Shoplifting: Avoid That Temptation

Our last post last week was on Words.
Our first post this week starts with another word -Kleptomaniac
- people who feel compelled to steal at any opportunity.

According to an estimate, every year US retailers loose about
10 billions due to shoplifting. The ratailers of course make sure
that the amount is extracted from average consumers like you
and us through higher prices for their merchandise.

People steal things that they want to have but cannot afford like
fancy cosmetics or apparels or the latest CD/DVD or things that
they are forbidden to purchase like cigarettes. Some do this just
out of fun. However, survey says that majority (about two-third)
of shoplifters resort to this simply because they see the
opportunity of doing that, even though they were not predetermined
when they entered the shop.

Some retailers like Walmart takes quite tough stand about this.
Many retailers keep plain-cloth security people in aisles and exit.
Walmart, for example, charges a high amount from the arrested
person irrespective of the outcome of the court. The high cost of
the procedures in court and complexity of expunging the act from
the criminal record may take peace away from the arrested
person's mind.

So, never get into such a temptation and make your friends
and family members, especially young people, aware of this.
One evening's temptation may haunt them and their career for
a long time.