The Damages of Shoplifting
The affects of shoplifting
By: Andie Gonzales
Stealing may just seem as a small and easy thing to do, to the people who do shoplift. The shoplifter thinks he is getting a product for free and doesn’t know what he actually doing to himself and the community. But most of us don’t know the actual affects and damages shoplifting makes. Not only does it cost the shoplifter money, but also the store and its customers and the whole community. It is a large chain reaction of costs and damages that would otherwise be unnecessary to everyone. So I think there needs to be more awareness to this illegal act. To start off, the shoplifter does cause a lot of damage and problems to those around them, not just to themselves. Most often when a shoplifter is caught it does lower confidence in the persons own eyes and change the way they see themselves. But when a friend or a family member knows you shoplift, their reaction tends to be distrust and embarrassment towards you. The temptation of not having to pay for an item is a big reason why a lot of people steal. But in reality stealing is committing a crime. And society frowns on those who break the law and ultimately can make you lose and opportunities in life. Such as getting the job you wanted or getting into a college you hope to go through. When they see that on your record that can show them that you are not to be trusted for the job, or fit to go to their school. So as you can see everyone is better off not shoplifting Shoplifting, when achieved, may only seem like it is affecting the store. It is much more damaging than that. Every retail stores perform inventory at the end of each year. They come up with a number that represents the total amount of products that were lost, damaged, or stolen. This number is called the shrinkage rate. This number has been slowly getting smaller and smaller across the U.S each year, but large retail stores like Wal-Mart are losing 3 billion a year in their shrinkage rate. In 2011,
By: Andie Gonzales
Stealing may just seem as a small and easy thing to do, to the people who do shoplift. The shoplifter thinks he is getting a product for free and doesn’t know what he actually doing to himself and the community. But most of us don’t know the actual affects and damages shoplifting makes. Not only does it cost the shoplifter money, but also the store and its customers and the whole community. It is a large chain reaction of costs and damages that would otherwise be unnecessary to everyone. So I think there needs to be more awareness to this illegal act. To start off, the shoplifter does cause a lot of damage and problems to those around them, not just to themselves. Most often when a shoplifter is caught it does lower confidence in the persons own eyes and change the way they see themselves. But when a friend or a family member knows you shoplift, their reaction tends to be distrust and embarrassment towards you. The temptation of not having to pay for an item is a big reason why a lot of people steal. But in reality stealing is committing a crime. And society frowns on those who break the law and ultimately can make you lose and opportunities in life. Such as getting the job you wanted or getting into a college you hope to go through. When they see that on your record that can show them that you are not to be trusted for the job, or fit to go to their school. So as you can see everyone is better off not shoplifting Shoplifting, when achieved, may only seem like it is affecting the store. It is much more damaging than that. Every retail stores perform inventory at the end of each year. They come up with a number that represents the total amount of products that were lost, damaged, or stolen. This number is called the shrinkage rate. This number has been slowly getting smaller and smaller across the U.S each year, but large retail stores like Wal-Mart are losing 3 billion a year in their shrinkage rate. In 2011,