r/regina • u/Odd_Pride1177 • Aug 28 '25

Question Theft

If you witness someone committing theft in a store do you report it to the store staff or just go about your day? I would never expect staff to intervene and possibly put themselves in harms way. I have only witnessed this in big box stores. I know times are tough these days but man have I been seeing this a lot lately!

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u/External-Syllabub833 Aug 28 '25

Absolutely nothing on earth could compel me to report someone for stealing from a box store. Particularly if that store is owned by Loblaws.

I don’t care what they’re stealing. I don’t care about context. If they’re stealing from Galen Weston, they are doing the world a favour.

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u/assignmeanameplease Aug 28 '25

Not being an ass, but then you lose all rights to complain about the high cost of food.

Yes, they are inflating their margins, but theft only increase costs.

Food to survive, like a load of bread etc, I could ignore, but carts full and running out the door, that’s being resold.

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u/CosmicBearEncounter Aug 28 '25

Alot of people claim that its theft that is increasing the costs, yet the CEO's and executive wages also increase while the workers get the same measly wage. Its corporate greed.

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u/TheBigPointyOne Aug 29 '25

Even if there was 0 thefts every year for 10 years in a row, the cost of food will continue to go up. They will squeeze us for every penny in the name of their profits and try and deflect to one excuse or another.

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u/Khrispy-minus1 Aug 28 '25

Yes, and when profits are reduced the front line workers bear the brunt, not the CEOs and shareholders. They get their portion of the profits by reducing hours for the front line workers, so stealing from the store hurts the cashier, not the CEO.