i dont even steal from these, i just prefer less interaction and faster checkout π€·
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If a cashier scans something incorrectly, its their mistake. If I scan something incorrectly, its theft. I'd rather not take on that liability.
i dont think ive ever scanned anything incorrectly. even if i did, it would have been a piece of fruit. in the case that anyone ever speaks to me about it in the future, i will just tell them "oh, oops" and then fix it. doesnt seem like much of a liability to me.
on the other hand, when i ring things through, you better believe i notice if a price is off, then i have them fix it if its higher than it should be and i say nothing if its lower. sounds like they are taking the liability as it were, which again i dont think is a serious factor.
Depends on jurisdiction. In Germany, in order to qualify as theft, there needs to be intent. So just an error is not enough.
How to prove "intentional vs. not-intentional"? Easy: the whiter and richer you are, the more likely it is for you to convince everybody that it was a honest mistake Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
You are not faster than a cashier.
Yes, but the cashier has a line of people waiting, and the self checkouts don't.
So I get a massive head start, and I still finish first.
obviously my self checkout experience is faster, or i would go to a cashier. we've been over this.
Yeah if I steal from them it's only by mistake.
I'm the opposite though. I always go to the line with a person because I feel rushed in the self checkout if it's busy.
thats funny ive never felt rushed at a self checkout, but i can see what you mean.
A bunch of smaller places around me just totally shut down the self checkout. It's actually incredibly frustrating because there will be a line and I could just do it myself and be done. But no, everyone has to wait for a single cashier now because people were stealing. Just make up your mind. Get rid of it entirely or use it.
Why would they pay more cashiers if you shop there anyway?
Dear Walmart, You owe me 4 weeks Vacation pay, and my annual raise. And where is my staff discount???
Sincerely, Customer
You are responsible for applying the staff discount directly
This is bananas, and this is also bananas... It's odd that all this produce is bananas. Oh well, I'm not trained to tell the difference.
4011
I have no idea why I remember that one but not other ones.
4011 is the new 411.
It's bananas you can only remember that one produce code. I wonder what it's for
This is indeed 4011
Self-checkout or not, minimum wage is not even remotely enough to expect cashiers to be anti-theft enforcement.
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How do you expect me to tell the difference between organic lionsmane mushroom and a banana?
Iβm gonna be so real, I prefer self-checkout whenever possible. The βemployee discountβ is just an occasional bonus
I don't.
Every single thing involves me getting the attention of the 1 guy who is responsible for minding like 10 of them.
- item won't scan ...
- you have alcohol
- you have a thing with a discount sticker on it
- item has 2 upcs on it for some reason and the first one scans and is like twice the cost of the thing
- I accidently pick the wrong tomato type and to fix it I need to get someone's a attention
I have seen only one implementation of this that I like so far, in Decathlon. You dump your shopping basket in the machine's basket, you don't even have to know what is in there and the machine automatically picks everything up by their nfc tags. It has never failed for me and you don't need to search for any tags or barcodes. You pay, you can pick up all yours stuff and dump it in your bag and you are ready to go.
The polar opposite experience is the one you describe and for those shops I avoid the machines if I can.
My experience is from Norwegian shops, so it might differ from the standards in elsewhere.
- item won't scan: very rarely an issue. We can put in the bar code numbers manually if needed.
- you have alcohol: a nearby staff will take a quick glimpse at me and will approve the age from their unit. Only people close to the age limit will have to wait for the staff.
- discount stickers in shops here have the updated price on a barcode on that sticker.
- I don't understand the "2 upcs"-issue.
- accidental scans can be corrected by the user without staff involvement.
Having lived in both the US and Denmark, I'd say the listed problems are much more prevalent in the US. The ID check being a pain, the double bar code, discounts not being applied.
It's just a better experience here than the US lol I'm guessing it's similar in Norway
Not to mention it takes twice as long because you're unloading an entire trolley onto a space that holds maybe 4 items, you're scanning, and you're bagging. There's no area to actually work and put all your shit, this doesn't even include the 4-12 times you need the person to come fix the broken machine, but that 1 person is busy fixing 4 other people's broken machines.
Something that would take you and a professional working together 5 minutes ends up taking 10+ minutes
Wait, you guys have to unload everything at the register and scan it there?! No wonder you hate that shit. In Sweden we have a portable scanner that we bring with us through the store, and you can remove stuff yourself. Removes most of the hassle. There might still be items that need checking or an ID check, but the former usually doesn't take long, and the latter they can do remotely if you look way above the required age. Saves a shit ton of time, since there's very often a queue at the regular registers.
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