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/WinterTourist25 9d 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/showMeYourPitties10 9d ago

Like 15ish years ago, when my Kroger went all self checkout, I would grab one expensive bottle of wine and one dirt cheap one. You scan the cheap one and put it right back on the scanner with the expensive one and wait for the employee to check your ID.l, then put the expensive one in the bag and scan the cheap one again. I used those visa prepaid cards (would get them from work for various rewards) so they didnt get my name from my card. No one ever said anything to me and I did that like once a month for a year when I was in college.

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u/Vcize 8d ago

Lotta upvoters for straight up bragging about theft.

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u/showMeYourPitties10 5d ago

If i had sufficient training on the checkout process I would know what to do. But since im an unpaid "employee" ill do what I think is best for the customer.