RE: “inventory shrinkages.”
In my experience, blue collar workers, including the self-employed, in densely urban settings are often dishonest, and are sometimes outright thieves.
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Yep, another solid Democrat constituency. Who would've thunk it?
My Daddy was in the navy after World War II on an armed supply ship which has seen action at Iwo Jima and elsewhere.
They were a hardened lot, but not without human feeling. One of their jobs during the occupation was to ferry and unload supplies to a population which was on the verge of starvation.
Even then, they had pride and thefts were rare. Dad was a junior officer and one of the guys under his command had a reputation as a joker. He caught an old man stealing a sack of flour at the dock once from one of the pallets which had just unloaded. He drew his pistol and pointed it at the guys head. The old man dropped the flour sack, knelt down and closed his eyes muttering something that sounded like a prayer.
Dad and the guy were so moved with compassion, that they handed the old man some of their personal rations and sent him on his way.
He told the joker that these people had a sense of shame, not of entitlement. We could learn something from them.
Employees steal 7 times more than shoplifters:
Retailers looking to cut their theft losses would do well to leave the customers alone and keep a wary eye on their own employees, according to a new survey.
Employee theft accounts for seven times more revenue loss for retailers than shoplifting, said the annual loss-prevention survey by Ernst & Young, released Friday.The survey, “An Ounce of Prevention,” showed retailers reported $2.2 billion in 1989 theft losses, an average of $21 million for the 160 companies responding and an increase of 10 percent compared to 1988.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/133980/EMPLOYEES-STEAL-7-TIMES-MORE-THAN-SHOPLIFTERS.html