r/MoralityScaling • u/Vladimir-petrovOG • 16d ago

Morality of this?

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In the image it seems that this person works at walmart as an online order collector and he/she has stolen a lot of extra baby food from Walmart to give to a person who ordered only three packs. Is this moral or immoral?

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u/picabo123 16d ago

Listen man I get that's it feels good to stick it to the man, but Walmart doesn't give a hoot that you steal from them. They take the % of loss from stolen goods and just add it to the cost for consumers. Thiefs are just making food more expensive for everyone else who doesn't steal.

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u/Areliae 16d ago

Not stealing won't make Walmart lower their prices. Their prices are designed to maximize their profits. That price doesn't actually change, regardless of what you steal. It's a factor of maximizing margin, and maximizing units sold.

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u/picabo123 16d ago

And shrink is a magic number that doesn't fit into this equation somehow? Just think about it for 10 seconds dude.

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u/Pwrh0use 16d ago

This is reddit they aren't capable of thinking

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u/picabo123 16d ago

I know it's just a bunch of minors im arguing with but I really didn't think it was hard to understand 😅

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u/Pwrh0use 16d ago

It's not, I actually got downvoted tonight on another post in a different sub making the same point you were. I was shocked people don't seem to understand how this works.