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[โ€“] thehatfox@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a student I had a retail job, the branch I worked at had the best loss prevention record in the whole company - because they had 2 very dedicated security guards. The big brains at company headquarters then decided because we had such a great record, we didn't need 2 guards, so they made one redundant and cut the other's hours. Shoplifting incidents skyrocketed.

[โ€“] whelks_chance 10 points 1 year ago

There aren't any fires, why do we need firemen?