self check outs in supermarkets

[taxing]

So just to clarify ...

Is it ok to steal a bike from Britain's largest supermarket?

Is it ok to steal 10p from an individual?

No.

No.

I'm getting bored of this game now. Especially as I've seen suggestions that people exaggerate claims to insurance companies go unchallenged, and know that a lot of people access Cycle Chat during work hours. Is it okay to steal from insurance companies? Is it okay to steal from your own workplace?

 

[CopperBrompton]

I'm getting bored of this game now. Especially as I've seen suggestions that people exaggerate claims to insurance companies go unchallenged

Not by me, you haven't: I have challenged that on this forum when I've seen it. Fraudulent claims, like theft, are paid for by the honest majority.

a lot of people access Cycle Chat during work hours

My boss says it's ok.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Is it ok to steal a bike from Britain's largest supermarket?
No

Is it ok to steal 10p from an individual?
No

So what makes it ok to steal small sums of money from Tesco. What is the sum of money, and the size of company, where theft goes from right to wrong?

 

[taxing]

So what makes it ok to steal small sums of money from Tesco. What is the sum of money, and the size of company, where theft goes from right to wrong?

Large, unethical supermarket. If they're making significantly more profit out of the transaction than I'm taking, then I'm still giving them money.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Large, unethical supermarket. If they're making significantly more profit out of the transaction than I'm taking, then I'm still giving them money.

Ok, so if they make say £10 profit from your shopping, it would be ok for you to steal a fiver from the till?

 

[taxing]

Ok, so if they make say £10 profit from your shopping, it would be ok for you to steal a fiver from the till?

They wouldn't be making significantly more profit if I did that, would they?

 

[Maz]

So what makes it ok to steal small sums of money from Tesco.

Every Little Helps.

 

[ianrauk]

Every Little Helps.

 

[Brandane]

Why does the change dispenser at the Tesco self service check-outs never give out 2p coins? If it has to give you say 4p, it will be 4 x 1p coins! Annoying when your pockets start to get weighed down with the worthless pennies.

Maybe I should give them back to Tescos and tell them it is part payment for the difference in price between Taxings' sweet potatoes and the maris piper variety .

 

[Dan B]

All the supermarkets, most chains and many independent stores have a civil recovery process, which means that the costs of security and prosecution are divided by the number of thieves prosecuted and that average cost recovered from the thief. When you get caught, you'll find that your stolen sweet potatoes are pretty expensive.

What are you saying, he should steal more expensive items to get better value for money?

 

[Brains]

I have on two occasions when forced to struggle with the automated checkouts left entire shopping trollies full of produce at the checkout

I wonder what that cost them in restacking costs and lost frozen goods ?

 

[taxing]

Why does the change dispenser at the Tesco self service check-outs never give out 2p coins? If it has to give you say 4p, it will be 4 x 1p coins! Annoying when your pockets start to get weighed down with the worthless pennies.

Maybe I should give them back to Tescos and tell them it is part payment for the difference in price between Taxings' sweet potatoes and the maris piper variety .

They'd make some money out of you if you did that every week, I haven't fancied sweet potatoes in a long while. I've only done the self checkout trick about three times.

 

[Bayerd]

Why does the change dispenser at the Tesco self service check-outs never give out 2p coins? If it has to give you say 4p, it will be 4 x 1p coins! Annoying when your pockets start to get weighed down with the worthless pennies.

Rubbish. 4 pennies weigh exactly the same as 2 2 pence pieces.

The other day whilst using a self service checkout the assistant had to verify my age whilst purchasing a home brew kit, yet didn't when I bought some apple juice and yeast to make cider with.......

 

[Black Sheep]

I love 'em. No 'how are you today' forced conversations, no food zooming down the conveyor built at you as you Krypton factor the groceries into the bag, no waiting as there are 4 tills in place of one normal one, in fact the more the merrier. They're dead easy to use and if something goes wrong, help is almost immediate. If I was worried about corporate excess I wouldn't shop there.

i've watched my brother lob a chicken back at the till operator with a "i've asked you twice to slow down" as well as "you've whizzed it though far quicker than anyone could pack it, damaged my shopping and I don't want it" and gone

personally, I am very sarcastic with the self service checkout as it normally is asking me to do what I have already done.

I tend to use a staffed till unless it is something ridiculous to be taking through the self scan - last time, i dropped a door on it while trying to waft the barcode at it in B&Q

my father in law refuses to use them at any time as he doesn't want them replacing peoples jobs.

I do occasionally use them for grabbing one or two items quickly at lunch, but the above for a normal shop.


in my experience skipping bagging normally results in being shouted at, by the machine, for not putting things in the bagging area.

 

[Black Sheep]

A friend is assistant manager in one of the local supermarkets. They have been told by head office that they must get 40% of sales through on the self service or they will be in trouble. They are having to get all staff to put their shopping through in separated transactions at the end of their shifts in a bid to meet the target.

surely they can get enough people to write a letter saying "we don't want to use self service, if you make it self service only, we'll go somewhere else"