If you saw an elderly person shoplifting something cheap, what would you do?

[IknowthatIdontKnow09]

[FreyaRed]

I have seen some older men stealing cheesecake on self checkout. Okay this cheesecake cost approx 20 USD per KG but stealing such stuff isn't smart. Especially in grocery with 200 cameras.
I didn't react, because it's not my business.
When they catch him sooner or later he gets a video record of 20 cheesecake pieces he didn't pay on self-checkout and a proposal to pay his 5 retirements to security company who works for this grocery or they bring it to the court and ha pays at least 10 times his meager retirement.

[Anonymous]

I haven't seen shoplifting but I have seen people having trouble in stores and I will slip a hundred in their pocket or purse if I'm able to. Sometimes the logistics don't work out. One woman I felt so badly for I couldn't get the money to her so I followed her out to the parking lot and I was able to put it into the window of her car without her seeing. I know it doesn't solve everything but if it gives them a few minutes of relief at least there's that. I would do this all day if I could. If I were a billionaire I'd be paying off mortgages left and right instead of chasing after more billions, I can't believe there aren't any billionaires doing that, not a single one that I know of.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

If it's an adult, I won't interfere, just smile. If it's a kid... I'd consider interfering but I'm not sure it would lead me to act on it

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Also, I wouldn't assume they are stealing because they need to, at least not in my area since there's a lot of support possible when it's about food

[LC75LC71]

Swarm!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tpe6tMQdx-o

[Screenwriter]

Mention it to someone in the store if the person is still there. Some stores have a no touch policy. Others will take the person to the police. Old or young, shoplifting costs you and me money if not reported/halted.

Shoplifting can be kleptomania, dementia, depression... a million reasons. People who do it need help.

[Veronika_p]

Tell them to drop it or report them, age does not guarantee anyone to commit a crime

[Kingofkings1992]

Question says something cheap. Not like they're stealing 5 or 6 tvs or something. If it's like a candy bar or soda, who gives a shit

[Veronika_p]

@Kingofkings1992 stealing is stealing, amount don't matter

[Kingofkings1992]

It does in my book

[Veronika_p]

@Kingofkings1992 oh 😳 wow

[andreasderjuengere]

Depends on the shop.
If it's a (supermarket) chain: I noticed nothing.
If it's a small private business, I may pay the item for her.

[Calyptomaniac]

Same if I saw a young person doing it, nothing. It's not my job...

[Staximus]

I would laugh and say “cheap old bastard” unless it was food, then I would feel bad and probably buy them a shopping cart full of groceries

[genericname85]

i wouldn't do shit if i saw anyone shoplifting. not my business, not my problem.

[msc545]

Nothing. Shoplifting is not a serious enough crime to bother with unless I happen to own the shop, which I would not.

[Anonymous]

I would tell them you get seniors discount you don't need to steal it.

[jahaims]

Idc if someone shoplifts. It has nothing to do with me

[ThisSiteSux]

Drop kick them and hold them in a blood choke until the cops come

[Account]

I would mind my own business and let them be.

[smashleyy]

i didn’t see nothing regardless of age

[sage2021]

I would look the other way.

[loveyouoak]

I’d just let the store staff handle it.

[Brady]

If my mom wasn't there I wood tell an employee.

[Kingofkings1992]

Nothing.

[Anonymous]

I would pay for it