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The home depot near me has only self checkout … I guess it was such a problem that they now have a team of workers standing next to each station to ‘assist’ with checkout.
The Lowes near me does the same. Their only job seems to be trying to sell a shitty credit card, and I guess making sure nobody steals shit?
But yeah, it feels like they put in self checkout to save money on labor, then lost money to theft, so now they pay people to just watch you do self checkout instead of having them do the checkout like they were doing in the first place.
Well one person can (in their eyes) look at 5+ self checkouts.
They can still physically do checkout on only one register.
And the entire point of these supervisors isn’t (just) to make sure people don’t take something without checking it out.
It’s to have someone to blame.
Because if the company can’t find out who did it (the customer), yoi can bet they’ll know which of the supervisors is “responsible”. The company’ll pay out that way instead.
Some “smarter” store managers might double-dip and pocket the costs. Definitely a logical personal finance move for some morally challenged.
Capitalism breeds innovation
So a few years ago Kohls fired most of their LP staff. Their thinking was “We still have theft, so let’s save money by firing all LP and it will pay the difference of theft” SUPRISE! Theft went up 5x and now they can’t hire the people back because they got new jobs. I’m sure they have the CEO a raise for that brilliant idea.
I feel like being a CEO is the easiest job on the planet. You can fail and make the dumbest decisions possible yet still be grossly overpaid with little to no consequences
The theft will continue until service improves.
I’ve shoplifted at a self-checkout once, because the bag of chips i was trying to scan kept bugging out the machine
I never have but damn have I thought about it a few times
Yet another way for the wealthy to steal productivity.
I get some of you like it and that’s fine but I hate it on principle.
I like the self-checkout because it feels like I’m wasting less time at the checkout. I scan everything while walking through the store so when I get to the self-checkout I just have to pay and I’m out.
The only store where I like the regular checkout is Aldi because those cashiers are fast and the belt is long.
The worst checkout system we have is in a store called Colruyt. The cashiers have to load everything from your cart to an empty cart while they scan it. It was already a slow system and it got worse since they installed ‘smart’ cameras above the checkout to scan the codes instead of using the handscanner.
How do you scam things as you walk through the store? I’ve never seen that before
Kroger had a system for a while where you could bring your own bags and they would have a bunch of hand held scanners for you to use. You just grabbed one at the front and could scan and bag right into your cart. They would spot check you when you were done. I only ever got checked once while using the system, and I had a couple of missed items. That system was a shoplifter’s dream.
I never stole anything, but i imagine its pretty easy… I legitimately have the damn thing freak out on me at least 80% of the time, and the person that comes over doesnt look at my bags or cart, just swipes their badge to cancel the alert and walks away without even acknowledging my existence.
Oce i stole a camping madrass by mistake. It was a bit big so i worre it over my sholder. By the refister i forgot it and the cashier didn’t notice it either. Svaed me 30 bucks 🤣
The problem is a lot of stores don’t react, but document via camera, so you might think you could get away with it again… and they keep track, until you pass a felony amount, when they finally stop you and call the cops.
now imagine how easy it is commit shoplifting accidentantly and how that happening to normal people could ruin their lives
yep, I asked them one time don’t you want to check my bags or anything? Cause I dont want to get my arm broken being tackled by surprise in the parking lot by a cop.
they stared at me for a moment, presumably over my comment about police abuse, then said “You’re good” and walked away.
I once shoplifted pepper once. Purely accidentally.
Yeah that one’s on the store’s fault
I have done on purpose. It is fun and easy.
Go to home depot (I hate that place anyway). Get the type of cart that has the big metal tube that runs around the top. Meant for atacking sheets of material flat.
Buy a sheet of something cheap. Thin plywood, foam board, whatever. Lay it across the top. Get a smaller one and stand it up vertically so you have a top and side facing shield.
Get a nice cordless power tool and put it down at the bottom.
Go through self checkout and pay for the sheets (make sure barcode faces up).
The cameras from the top and register can’t see the power tool. Just be cool and leave. Never go back.
It really does take a village.
Uh huh, they for sure didn’t see you taking that tool in the first place.
Actually try it and let us know…
I think you’re mistaking people’s acceptance of the inevitable accidental mishap for condoning outright theft.
You intentionally steal. And not bare essentials at that, opting for the “nice” items even.
This isn’t the white knight move you think it is.
I regret nothing.
Well I get one freebie as a little treat every time I do self checkout and nobody has ever caused a fuss over it.
Retailers Are Rethinking…
This Changes EVERYTHING…
Self-Checkout is DYING…
Self-Checkout is OVER…Y’all got any more clickbait of looking at a cherry-picked tiny percentage of something with a magnifying glass?
Unexpected item? Yeah im quite the connoisseur, thank you for noticing.
I have heard from people who work with these self checkout systems that the subscription to the software costs about as much each month as a worker does. No idea if this is true but I use some expensive software myself and it seems plausible.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the software had a cheap rate at first but then they raised the rate dramatically to increase profits after stores were dependent on them.
Oh 100% I bet it works like that.
Self checkout works just fine in Sweden, the only people with an issue are dementia-ridden elderly (but they can’t make sense of how to pay with a debit card either).
I hope you get dementia
