Hate this is happening anywhere. We all pay for it no matter where we live. Being from TX (especially a small town), it is not quite the Wild West, but then again you never know what will happen if things get out of hand. Austin is getting there (like big city CA & NY), but rural TX still pretty much bust you for a small theft, I am glad it is that way for the moment. Good luck for those not in favor of the nonsense, unfortunately I guess it has not hit rock bottom for the majority to demand changes. That is not meant to be political, but hopefully on a local level things will eventually change.
On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 10:03 PM David Kusumoto <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > 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.
