https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/05/walgreens-may-have-overstated-theft-concerns.html
Lol it's really funny they bought their own propaganda and wasted a bunch of money on security that apparently didn't do anything.
The subtext to this statement is, "We harassed a lot of black people in our stores for no reason and now they won't shop at Walgreens anymore."
lots of the anti-BLM crowd were quoting the walgreen's theft claims (which were claims they produced no data or further elaboration for).
With misinformation, all you have to do is find a bigger kulak to make the claim, and they all follow it like that cool NPC meme they invented.
The cost of the security was higher than the potential theft, and they didn’t do shit.
The company made investments into private security guards, but they've proven "largely ineffective," Kehoe said.
Uncritical support to ineffective security guards
:rat-salute-2: When I did concert security I took pride in never taking away anybody's drugs, no matter how poorly-hidden.
what was even the threat vector? armed robberies of the cash register? lex luthering a cart of 40 cakes? subtle pocketing small things?
It’s a pharmacy, they are stopping future Jean Valjeans from stealing medicine
People steal enfamil, make up and alcohol in mass at walgreens
Do they really think most people being paid 15$ an hour tops are going to risk anything at all? That job is a resume builder lol no one cares about walgreens
Given the tight labor market there's a chance they were hiring the security guards for more than that. Which actually makes this even funnier.
you could also end up with some have a go heroes who weren't able to become cops and think this is the next best thing
Yeah lol ive also known losers lkke that but theyre pretty rare
Thinking back to when my local liquor had a security guard installed and all the guy did was sit in a chair playing on his phone.
I was an armed guard and all i did was study for a better job, play games on my phone, read theory and make music on my laptop i didnt give a fuck after the first year
I might have to look into a job doing this, I'd fit right in.
Theyre not easy to come across just letting you know and my previous resume was how i found my way in
Also the first year sucked and i had some terrible things happen to me on the job
Can confirm their experience. A guy I dated was a guard for a car dealership during closed hours. He was required to be on his feet for the duration. Yes, they would check the footage. He said it was the most torturous 8 hours of boredom combined with physical exhaustion.
Standing on your feet on marble floor for 12 hours straight no breaks is absolutely brutal, my first year was a lot of that and obviously worse.
Once i found a post that was chill and remote (no one was checking on you) i stuck to it like glue . The place could have been burned down and i wouldnt have cared.
A lot of neolibs were absolutely insufferable when the original story came out and was ripping off their masks to scream about crime waves and the need for more cops.
Also absolutely beautiful quotation, compliment to the journalist. Sending this to some libs in my discord right now with giddy.
Aw, he realized already that this was not actually the time of tears? Oh well, can't wait to see the expression on his face when it actually arrives.
Most business execs are literally just someone's racist uncle. They absolutely drink their own koolaide.
