase" was to help low income, low skilled workers.
@@Jlawson310 If min wage just kept up with inflation, adjusted annually since the 60s we wouldn't have this problem to this degree.
@@RavenousFallen I don't think the Democrats intention for a minimum wage increase is to help low income people, I think they are fully aware that higher minimum wage means fewer jobs, and more government dependency, which is their bread and butter.
A few thieves can make life difficult for the store owner, the employees, and near by residents that rely on the store. What’s even more criminal is when caught then released the criminals will be right back at it.
Blame your government.
Lies again? Investment Shoplifting
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Next up..... changing the term "shoplifting" and "theft" into wait for it........
Undocumented Purchases.
So if you steal "only" $949 worth of merchandise per person, that is a misdemeanor and SFPD won't make an arrest? So 10 shoplifters walk in and each grabs $900 each, so the store loses $9000 and SFPD won't do anything? No store can withstand those type of losses very many times. If you want stores for the community, then you have to protect the stores, not leave them wide open to unending looting.
I think btw $50-$100 how much can u carry !!!!
@@varangianwolf6128 not if you go for the high end goods or medicines
Excalty
Lol you can see them walking out with duffle bags I think it’s possible
solution is to make everything in the shop 950 dollar price. no theft then
It's sad that people are stealing from retail pharmacies like Walgreens. We're in a difficult time and local pharmacy's are needed to pickup medical supplies like allergy meds, diabetes meds.
here its radical leftist justifying shoplifting
@@SunilRa0 Move on 😈. Go lie on the Homegrown Terrorists videos.
@@Harley08 triggerd......... stay triggerd
@@SunilRa0 Triggered by what. Your intentions don’t work for everyone. 😂
@@SunilRa0 come back when you have something logical to say. Shoplifting is no laughing matter or joke.
All stores should leave these areas, turn the whole place into an everything desert.
This is happening everywhere. There are no "these areas" anymore.
@@ccdogpark Right, this person know that. They just want to point the finger but a lot of this goes on in the non poor neighborhoods twice as much. It's just the person isn't jailed, the police isn't called and they turn their backs to it.
@Matt Moore
It's the Republi-K-K-K-ans in the surrounding counties
who prevented minorities from moving in,
who are the real problem, dimwit
It's because everyone is afraid of being sued for doing something wrong
They couldnt afford a lawyer
No. They're afraid of getting hurt if they try to stop them. Also, the store does not cover them for any security injuries. The workers are told to just let them steal
u mean for doing something right.
I think you mean they'd be afraid to get sued for doing something right security guard does his job stops criminal next he sued
Chile by! They don't get paid enough to involve themselves in this mess.
don't blame Walgreens, blame the thieves that are getting more bold, ask them and they all say insurance will pay the stores, but that is now how it works, and now jobs being lost and stores closing and making it harder and harder for some parts of population to get what they need. seen folks walking out with whole duffel bag full of product and try to stop them and next thing your surrounded by folks coming in from outside and from all around, who are working with them.
I guess the country shut down hurt a lot of people.
@@koguma.newyork1 and a lot of those people never bothered to save or lived beyond their means.
It doesn't excuse stealing, especially when we have the most job openings in history.
Your starting to see the exact same thing in South Africa only on a larger scale.
The thieves aren't the problem.
The prop 47 introduced by progressives that enabled them to engage in petty theft is the problem.
Blame the thief's and theywill pull the race card
The changing of this law was all about fudging with the numbers. Felony crime goes down not because the actual acts decreased, but because of reclassification. It’s about conveying a positive spin on something that in reality hasn’t changed anything at best or increased criminal activity in general at worst.
Walgreens has been wanting to close store and transition to more online services...BUT that does it also negate the fact that these young kids are going crazy… And it's not a race thing neither… Because in San Diego I saw the same thing with a bunch of white kids
This is just another Walmart scam.
