https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-employees-and-customers-blame-self-checkout-shoplifting-rising-theft-2022-12

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Same thing happened in the supermarkets where I live. So they introduced cameras in the checkout stations :1984:

    • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Can't (realistically) catch you if you wear a mask and swipe only prepaid debit cards, also bought wearing a mask with cash :hahaha:

      Just don't have a license plate that can get processed by any cameras, I'll leave that one up to interpretation. (And be careful with Wal-Mart they've got some minimally intelligent anti-theft stuff built-in to their self-checkout that most retailers haven't done yet if you're used to other self-checkout systems)

      • LaughingLion [any, any]
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        2 years ago

        does the alcohol trick still work at walmart? like you scan you cheap goods first then bag expensive stuff right after you scan in some beer without scanning that stuff... then they put in their employee code to clear the beer and that clears the scale mismatch too and you are good to pay and walk

    • yoink [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      same, was checking out of KMart the other day and the machine tried to accuse me of stealing something because it thought I had just decided to not scan something and put it straight in my bag

      it popped up a picture/video of the incident immediately on the machine, accusatory as fuck