Is it possible that grocery stores are reducing positions to save money? Is it not possible that it is a feedback loop? Why are we blaming the grocery store for replacing labor with machines? Why don't we decry the grocery that hires only 2 people instead of 3?

And since when is stealing a prank?

It sounds like you've never done a prank or been hungry, so I can't imagine what standing you feel you have to weigh in on this.

Funny how the “pranks” are always “ring steak as bananas” and never “ring bananas as steaks”?

It's entirely possible that both can be wrong. Shoplifting is bad, but "big corporations pocketing the saved money after understaffing and passing their labor off to the customer" is also bad. We should decry the grocery that hires 2 people instead of 3 just to profit more.