I worked at Walmart and their plan is to close stores to the publc and make them OGP curbside pickup only to keep up with Amazon. The insurance for customers and employees are two different things. The insurance for customers is alot more expensive, and eliminating the cashiers makes more shelf space and eliminates cash in the stores. Walmart just needs a reason to do so and here it is.
@@JustLikeHeaven77 I'm sure they said Walgreens...
@@tommiebrooks8573
I'm pretty sure Walmart and Walgreens are affiliated...
@@tommiebrooks8573 where Walmart goes so goes retail. Learn before you type.
@@JustLikeHeaven77 You're dumb, because you could have spent 5 seconds to Google to see that Walgreens and Walmart are unrelated.
Way to go Walgreens, a great business decision!!
You mean deciding not to be a business in colored neighborhoods? Yeah, that's just business 101.
People are getting desperate and business are trying to survive the bad economy. I used to live in San Francisco for twenty plus years.
@@ryanroberts1104 thanks to “blm” 😂
@@ryanroberts1104do you not think they knew it was a "colored" neighborhood when they built the stores??????.... give the race sht a rest....if that's the case I guess it's "colored" that's stealing.... Or the tannest non colored people in the news clips...... lmao.....
@@armandomontillero8379 lmao bad economy where their so much money to make especially in Cali !! Get money make money everyone hiring everywhere
Walgreens had money to at least try to stay and they did try.
Imagine the small businesses who don’t have the money and can’t stay.
Truth
This is what happens when you fire people for not getting a vaccine. They lose their job and income and need to survive. What did you think they were going to do. Roll over in the gutter and starve to death. 😆.
Nah, they will just walk in and take what they need since they don’t have money to buy the goods because Joe Biden took their jobs away. End the vaccine mandate and the crime would most likely end in my opinion.
@@Ryan-my5lz this was happening before that. the crime wave. covid definitely increase problems so i agre with you on that.
@@Ryan-my5lz joe Biden took their jobs away?
Seriously! Logic simply escapes you doesn’t it?
Sad thing is the store mangers and employees have to deal with the heavy loss, the district manager's will still get their bonus payouts.
Blame your politicians who allow people to get away with this crap. The crime is soo weak for repeat offenders in some states. Why would Walgreens even bother.
@Launch With Fox I would by they’re all dead! 😂
How do you guys turn “stores closing due to shop lifting” into “retail workers don’t make enough” and “it’s really not that bad social media makes it look bad”
They are trying to brain wash up. Or maybe the people are just really really liberal
@@MrJohnner33 "really, really liberal," in SF and Kalifornication in general? Really?! What was your first clue?
Did you not watch the video?
Because it's MSNBC...
Back in 1973 I was told that I could NOT smack my child if they talk back to me or did something against the law. B.S.!!!!!!!! All 6 of them are parents and raised my grandchildren to be good citizens.
Someday people will realize the the big mistake it was.
You are OLD!
Back in the 80s and EARLY 90s you could smack kids my parents use to smack me in the mouth or feed me soap
@@billiebobthorntown6679 and you are a kid that is rude
@@KirksCORNER-1983 old AF
If people refused to buy stolen goods, this wouldn't be a problem.
If people refused to use drugs, the cartels wouldn't exist, if polaticians where honest, the world would be a better place, if, if, if
@@karinacolonLA if there was no demand, no one will go to supply.
some of the stuff is sold online. like Amazon.
@@StoneCoolds Well put✍️
Next is Marshalls. We get hit everyday and there’s been talk about it
Unprecedented times coming ahead. Military checkpoints will be set up on us interstates for covid vaccination certification. Camps will be activated. Police state/genocide is coming. New world order led by obama and pope francis is coming. Jesus christ is coming back for the rapture. Get ready. Dont believe the coming ufo alien abduction narrative
How pathetic that so many people have chosen to remain ignorant & believe in fairy tales instead of looking at reality & understanding things
@@demetricorcovelos1114 uh that’s actually not a fairy tail
What did u expect,its
Oakland!
