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Greggs unveils 'fortress stores' in crackdown on shoplifting surge | LBC (www.lbc.co.uk)

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Good to know you think people taking food are scum, and not the businesses that are gatekeeping it behind profit motive. Your ire is targeted at the wrong people.

You don't pump fuel entirely yourself though.

Pay attention next time you fuel up and you'll notice there's a delay before the display zeroes out. That delay is because a human inside the kiosk watches either through the window or via camera to confirm you look old enough to fuel up and are acting responsibly enough to be allowed to spray flammable liquid out of a hose and approves the sale to begin.

You may think you're a lone wolf capable of being a big boy all by yourself but for better or worse we live in a society. Not lone individuals bravely traversing the wilds of modern human civilisation.

I don't know what we're talking about then, I never said replace every single employee with a self service checkout, I said I prefer them over shop attendants because they are faster and I can it myself (even without stealing)

In response to a comment about replacing employees with self service, in a mocking derogatory manner.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Good to know you think people taking food are scum

Yes because if people steal food then everyone else has to pay higher prices because the cost of the food is borne by the business who simply adds it to a balance sheet and works out the minimum profit margin needed to stay in business

You don’t pump fuel entirely yourself though.

Yeah I do, I take the hose out and put it in the car myself, I don't need someone to do it for me, nor clean my car windshield or tires

I'm aware there is a human who approves to start the fuel pump, this is a separate job

In response to a comment about replacing employees with self service, in a mocking derogatory manner.

lets go over this again:

With the right thing being “not replacing 3 members of staff with self-service shelves or tills”?

i prefer self checkout because it’s far faster and easier and I’m a big boy who can pay for the items I purchase

replacing 3 members of staff does not imply replacing all members of staff

You're arguing against a strawman you have made