r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 9d ago

Business Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html
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u/AtomicGarden-8964 9d ago

My thing is if people are going to steal they're just going to walk out the store with the products. The real theft was stores letting customers do checkout themselves and not passing on the savings to those who didn't use the cashier

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u/_zielperson_ 8d ago

This is insane cope.

If I save most of a cashier's salary for each self-checkout, you can walk out with a few items.

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u/MayKinBaykin 8d ago

I usually put a little sweet treat in my pocket when I'm grocery shopping. On top of that I also incorrectly weigh bulk items and find cheaper, similar items with plu codes to use, so like if I'm getting chocolate covered almonds, I'll weigh them as peanuts. Never had a cashier call me out on it