No don't call it homelessness but as poverty increases trying to pretend that the economics has nothing to do with this becomes a bigger pill to swallow somehow the same people who would never steal for any reason find reasons to break the law
People don't have to steal. Greed and lack of morals is the problem stop blaming it on poverty "economics". All poor folks aren't thieves.
@@truthfactors9958 stealing isnt immoral youre just a baby
@@eparigon I can see your lack of brain cells
This isn’t a poverty issue, lack of enforcement and ethics is the problem. It’s also a product of rampant drug addiction. Homeless people addicted to fentanyl do whatever it takes to get their next hit.
Some people think poverty is when you cannot afford a cell phone. Nobody starves in this country. Poverty is not an issue if it just means not having what you want.
“Falling for 20 years” - what a joke of a way to over up the truth about recent huge spikes.
The obvious lies by these newscasters is why I refuse to get vaccinated. The disgust as these media people speak about us Americans ... The media and the politicians are who America is going to tear apart during the coming revolution. We remember your faces. We know everything about them.
@@fern7306 😆
Here we go
Y’all don’t like truths huh? Just keep ignoring the things you don’t like, it’s working well for y’all 🙈
It's called double think. From the book 1984. Where 2 and 2 is 5. Where freedom is slavery
And we are NOT allowed to say who are mostly responsible for these........ the same ones who cry their lives matter.
@Life is better when I do something. @Life is better when I do something. Most crimes are committed by certain people who cry about getting mistreated. When they are criticized for their crimes they defended and are seen as victims. That's why nazis are rising, they are getting sick of these people destroying everything and acting like the victims. I'm Asian and though I'm not american, I still know who the real criminals are
@Lucifer Morningstar No, dummy. When ONE particular group is doing far far more per capita.... then that group needs to be pointed out and held accountable. Facts are NOT racist, Trayvon. But you all keep saying that to deflect blame from yourselves, once again.
@@maxmadison5488
Go back to Russia
@Life is better when I do something. It's the truth. Deal with it. Your "what about" doesn't excuse it.
@@upsidedownworld8416 I'm a Native. So why don't YOU take yo baby mommas and go back to your continent full of third world countries that can't even feed themselves without other groups helping you.
"people calmly walking out with stolen goods"
What kind of people?
Solution rubber bullets
Bad people
Didn't you see the video???
Those people can sing, dance, play sports, deal drugs or loot! Such a diverse culture those people have!
Ooops. Your ignorance is showing.
@@suemick8709 how's it ignorance?
@@suemick8709 Or yours is.
@@suemick8709 13/50
Blame wealth inequality, corporate greed, and political corruption. We need MORE JOBS / INCOME for people so they aren’t forced to resort to theft.
Weird. Lessen punishment and crime goes up. Who knew?
Who knew saying "defund the police" would have a NEGATIVE effect! Shocking!
Hold up remember it was stated crime hasn't been going up and it's specifically Walgreens.
Kamikaze that's because Walgreens was the only ones dumb enough to put a retail store on that street. Looks like they just fixed it. Now they will cry that they don't have a store.
@@Jlawson310 yeah only places I've ever seen be safe from crime in bad areas are Krispy creme and churches chicken, churches chicken seems like it only wants to be in bad areas🤣🤣
950 for a felony? You’ll get a felony for having like 400 bucks worth of weed
Remember when a gram would send you to prison
Yep ! Not to mention they want the IRS to monitor and track your bank account if you take out 600.00 of your own money 🙄
@@joannaprevost426 I have learned to only have money in bank for bills.... A plus when you work for tips...
@@smythe7480 good iidea 😊
@@smythe7480 you mean like Caldwell county Missouri. $5.00 worth of weed and driving on a suspended license and registration. They threw me on jail for 2 weeks and hit me with $500 in fines and 500 for "room and board" not only did I go to county for that but I was transferred to a regional medium security prison for 2 days till I was released 30 miles away from my car.
