A Sad Day in the Universe

So it's a sad day in the universe when a store care so little that cigarettes aren't behind a locked counter anymore.

Opposite Effect

So, as I'm standing watching my place of employment getting liquidated, and facing the harsh reality of losing my job, I'm struck by irony that the further along in the liquidation we get, the more people steal.  I mean, really, everything is getting cheaper.  It's easier to afford.  If people really stole because they couldn't afford it, wouldn't theft go down when things got cheaper?  But no, the cheaper things get, the more we lose in theft.