Walmart joins other big retailers in scaling back on self-checkout

Re:Walmart joins other big retailers in scaling back on self... by geodel on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:03AM (#40111312)

Agreed. It is unacceptable. We are in 21st century where all thieves are registered with government database with their skillset, area/days/time of operations and all. Retailers should concentrate on those instead of harassing non-thief customers.

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Re:Walmart joins other big retailers in scaling back on self... by colechristensen on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:09AM (#40111336)

There are a lot of people stealing. I’ve heard some young and not so young people talk completely shamelessly about stealing from retailers.

We’re not talking about “government database” kinds of people.

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Re:Walmart joins other big retailers in scaling back on self... by fragmede on Monday April 22, 2024 @07:27AM (#40113279)

shit, people post their thievery up on Instagram and go viral for it, nevermind just talking about it.

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Re:Walmart joins other big retailers in scaling back on self... by inetknght on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:09AM (#40111337)

> We are in 21st century where all thieves are registered with government database with their skillset, area/days/time of operations and all.

Really? How many of them are prosecuted? Tell me, how is it that porch pirates (thieves) are so prolific if there's some master database of every thief everywhere?

> Retailers should concentrate on those instead of harassing non-thief customers.

Retailers must not discriminate against anyone until after a crime has been committed. Otherwise it's a slippery path down to redlining.

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