The employees at my local Walgreens were pepper sprayed by thieves that came back into the store just to assault them after stealing things.
The looters can sue the employees for staring at them.
If they're not getting away with it, show the suspects' mugshots.
right privacy laws
Those same crooked people will now complain that there is no pharmacy in their neighborhood. It sucks not having a place to steal from in walking distance.
That fine, educated gentleman who pretty much blamed the whole problem on income "gap" (In other words, the thieves are the victims here.) will be the first to scream when the stores shut down and leave.
It's amazing how much work you put into making sure actual thrives are portrayed as victims. In countries with better drug policies/justice systems, they recognize that addiction is an issue, they also recognize the actual *crime* involved. You go to treatment/rehab, it isn't optional, it's better for them and for everyone else. We need to get our s*** together in this country and recognize mandatory treatment isn't cruel and inhumane, giving out drugs and needles and keeping those gripped by hard drugs on their hard drugs just might be though. Detain them, treat them, and release them ONLY once it's clear the individual has recovered and poses no further threat, why is this rocket surgery, people need help not victimization.
in November 2020, Walgreens paid a $4.5 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that it stole wages from thousands of its employees in California between 2010 and 2017. The lawsuit alleged that Walgreens "rounded down employees' hours on their timecards, required employees to pass through security checks before and after their shift without compensating them for time worked, and failed to pay premium wages to employees who were denied legally required meal breaks."
They let people riot and tear down stores last summer so what do you expect these people don't fear the law anymore 🤷🏾♂️
Commie-rats' scam
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Misleading report. Crime is "decreasing" because thefts are no longer being reported or prosecuted.
Its to be expected in a third world country like the USA
It's a very small segment who are indeed third world.
This only happens in Democrat-ran cities.
@@HiddenRoar, don't be stupid.
Listen Kmart dealt with this in the Bronx years ago. Security at door and ur not leaving without a receipt. Everyone knows this. Pay for the security. Penny wise, pound foolish.
I don't think security is "allowed" to do anything because the laws and fear of lawsuits.
In California security guards aren’t allowed to touch the thieves. Because of COVID, & racial profiling
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
People remain out of ignorance
thanks to my aunt for introducing me to Mrs Sarah Ann Fetters
@@dawnyel8349 People are scared of investing because of the high rate of scam in the business
@@karenbauer2309 There are scammers but real brokers are out there for investors
My first investment with Mrs Sarah Ann Fetters gave me profit of over $24,000 US dollars and ever since then she has never failed to deliver and I can even say she's the most sincere broker I have known
No, it really is this bad.You say it's just social media, but I have seen it and after 20 years and it has been ramping up, I left retail. Couldn't do it anymore. Risking my life constantly...no.
Hard to feel bad about them ruininging their own neighborhood. It not just the punks, who is buying their booty? Who is raising them?
@Jobama is back it actually happens when the pwt has to go look for their next oxycodone / heroin fix.
@Jobama is back ugh, lazy point, looting is a lot older than blm.
@@Pugetwitch not it’s actually 100% what happens when blm cultist raise kids.. what’s wrong? Triggered by the truth?
@@professorfarmgirl9662 no.. BlM supremacists made it the new thing to do..
@@inconvenientfacts8896 ok, people have only been looting for a few years, gotcha
So this report is presented so that we are to feel sorry for the brazen thieves!? I don't think so...
No. As was pointed out the real victims are the communities left without stores. The problem isn't limited to Walgreens. Grocery stores are also being driven out because of heavy shrinkage.
@@beachbum1523 It is unfortunate for those who need community shops. And the community you choose is exactly that, a choice. If you want better, do better.
The items take a penny to make but they are sold for way more that’s thievery too
@@beachbum1523 The people who are doing the stealing are member of the local "community". Nobody takes a road trip to rob Walgreens. The locals aren't "victims", they are the reason the store needs to close.
