Shoplifting from small 'Mom and Pop' stores harms them and I damn well would report it to the owner. Shoplifting from a large chain store bothers me not a whit.
Absolutely. About the only companies I would want to steal from are shitbags like Electronic Arts (piracy) or Walmart (fuck "self-checkout") or (as stated) Loblaws. Any company of over 10k employees (well, as an estimate, at least) without a Union for their labor and service employees deserves a little shrinkage as punishment.
Mom and Pop stores are already struggling to make a living. If you need food that badly though (such as if you are homeless) then I recommend asking a mom and pop store if they have left over baked goods or newly-expired milk that doesn't smell funky. They're in the same boots, even if theirs is a comfier fit, and they will usually say yes to someone asking to eat goods that can no longer be sold.
That, and if you do decide to ask a larger grocer they're more likely to say no in some places, but that's because corporate scumbags want to force people to have to buy food to live. Hence why.a supermarket or big box store is more acceptable to snatch food from. Do it at the end of the day just before closing, the employees of a store like that and the cops (at least here in Canada) are more likely to be understanding if you get caught. Worst case scenario, you spend time awaiting a trial that will likely be thrown out due to how petty it will look to a judge to charge someone for stealing almost-expired bread (and if he/she doesn't, a reliable public defense attorney will point it out and reduce/negate your sentence).
Ask first is always the key, and only if you really are on the street or your paycheck is gone and your fridge empty and the month not close to being over. If they say no, ask elsewhere. If everyone says no (which has happened in places with arrogant assholes in City Hall deciding to discriminate against homeless people) then yeah, fuck the rules, take what you need to live.
I wonder if stealing food while literally malnourished could count as self-defense in a court of law?
Agreed. Steal from Loblaws in particular those price fixing sociopaths. Even if you don't need too, just on principal.
I used to have a lot of snitch tenancies. Boy did that die off quickly.
Now, unless you're posing a risk to life and limb for members of the public, I'm just going to keep moving.
I got my own problems.
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Ok, but if it's freezing out, you should really check the tents.
It is tonight. A couple of years ago I met a tent encampment resident who got frostbite in his fingers and the first joints all fell off or were removed, the rest were black and looked like exploded sticks of dynamite.
A wealthy CEO having their salary adjusted in the streets
a bank with a burning dumpster behind it
an oil pipeline [redacted]
That's whistleblowing, calling for the fire department, and reporting terrorism respectively. Not quite the same thing when the examples in the picture are people taking drastic measures to stay alive.
Yes I did. And it makes me see how the system is broken.
What I "fucking didn't" was report it.
If you see any of that and can afford to be worried, alleviate that worry by buying some food for that person.
I’m not gonna snitch on someone stealing bread or nappies but in my experience they’re usually stealing alcohol.
Great. Fuck stores making money by feeding alcoholics.
or teenage girls stealing make up
Sometimes an immediate relief from psychological suffering through the escapism of alcohol is no different than the immediate need for food. Sometimes the alternative is death
Luxury items that have no cheaper, reasonable alternative are where I draw the line. Alcohol to cope with the chronic pain and psychological suffering that homelessness brings is not really a luxury in my book
Sometimes luxuries are the best thing for the downtrodden to borrow because they can be bartered for money in the real world and sometimes having a little scratch in your pocket can make you feel human. My fiance and i pretty much survived on less than $6000 in total this year but having a little paper in my pocket makes me feel like a person. That being said the more expensive items a store carries the harder it is to borrow from them.
Well alcoholism and addiction are diseases that capitalism engineer to addict people to alcohol, so I don't care at all.
Not to mention that alcohol withdrawal can literally kill you. It is obviously better to get sober, but a heavy drinker going cold turkey without medical supervision can end up in the morgue.
They are not exclusive to capitalism.
Imagine being concerned about such things.
I used to live in a tent and people were lovely. When I could afford permits for NPs, I'd have other camping friends. I'd also shoplift and felt bad for it, only making sure I took the cheapest food and supplies and only what I need. I wasn't a threat to anything, no one in that situation could even afford to be one.
Yeah, we've got people living in tents in the city park here, it's legal but I see how there's fear mongering and attempts to throw them away. When in fact those living in tents are likely too tired and scared themselves to do any harm
You shouldn't have felt the slightest bit bad my friend. Your government consigned to be marginalized and not help you? Take what you need.
I agree. I am worried that he'll freeze out there this winter though.
Snitches be bitches.
Snitches get no bitches
A pre mediated CEO hunter eating a burger?
