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I guess this isnt too surprising, that so many people are 'gaming' the grocery store self checkout systems!Its interesting to think about though, as one person in the comments attempted to justify the theft since the stores are basically charging you to do work they should be doing, ( I will admit, I never thought about it like that).
Im curious to see what you guys think, is it theft or payment for work performed at the store?
My neighbor said the rotisserie chicken was mispriced as coleslaw at $2. She had never been through the self checkout and that was her first time. A checker would have noticed
My neighbor said the rotisserie chicken was mispriced as coleslaw at $2. She had never been through the self checkout and that was her first time. A checker would have noticed
At my store, if something is mispriced in favor of the customer, they have to go ahead and give it to them at that price.
one person in the comments attempted to justify the theft since the stores are basically charging you to do work they should be doing, ( I will admit, I never thought about it like that).
Or you could think of it as, they don't raise their prices as much as they would if they had to hire another person to do checkout?
I live in a self-gas-pumping state. I don't think of it as "I do a gas station employee's job for them," I think of it as, "I don't have to pay a higher price for gas to subsidize having someone to do it for me."
I guess this isnt too surprising, that so many people are 'gaming' the grocery store self checkout systems!Its interesting to think about though, as one person in the comments attempted to justify the theft since the stores are basically charging you to do work they should be doing, ( I will admit, I never thought about it like that).
Im curious to see what you guys think, is it theft or payment for work performed at the store?
Somebody has a twisted sense of right and wrong if they try to justify their theft as payment for work performed. I Think next time I work I'll just take a little cash out of the till and justify it by saying I'm underpaid, so it's all good.
I guess this isnt too surprising, that so many people are 'gaming' the grocery store self checkout systems!Its interesting to think about though, as one person in the comments attempted to justify the theft since the stores are basically charging you to do work they should be doing, ( I will admit, I never thought about it like that).
Im curious to see what you guys think, is it theft or payment for work performed at the store?
A person must be desperate to assuage his conscience if he claims theft is justified because self-scanning is doing free work for the store. . Does the same principle apply when he pumps his own gas, or eats at a buffet where he puts the food on his own plate?
I have read other articles about increased theft at self scan checkouts. Even with the cameras taking close up videos of the shopper's face and of the entire transaction, I guess some people just find it too easy to be dishonest and think they won't get caught. In fact one of the articles I read went into great detail about the specific ways people steal at the self checkout, and I thought, "Oh great, let's teach everyone how to use these effective theft techniques."
I will admit to doing something similar for a bit of produce one time, I had about $80 worth of groceries and not ONE normal register was open (and the wife wouldn't let me try and make them open one), the person monitoring it was busy socializing with other employees, so when I got to the kale I had and couldn't find it on the list anywhere... I rang it up as lettuce. was it more/less/or the same? don't know, don't care, they should've had a register open.
Generally speaking, I hate self checkout, if I have to pick out what I want (which is my job), then ring it up, bag it, pay for it (the second half of my job), and take it out to my vehicle... why am I not getting a discount for doing their job???
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I think probably people get better produce for the price of lesser produce sometimes - I think it's happened to me before, accidentally. Broccoli crowns, or bunch of broccoli? Who knows? I'm not going to call the checker over to ask what my produce is. Extra large avocados vs. large?
Sweet onion vs. white onion? Organic vs not organic?
It would be hard to get an item out of the store that you didn't scan or pay for AT ALL, though, and I think that would set off the sensors in cases of items that have bar codes.
I like the self pumped gas analogy, myself. You don’t expect a discount because you are doing an attendant’s job. Or perhaps it is just harder to buy more gas than you pay for.
Look, cheating is cheating is cheating. I get that sometimes you might scratch your head over something, and end up paying for the wrong product. But to switch tags? Or to not pass an item over the scanner before bagging it? Those things are dishonest.
But I tend to use human checkers. I have fewer problems when I do. And I’d like for them to have their jobs. If I have to, I’ll use a scanner. But doing so is not my first choice.
In another thread someone posted that they did not return carts to their places in parking lots, because that would be doing the store’s job ! Do you refuse to bus your table at a fast food place? C’mon.
The public acts as foolish employees who see no reason to be paid for their work. Stores with self-scanners don't have to paid employees because of the public's eagerness to work without compensation just because it's quicker.
I've been against self-scanners since their conception. I refuse to use them until I'm given a discount for acting as an agent of the store.
However, stealing is not justifiable.
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. Does the same principle apply when he pumps his own gas, or eats at a buffet where he puts the food on his own plate? 