@@ryanroberts1104 I disagree that the criminals are from the local community which needs the stores.
Law enforcement has busted up at least one large ring of thieves, who pay the grabbers, sort the goods, sell online - with millions of dollars of stolen inventory. With that kind of incentive, people are willing to drive over to a liberal city with a progressive DA who dismisses most misdemeanors (so the cops rarely bother making arrests except for felonies).
(And no, the typical thief is not too poor to have access to a car; this kind of theft pays).
If you buy discount drugstore items on eBay, Amazon, or via Craigslist, and it's shipped from somewhere in the Bay Area, you are keeping this profitable for the organized criminals and for their street lackeys that do the actual grabbing.
Walgreens has the no confrontation policy. They need to invest in security like Walmart and you get in trouble for not reporting theft as an employee. Walmart will tackle people who want to steal
Not in those states, they'll get sued... seriously.
The problem is if you get in a scuffle with someone they could have a knife on them and then you get stabbed in the throat. Alternatively the person you are trying to stop falls and hits their head and then a lawsuit is coming. Not worth the risk either way for a low paying job.
Not true. I was a train hopping hobo for years and we occasionally went to Wal Marts all over the country to refill water, charge our phones or get supplies and I have many times heard security say they can't do anything unless they see the theft and even then "I don't get paid enough to chase someone through the parking lot if I ain't seen it" was common for Wal Mart security to say while chilling in the smoking area.
@@Boatfisherz1
Its not about states, you really have no idea what you are talking about
They're selling it after stealing it. Does this have anything to do with impossibly high housing costs, homelessness, and lack of wages that meet cost of living? I mean, is it really the laws and social media videos that are the problem? 🤷♀️
The system is broken and people are tired of being part of a corrupt system.
Just do like in Islamic countries, cut one hand from the thief. Then send them to work in prison with the remaining good hand for two years.
That will solve the problem.
The real thieves are the corporations who pay their employees less than 25% of the wealth their laborers generate, which is the vast majority. That is literally theft. And then on top of that these corporations don't hardly pay taxes, and then they get billions in government subsidies.
I don't really care is mega corporations get robbed. I care if the regular people and workers get robbed. The initial theft was the rich robbing and exploiting the poor for centuries, not the poor robbing the rich and corporations, that's just residual. See it clearly.
@@whatabouttheearth "The real thieves are the corporations who pay their employees less than 25% of the wealth their laborers generate, which is the vast majority. That is literally theft. And then on top of that these corporations don't hardly pay taxes, and then they get billions in government subsidies. " Just an excuse to do crime. You have probably missed those small stores owners getting same treatment as big corpos that does not care, because they supports this crime, so they can get rid of small store owners. Even if employees are not getting their fair share, they need the job to live in this first world country. You r born into society and that society does not own you anything. Just because you have high expectation from life and how society should treat you means nothing. You are entitled in first world country. While true poverty and struggle is in 3rd world country.
"I care if the regular people and workers get robbed" Dont lie, you care if you care about your entitlement. After seeing this video, do you believe in your own statement? When people will lose their jobs, because of shoplifting? YOU DONT CARE.
sounds like the reporter is making excuses for the thieves
What’s the difference?
Reporting reasons.
Making excuses.
I think the ONLY difference is connotation. Change my mind?
The terrifying weapon that killed 25 thousand people in 7 seconds👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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@@whysocurious7366 I agree with you. I actually looked at it as if giving reasons rather than excuses.
Commie-rats' scam
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Inflation will cause more of a problem...
Thanks BRANDON!
Funny how NBC avoids the elephant in the room.
Joggers?
JSYK, Brian Stelter works for CNN not NBC.
Love how NBC passive aggressively (and subtlety) spins it so it justifies the lawlessness and supports the criminals.
This crime doesn't happen in our state.
