It’s really just common sense. They’re forcing you to do someone’s entire job. Do they pay you as a cashier? No! Did they lower the prices? NO, they raised them! So take some self-compensation at the checkout stand.
Employee discount.
It’s not even difficult enough to be considered a job. I for one love self-checkouts. Much faster, no lines to wait in, no stupid banter about how much the cashier also likes the brand of pudding I’m buying
It depends on how much stuff I’m buying. Buying a bunch of broccoli that I need for dinner? Sure. Buying a week’s worth of groceries? Hell no.
the cameras are looking. and they’re getting better with time.
more than once i’ve had an attendant come over (from a different area, out of sight range) check my bags, cart, and screen because they were notified of a possible ‘mis-scan’. by who? i dunno if it was automated or from LP.
and it’s always been for some cheap little shit like a tub of sour cream or can of veggies or something. never ‘found’ anything, though.
I’ve left what I was gonna buy and walked out of two Walmarts because some employees were hella aggressive when they did this. They treated me like shit because they were “certain” I was stealing. I understand theft is a problem, but at least be chill about it, and I’ll be damned if you think you’re searching my belongings (wallet, pockets, etc.). Both times I was only buying like 5 things.
Please remember through all this BS, that none of this was the idea of the retail employees you are interacting with.
Probably another AI with an 80% false positive rate…
I’m very aware, and I’ve been completely cooperative with everyone because they’re just doing their job. The two I walked out on though were power tripping assholes, and had no need to try to go through my wallet or search me.
Walmart actually has some computer vision thing monitoring it now at some stores. It locks the register until an attendant comes over, scans their badge and it shows video of what it thinks you did so they can check
My job does this too
i do remember seeing video playback on the register screen when they did that.
Nothing makes you feel appreciated as a customer like being treated as a thief.
Masterful deception you did then.
The trick is to scan booze and then when they’re walking away after checking your ID that’s when you bag the free stuff.
Breaking out the real pro tips!
It’s the most amount of shoplifting I’m willing to risk these days, but if I’m doing the self-checkout and I didn’t bring my tote bag then I just take some plastic bags without paying for them.
They are worth so little that no one will bother stopping you over them and the amount of money in bags you’d need to rack up for them to care is just absurd.
Take the bags if you need them, but use your tote bag if you have one.
