'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft from US workers

Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by sleepybrett on Monday February 12, 2024 @01:27PM (#39348435)

I live two blocks from that store (the ballard one which was shut down). It was the worst targeted store i've ever seen. It was about 1/3 'groceries' while sitting within a block of two larger and cheaper grocery stores. All the stock that people would actually be interested in, home goods and the like (because the neighborhood lacks a store for that), were extremely thin on the shelves. Either because they didn't stock items are they were always sold out because they were meeting a neighborhood demand.

Was there theft at that store.. I don't doubt it but never saw it in all the times i was in there searching, often without success, for some home item that would suit my place.

It was just a bad target variant store that was plopped into the middle of a neighborhood that ended up being specialized in the wrong thing, if any target mucky muck had ever walked the neighborhood before putting the store in it could have been very successful (because we could really use a store where I can buy various home goods without jumping in my car and driving 10-15m).

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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by basil-rash on Monday February 12, 2024 @02:56PM (#39349574)

I lived in 65th for the first half of COVID, so I want to that Target moderately regularly. Yes Ballard Market had better groceries (among the best in Seattle actually), but I’ve never seen Target as a grocery store. For the home goods we needed it was adequate, though my roommates Amazon subscription had to fill in some gaps. To your point about it not having the items you needed, I wouldn’t be inclined to separate that from the theft problem. If your stuff keeps getting stolen, you’ll be inclined to stock less stuff, especially if you don’t have sufficient sales to afford retrofitting locking cabinets everywhere and staffing sufficient to tend to them all.

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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by sleepybrett on Monday February 12, 2024 @05:20PM (#39351319)

I'm not sure people are stealing a lot of shower caddies or little office/bathroom garbage cans...

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