They ARE getting away with it. I see it at Lowe's in Seattle all the time, also at Target. That's why I don't like going out to shop anymore. The "homeless by choice" problem is out of control. Bunch of junkies.
That's the problem Dope Addicts can't hold jobs ! and lots of them don't seek help anyway !
@@richardg1426 : Euthanasia the answer.
Well Seattle basically made it legal to steal as long as its for a "good reason"
At least I saw the report on the news
@@rcenal6995 yeah it's absolutely ridiculous.
Walgreens is doing great. Don't let 'em fool ya! This is BS propaganda to rile up the Trump cult TRAITORS! Proof:
Walgreens also said it reached its goal of shaving $2 billion in annual costs from its business a year ahead of schedule. Chief Financial Officer James Kehoe said it would raise its cost savings goal to $3.3 billion by fiscal year 2024.
He said the company expects to have flat growth in adjusted earnings per share in fiscal 2022 at constant currency rates.
Here's what Walgreens reported compared with what analysts were expecting for the fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, based on Refinitiv data:
Earnings per share: $1.17 adjusted vs. $1.02 expected
Revenue: $34.26 billion vs. $33.30 billion expected
In the quarter, net income rose to $627 million, or 72 cents per share, from $373 million, or 43 cents per share, a year earlier. Walgreens earned $358 million, or 41 cents a shares, from its continuing operations during the latest quarter.
However, excluding items, the company earned $1.17 per share, exceeding the $1.02 expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.
Sales rose to $34.26 billion from $30.37 billion a year earlier, higher than the $33.30 billion that analysts expected.
Here In ARIZONA! It was crazy! Here in Chandler I told the manager I could not close at night anymore and she said I would not be promise my 30 hours to keep my Insurance! So I quit! My LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT!
It s disgusting criminals are so brazen - stealing is immoral and it violates one of the10 commandments - more people should care about that and try to live a decent life with more giving and being helpful to others.
😆
If you don’t have it to buy. You will steal. It’s only immoral to people who can afford it. Some people have no choice, some due. Everyone doesn’t follow the Ten Commandments.
Suzanne I agree with you.
@@JaylaCharlese lame argument. Nobody in America needs to steal to survive. There are plenty of organizations willing to help people out. If you are able bodied enough to take a garbage bag into a store, put twenty plus pounds of goods into the bag, and then run out you are able to work. No one is entitled to just take whatever they want. Is working at a low wage job fun? No, but sometimes you have to do some crappy jobs to get by. If you don't like your circumstances then do something positive to change them. Again, there are plenty of good organizations willing to help people get their lives together.
Amen Suzanne 👍🏾👍🏾
Well they have great examples. Politician's.
Politicians? really, is people, who doing this, !
@@loydamedina235 I believe he is making reference to our politicians never accepting responsibility. Like the President we just got rid of who has never ever been wrong in his entire life.
@@DeaconBlues25 yep
@@loydamedina235 Guess who drafted Proposition 47 (the law punishing theft in California). Politicians.
Politician's what?
So they say that theft crimes are not as bad as they used to be AFTER they increase the dollar value that they can be charged for. Lol Are these people for real.
LOL, don't blame the reporter, he is legitimately stupid.
When I use to work for rite aid, the manager had me tackling people to get the stuff back and I was a regular worker making minimum wage. I don't feel bad for this billion dollar company. TAKE WHAT YOU CAN, GIVE NOTHING BACK
Shoplifting FEARS? They're right there on camera shoplifting. I swear, the media in this country is a disgrace.
Facts.
@ so you love CNN ha! Makes sense.
And it’s sight not site. Lol
Commie-rats' scam
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Yep, walked into a Walgreens store last week and the store was filled with cops after a shoplifting spree. Three crooks got away.
Things are about to get much worse as prices, unemployment and poverty continue to rise. If you live in a major city and value your safety I only have one word of advice…MOVE!!!!
Stores that are unprofitable must be closed. There's really no alternative. And that makes life much harder for nearby residents who don't own cars.
