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Self-Checkout

I laughed when I saw this.

Certainly speaks for me …

Have a great weekend … !

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8 thoughts on “Self-Checkout”

  1. Here are some random thoughts about self-checkout and, might as well add on internet shopping as well.

    Internet shopping and self-checkout are ways for companies to replace their employees’ labor with your free labor. There are many instances where I would rather do the work myself if it gets me out of the store quicker than waiting in a queue or avoid driving to the store with a delivery.

    I almost never get to use self-checkout in the grocery store because the People’s Republic of California won’t let me buy booze in self-checkout. Yet, when I go through the cashier checkout, they never ask to see my driver’s license because I look obviously over age 21. And then again, when I order delivered groceries from the same store, they always scan my driver’s license. You would think that the shopping app would have cached that I am over 21 by now. Is there an SOP that the delivery driver has to screw up one item on your list, but then again, I didn’t have to drive a half hour each way?

    There are times when you still need to talk to people. For example, a nice gent who works in the produce department took the time when I asked him for help picking a great watermelon. He showed and had me hold and spank one that wasn’t good in his opinion and then he had me try another that he liked. It was almost like my Dad teaching me how to drive. My Dad never taught me how to pick a good watermelon.

    The internet and self-checkout can be good, until it isn’t, and then you need to go old school and still be able to get help from a real person.

    Enjoy your weekend too!

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    1. Like in most things, choice is good.

      Regarding self-checkout, when I go to Target and use it – they don’t also have someone checking my receipt at the door. I’m not sure why Walmart and Sam’s Club persist in this. I’m sure they’ve studied it. They probably have a bigger issue with shoplifting than Target. Turns me off and turns me away for the next time.

      I love it when there is a knowledgeable person available to provide service. Our local Home Depot & Lowe’s do a huge business, but our local hardware & paint stores seem to be doing fine, too. Choice is good.

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  2. I think that I should be receiving union retirement benefits from Ralph’s/Kroger based on the amount of labor I provide from self-checkout……or at least a discount.

    We go to Total Wine for alchohol

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      1. Costco in The People’s Republic of California is making you scan you card when entering the store. One of the ones I go to had problems with homeless people coming in for free samples. They also check your receipt against the count of your cart. This is how they keep prices low.

        I go to Walmart and the checked is stationed right in front of the self-checkout. Cannot imagine people getting out of the store with stolen goods beyond the methods that would get them past a checker.

        Many of the goods in Walmart and Target are locked up behind closed doors and it takes forever to get someone to verify that you aren’t homeless and there to steal.

        Here is a great Bodega story from my son visiting friend in NYC. A dude was shoplifting in a backpack. The Russian store owners grabbed him, took away his backpack with the stolen goods and launched the shoplifter out onto the sidewalk. The owners told him that if he ever came in their store again, they were going to break his legs.

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      2. We have the same shoplifting “guards” & processes at the Costco, Walmart, and Target in suburban MN. Our Costco & Sam’s always made you show your card to get in – but they didn’t have a scanner. We haven’t gotten to the merchandise behind plexiglass (yet), except video games.

        Doesn’t CA have some law that allows people to steal up to a certain limit (500?) before they will prosecute? Is it up to the store owner to prevent shoplifting up until that amount?

        I could see Target or another retailer using their Red Card and only allowing “verified shoppers” in the store at some point if they continue to get ripped off.

        What a shame that in a country with the vast prosperity & opportunities that people have, shoplifting seems worse a problem than ever.

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    2. Here are some thoughts on alcohol coming from a person from Wisconsin, and you know we take our alcohol seriously. Costco has some screaming deals! Their store branded Malbec coming from a country that has made national sport out of debasing their currency is quite drinkable for $6.99 per bottle. We drink Woodford Reserve Bourbon that for around $48. BevMo’s price is $79.99.

      Ralph’s has a standard deal where if you buy six bottles of wine, you get 30% off. I buy a lot of my groceries via delivery. They obviously must have outsourced their website development to H1-b programmers. I am a connoisseur programming mistakes. My all-time favorite was around half a year when their website calculated my 30% discount by multiplying by 30% instead of subtracting 30%. We drank some great wines for 30% of the normal price. My personal mantra is do not waste my time fixing math errors that are in my favor.

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  3. California had Proposition 47 that made any theft under $950 a misdemeanor. Los Angeles County had George Gascón who was a Soros funded restorative justice District Attorney. The combination of these two allowed the free-for-all.

    A couple years ago, Proposition 36 was passed. This Proposition made getting caught three times shoplifting, any amount, a felony. The voters replaced Gascón with Nathan Hochman, who is a no-nonsense DA who actually prosecutes criminals.

    Shoplifting is actually a major crime. There are fences who buy the stolen goods for pennies on the dollar to allow the thieves to monetize their theft to buy drugs or whatever. The fences then sell the stolen goods on eBay and Amazon. There have been warehouse busts containing millions of dollars of stolen goods. Home Depot is a big target tool, especially the expensive Milwaukee battery hand tools. Taking down the fences will reduce the demand side of the equation.

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