Co op lordship lane

[HeadNun]

Would you have jumped down the OP's throat if they'd described the perp as white, 50s, male? 

How we morphed from a hurried post about a shop-lifter, to rampant racism, migrants and single mothers, I do not know. 

And I thought the thread about hot dogs was hysterical....

[Angelina]

I wonder if we haven't been suitably offended - did we miss  a trick in allowing the OP to call her a woman - perhaps the person identifies as gender fluid (or other) and is offended.

[HeadNun]

2 minutes ago, Angelina said:

I wonder if we haven't been suitably offended - did we miss  a trick in allowing the OP to call her a woman - perhaps the person identifies as gender fluid (or other) and is offended.

Oh dear, Angelina - get ready for the pile-on!

[vladi]

Shoplifting is such epidemic now that it justifies the introduction of facial recognition facilities at the entrance to retail premises. With immediate access to  a database of all known shoplifters, such a facility could sound an immediate alert to management - provided of course that removal of face masks was a condition of entry. 

[alice]

What would be the point of that?  It may work in a  USA style mall where there’s maybe a single point of entry and armed security people.  But here financially, it wouldn’t work. 

[Sue]

3 hours ago, HeadNun said:

Would you have jumped down the OP's throat if they'd described the perp as white, 50s, male? 

How we morphed from a hurried post about a shop-lifter, to rampant racism, migrants and single mothers, I do not know. 

And I thought the thread about hot dogs was hysterical....

A  description limited to just " white, 50s, male" would be equally useless in identifying anybody, because it could apply to so many people. What point are you trying to make?

And I didn't "jump down the OP's throat."

The way the thread has developed is how threads work. Different people have different views on things.

And the point about media references to migrants and single mothers was relevant to the discussion.

Edited July 14 by Sue

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

11 hours ago, vladi said:

the offender can carry on regardless until trespassed. Trespassing the perp is the only meaningful method the control the crime and it is incumbent on us all the assist the shop owner and the police to identify the person.

Too many American YouTube videos. The problem isn't the lack of an offence, it's the lack of police resources to respond to it.