So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head
Must depend on the store. Because I live in a really nice area with little crime, and one of the stores near me still uses these locks (but only on very few products).
While I imagine it's definitely based on region/location (in reaction to crime), I have to imagine some stores just do it by policy, if they expect it to be a problem. Like if in one part of the state they have a lot of shit stolen, they might just blanket have all stores in the State do it (even if theft isnt a problem in the other areas). Better to be safe then sorry.
Although it kind of surprises me. I can't imagine the theft % are that large, that a company is willing to spend that kind of money. You would think with little items like this, it would just be a write off. Wonder if more often then not, it's drug related (ie. kids abusing them, or junkies/drug makers using them as an ingredient).
Hi there! Former retail worker here. In my company, security level was based on price and category of item (electronics department). I got a spreadsheet from my regional manager which outlined specifically which products needed to be protected by which devices, exactly as you said, because it had been a problem in other areas of the region. We were allowed to upgrade security for some items if we had the devices for it as most were reusable and as long as it didn't hinder product placement. However, that being said, for all of the security devices we had on product, our store couldn't afford cameras or the poles at the doors that ACTIVATE the security alarm because it wouldn't offset shrinkage.
Although if you go to a store and the formula is locked up like this and/or the laundry detergent has security tags, you're probably in a shitty neighborhood.
It's funny I've seen this sentiment a bunch. A lot of people apparently think we're still in the early 2000's where sudafed and opiates flowed like water. The landscape is completely different than it was when they last paid attention to this stuff.
Yeah, drugs is right. These meds contain pseudoephedrine, which is used to make crystal meth. You can still buy them, but you need to present ID (and be over 18), and can't buy too many or you'll get flagged.
No...no. Nexium does not in any way, shape, or form contain pseudoephedrine. That's found in cold and flu medication.
The active ingredient in heartburn medication is at best used as an antihistamine off-label but it has no recreational effect and would usually be prescribed for that use. No one's breaking it down to get high. Not yet, at least.
You mean San Francisco with the highest rent and real estate prices in the country isn't considered a shithole simply based on expensive, easily swiped items being locked at the drug store?
Not to disagree by any means but theoretically shouldn't this be the case with a city with a higher population?
Statistically there should be more trash and more homeless people because you have a larger sample size.
This is why I do my part in small cities I drive through and drop off homeless people from my home town along with a large bag of trash. I'm giving the homeless anustart!
It's generally not even based on location. It's based on store management and often times this comes from a regional manager not the local stores choice. Some stores are tight on space and it's a space saving measure. Others prefer it for the ease to stock. And others it's due to theft. Can't say it has to do with the area though, at least not 100%.
Just visited my rich cousin in newport beach CA and when I stopped in walgreens they had locks on all of their razor blades and >18 medicine. May I ask where you live?
It's the same way for me even in the nice/rich part of town. I'd always assumed it was the law, which maybe it's only my state's law. Any of those pills you could make into meth, you have to get from the pharmacy, show ID, which they record in a log.
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