Re-evaluate what job you're doing, try to work your way up to get more money, do a different job that pays more... and do not get yourself in this shitty situation again. I mean, if you break the law, have fun in jail. I'm not going to sympathize with you if you are committing burglaries and home invasions because you put yourself in a risky situation no savings.

Look it up. $2000/month for 4 months. My sister had her first payment deposited into her bank account this week. It’s for people like you who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

There are government benefits that you could ... ah, never mind.

You feel entitled to steal from a grocery store? If you declared your tips and paid your income tax then you are eligible for CERB and would receive $2000 a month. There is also a $500 rent subsidy if you still can't make rent. Or you could apply for work at a grocery store instead of stealing.

instead of angry. While you were busy being outraged thousands upon thousands have applied and received support from the gov. I did so. It took like 5 mins and the money was in my account in 2 days.
Everyone is so in love with their outrage these days.

If you paid just a little attention to general life, you would see that you can apply for assistance if you lost your job due to all this.

SMH

You'll twerk it out

... if you need food from the grocery store, don't leave with it, eat it there. They might not even stop you. Shoplifting is leaving the store with the food, I had a friend who worked at Safeway, he told me their standing rule was even if you saw someone tasting a jar of spaghetti sauce, just leave it alone because some people will do that to decide if they want to buy it, and losing a customer permanently over a jar of sauce is not worth it.

Be discreet. Don't steal, don't lift, twenty years of schooling and they make you work in a restaurant then crash the economy, didn't Bob Dylan have a song about that? =]

If you need to make money, find someone who will sell you a pound of pot, get a burner cellphone, put up stickers, posters, etc. and sell eighths for $25 each, that's better than "real crime."

A pound can be as cheap as $1200. 16 * 8 * 25 = $3200. Even if your expenses are $700/pound, you're still going to make enough to keep the wolf from the door if you can move a few eighths a day. That harder part now tho is finding someone to sell you a pound, not like in te old days, when all but the shittiest dealers would be happy to hook you up.

Obviously you are not smart. Millions lost their jobs like you. What did they do? They applied for CERB or EI... You wouldn't be in your situation if you used your brain FTLOG

I was broke, jobless, and struggling to keep myself from starving. Things were pretty desperate: I had run out of EI; I didn't qualify for a loan, even a micro loan, with my credit status; and, what money I had, borrowed from friends or got from odd jobs, went to make rent and so I could avoid being evicted. For two years I got my food from food banks and a temple that served free hot meals twice a week. My point is that you don't have to steal, not when you have a choice. There are options available to you that you may not have considered, as mentioned by others above.