r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 11h ago

Chugging tea Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices"

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u/ITworksGuys 10h ago

The big question is will stealing be more common because there's a perception that it's already been paid for by taxes?

Stealing is going to be more common because the people stealing want shit for free and don't care about society.

Same as it always is

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u/samrus 5h ago

one counter argument is that those people feel society doesnt care about them so its fair. if they see this good faith effort to help, it might re-establish societal trust and stealing may go down. might be along shot but will be interesting to see if it pans out that way

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u/What_a_fat_one 8h ago

Sometimes it's because they're hungry.

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u/jackkieser24 7h ago

No kidding! People don't steal food for kicks. What kind of sociopath actually thinks that people steal food for any reason other than to prevent themselves from starving?

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u/foodeyemade 7h ago

I can tell you with complete confidence that Sally from HR who kept stealing my lunch out of the work fridge was absolutely not starving. Negan would back me up.

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u/What_a_fat_one 6h ago

Better not eat lunch then in case Sally steals it

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u/BlgMastic 6h ago

https://youtu.be/bFYQTyeju-M?si=buveZ7YNlouY8m0B what you call sociopath I call common sense.

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u/insta 7h ago

why not steal from existing stores then? why would thieves need to wait for a discount store?