They want somebody to talk to. If they get caught, they can talk to the police. They are very easy to catch.
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Hidehiko Yamamura of National Shoplifting Prevention Organization, a nonprofit group in Tokyo, commenting on the increase in elderly shoplifters. Experts say a desire for human contact or for novelty in their lives leads many elderly people to shoplift. (Washington Post)
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Have they thought about the fact that the elderlys' pensions are not enough to sustain them? Especially after the government unexpectedly started deducting medical payments directly from their pension checks.
With the economy beginning to tank, an increasing number of their children won't be able to help or support them either. There's going to be a lot of elderly in the very near future here in Japan, so expect this kind of unfortunate activity to explode. People need to eat.
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Yeah, that or their pensions vaporizing. Poof!
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