[tmaly]

I have two stories around most policies.

My nephew works at home depot. He stepped in front of a shoplifters cart, and they demoted him.

I was picking up something at an Apple store in the mall. An Apple employee is helping me with some questions on adapters. A guy walks in right next to us and proceeds to start taking stuff and stuffing it in his shirt. I asked the Apple employee what is he going to do. He said nothing, it is store policy to not to get involved.

[beej71]

All I can think is that this must be the cheaper route for businesses, or they wouldn't do it that way.

[logifail]

> All I can think is that this must be the cheaper route for businesses, or they wouldn't do it that way

It might be for some businesses in some jurisdictions but that's not true at global scale. There's just not enough margin in retail to cover losses that way.

(Full disclosure: I'm currently working with a client on a loss prevention project, big retail stores are the customers)