STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 24 August 2023

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4. Without giving any . . . . suggestions

Shoplifting is relatively easy, and I suspect it's easier now in stores with self-checkout. Shoes are easy to steal. Clothes are easier. Even groceries can be stolen.

Poorly paid employees steal all the time, and help their friends steal, too. When I worked at Walmart almost 30 years ago, minimum wage employees routinely stole and/or damaged merchandise out of spite. Minimum wage hasn't gone up, so I suspect sabotage and theft have. Not to be too cynical, but sometimes it's difficult to be scrupulously honest when you're making $7.25/hour and the manager gets a $50K annual bonus for keeping the payroll low.