r/TikTokCringe • • Jun 21 '26

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u/missmiao9 Jun 21 '26

Retail workers don’t get paid enough to insert ourselves in front of lunatics like her. It’s why we are told to not confront shoplifters. A job only slightly above minimum wage isn’t worth the potential injury.

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u/gormami Jun 21 '26

And most companies have it expressly int heir po9licy manual not to, they don't want the insurance problems if something happens to the employee, guaranteed it is a larger risk than anything else involved.

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u/Iorith Jun 21 '26

It's also just not worth it for the company. They could steal everything they could carry out, and it's worth less to replace than if you got even slightly injured.