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All jokes aside, I don't think Apple care too much about these types of robberies, because they happen fairly often. They have stores constructed mostly of glass in many parts of the country.
They lose next to no merchandise, and they have insurance.
Still, you have to consider the determination to rob the store. That glass is NOT easy to break.
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Honestly there is definitely a sleazy element at Southpointe. There was also that shooting a while back across the street outside of Moe's.
Sleazy in what way?
I am not particularly fond of it on weekend nights, but that applies to pretty much any busy mall. Especially near the holidays.
I think Southpoint put the movie theatres too close to the mall. The idea was to create a place where people could eat and then go see a movie, perhaps get ice cream, etc. What they got was a perfect place for teens to loiter.
And they aren't the ones spending most of the money. Especially the younger teens.
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Still, you have to consider the determination to rob the store. That glass is NOT easy to break.
A few years back, I worked part-time at a big box store. In the spring and fall, they would do $100k in sales in a single day in the garden center. I always wondered why thieves did not ever try to hit them. Even though most transactions were with credit card, they still had a ton of cash on hand.
A few years back, I worked part-time at a big box store. In the spring and fall, they would do $100k in sales in a single day in the garden center. I always wondered why thieves did not ever try to hit them. Even though most transactions were with credit card, they still had a ton of cash on hand.
Because it never occurred to thieving elements that a Home Depot/Lowes type of place would have that much cash on hand.
And they do have a lot of makeshift weapons in a store like that. And probably more shoppers who have CCWs. Not that I think everyone needs to pack heat (that's another thread entirely on another forum), but it is a deterring factor, I'd imagine.
Years ago, I was an assistant manager in a music store. We used to do over 100k a day during the holidays. Most of it was in credit cards, but we had far more in cash than one could get for a couple of Macbooks.
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A few years back, I worked part-time at a big box store. In the spring and fall, they would do $100k in sales in a single day in the garden center. I always wondered why thieves did not ever try to hit them. Even though most transactions were with credit card, they still had a ton of cash on hand.
When I worked retail (three different stores), cash deposits were made every single night by the closing manager. They only kept enough cash in the store to make change the next day.
I am not particularly fond of it on weekend nights, but that applies to pretty much any busy mall. Especially near the holidays.
I think Southpoint put the movie theatres too close to the mall. The idea was to create a place where people could eat and then go see a movie, perhaps get ice cream, etc. What they got was a perfect place for teens to loiter.
And they aren't the ones spending most of the money. Especially the younger teens.
Have you ever been there in the evening? I was there recently on a weekday night having dinner and there was definitely a very different crowd and element there than is typical when I normally visit during the day. I think the movie theater and bus stop have a lot to do with it. It wasn't the teens that I thought were bothersome. The gang banger shooting across the street in front of Moes fits in with my observations.
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