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.

    • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      The company made investments into private security guards, but they've proven "largely ineffective," Kehoe said.

      Uncritical support to ineffective security guards

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        :rat-salute-2: When I did concert security I took pride in never taking away anybody's drugs, no matter how poorly-hidden.

    • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      what was even the threat vector? armed robberies of the cash register? lex luthering a cart of 40 cakes? subtle pocketing small things?

    • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      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

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      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.

      • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        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

          • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            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

              • JackBinimbul [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                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.

                • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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                  2 years ago

                  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.

    • Juiceyb [any]
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      2 years ago

      This is literally a :parenti: quote.