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[RFS]

I have a friend that “accidentally” misses scanning a few items often. she’s all in favour of them.

Your friend is a bad person

[jonny]

If it's anything like other corporate retail businesses, the issue is not finding employees, the issue is a low cap on payroll, i.e. head office will only allow a certain number of scheduled work hours each week.

 

The people I know who run retail spots in this town say finding reliable staff who have any sort of work ethic and aren't morons/stoners/stinky/weird is very difficult. 

[jonny]

I have a friend that “accidentally” misses scanning a few items often. she’s all in favour of them.

 

There's a word for that behaviour...

[Victoria Watcher]

Your friend is a bad person

she’s kind of a free spirit for sure.

[jonny]

"free spirit" = thief

[Victoria Watcher]

i’m not condoning it. but when she says she’ll never be caught except by a staffer before she leaves the area and thus will just have to rescan I think she’s likely right.

one of the reasons these are popular with retailers is because they require some form of operating (available balance) plastic. and your run of the mill amateur shoplifter does not have that. but it does not do a great job against unscanned items. but I suppose the instances are so low that it’s still cost effective,

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 January 2019 - 10:32 AM.

[Nparker]

There's a word for that behaviour...

Mayoral?

[m3m]

it’ll be interesting to see how the new shoppers downtown utilizes then in a fresh build.

 

The current shoppers downtown already uses them. Been installed for several months. 

[Victoria Watcher]

for sure. but in the new build I wonder how prominent they will be rather than a retrofit.

[sdwright.vic]

^they already have four in the "old" Shoppers.

[Victoria Watcher]

yes they were retrofit and placed on the side there. in a brand new 2019 layout I winder how they are given prominence.

[sdwright.vic]

^missed the "retrofit"

[UDeMan]

self checkouts are the best when you have to buy that product that is sort of embarrassing.  genital ointments, tampons for the wife, condoms, etc.  No more price checks on aisle 5.

[mbjj]

I'm too lazy to use a self check-out. I don't mind waiting as it's good daydreaming time. Why should I do the job for the store?

[Victoria Watcher]

Why should I do the job for the store?

 

mostly just to beat the line if you are in a hurry.  no other great reason.

[Nparker]

mostly just to beat the line if you are in a hurry.  no other great reason.

It's not like you're offered a discount on your purchase for (allegedly) saving the store money.

[Jackerbie]

I'm too lazy to use a self check-out. I don't mind waiting as it's good daydreaming time. Why should I do the job for the store?

 

I'm sure some people said the same thing when ATMs were introduced, and I know that there are some people who will only do their banking with another person. Technology changes, preferences change, habits change, expectations change. 

[Nparker]

ATMs are considerably faster than standing in line to make a basic cash withdrawal or simple deposit. I have yet to witness a significant time savings in using self-checkouts.

[Victoria Watcher]

It's not like you're offered a discount on your purchase for (allegedly) saving the store money.

that’s a good idea actually.

[Nparker]

It's not like you're offered a discount on your purchase for (allegedly) saving the store money.

that’s a good idea actually.

It's the ONLY way I'd be enticed to use a self-checkout.