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Re: Shoplifting 101...
Most people are much more honest than you think.
When I worked in a supermarket they were piloting the scheme, it worked really well. You get randomly checked every so often and if you make a mistake they'll check you several times in a row.
What they found was that people very often over scanned... on average they weren't losing money. And even if they were losing some stock they saved a lot of money in wages.
Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Has anyone noticed (I don't know whether this applies anywhere outside of the UK) but some supermarkets, well Sainsbury's anyway, have started these self-service checkouts. Surely these are just an opportunity for dodgy individuals (people like Dauphin
) to just maybe 'mis-swipe' without getting caught. Or is it that my faith in humanity should be restored forthwith.
I don't believe they don't get exploited more than they do, or is the saving of having no-one working on the checkout (as minimal as checkout assistant pay is
) compensating for any loss?
Has anyone noticed (I don't know whether this applies anywhere outside of the UK) but some supermarkets, well Sainsbury's anyway, have started these self-service checkouts. Surely these are just an opportunity for dodgy individuals (people like Dauphin
) to just maybe 'mis-swipe' without getting caught. Or is it that my faith in humanity should be restored forthwith.I don't believe they don't get exploited more than they do, or is the saving of having no-one working on the checkout (as minimal as checkout assistant pay is
) compensating for any loss?
When I worked in a supermarket they were piloting the scheme, it worked really well. You get randomly checked every so often and if you make a mistake they'll check you several times in a row.
What they found was that people very often over scanned... on average they weren't losing money. And even if they were losing some stock they saved a lot of money in wages.
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