CrimeDad

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Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.

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CrimeDad , to U.S. News in Retailer Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.

Target is the one making the claims and closing the stores. And they have the data. It’s on the them to explain the discrepancy. I don’t think the differences in the sizes of the stores potentially offers an explanation. It seems more indicative of a flawed business plan, that they’re having trouble making smaller stores work even in lower crime areas.

As for shrinkage, it hasn’t doubled, at least not recently. I think the article references an increase of 9% or $0.13 over the past few years. If they were getting $3.00 profit of every $100.00 in sales and that increase in shrinkage was not made up for at all, it would mean that Target would have only missed 0.39¢ of profit, or 0.13%. Besides, shrinkage isn’t just outright shoplifting as the article explains. It also includes employees helping themselves, which they might be more likely to do the more their employer takes advantage of them. In other words, some of that shrinkage might actually be made up for by increased productivity. The employees are just giving themselves little unauthorized bonuses when they can.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in Retailer Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.

Unless Target decides to share more data, the article correctly points out that the publicly available crime data goes against their claims. It also points out that shrinkage reporting from Target and other retailers also doesn’t support the narrative that shoplifting is a bigger problem than ever. It’s apparently an excuse for retailers underperforming for other reasons (that might be less tolerable to shareholders or less spectacular to “news” consumers). I don’t understand what you don’t like about the article.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury

That’s work.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury

It’s too bad someone had to get shot, but on balance I think this was a good outcome. There has to be the potential for serious consequences for being annoying and disrespectful of people’s personal space, especially if it’s for creating content.

CrimeDad , to Home Improvement in The water from my faucets suddenly smells like stagnant pond water. How can I tell if it's to drink?

Afaik it’s just a way to invite a sales call. @dingus, just get an inexpensive water test kit from Amazon or wherever. Also, you should be able to get water quality reports and other information about your water supply from the municipality.

CrimeDad OP , to Do It Yourself in Who else's got a wet trunk?

You are correct, they are plugs, but two of them are glued in place. The other two, the ones closer to the rear, are removable. They’re not at the lowest point so in order to drain the trunk completely, you have to park on an incline apparently.

CrimeDad OP , to Do It Yourself in Who else's got a wet trunk?

I’ll check again, but I don’t think those are removable plugs.

CrimeDad , to Home Improvement in Here's my before and after pics of me replacing my furnace

Ah okay, that makes sense.

CrimeDad , to Home Improvement in Here's my before and after pics of me replacing my furnace

Nice work! Is there a reason for not connecting the exhaust back to the chimney like before?

CrimeDad OP , to Do It Yourself in Anyone else have trouble with these GE dishwashing machines?

Yes, I think I used them the first time I replaced the gaskets, and to fix my washer and dryer.

CrimeDad OP , to Do It Yourself in Anyone else have trouble with these GE dishwashing machines?

Any idea if the term “contract grade” is related?

CrimeDad OP , to Do It Yourself in Anyone else have trouble with these GE dishwashing machines?

I’m hoping to hold off on buying any new kitchen appliances until we renovate the kitchen, but who knows when we’ll get to that. The racks in this dishwasher definitely aren’t going to make it.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in First new Vogtle nuclear reactor enters operation, making history

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