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Yeah, that happens a lot. The smart ones just take the product out of the packaging and leave it on the shelf somewhere. I find the things all the time, so I'm definately missing a lot. That's not really what I'm talking about though.
I'm talking about the ones that security chases out of the store, or that try to scam us. They aren't smart about it. Sure, there's plenty of innocent looking scammers and really offputting normal customers, but they aren't all that common from what I've found. I treat everyone the same regardless anyway just in case I'm wrong, but still.
I suppose what I'm finding aren't criminals but rather attempted criminals. I'm guessing they just grew up watching tv and when they got drunk or high enough to think stealing was a good idea, they just copied the aesthetics. Doesn't make having to deal with scammers that smell like they've never used a shower before and smoke a pack of cigaretts a day any better.
Which makes your question "Why do a specific subset of criminal folk, that I've defined as looking and acting in a specific fashion, look and act in a similar fashion?"
lol fair
Wait, so they take packaging but not the item? Weird.
/s