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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news |
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By *9alMan
over a year ago
Bridgend |
I suspect the management are using assaults as an excuse to keep an eye on staff & see if they are skiving off somewhere? Surely the main parts of the shop are monitored by cctv anyway? |
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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago
yumsville |
"I suspect the management are using assaults as an excuse to keep an eye on staff & see if they are skiving off somewhere? Surely the main parts of the shop are monitored by cctv anyway? "
Likely, I get nervous seeing my face at self check out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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These aren't a new thing. I work for another supermarket and we have been wearing psd for years. If your being threatened it's good to have evidence of it. |
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
Look into the items being taken and I see it is baby formula, nappies, Baby food, not ready meals, chocolate stuff like that but items that have been inflated based on our need for these items.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are."
Often shoplifters do steal to order so they are making a profit. It pushes up the prices for all of us. Should more be done for the poor? More food banks and easier access to them |
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The checkout person I know said they got abuse from customers trying to buy more than the allowed allocation of toilet roll during lockdown. Additional, in the current financial crisis, most people are caught stealing...alcohol.
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By *TG3Man
over a year ago
Dorchester |
"I suspect the management are using assaults as an excuse to keep an eye on staff & see if they are skiving off somewhere? Surely the main parts of the shop are monitored by cctv anyway? "
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"My workplace have had them for over a year, does fuck all."
I can imagine. The (female) manager of the late-opening Extra near me got boffed the other week (and bled), and she's just had some time off. The idiots who did it (I think it was a shoplifting thing - another female struck out) they just don't care. They just closed the shop for everyone else because they can't make their own sandwiches and have room for tinnies and crack. The area is lively but not a bad one - but it only takes a few. And the whole large area doesn't have a police station bizarrely, it uses the neighbouring district's which is actually over a bridge. Also, Tesco for some reason very-often don't have security right up to 11 I had noticed (though since then it looks maybe they have). Security is better I think, they just don't want to pay for it.
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By *hagTonightMan
over a year ago
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"I suspect the management are using assaults as an excuse to keep an eye on staff & see if they are skiving off somewhere? Surely the main parts of the shop are monitored by cctv anyway? "
This, whilst it is good. I was also thinking that, especially where the main cctvs cant record, so then this cam can continue to record and see if they are working or not.
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
I have said for years those Tesco shoppers are a bad bunch. |
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are.
Often shoplifters do steal to order so they are making a profit. It pushes up the prices for all of us. Should more be done for the poor? More food banks and easier access to them "
Tom that is how it may look, but people place orders with these shoplifters because they can get their goods cheaper so is it the shoplifter or the people who cannot afford everyday items or items for their child who ask for items at fault?
Alcohol is not the top item for shoplifters as these items are often alarmed or behind the counter along with cigs, formula and baby food and nappies are the most shoplifted items I believe.
In retail security it is well know that shoplifters account for a small percent of "shrinkage" (retail term for missing stock) and I am afraid it is the staff who account for the most shrinkage. |
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"I suspect the management are using assaults as an excuse to keep an eye on staff & see if they are skiving off somewhere? Surely the main parts of the shop are monitored by cctv anyway? "
Oooo evil but you are probably right. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are.
Often shoplifters do steal to order so they are making a profit. It pushes up the prices for all of us. Should more be done for the poor? More food banks and easier access to them
Tom that is how it may look, but people place orders with these shoplifters because they can get their goods cheaper so is it the shoplifter or the people who cannot afford everyday items or items for their child who ask for items at fault?
Alcohol is not the top item for shoplifters as these items are often alarmed or behind the counter along with cigs, formula and baby food and nappies are the most shoplifted items I believe.
In retail security it is well know that shoplifters account for a small percent of "shrinkage" (retail term for missing stock) and I am afraid it is the staff who account for the most shrinkage."
