Maybe we should be addressing the underlying problem of “why are people stealing groceries”. I’ve never met a single person that is stealing a loaf of bread for shits and giggles.
Have you ever used these? Often the weight is programmed wrong, so the item you put there is not recognized correctly, often it triggers falsely because something unexpected happened, they are generally a pain to use because the tolerance is set too low.
Speaks volumes what those in charge think of the population doesn’t it?
Here I am bitching at the metro because the grocery store has weight sensors on the self checkout because no one trusts me as a consumer.
Those stores see significant theft so I don’t blame them. Or we could stick to the honor system and pay 2X.
If it bothers you, use a cashier.
Maybe we should be addressing the underlying problem of “why are people stealing groceries”. I’ve never met a single person that is stealing a loaf of bread for shits and giggles.
Not the grocery store’s fault. Oh wait, maybe all grocery stores should lose money.
Galen Weston as an example is one of the richest men in Canada. He can spare some cash.
Weight sensors don’t stop theft. They irritate costumers to the point they will stop using the self checkout.
How is it irritating? Swipe, put the thing in a bag on the sensor.
What’s irritating is people who get confused by this and insist on not using cashiers.
Have you ever used these? Often the weight is programmed wrong, so the item you put there is not recognized correctly, often it triggers falsely because something unexpected happened, they are generally a pain to use because the tolerance is set too low.
They are fine in theory but not in practice.