ANYONE for ANY PRICE of shoplifting should go to jail.
These workers in these retail jobs make around 15,00.00 dollars a year if they are lucky.
Maybe they should get a better job if they don't like it. Are you suggesting Walgreens employees should be paid more than minimum wage? Why??
Service merchandise had it right. There was 1 usually fake product on the floor. You took a tag and the item was sent from the warehouse to the front via conveyor belt. Limited to no shoplifting.
I loved those stores.. Sadly they went belly up.
During this pandemic we have seen the true characters of this culture of people. It’s disgusting
Crime statistics go down when you quit arresting people.
Does that threshold also apply to vandalism? When vandals get caught in the act do the police bring calculators or get estimates to see if damages exceed $950?
Why is there even a threshold? Crime is crime, theft is theft. You should get punished equally if you stole $1 worth of goods or $100,000 worth of goods.
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller t
So the kid that stole a candy bar shoul go to jail the same length of time as a person that stole the life savings of hundreds? The world isn't black and white, little boy.
@@napoleonbonerfart278 little boy is your face. Kids need to learn life lessons and see jail.
@@TheSuperPsychoKiller and your extreme views are why prosecutors fail to act. Thanks a lot.
@@chinaarlene7035 it’s not extreme views. It’s just real life. People like you with kid gloves is why society is in a mess with Karens running around throwing temper tantrums. Adults with no awareness of how the world works.
Even crime is legal in California
Mexifornia is a planet on its own
I live in a state where the felony threshold is higher than California. And it happens to be a conservative, republican dominated state. Crime isn't that bad here, but it is only a matter of time.
Today a year later and Walgreens is now stating they may have exaggerated the shoplifting epidemic since none of the actual end of year numbers are adding up to the problem they were reporting early in the year.
Shocker.
Ha Ha Ha... I've seen videos of heathens riding around inside stores on bicycles with huge Hefty trash bags full of stuff. Then I hear these lunatics offering excuses for them and claiming it's some sort of corporate greed because Walgreens has to close down.
At minimum, the thieves are useful idiots providing cover for stores that want an excuse to close costly brick and mortar locations. All this BS about “social justice” and these thieves are
@@evan5604 The persistent problem with running a business (especially a "costly brick and mortar" one) is making a profit. Usually a business can weather out a certain degree of thievery but when it becomes rampant and the perpetrators aren't caught or prosecuted... staying open becomes an act of foolishness. I doubt seriously that you'd continue to operate a business that was constantly being robbed of a profit by low life heathens.
@@digidanshow i actually don’t disagree with any of this! My point was more to the cynical: if you think giant chains ultimately want to close more stores and move more business online as part of a long-term plan, rampant, repeat, organized mass thievery is at minimum giving those bigs chains, who might already see certain locations as less viable, great cover. Do I think there was a preexisting plan among big chains to do this? I don’t know. It’s not implausible. But I absolutely agree that groups filling contractor bags with whatever fits and daring anyone to stop them, knowing security are outnumbered, told to stand down for liability and PR reasons, and laws exempt them and DAs won’t prosecute anyway, means those stores can’t really function, let alone at a profit. Add in the more aggressive, threatening shoplifters, and the stores become unsafe for everyone else. I never thought I’d see this insanity. It’s truly sad as it hurts the employees and local residents who depend on those stores the most. These are not victimless crimes.
@@evan5604 Ditto. The pharmacy part of such a store is pretty much protected from five finger discount shopping and could run efficiently from a 20 x 20 building with nothing but a drive/walk up window. Obviously a great deal of their profits come from the "other" items they sell... hence register coupons and "bonus bucks" for items other than prescriptions. Online mail order pharmacies are great for refills but when the baby needs an antibiotic or grandma needs a new blood pressure med even overnight shipping is unsatisfactory. I honestly don't know what the solution could be... but I'm positive that decriminalization of "petty" shoplifting isn't it.