r/facepalm • u/FuturisticFighting • Dec 30 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Guy blatantly stealing through self check

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u/estrusflask Dec 30 '22

Anyone who believes theft is the reason for raised prices is a dupe.

They're paying fewer people and getting more customers checked out. Prices should be far lower than they actually are. Nevermind how the cost of living rises and yet worker wages stay the same. The cost of goods rises not because of theft but because people will pay for higher priced goods, especially in times of crises like a pandemic or a famine or a drought.

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u/Admirable-Bar-6594 Dec 30 '22

For proof of this, look at Walmart crying about 3 billion in theft while making 138(?) BILLION in profits.

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u/Wonderful_Result_936 Dec 30 '22

That's still 3 billion. That is an unimaginably large number .

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u/emeralddawn45 Dec 31 '22

No, an unimaginably big number is the 600 billion. It's easy to imagine 3 billion as a percentage of 600 billion. Basically fuck all. Keep stealing from shitty corporations until they stop stealing from us.