A large number of supermarkets lock their products, but the professor feels helpless: customers feel like prisoners, and theft incidents in the United States are soaring. Pickpockets | shops | products
A store in San Francisco, USA has locked its products in a safe cabinet
According to Fox News on August 9th, "chain pickpockets" have emerged in some major cities in the United States, leading to more and more stores having to lock their products to prevent theft. A professor in San Francisco, California, USA, said that this anti-theft measure "makes customers feel like prisoners.".
According to reports, theft and robbery incidents are frequent in American cities. An employee of a chain store in San Francisco stated that the store is robbed nearly 20 times a day and can only be locked with chains and padlocks to prevent pickpockets. This phenomenon is more and more common in Wal Mart, Walgreens and other chain stores.
Professor Torres of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco said that requiring store staff to pick up detergents and infant formula is already frustrating enough, but these companies are still implementing stricter safety measures. She said that grocery stores should not feel like prisons, should not deprive us of our dignity by improving safety, and believes that stores are "taking the risk of shaping us into more anxious and suspicious individuals.".
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Torres believes that if the United States does not address social issues such as inflation, poverty, and insufficient social opportunities, such measures to protect businesses can only have a weak effect. The United States should strengthen its construction of social security networks, provide high-quality education, vocational training, and stable wages in order to curb crime.
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