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Memes of ProductionI ain't fallin for no banana in the tail pipe!
I live in a rural area without a lot of brick and mortar options, so hate me if you must, but I do end up shopping at Walmart more often than I'd like.
Prior to last year, they had the most practical and efficient self checkout systems of any major retailer in my area. I could use the hand scanner to scan every single item in my cart, literally as fast as I could click the button on the scanner. Didn't even have to place a single thing in the bagging area, just boop-boop-boop to my heart's content then I could pay and move over to one of the 60% or greater self-checkout machines that were mysteriously always out of order to bag my groceries and get out of other peoples' way so they could get out of the store quicker.
Then, Walmart decided to add the AI cameras. I can look you straight in the eye without so much as a molecule of doubt and tell you that I've never willingly or purposely stolen anything from a store in my life. But this AI bullshit makes me question my morals there. It's so slow. It seems to constantly assume I'm stealing. It simply does not work. It literally infuriates me and doubles or triples the amount of time it takes me to check out. And the worst part is, it doesn't even work. I literally walked out of the store one time without paying for an item, only to realize it once I got out to my car and had to go back to pay for it.
Does that include all the time they steal from employees, I would be extremely surprised if it's 3 bill
You know it doesn't. That "doesn't count" as theft.
The world is unhinged. Everything is banannas.
they record everything. they know you are stealing but they wait until your theft reaches felony levels until busting you.
all the big stores do this
This is a somewhat true myth. Pay cash and wear a mask. They aren't magic.
Do you have any sources to back that claim or is that just fearmongering? I am not in the states, but here is also a lot of self checkout and i doubt there is some kind of bigger scheme behind
Edit: not to call you a liar, i am just genuinely curious
This is definitely a thing, I work at Walmart and the tools at AP's disposal are frightening.
Source I work there so, just trust me bro.
My source is some YouTube videos. /s
I've read this several times but don't recall any specific sources.
In the US, Whole Foods grocery store is owned by Amazon. I have little doubt they are tracking everything in their stores.
Obviously I'm not a credible source but from first hand experience working at a red circle retail store this is absolutely true. I remember many times people swapping barcodes on expensive lego sets at self checkout. We'd get told on the radio by AP to either let them go or intervene (act like the machine was busted). I was naive but I should have realized sooner it wasn't my fucking job to be in such a situatuon but I wanted approval I guess. We'd hold the machine and reprint the receipt. If you hit $1000 after multiole trips, then cops would be waiting outside or sometimes AP got into altercations if the thief tried to flee before the cops arrived.
They'd almost always let you get away with it on the first offense. Only times I remember them stopping theft was teenagers to give them a scare.
To be fair I think Target has like the most sophisticated loss prevention team and tools compared to most big box stores. I'd absolutely believe Target and maybe even Walmart have facial recognition databases linked to self checkout that build profiles on everyone and could easily build a case to prosecute felony level theft. But I don't think every self checkout in the wild would be like this.... Yet.... I hope...
Bananas are like ten bucks, not gonna waste all my avocados and bread on cheap bananna prices
$10? For what, 10lb?
When confronted argue you just must have made a mistake you are tech illiterate and don't know how to use this new fangled technology.
or just... stop shopping there?
Food deserts are no joke
If your 'food desert' has a walmart I don't think the term has any meaning left.
If the only grocery store in a ten mile radius is a walmart, that's absolutely a food desert
Ok so we're talking about the 0.1% of people who that applies to.
You're telling me it's only .1% of the population?
Edit: Which, even if it is, that's still more than 300k people you don't care about.
If you're going to link a source you should check to see if it supports or contradicts your claim.
Food Desert : A low-income tract with at least 500 people, or 33 percent of the population, living more than 1 mile (urban areas) or more than 10 miles (rural areas) from the nearest supermarket, supercenter, or large grocery store.
Yeah, it quite notably doesn't say "unless that grocery store is a walmart".
Stealing is better. Does more good. Helps offset wage theft, very slightly.
There are only two grocery stores in my city. And I pray everyday that the other one doesn't do something horrific because I cannot shop at Walmart.
I never pay for organic produce.
I prefer inorganic produce without carbon.
I already do this but as peppers
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Does your self-checkout have teenagers at it? Then go for it.
They'll be fired or quit by the time you show up to do it again.
