As someone who works in a grocery store, most of the people I see stealing are stealing stuff like makeup or drinks and junk food, not necessities. And our regular thieves spend hundreds on cigarettes a week, while still stealing whatever they want because they know they’ll get away with it.
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uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
My (unpopular?) solution is to make sure the rest of society isn’t so desperate for food that they’re willing to rob a robot.
In an unrelated suggestion, if youre in a grocery store and see someone stealing food, no you didn’t.
MostlyMute@lemmy.world 1 year ago
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 1 year ago
If you think about it’s easier to steal higher value items that have a good resale value, rather than a complete food shop.
Sure, some people steal out of more than necessity, whether that be drug addiction (which should also be fixed at the root) or other issues.
The fact is quite simple that the more we give people prospects then the more crime will go down.
CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 year ago
So in other words entirely not relevant to the ethos of “someone stealing food.”
You just wanted to dunk on assholes. Good job, I guess.
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pretty sure Uber will just rig the robots with C4 when someone tries to steal the food. And then monetize the video of it on you tube. And garnish the cost of maintaining the deceased persons tombstone.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
Later, Uber would be sued for not actually providing the tombstones and for over-charging for them when they were provided.
They would counter that they had contracted a third party, X, to provide the tombstones, on behalf of the deceased, and had merely paid the invoices on the deceaseds’ behalfs, and that X, not Uber, would be liable for any failure to provide said tombstones or to have over-billed for them.
Years later, Uber would “lose” the case and would be ordered to send $3.50 to anyone who had sent them payments for tombstones between the years of 2024 and 2026, and $43.8 million to the attorneys on the case. They would also be required to set up a free tombstone check account for anyone who requested one in lieu of that payment, but they would only give 30 days to claim the account and would send it with a spammy sounding title like “Claim your free account now!” ensuring that only 4% of the eligible people actually managed to claim one.
Overall Uber will have made $418 million profit from their burial and tombstone billing service.
SCB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They should sue the families for lost robot productivity too
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 1 year ago
It really pissed me off how people don’t seem to realise that most crime is due to a failure of society and that if we give people prospects then crime will go down.
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Preach. Harsh penalties with no rehabilitation and an uncaring system with no safety net?
If you can’t get a job and can’t eat without a job, who wouldn’t do crime?
T156@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And in so doing, they have a criminal record that makes it harder to get jobs, leading to a vicious cycle.
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, most crime is due to a personal failure. Play stupid games - win stupid prizes.
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Care to explain why crime is more prevalent amongst poorer people?
Or do you just want to be hyperbolic with your comments?