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https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-costco-kroger-facing-self-checkout-reckoning-2023-10

Some are finding they still need employees to combat theft, assist with purchases, review IDs, and check receipts.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One time I saw a customer stealing at the self checkout but I wasn’t in a mood to approach them, but I had to configure the machine next to them. Security guy came up to me a few hours later and congratulated me and said he saw me “combatting theft on the camera earlier.”

I never confronted the customer and they left with everything without paying, so I don’t even know what crack that security guy was smoking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IIRC when I worked retail/grocery you're always told to never engage, but make your presence known (how that will stop someone stealing, I dunno.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

maybe theyll get spookified