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minus-squarecrystalmerchant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 year agoMe: opens the article, expecting to read about Rite Aid catching shoplifters in the act of stealing or shortly after Me, two minutes later reading that Rite Aid accused people “likely to steal” or preventing them from entering the store at all. WHAT THE FUCK
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoWelcome to modern retail, where everyone is guilty of shoplifting until proven innocent. I’ve largely quit shopping at Rite Aid, Target, and Fred Meyer because of it.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoYeah. In addition to armed guards patrolling the entrances, I’ve seen them following people around, and even seen employees snooping on people like the Rite-Aid employees were.
Me: opens the article, expecting to read about Rite Aid catching shoplifters in the act of stealing or shortly after
Me, two minutes later reading that Rite Aid accused people “likely to steal” or preventing them from entering the store at all. WHAT THE FUCK
Welcome to modern retail, where everyone is guilty of shoplifting until proven innocent.
I’ve largely quit shopping at Rite Aid, Target, and Fred Meyer because of it.
Target does this?
Yeah. In addition to armed guards patrolling the entrances, I’ve seen them following people around, and even seen employees snooping on people like the Rite-Aid employees were.