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Supermarket crime increases by nearly 60% over past year, report shows (i.stuff.co.nz)

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Almost like the cost of living is unachievable for those on the lowest wages.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

when I used to work for one of these types of stores, whenever a family came to the checkout, I'd intentionally forget to scan one of the items or put in the wrong number of potatos or something like that. I probably cost the company dozens of dollars doing that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's just the visible hand of the market adjusting for shrinkflation.