On rare visits to the US....I will find myself in a Wal-Mart and just browsing. I might buy six to eight things, and waste three hours in the process.
I paused over the amount of security going on (especially in California).
My old three-hours browse? Well....with these conditions....it'd probably add at least two additional hours onto a simple trip.
But here's the thing....if you really peeved me off and wasted that much time....I'd probably lessen my shopping trip. I might even just go to Amazon and order 'stuff'....rather than walking into a store.
So this brings me to the consequences of this added security business. I think in three to five years....more than half of the brick-and-mortar stores in America will shut down.
We probably will not realize it until the damage has been completed.