Just had a conversation with my buddy who does security and hes adamant the only reason prices are going up is because of theft. I asked what came first the jump in thefts or the price gouging to which his tuned swapped to “They gotta pay to get these locked shelves and they keep reducing security head count” which of course I had to explain that the one time purchase of the cabinet is immensely cheaper than head count so based off that the prices should actually be dropping by installing them.
I’m sure it depend on the area. Also Walmart has cameras with facial recognition so I personally wouldn’t want to try to rob them.
Where I’m at there is also an exit check with a person that checks your receipt
Legally speaking, walmart can ask to see your receipt, but since it’s not a membership store, or has it in their Terms and Conditions of purchasing goods there, they can’t stop you from just not showing it
I do this as well. One day I was in a hurry on a lunch break and I was getting batteries and a sandwich, literally two items in a single bag. The person stepped in front of me and started to ask to see my receipt and I just snapped out “no thank you” but when they just stepped aside I realized there was no reason to ever let them and I havent since.
They know that loss increases with self checkout. They just did the math and figured it’s less than the cost of hiring all the extra cashiers.
Just remember, keep it under 500$ (may vary depending on where you live)
I’m curious if the system being confusing, annoying, and not notifying you if you made a mistake is enough of an excuse to get out of this. I know I’ve been really frustrated by self-checkout (and hence never use them if I have a choice, unless I’m checking out with like one item), and I’m a pretty intelligent and technologically advanced person. I can see plenty of accidents happening with people walking about without having paid for something. This could add up fairly quickly. Is it still illegal if it’s because of choices the store made?
That’s total, not per trip. They can still add up all of your trips if they have the evidence.
Hey hey hey, no snitching on people who take food. Corporations won’t starve, just because a starving person took some food from them.
That feels like an eye for an eye logic. Shoplifting has a very real impact and incentives dystopian surveillance even more.
I don’t normally mention people stealing but that’s mostly because it is plain obvious as they are terrible at being inconspicuous. They only time I mentioned that I saw someone stealing is at a dollar general where there was a single employee.
Also if you do see someone stealing do not approach them or accuse them of stealing. That can go very badly and could lead to a serious escalation.
Fun fact, dollar general has a habit of locking employees in the store and demanding they do work off the clock.
Dollar general has stolen now more from it’s own employees than anyone has ever stolen from dollar general. That’s before you get to the horrifically unethical shit they get up to that’s legal.
Fuck em.
Oh on that case why don’t you just go and burn down the store with everyone inside. I’m sure that’s what they deserve.
Seriously though I don’t see how one justifies the other. Fighting fire with fire never goes well.
No snitching period. Why would you side with a massive corporation that steals from mentally disabled people and old people, decimated America as we knew it, destroying every local economy, and demanding prices so cheap from brands that they’ve made shittier products with slightly different labels to meet that demand? Fuck Walmart. If you rat someone out for stealing from Walmart, then you’re a brainwashed asshole.
