[TheBlueMarvel]

Anyone familiar with retail knows that 'shrink' happens everywhere and the usual suspects fall somewhere on the thieving spectrum; brazen shoplifter, return bandit, swap asshole, etc. What's interesting about the running dialogue on this particular thread, is how little time it takes to move from blaming thieves to blaming employees. Equally interesting is that this blame-phenomenon seems exclusive to Walmart and Target, despite the fairly common knowledge that thieves steal anywhere and everywhere they can. Regardless of what some believe the employees of these two outlets should do to eliminate theft, the fact remains that both stores carry a large and varied assortment of very steal'able shit. When you carry so many smaller items, it becomes very difficult to prevent this sort of thing.