Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year agoSpanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surgeswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down12
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkSpanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surgeswww.reuters.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺linkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year agoWhich shows the issue. People aren’t stealing out of a profit motive, or “criminal energy”. They steal, because they struggle to afford living.
minus-square@linearchaoslinkEnglish1•1 year agoI don’t know, stealing out of necessity would probably lead me to picking a smaller bottle of oil more often. Trying to run out of a store with 20 lb of oil seems to be a more problematic choice.
Which shows the issue. People aren’t stealing out of a profit motive, or “criminal energy”. They steal, because they struggle to afford living.
People steal for both
I don’t know, stealing out of necessity would probably lead me to picking a smaller bottle of oil more often. Trying to run out of a store with 20 lb of oil seems to be a more problematic choice.