Walgreens leaves liberal paradise

[Djfan]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/Rampant-shoplifting-leads-to-another-Walgreens-15654730.php?fbclid=IwAR06Q-DRIFD2ScWtEGmuD266aHu-H04umlQthO2N9dF-PquvCBnr62xt46M

I don't get it.

Rampant shoplifting leads to another Walgreens closing in S.F.
Photo of Phil Matier
Phil Matier Oct. 18, 2020 Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 11:24 a.m.

After months of seeing its shelves repeatedly cleaned out by brazen shoplifters, the Walgreens at Van Ness and Eddy in San Francisco is getting ready to close.

“The last day is Nov. 11,” Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso said.

The drugstore, which serves many older people who live in the Opera Plaza area, is the seventh Walgreens to close in the city since 2019.

“All of us knew it was coming. Whenever we go in there, they always have problems with shoplifters, ” said longtime customer Sebastian Luke, who lives a block away and is a frequent customer who has been posting photos of the thefts for months. The other day, Luke photographed a man casually clearing a couple of shelves and placing the goods into a backpack.

“I feel sorry for the clerks, they are regularly being verbally assaulted,” Luke said. “The clerks say there is nothing they can do. They say Walgreens’ policy is to not get involved. They don’t want anyone getting injured or getting sued, so the guys just keep coming in and taking whatever they want.”

For security reasons, Walgreens declined to provide details on their security policies, but Caruso did say that “the safety of our team members and customers is our top concern.”

A recent trip to the store revealed aisle after aisle of empty or near-empty shelves. Beauty supplies appear to be a favored target.

Most of the remaining products were locked behind plastic theft guards, which have become increasingly common at drugstores in recent years.

But at Van Ness Avenue and Eddy Street, even the jugs of clothing detergent on display were looped with locked anti-theft cables.

When a clerk was asked where all the goods had gone, he said, “Go ask the people in the alleys, they have it all.”

Homeless encampments are common in the neighborhood, including two just across Eddy Street.

No sooner had the clerk spoken than a man wearing a virus mask walked in, emptied two shelves of snacks into a bag, then headed back for the door.

As he walked past the checkout line, a customer called out, “Sure you don’t want a drink with that?”

Just across busy Van Ness and down a block, a competing CVS pharmacy was fully stocked.

The difference? The CVS had a security guard at the door.

“Up there, they are closer to the Tenderloin. It’s the Wild West,” said a CVS clerk who was standing with the security guard.

 

[Badcat]

Our local Walmart catches people not scanning all of their goods in the self checkout lines. They monitor the lines and call the police. I don't see how Walgreens is any different. Call the damn cops.

 

[steel dino]

Its San Francisco people....

 

[Roy92040]

Our local Walmart catches people not scanning all of their goods in the self checkout lines. They monitor the lines and call the police. I don't see how Walgreens is any different. Call the damn cops.

Shoplifting is a misdemeanor in SF now. If you call the police they won't even bother to show up.

 

[ZonaBurgh]

Shoplifting is a misdemeanor in SF now. If you call the police they won't even bother to show up.

Isn't there a dollar limit? Sort of remember an insane amount of $1,000 and it's no big deal.

 

[IndySteel]

In San Fran you can take a dump and shoot up right out in the open. Shoplifting is no big deal. Paying for things there is racist.

 

[Djfan]

I love how when CA asks the federal govt for money to help, Trump says no.

 

[steel dino]

He caved on the fire relief deal...

which was the right thing to do.

 

[DBS1970]

He caved on the fire relief deal...

which was the right thing to do.

No it wasn’t.

California law prohibits salvage logging, cutting fire breaks and clearing underbrush to protect endangered rodents. They did it to themselves so fuckem they can deal with it on their own.

 

[steel dino]

No it wasn’t.

California law prohibits salvage logging, cutting fire breaks and clearing underbrush to protect endangered rodents. They did it to themselves so fuckem they can deal with it on their own.

The last I checked....they are still part of the United States of America.
Also, I'm sure the Trump administration made a "deal" with the them..

 

[Roy92040]

Isn't there a dollar limit? Sort of remember an insane amount of $1,000 and it's no big deal.

I think it is $950

 

[DBS1970]

The last I checked....they are still part of the United States of America.
Also, I'm sure the Trump administration made a "deal" with the them..

And?

Remember 25 years ago when Texas was hit with severe tornadoes? The Clinton administration denied federal disaster relief because not enough people were effected? The reality is ******* Billy Blythe wanted to punish a red state. **** California and the stupid ******* that voted in socialist morons to run things.

 

[Phinnster]

Our local Walmart catches people not scanning all of their goods in the self checkout lines. They monitor the lines and call the police. I don't see how Walgreens is any different. Call the damn cops.

Can't call the cops. Remember the lefties want to defund the police, karma is a *****. **** San Fran and all the other Liberal shitholes.

 

[SteelChip]

 

[Steelr4evr]

What a great society they've created for themselves. So far advanced over everyone else. A great place to open up a buisness.

I wonder who the local,state and federal representatives are? Amazing work! I really should relocate to this grand utopia. It's absolutely paradise on earth. The garden of Eden has nothing on this place or maybe that was Sodom&Gomorrah.