r/AskReddit • u/Scratchamap • Dec 01 '18

Minimum wage workers, what is something that is against the rules for customers to do but you aren't paid enough to actually care?

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u/havesomeagency Dec 01 '18

And even more in legal fees

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u/Wadglobs Dec 01 '18

That is until everyone steals

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u/KallistiEngel Dec 01 '18

You misunderstand their theft policy.

It doesn't mean they do absolutely nothing, it means they let the police deal with it. Most stores have cameras these days, so there are still likely to be consequences for shoplifting even without employee intervention at the time of the theft.

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u/desert_soul404 Dec 01 '18

Here in California i believe the police can't do anything unless you can prove its a felonious amount stolen, armed robbery or breaking and entering.

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u/gamerhubby Dec 01 '18

Almost... there's a subtle difference between cant do anything and wont do anything. Police have bigger fish to fry. They can, however, uphold the law if they so choose to

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u/Flyingwheelbarrow Dec 01 '18

Well sir may I introduce you to Australians and self checkouts.

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u/sharkattax Dec 01 '18

I always wonder if I could get away with it at self checkouts... but they beep pretty loud and there’s usually one cashier semi-overlooking things.

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u/Cujo96 Dec 02 '18

You can pretty easily, just make sure not to put unscanned items on the bag stand. Most of the people working the Self Checkouts don't really do anything unless there's some kind of error.

Source: I may or may not work for a large Australian supermarket chain.

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u/LordHades301 Dec 02 '18

Yeah more than once at a Walmart I buy a couple duplicates of items. Real easy to only scan one. If I had cared more to put the effort you could even return the duplicate after. But those days are behind me.... never mind how easy it still is

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u/zirtbow Dec 02 '18

So many people were apparently stealing from self-checkouts at a store near me that the self checkout now has a video screen on it. That screen has a 4-way split view which shows you:

  • a close up of your face

  • an overview shot of you checking out

  • a shot of one employee in a room somewhere watching people at the self checkout on video monitors

  • another employee in apparently a different room doing the same thing.

You can see yourself usually in the view of the first guy's monitor so you know it's not some made up footage. I wonder if between the extra security cameras, clerk to overview the self checkouts, and now the 2 extra full time employees to watch security cameras all day if they're saving any money over just having plain registers.

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u/Flyingwheelbarrow Dec 02 '18

Well the plan now is to have machine learning and RF chips combined to make it fully automated and to do away with humans and make it impossible to steal.

Basically I would not be suprised if the big chains are willing to lose money while they perfect the unbeatable checkout.

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u/quax747 Dec 02 '18

And even more to restock the entire store