Shopping psychology ('splain this to me, Lucy)

[Ace-Garageguy]

38 minutes ago, bobss396 said:

I used to drive a tow truck in & out of NYC between 1978 and 1981. Mostly The Bronx and Queens.

We would stop in Queens to bodegas and other small shops to pick up smokes and coffee.

Some in Queens were partitioned off. The storefront was set back enough to keep "shoppers" out of the rain.

You could not walk into the building at all. Put your order in, they had people to gather everything and deliver it to the front counter. After paying, the bags were slid out of a plexiglass window. I'd say that shoplifting was about 0%.

So...I'm assuming those were in high-crime areas.

It's just so special that that is becoming the norm.

Ain't progress grand?