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[โ€“] blarghly@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, it's security theatre what actually does save the store money. Hence why walmart had greeters all those years ago. They found people were less likely to shoplift if they just knew that someone was watching them.

[โ€“] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

I always just call the bluff. Offer them the receipt before they ask and they're totally ok with you walking off with half the items unbought.