Thank you!

Like, I've been turned back to pay for items that a cashier missed without cops being called and they didn't arrest (or fire) the cashier either. There's really no reason to go straight to "arrest for theft"

Many years ago, my grandpa accidentally stole a pack of screws. While buying an electric drill, at a diy-store he was a regular customer at.

What did they do? Called the police, when the police showed up he went straight back to return the drill and vowed to never set a foot again.

Some stores really dislikes being human, and this happened in an area of Denmark far away from the capital and thus control of law

I've accidentally missed things in the scanner, both because the scanner messed up and because sometimes I fuck up. It happens. Just ask to see the receipt and point out the missing items. Problem solved.

If you're too scared to ask to see a receipt from someone because you think they're dangerous, then maybe it isn't worth risking a confrontation between them and the police in the parking lot over a couple dollars' worth of groceries.

I understand the rationale behind punishing an attempt at theft if that's what actually happened, otherwise a would-be thief has no incentive not to try. It's critical to be right before doing that.

The drug charges are just fucked. Drug possession should not be a crime.