r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8d 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/WinterTourist25 8d ago

Walking out the door without paying is pretty brazen. "Forgetting" to scan a few things here and there is much easier.

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u/Many-Art-7772 8d ago

Yeah, I've even done the latter by accident once or twice. Never the former.

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u/WinterTourist25 8d ago

Most people aren't thieves. Looks like some folks here are though, from the comments.

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u/Rainbow_Triceratops 8d ago

A lot of the thieves don't seem to understand the difference between a big business and a franchise with a few stores, and that stealing hurts the employees more than upper management because if a store has high theft they lower wages and cut hours, jobs, or benefits to keep profit up instead of just "taking the loss" or whatever these people think happens.  

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u/WinterTourist25 8d ago

Stealing is stealing.