so uhhh my recent trip to walmart self checks shed light on a new security measure they are using. There are overhead cameras on every single self check and they are watching for you to underscan something. If it 'senses' you underscanning it freezes your self check and calls for assistance from the current self check host. There is a brief video recording of the 'discrepancy' so the self checkout attendant can verify, very annoying.

this underscanning seems very sensitive so I would not recommend trying to underscan at walmart self check outs anymore. About two years ago walmart stopped weighing the bagging area which made underscanning so fucking easy but now Id say the easiest method is just concealment or leaving whatever item you nabbing under some shopping bags you brought yourself.

if you intend on stealing always remember to wear a hat (something non distinguishable like a plain color cap or a beanie) and ofc wear a face mask. Always wear a change of clothes you wouldnt ever wear outside of shoplifting and, something ive been doing on my own escapades, try to walk with an abnormal gait. Just a walking style different enough from your own. If you plan on hitting that walmart very infrequently that last step may be a bit much but i know for a fact places like target check gaits.

also the door greeters cant legally stop you, and AP cant stop you as is company policy so if you suspect you are getting tailed just keep walking

i always recommend parking your car as far as possible from any cameras (walmart does have cameras in the parking lot but they typically have a loud speaker blasting their propaganda and also solar panels attached for power so just dont park near that...)

if anyone else has any other COOL SHOPLIFTING TIPS feel free to post them here and i plan on compiling this in to a semi regular thread

  • BoosterDuck [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    im a brown latino meaning the employees track my every step like predator but whatever takes the waltons down a peg is fine by me keep at it comrades

    • itsPina [he/him, she/her]
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      3 years ago

      funnily enough my experience at walmart taught me that latinos steal far less than white people

      either that or they are really good at getting away with it lol

    • howdyoudoo [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      still good. Every POC should just walk around and simply exist, draining the energy and vigilance of the Pinkies who are tailing them

      just take an uncomfortably long time around the expensive stuff. When covid's over of course. Which will probably be never so maybe it's a moot point