[Jewelry making - Article 00935] - Re: [Orchid] Theft at Art Shows

[John Donivan]

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>     Even honest people might steal something if they feel 100% certain
>     they won't get caught. 

    I understand that the above statement is unpleasant - seemingly a
    paradox, too. But I didn't make it up - it is a known fact of
    security procedures. Even though I also am honest and possess that
    quality known as "integrity", and understand people's discomfort and
    relate to it, it is a simple fact that people are human, and pretty
    much nobody is a saint or actually, truly, 100% honest in every way.
    Even though I am pretty "saintly" myself, I include myself as being
    only human. We could make up scenarios all day, but suppose an honest
    person had lost everything in a fire, needed an operation, and their
    mother needed one too, and there is a million dollars in cash right
    there for the taking - a life-changing amount? I'm not by any means
    saying they will, or you will, or I will. The point is not that
    honest people "MIGHT" steal something, the point is that the essence
    of security is keeping control of your product to begin with. That it
    is better to control your inventory to begin with than to lose a
    $50,000 watch because you depended on someone's good nature. The
    statement is not meant to be a condemnation of honest people, it's
    meant as a word to the wise - don't assume, don't be naive, lock it
    up. Somebody takes a $10 ring, it means they liked it - somebody
    picks up your whole line in a case you walked away from because
    you're surrounded by honest people, you're out of business. It could
    very well be the one and only bad thing a person does in their
    otherwise saintly life, but you're still out of business. 

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