We gotta live with it here in CA. I wouldn't want to own a poster gallery or any kind of store in some of these cities now. It's more unnerving when it happens in the suburbs where I am. Since Saturday, 17 stores have been hit here in San Diego - 13 over a three-hour period across two nights - by the same 4-5 armed guys in masks and hoodies. Nothing can be done. If you fight back as an owner and someone gets hurt, you face charges and protestors. It tests your principles. A collector I know in TX thinks it happens less there because perps never know who's packing heat. I laughed but what she said "feels" true. - d.
________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan Heimann <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 12:23 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Way off topic Firstly wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.. sometimes you experience something and you feel compelled to share it with a chat group, even though it’s not relevant to what we normally chat about… In this case, I’m talking about an experience I had at a Target retail store.. This was at their 42 nd st NYC location..you may have heard in the news that Target among other retailers is experiencing a high incidence of store theft, which they say is affecting their bottom line.. firstly, I went into the store to buy some bar soap… I was surprised I had to get somebody to open a locked cage to buy this… I could understand things like razor blade cartridges which tend to be expensive, etc. but bar soap… OK then I asked the fellow that opened the cage for me if there was a bathroom in the store? He replied yes But it was closed now… Really why is there a plumbing problem I asked him. no, he said the junkies go in there to shoot up after 4 o’clock so it’s not safe… OKkkk… I then proceeded to the self checkout all the machines were being used, so I waited behind a person to watch this person put about 10 items on the scanner and then put them in a bag without paying for them. Not sure how that works, and then finally, as I was proceeding to exit the store I noticed three New York City police officers at the escalator, a teenager started to walk up the escalator with a pile of stuff in a basket. One of the officers approached him, and said you got to be kidding… The kid dumped all the stuff on the floor and ran up the escalator and started cursing and flipping the bird to the officer… I thought maybe the officer would radio or chase him, but just told him to get out.. we all read a lot of stuff in the news, but living the moment is a different experience Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
