Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 10 months agoSpanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surgeswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down12
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkSpanish supermarkets lock up olive oil as shoplifting surgeswww.reuters.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squaretryptaminev@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·10 months agoWhich shows the issue. People aren’t stealing out of a profit motive, or “criminal energy”. They steal, because they struggle to afford living.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoPeople steal for both
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t know, stealing out of necessity would probably lead me to picking a smaller bottle of oil more often. Trying to run out of a store with 20 lb of oil seems to be a more problematic choice.
Which shows the issue. People aren’t stealing out of a profit motive, or “criminal energy”. They steal, because they struggle to afford living.
People steal for both
I don’t know, stealing out of necessity would probably lead me to picking a smaller bottle of oil more often. Trying to run out of a store with 20 lb of oil seems to be a more problematic choice.