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In the aftermath of COVID there was a small movement amongst a small group that basically said it was fine to steal from corps like Loblaws because, loosely, they're stealing from us, too. Obviously this isn't me advocating for theft, but i'm going to feel less bad about thefts at Loblaws than at Joe's Convenience.
While true when viewed from the business owner perspective, the counter argument to that is that stealing from a major corporation doesn't punish corporate, but only the employees working there making minimum wage, because the allegedly educated people at corporate seem to think that, because their sales are down and they can cut hours of their employees for whom they are supposed to be responsible, my landlord will cut rent, and my stomach will cut the amount of food I need to survive, too. So one group isn't more or less deserving of pity than the other, in my book.

Of course, as someone who worked at Home Depot for 4 years, I can say that the biggest enemies to our sales were the actual managers, who routinely issued insane markdowns on slow moving merch (I have a picture on my camera roll of a shelving unit reduced from $344 to $50 for this reason), and had zero standards about returns, which led to all kinds of unsellable items being returned if a customer threw a sufficiently large tantrum, including used plungers.

I guess my main thesis is here is that people really suck lol
 
While true when viewed from the business owner perspective, the counter argument to that is that stealing from a major corporation doesn't punish corporate, but only the employees working there making minimum wage, because the allegedly educated people at corporate seem to think that, because their sales are down and they can cut hours of their employees for whom they are supposed to be responsible, my landlord will cut rent, and my stomach will cut the amount of food I need to survive, too. So one group isn't more or less deserving of pity than the other, in my book.

Of course, as someone who worked at Home Depot for 4 years, I can say that the biggest enemies to our sales were the actual managers, who routinely issued insane markdowns on slow moving merch (I have a picture on my camera roll of a shelving unit reduced from $344 to $50 for this reason), and had zero standards about returns, which led to all kinds of unsellable items being returned if a customer threw a sufficiently large tantrum, including used plungers.

I guess my main thesis is here is that people really suck lol
My father once dragged me to Home Depot when I was a teen to return a water heater. They initially refused to take it back, but he threw such a loud tantrum for half an hour that eventually a manager had to come and approve it. That was one of the most embarrassing experiences of my life. Afterwards he guilted me for slinking away so as not to be seen with him...
 

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