Subj : Re: self checkouts again
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 09:57 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to hollowone <=-

Ni> Getting into the stores isn't the issue with self-checkout and
Ni> shoplifting. The issue is that self-checkout can make it easier for
Ni> customers to steal things because there may be fewer "eyes" watching
Ni> self-checkout customers.  Stores have to have someone monitor
Ni> self-checkout, either by standing in the self-checkout area or using a
Ni> camera and having someone watch the screen.

I have no empathy for retailers. I'm sure someone did the numbers and
determined that less cashiers + more loss means more profit than hiring
more cashiers to ring up customers. Any complaints are self-serving at
best and playing both sides of the issue.

If anything, "theft" is being used to close underperforming stores in
lower-income areas. Target was exposed for doing just that - closing
stores in lower-income areas of a city when theft was higher in other
stores that remained open.



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