Les Miserables is a bit over the top, but if you live in the USA, you live in one of the most incarcerated societies ever. You can absolutely look the other way, but odds are good they get tackled by some jumped up mall cop, get a couple days in jail, lose their job, lose their kids.
The ramifications of stealing a loaf of bread can still be absurd. If you are able, step outside your comfort zone and offer to help.















When I used to work with kids, if they wanted to know how long it would be until something, and they wouldn’t take “I don’t know” as an answer, I always said 15 minutes. Short enough that they’d stop asking, but long enough that they would go off, do something else, and forget about it.
2 weeks folks.