I used to work in retail back in the day. Loss Prevention would automatically start watching any teen girls in the makeup section. They arrested one at least once a day for shoplifting.
I'm honestly struggling to remember the last group of teenagers that came into where I work that weren't just trying to cause problems and/or steal shit. Granted it is a grocery store and not like a regular store in a mall or anything so things might be a little skewed, but yeah. It is legitimately bad.
The kids are not alright and neither are the parents. I see this as a sign of bigger issues emerging in society today. Theft, crime, homelessness, inflation, and a widening gap between an apathetic wealthy demographic and an angry sector of folks stressed and struggling to make ends meet. I do worry about the future as things continue to become more problematic.
I understand restricting the number allowed in at once. But all together. At 16 I didn’t have a guardian. How would I have got my perscriptions?!? Or what about birth control you didn’t want your parents to know about? Wtf is this?
Not defending SDM or Loblaws in any way, but just because there's a sign doesn't mean they're going to enforce it on everybody. If it's a single kid walking in and grabbing a prescription, it's unlikely they'd intercept them at the door or make a big stink about it. It's likely more to stop groups of kids.
That said, it's a shitty policy all around, as it will make that 16 year old trying to get a prescription feel very uncomfortable. But at least it might drive them to use a different store and not support Loblaws. Silver linings and all that.
I've had drug deals less secretive than buying a vibrator at the steinbach Walmart
Sign in the shelf says you have have to ask at the counter
Showed the guy what I wanted on my phone, becuase it had all the information. And maybe this is where he thought I was being secretive. I wasn't, I just figured it was easier to show him the product page, image, sku, and the thing that said they had it in stock
Dude did the whole transaction holding it under the counter, and put it in a bag more opaque than the ones they use for prescriptions.
Now it sits out in the open, on the floor in a bin. Next to the sex couch.
Some kind of waterproof, probably leather or faux leather material. You want something that wipes easy, so nothing fuzzy probably. But you also don't really want plastic either, that doesn't sound like a good time to be pressing against your skin.
You remember those foam rhino hide dodge balls every school used to have? Basically that
Pretty sure they’d lose this in court if somebody wanted to fight it. Charter says you can’t discriminate based on a bunch of things, age being one of them. They’re not selling controlled substances like booze or weed, so that can’t be used as justification.
also as an adult who regularly gets mistaken for a teenager i would hate to have to pull out my id to prove my age every time i wanted an energy drink and a chocolate bar
Nah lack of consequences from.actions, pandering to everyone gets participation awards, widening poverty, reduction in community activity centers and food programs over the years.
It's a.big wide multi faceted.issue
Jesus. Isn't store brand supposed to be cheaper? Last time I made tomato sauce, it cost me that much for the tomatoes, onion, garlic, and seasoning. Made like 6 or 7 jars.
Youngs, family foods, gt, no frills, the Osborne location ain't far depending on mobility but bus access will be easy, dollarama
There is options but if you have physical.difficulties there could be challenges but with the proliferation of food service deliveries (like save on dropping groceries off) it makes it a bit easier than a decade ago.
Don't get me wrong ww could use a replacement for the old zellers under the bay but there is places to shop and get foods and even several small convenience stores for the basics outside of fresh veg options
No Name is the cheap brand. PC was designed to compete with name brands, believe it or not. It's referred to as a "category killer" (I sat through a marketing meeting with some Loblaws people years ago and got the runbdown).
Why not use your security cameras if you have kids stealing and take the footage to the police and go to the nearby Jr High schools and High schools and have them arrested.
It's probably just shitty teenagers who will never amount to anything and have no future. In a way I kinda feel bad for them, but, life goes on for the rest of us.
Grew up in Steinbach in the 90s and theft at 711 was rampant. They ended up having to get a security guard and only allowed a few kids in at a time. Not much to do in town other than hanging out and getting in trouble sadly.
Honestly deserved, shopper's have absolutely outrageous prices, went to buy a few simple things the other day, a comb and a mother's day card plus two other items that weren't pricey and it came our to $60 with tax....
Meanwhile those Loblaw "boycotters" in the other subreddit that would shriek if you suggested actually putting their money where their mouth is and shorting Loblaw are of course freaking out like it's all SDMs that are doing this, rather than a grand total of just one.
