Self checkout makes it WAY too easy for people to get away with stealing. Agree or disagree?

[Kingofkings1992]

With the amount of retail theft that takes place in the US, I kind of cannot believe that self check is still around in 2026.

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[purplepoppy]

My issue with self service is there's never a staff member around if you need help. Or if you buy alcohol the machine calls someone to check your age then you have to wait ages until someone turns up.

I know of one shop that doesn't have any staff at all during working hours. You're expected to add up yourself and pay, funny enough the stuff isn't any cheaper, but as far as I know there isn't a theft problem

[FreyaRed]

I observed few times people stole products while they didn't pack them out on self checkout. Two times I saw exactly someone was stealing. One older man who didn't put on the scanner 500g cheesecake he put directly to their black bag another had several expensive yellow kiwi fruits, he had a black bag either. They paid for cheap stuff but didn't pay for expensive products.
However those old brainlets aren't that smart because you have to pay with card on self checkout and they have a video record and your data. I think if they collect enough evidences, security corporation that works with groceries will demand money from them or civil process that will be more expensive.

[lightbulb27]

I don't know but the stealing is factored into the price of the grocery store at this point.

They do have people monitoring, but they generally are not going to stop a theft.

[BCRanger10]

I think so. Additionally though, you also lose the human interaction.

[Iron_Man]

Yeah, you can flirt with the cashiers before you were married

[LazerBean]

So we actually know someone who stole a hundreds of dollars worth of stuff from Walmart over a long period of time using self check out. They actually have cameras at the very top and are very good at catching it. However, they don't bother with small thefts because it's not worth their time. They wait until you have stolen enough that they can hit you with a large charge and then ban you.

[exitseven]

yes, even though there is a store employee that watches the customers I bet there is still theft. I think it is a lot easier to steal stuff from the supermarket than Home Depot.

[Iron_Man]

Hmmm 🤔 you sound like an expert

[Iron_Man]

Joke

[Iron_Man]

I agree but the alarm goes off if you don’t scan it at Publix Once you walk out of the door

[DryGermanGuy]

They put security sensors on grocery items?

[Iron_Man]

@DryGermanGuy yes

[Iron_Man]

@DryGermanGuy it’s on certain items

[DryGermanGuy]

What an insane work overhead.

[Iron_Man]

@DryGermanGuy well you know why that happens there’s a lot of thieves around here and all over America for that matter

[Kingofkings1992]

@DryGermanGuy not actual food, but I have seen anti theft stickers on high theft merchandise, like deodorant, laundry scent beads, expensive supplements, etc

[DryGermanGuy]

Ah, gotcha. I was wondering if things had gotten so bad that the stores had to protect frozen pizzas. Some German stores have or had expensive razor blades in anti-theft casings.

[Anonymous]

It's not stealing. You did the checkout work, it's just the employee discount.