Target cuts store hours in San Francisco to quell shoplifting: may cut number of products for same reason

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Target is just one of many stores in San Francisco that is being hit hard with shoplifting as the city is inundated with crime. In order to force shoplifters to "get on with it" more quickly and not waste the best part of their day hanging out, they will now be forced to shoplift in a smaller window of time, that is, up to 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. This should eliminate those shoplifters whose mom's don't allow them to go out when it's dark.

You might remember last month when a young shoplifter took his bike into a Walmart's store, began loading up a sturdy garbage bag with merchandise, and peddled out of the store while the guard watched him shoplift and then made a perfunctory grab at the garbage bag as the kid rode out. It seemed to happen during the daytime, before 6 p.m., so it's unclear how Target got this brainstorm of an idea.

The situation in San Francisco is so horrible, in fact, that Target shuttered their doors of one city location just days ago, SFGate noted.

Perhaps another solution would be to drastically cut the selection and category of merchandise Target sells. If, let's say, they only sell toilet paper, shoplifters would not be able to load up on very much of the product as it is relatively bulky, and additionally, this would virtually eliminate shoplifting by Middle East and Asian miscreants.

But as a last resort, large retailers could hire real security guards who would actually be more than uniformed decoration. And when it comes to policing, it might be a good idea to actually arrest criminals and prosecute them, regardless of race or ethnicity. After all, isn't everyone supposed to be equal under the law?

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