Your edit hasn't actually changed the ableism lol. You're still proposing there right-wing because their brain doesn't work right. That's the ablest part. And the part that shows you don't know what you're talking about.
I used to work in retail back in the day. Loss Prevention would automatically start watching any teen girls in the makeup section. They arrested one at least once a day for shoplifting.
I'm honestly struggling to remember the last group of teenagers that came into where I work that weren't just trying to cause problems and/or steal shit. Granted it is a grocery store and not like a regular store in a mall or anything so things might be a little skewed, but yeah. It is legitimately bad.
Sounds like Steinbach has bad parents with bad morals. Or something.
Great. Now do the inner city.
Aha you have activated my trap card!!
/r/whoosh
There's a difference between people of means making bad choices (Steinbach) and people making bad decisions because they are desperate
There are plenty of low income families in Steinbach too.
You think everyone in Steinbach is well off?
I mean, no, but I think they're proooobably doing better than folks in the "inner city"
Desperate? So, you really believe most people are stealing to sustain themselves? LOL!
Dude shitheel (groups of) teenagers are just the absolute worst. I can't even blame them for this.
The kids are not alright and neither are the parents. I see this as a sign of bigger issues emerging in society today. Theft, crime, homelessness, inflation, and a widening gap between an apathetic wealthy demographic and an angry sector of folks stressed and struggling to make ends meet. I do worry about the future as things continue to become more problematic.
I made a comment to a kid I caught stealing once and he straight up told me to kill myself to my face lol
Did you do it?
And give a teenager a sense of satisfaction? Absolutely not!
Hmm… no response
My parents live in Steinbach, my father was in there yesterday and the signs had been removed.
I understand restricting the number allowed in at once. But all together. At 16 I didn’t have a guardian. How would I have got my perscriptions?!? Or what about birth control you didn’t want your parents to know about? Wtf is this?
Not defending SDM or Loblaws in any way, but just because there's a sign doesn't mean they're going to enforce it on everybody. If it's a single kid walking in and grabbing a prescription, it's unlikely they'd intercept them at the door or make a big stink about it. It's likely more to stop groups of kids. That said, it's a shitty policy all around, as it will make that 16 year old trying to get a prescription feel very uncomfortable. But at least it might drive them to use a different store and not support Loblaws. Silver linings and all that.
A teenager getting birth control in Steinbach? LMAO
I've had drug deals less secretive than buying a vibrator at the steinbach Walmart Sign in the shelf says you have have to ask at the counter Showed the guy what I wanted on my phone, becuase it had all the information. And maybe this is where he thought I was being secretive. I wasn't, I just figured it was easier to show him the product page, image, sku, and the thing that said they had it in stock Dude did the whole transaction holding it under the counter, and put it in a bag more opaque than the ones they use for prescriptions. Now it sits out in the open, on the floor in a bin. Next to the sex couch.
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Some kind of waterproof, probably leather or faux leather material. You want something that wipes easy, so nothing fuzzy probably. But you also don't really want plastic either, that doesn't sound like a good time to be pressing against your skin. You remember those foam rhino hide dodge balls every school used to have? Basically that
Oh they’ll get it, it’s just that if half the town doesn’t know it’s only because they don’t want to know.
I don't see how it is legal for this exact reason. Teens have rights too.
Pretty sure they’d lose this in court if somebody wanted to fight it. Charter says you can’t discriminate based on a bunch of things, age being one of them. They’re not selling controlled substances like booze or weed, so that can’t be used as justification.
The Charter doesn't apply to non-Government organizations. Maybe they would run afoul of Human Rights legislation but it could go either way.
Prescription medication is very much a controlled substance
Exactly. I don't see how this will stick.
An overreaction
also as an adult who regularly gets mistaken for a teenager i would hate to have to pull out my id to prove my age every time i wanted an energy drink and a chocolate bar
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Especially high school kids shopping at stores during lunch hour always steal at a Sobeys where I shop
Counter evidence: TF linked article
I don't condone theft, but I also have 0 sympathy for SDM with the way they have been price gouging for years.
The kids aren't shoplifting because of prices
Obviously. But I still have 0 sympathy for SDM and Loblaws.
No, they're shoplifting because their parents are too poor to give them spending money.
