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In essence, they are legalizing stealing.
California legislation to ban store employees from stopping thieves.
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Faulkner
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I remember shopping at the Service Merchandise Catalog Show Room in Little Rock. I believe they are an on-line retailer only now and closed all their stores around 2000.
The neat thing about the Service Merchandise store model was they only had one of each item on the shelf to look at. As you shopped you would write down the product number of the products you wanted, or thumb through their in store catalog for the number, then go to the cashier and check out. Once you checked out your order was sent to the on site warehouse and workers pulled your order and placed them on a conveyer that wisped them out to the package pickup area where the customer was waiting.
Would not surprise me to see a resurgence of this model, albeit with updates such as self check out. Of course, maybe Amazon has the new model that minimizes theft, at least until your order is left out in the open on your front porch.
The neat thing about the Service Merchandise store model was they only had one of each item on the shelf to look at. As you shopped you would write down the product number of the products you wanted, or thumb through their in store catalog for the number, then go to the cashier and check out. Once you checked out your order was sent to the on site warehouse and workers pulled your order and placed them on a conveyer that wisped them out to the package pickup area where the customer was waiting.
Would not surprise me to see a resurgence of this model, albeit with updates such as self check out. Of course, maybe Amazon has the new model that minimizes theft, at least until your order is left out in the open on your front porch.
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I fondly remember Service Merchandise.
As for porch pirates, will Kalifornia outlaw stopping them, too?
They are seen as un-electable if they lost enough brain cells to run for office.
ACORN
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And the same folks who condone this behavior will be the ones making the most noise when retailers board up and leave, blaming the businesses for creating 'deserts' of one kind or another. Happened around here a few years ago when a neighborhood Wal Mart closed up shop. The local community activists raised cane. The former manager of the closed store's simple retort was we can't afford to stay open while losing $4 million a year to theft. I expect to see more and more of this until our lawmakers get their heads on straight.
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NYC has floated an idea about (city?) government establishing stores in those areas abandoned by those evil for profit companies. [And, it'd cut costs, the operating expenses would be free since the government is paying for it!]
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Kind of surprising as the government doesn't like competition.
The Last Standing Knight
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IIRC Chicago was the city that started this idea.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Sad indeed that it has come to this. The breakdown is fast becoming complete. Laudable but knee jerk reaction to workplace violence. A reactionary law that does not address the underlying problem. Only one Person can change this, but His name is verboten in the halls of government and people who trust in Him, pray to Him and put their lives with Him are continually mocked and ridiculed by the masses to the point that they are afraid to make their beliefs known. Do not despair but keep your faith, do the right thing, persevere in your beliefs and know that it will be alright in the end.
Oh and keep plenty of ammo just in case He gives the word
Oh and keep plenty of ammo just in case He gives the word
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Everything will be ordered online and picked up, or delivered. We do that most of the time anyway.
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Applying the yard sale theory, if stores put a bin by the door full of items, with a sign saying, "free," maybe no one will steal them.
People only want to steal if they feel like they're getting something the victim values. It's a power thing.
People only want to steal if they feel like they're getting something the victim values. It's a power thing.
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It's worse than that. It was thought through and is a conscious choice to value the well-being of criminals over that of the victims.
Are you a felon who can't pass a background check? Been denied several times at your local gun store? Come to CA. Ask to see the gun you want. Then just walk out of the store with it. Legally, they aren't allowed to try and stop you. So, come to CA, arm up and kill your ex or rob that liquor store. After all, you're not really a bad person, just a product of your environment.
This should be left to the corporation to make policy, not our legislators.
DWalt
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That is exactly what I predict is the direction. And in fact it is already here. And it even includes restaurants. Some are already taking iPhone orders only, no space inside to sit down and eat. Pick up your food or have it delivered. Called "Digital Kitchens". We now even have several liquor stores that operate that way. Call or send in your order, it will be delivered or you can pick it up in the drive-thru lane. No inside sales. There is not much everyday merchandise that won't fit that "pickup or deliver only" business model.
I suspect very few of them have ever tried to run a business.
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