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I love self checkout. It allows me to scan avocados for my daily avocado toast as russet potatoes. Only 50 more years of that and I'll be able to afford a house!
I pictured the people overseeing self checkout calling you the potato guy amongst themselves
We 100% know and 95% of us don't care lol.
Also, if any readers want to try this, the people most likely to care are older workers, but they're also the least likely to notice.
Going "beep" (optional) and just pocketing every other item does the trick too. At least at Aldi. They skimp on security.
I work in a secure area that requires every person entering to have and show id to security, whether you're recognized or not. They have these scanners that tell them if you're allowed or not. sometimes the scanner doesn't work, so they'll have printed sheets of paper that I'm sure is the equivalent, just takes longer.
One day I came in, gave my ID, heard a "beep", got it back and continued on. About 10 seconds later my brain caught up to the very obvious vocal "beep" that came from the security guy. I have no idea if they just decided to say fuck it that day and let all the fun people in, or if just the speaker wasn't working and they were just having some fun.
If I worked for a self-checkout manufacturing company I'd record myself saying "beep" as the beep. And "Ruh-roh" if it didn't scan.
Your aldi has self checkout? None of the ones around me do.
When talking about Aldi you should know which one you're talking about. It's either Aldi Nord or Aldi Süd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
It's 2 different stores both using the Aldi name.
In the US, it is Aldi and Trader Joe’s
Neither of the messages in the comment chain implies the US.
But aren't you terribly glad to be informed of this fact about the US now?
I literally posted the Wikipedia page for it.
Not the person you replied to but they recently started adding self-checkout to the ones in Aus. I think the voice sounds like Mr Handy from Fallout.
Aldo near me, in Aus, has good security. They do bag checks at the manned checkouts and the self checkouts and watch for mis-identified fruits and veg. I've only been caught "forgetting" to scan some items in my trolley twice, both at Aldi.
If you move to SF you’ll have to learn credit card fraud
(not all SF^, and in SF it’s only certain neighborhoods that do this)
Especially if they play this hand
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hmm I guess nobody reading here today would ever steal for fun, just out of necessity (b/c otherwise this security escalation is annoying: lots of waiting, maybe fine by me but not overworked/mobility impaired folks etc)
Anyway, learned that liquor stores in India might operate exclusively with this method!
PS: UBI when!!
I live in Germany. No locks here except for expensive stuff like laptops. Everything else is protected solely by the honor system. I've even pinched some of their e paper price tags for tech projects. They really can't be bothered.
My local Kroger now will say the name of the item you just keyed in very loudly. "Put your bananas in the bagging area!"
"PUT YOUR HEMORRHOID CREAM IN THE BAGGING AREA!"
That's not where it goes!
I imagine it's just the items you select from a menu not the scannable ones