Wow, that woman was clearly on hallucinogens to be stealing that.
That may have been the ugliest fucking couch I've ever seen. If I were the store owners then I'd be happy to have it stolen so I could claim it on insurance. It isn't even fit for a brothel. No one is dumb enough to buy that.
That being said, people love to shit on NIMBYs but that's the kind of crap that occurs when you put affordable housing and needle exchanges downtown because "they need to be able to access employment services."
Everything gets stolen, no one wants to go into the area, and the businesses and residents suffer.
The cops won't even bother to bust anyone in some cases because they get sick of having to deal with the same people over-and-over. The court system won't come down hard on someone with mental health issues and addiction problems so it's a pointless endeavor; even when there was a good chance that someone in that store would be stabbed with scissors.
Until the government changes their thinking as it pertains to junkies and the insane this situation won't change.
I'd have sympathy for the store owner but who wants to bet that she supports the NDP, and progressive causes?
Sometimes you have to lie in the bed you make.