Shoplifting

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lifting expired food (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/shoplifting@slrpnk.net

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Just wondering if anyone does this. I occasionally find food that expired yesterday. Of course it’s still safe to eat but the shop has no choice but to trash it. So why not nick it?

And what if you get caught? Do they care that you were stealing something they had to waste? The value is zero. You’ve only cheated them out of accurate book keeping.

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[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

To a capitalist, there is no good shoplifting. Nobody's going to check the expiration dates on what you stole before arresting you. You took stuff off their shelves that they could have sold - come on, do you really think stores pull expired product the day it expires? - and that makes you the bad guy.

Conversely, to an anarchist, there is no bad shoplifting. Why should it matter if the store owner could make a profit off the item or not? If you're willing to steal from the owner you've already decided you don't care about his profits 😆