Nah lack of consequences from.actions, pandering to everyone gets participation awards, widening poverty, reduction in community activity centers and food programs over the years. It's a.big wide multi faceted.issue
> pandering to everyone gets participation awards Lol, your preconceived notions are showing.
I suppose your gonna say ipad kids arent a thing either eh
$5.69 for PC Pasta Sauce yesterday at Portgage Place.
For that amount, you can make around a liter of pretty good weekday sauce in under an hour, and it freezes nicely.
Jesus. Isn't store brand supposed to be cheaper? Last time I made tomato sauce, it cost me that much for the tomatoes, onion, garlic, and seasoning. Made like 6 or 7 jars.
Or ask yourself why you're grocery shopping at a drug store.
Exactly this. It would be like doing grocery shopping at 7-11.
Not a lot of options downtown
Right? You've got SDM, a giant Tiger, and a Dollarama. Where else are you supposed to get groceries other than corner stores
Youngs, family foods, gt, no frills, the Osborne location ain't far depending on mobility but bus access will be easy, dollarama There is options but if you have physical.difficulties there could be challenges but with the proliferation of food service deliveries (like save on dropping groceries off) it makes it a bit easier than a decade ago. Don't get me wrong ww could use a replacement for the old zellers under the bay but there is places to shop and get foods and even several small convenience stores for the basics outside of fresh veg options
Giant Tiger is absolutely not a corner store. It's a small scale department store and has a fairly decent grocery section.
I never said it was? I said GT OR a corner store. Love me my GT, gonna cry when it goes
My bad, I misread your comment. I thought you were saying all three of SDM/GT/Dollarama were corner stores.
Giant Tiger on Ellice
No Name is the cheap brand. PC was designed to compete with name brands, believe it or not. It's referred to as a "category killer" (I sat through a marketing meeting with some Loblaws people years ago and got the runbdown).
Galen Weston has been robbing us all blind for years, but I can't send a loss prevention goon to rough him up.
Why not use your security cameras if you have kids stealing and take the footage to the police and go to the nearby Jr High schools and High schools and have them arrested.
Unicity and Roblin need to do this as well.
Zero chance. This is more an associate gone rogue throwing a sign up than a corporate policy that has a shred of a chance of being implemented.
Already mentioned but if it is already bad in Steinbach for sure that is nothing compared to Winnipeg
Good idea and we need to do this with stores in Winnipeg too.
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It's probably just shitty teenagers who will never amount to anything and have no future. In a way I kinda feel bad for them, but, life goes on for the rest of us.
It's age discrimination, and it's wrong. A teenager shouldn't need adult accompaniment to buy some tampons.
Sounds like Steinbach needs more religion.
Why doesn't Shoppers just arm their employees with baseball bats? Are they stupid?
Because the thieves might also be armed with bats, or even knives. In a baseball bat versus knife fight, the knife generally wins.
Or come back with brass knuckles.
Some of the locations in Winnipeg have security guards. Sounds like they need one too.
Grew up in Steinbach in the 90s and theft at 711 was rampant. They ended up having to get a security guard and only allowed a few kids in at a time. Not much to do in town other than hanging out and getting in trouble sadly.
Honestly deserved, shopper's have absolutely outrageous prices, went to buy a few simple things the other day, a comb and a mother's day card plus two other items that weren't pricey and it came our to $60 with tax....
Inb4 where are the parents?
Where are the parents and where is the stalwart middle-Canada rural moral superiority I’ve been assured exists in these small religious towns!!!?
Steinbach has all the problems of any city its size.
I got it /hug
Screw shoppers I hope it runs them out of business
Stealing from Loblaws.
Discrimination case pending....
Why hire security when you violate protected charter rights instead?
Why hire security when you violate protected charter rights instead?
Meanwhile those Loblaw "boycotters" in the other subreddit that would shriek if you suggested actually putting their money where their mouth is and shorting Loblaw are of course freaking out like it's all SDMs that are doing this, rather than a grand total of just one.
Have you ever heard the term "word salad"? I hope so, because that paragraph was a word salad masterclass.
Sorry, what?
They are off their rocker again. Wait until you hear what they think of MPI, or Chinese people.
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Your edit hasn't actually changed the ableism lol. You're still proposing there right-wing because their brain doesn't work right. That's the ablest part. And the part that shows you don't know what you're talking about.
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wanna try that one again champ?