Brookline's hottest store
By adamg - Tue, 12/18/2007 - 1:04pm.
Is the Children's Place, 302 Harvard St., at least, according to Brookline Police:
Yesterday, police arrested two alleged shoplifters, about an hour after another shoplifter walked out with clothes.
On Dec. 13, police arrested two other alleged shoplifters there.
On Dec. 11, employees watched as a man who entered the store with an empty plastic bag ran out with a full bag - and didn't pay for anything.
On Dec. 7, employees reported two women walking out without paying for the clothes they had.
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Is that store cursed?
The one attempted fraud I've ever found on my credit report was someone in Dorchester trying to apply for a store credit card in my name at the Children's Place. What is it about that store?
Shoplifters
Word must be going around in the miscreant community that they are an easy target, or it could be an organized gang. From my own retail experience, I know these things happen.
Glad to hear/read about shoplifters being arrested.
I'm glad that shoplifters are being arrested....they totally deserve it, imho!
Don't the idiots who shoplift realize that..(A) If they're students, they could end up losing their scholarship, if they're going to school on one. (B) That they'll have a record for the rest of their lives. (C) That shoplifting raises the prices of merchandise for everybody (D) That shoplifting frequently makes it harder on people, because it's often necessary to put rough-tough, hurly-burly people to monitor things, or horrible security measures, which makes for a horrendous, mean-spirited atmosphere in the given store(s).
The people who shoplift are total jackasses, and, many of them who've considered it smart, cute, cool or sophisticated are in for a rude, rude awakening, particularly since the chances of getting caught in the act are greater than ever these days.
Rly.
> The people who shoplift are total jackasses
Now, I'm definitely with you that shoplifting is the wrong thing to do, but really, how on earth can you know that all people who shoplift are total jackasses? Do you think maybe some of them are people who can't afford clothes for their kids? Or might be people with bipolar disorder or another similar need for the neurological "high" that comes from breaking rules? Or might be teenagers doing normal teenage rebellious stuff that they'll likely grow out of and become respectful adults? Really, what good does it do anyone to go around calling people names? And in boldfaced fonts, to boot?
Sorry, eeka, but I disagree with you here.
Just because people have some sort of financial or biological problem, or are just simply rebellious teenagers doesn't make it OK. Shoplifting's still condemnable, imo, and people can and should expect to get punished for it. If a person does this because s/he has some sort of neurobiological disorder such as bipolar disorder or whatever, then they should be getting some sort of help, so that they hopefully won't do that anymore and end up in bad trouble. As for teenagers doing "normal" teenage rebellious stuff (if that's what you really call shoplifting on the part of teenagers), I disagree with you here, too. I have no
sympathy whatsoever for "normal" rebellious teenager(s) who engage in this practice for kicks and end up getting caught and punished in some way or other, which is what they deserve if they're caught.
Moreover, yes, shoplifting is an asinine thing to do.
Reread my comment
I didn't say it's OK for them to shoplift; I just said it's quite likely that there are people shoplifting who aren't jackasses.
Right...criticize the
Right...criticize the behavior, not the entire person, since none of us know anything about the people who were caught other than that they were caught shoplifting. We don't know why they shoplifted; we just know they made a poor choice. It doesn't mean that they're overall jackasses. (Doesn't mean they're not. Point is, we don't know them.)
Partial Jackasses?
Perhaps some people who shoplift aren't total jackasses but merely partial jackasses?
I imagine that many people exhibit a mix of commendable and contemptible behavior.
On the other hand, the behaviour is condemnable, nonetheless.
the general public ends up paying in more ways than one for these "poor choices", and, for that matter, so do the shoplifter(s) themselves.
A) A college student going to school on a scholarship stands a good chance of losing his/her scholarship.
B) S/he will have a record for the rest of his/her life that will make it tougher to obtain employment or whatever.
C) Shoplifting also results in the general public paying considerably more (uncalculable) for merchandise than they ordinarily would.
D) It necessitates the implementation of much more elaborate and tougher security in stores where shoplifting occurs, making for an extremely unpleasant atmosphere inside the store. Also, shoplifters should realize that, with today's post Sept. 11th atmosphere and security measures in place, the chances of him/her getting caught are far greater than they ever were.
E) It costs stores money, too, in terms of lost property, and, if shoplifting occurs frequently enough, can force them out of business before their time.
F) Whether one chooses to realize it or not, shoplifting is a crime, which is punisheable by law. There's no excuse for it, and, frankly, anybody who does it deserves to get caught....and punished for it.
G) And, yes....anybody who plays the asshole that way deserves to pay for it.
So to sum up
I think what you're saying is:
Shoplifting is wrong.
Yup.
Exactly.
Hmmmm...
Great store!
My wife and daughter were shopping there yesterday. Anybody got caught-on-video images of the perpetrators?