World gone mad: Philadelphia considers banning bulletproof glass because it’s racist

[sethnintendo]

Mr Puggsly said:

sethnintendo said:

Stores in mid to class neighborhoods still lock up shaving items.  Some even do it for condoms and they for sure do it for cigs because of theft.  I can go to most HEB in north side of Austin area and I bet half the stores lock up either shaving or condoms while 100% keep cigs locked up or behind the counter.

Again, reflective of the area but also the business. Cigarettes are always kept away from people.

Not up to the late 90s.  It was around the early 2000s that grocery stores finally started putting them behind counter or glass.  I know this because I used to steal cigs in high school sometimes.  Hell even gas stations would have them out on the floor or on the counter sometimes.  This was when they were like a couple dollars a pack though.