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Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva
Well I suppose they are hoping they will not get caught and therefore avoid any embarrassment. Some people don't like readily accepting help. I know sometimes you have to if you are that desperate. I would only do so as a last resort. Who knows what desperation does to people though.
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Some people especially as they get older too, hate to even say they are having problems.
They rarely ask for help and certainly not financial help, they see that as a bad thing to have to do,ask for help to get some provisions.
Walking round a store,I would guess it seems easy enough to just pop an item or 2 you cannot afford into your bag or even pocket.
Likely the thought of a camera picking that up or it even being seen doesn't come into the equation.
They clearly get caught because of the camera and I would dare guess more than likely that happens because they don't really wnat to do it, are nervous as to doing it and their hesitance likely alerts who is watching to zoom in.
Desperation I would guess is a horrible feeling to have.
The other side of food banks too is, they need a fair bit of personal information and again the elderly in particular don't like giving information about themselves out.
It is wrong of course to shoplift anything but I can understand why it is happening.
I also wonder who are the real 'thieves', I see in the Store I go to, stock on the shelves at say £1.50 one day, not on offer at that price.
The same stock,not new stock, the next day I have seen rise to £1.98.
Where the justification of putting something up 48p in a few hours comes from is beyond me and why should anything rise by almost a third of its original cost anyway.