So shoplifters are just modern day Robin Hoods, stealing baby milk for poor mothers and asking for nothing in return. Not druggies selling shoplifted goods. Hurrah!  |
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I feel ultimately many smaller shops will have secure service counters like night time petrol stations.
A Co-Op near here has endless shop lifting issues & threats to staff & security.
In the 90's I visited some corner shops in Liverpool on occasion & found staff behind perspex shields so similar happening nation wide with the way thing are heading. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Also for those that have said it’s just managers keeping an eye on staff etc- the cameras we have don’t record all the time. We wear them on a lanyard around our neck and they are meant to act as a deterrent, and we have to say out loud when we turn the camera on that’s it for ours and others personal safety. |
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Genuine poverty (which certainly exists!) is a different issue here surely? Supermarkets can actually find other solutions for dealing with that, even charitable ones. I don't think the cameras are to catch out that. It's about aggression towards staff surely. I saw the results of such a thing just the other day.
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"Genuine poverty (which certainly exists!) is a different issue here surely? Supermarkets can actually find other solutions for dealing with that, even charitable ones. I don't think the cameras are to catch out that. It's about aggression towards staff surely. I saw the results of such a thing just the other day.
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It's I intertwined. Why go to a food bank if you can steal much closer to home ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Also for those that have said it’s just managers keeping an eye on staff etc- the cameras we have don’t record all the time. We wear them on a lanyard around our neck and they are meant to act as a deterrent, and we have to say out loud when we turn the camera on that’s it for ours and others personal safety."
This.
The cameras are off by default. They're only switched on when a situation warrants it, and you must inform the other person that you're switching it on.
They're worn only by frontline staff; so team support, customer services, shift leaders, petrol station staff & managers |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
" And the whole large area doesn't have a police station bizarrely, it uses the neighbouring district's which is actually over a bridge."
This doesn’t make any difference though.
Regardless of where they start their shift from, the police officer will be allocated an area to patrol. Their “beat” for that shift. It makes no odds whether their locker is your side of the bridge or not.
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
Give em tactical armour snd taser training. Then let them have at these feral heathens ransacking shops  |
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"I suspect the management are using assaults as an excuse to keep an eye on staff & see if they are skiving off somewhere? Surely the main parts of the shop are monitored by cctv anyway? "
They cannot use security cameras to monitor staff performance. It's down to the fact that companies are scaling back on security guards. No deterrent, theft and abuse unfortunately becomes rife especially with rising food costs. Also, the staff turn them on and off themselves. So if someone gets abusive they can inform that person they're now switching the camera on. |
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are.
Often shoplifters do steal to order so they are making a profit. It pushes up the prices for all of us. Should more be done for the poor? More food banks and easier access to them
Tom that is how it may look, but people place orders with these shoplifters because they can get their goods cheaper so is it the shoplifter or the people who cannot afford everyday items or items for their child who ask for items at fault?
Alcohol is not the top item for shoplifters as these items are often alarmed or behind the counter along with cigs, formula and baby food and nappies are the most shoplifted items I believe.
In retail security it is well know that shoplifters account for a small percent of "shrinkage" (retail term for missing stock) and I am afraid it is the staff who account for the most shrinkage.
So shoplifters are just modern day Robin Hoods, stealing baby milk for poor mothers and asking for nothing in return. Not druggies selling shoplifted goods. Hurrah! "
Hahaha like Errol Flynn I expect.
I am just saying there is a reason for this trend, find the reason and look to solve it.
Maybe lowering prices and stop the profiteering. |
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
Look into the items being taken and I see it is baby formula, nappies, Baby food, not ready meals, chocolate stuff like that but items that have been inflated based on our need for these items.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are."
Do you have any evidence that the increase in attacks on staff are as they approach andbtry and prevent theft? Or are you just conflating the two issues? Why then are there similar increases in attacks on teachers, bus drivers, train inspectors, reception staff etc.? Are they also shoplifters just trying to get by?
Our country has a growing sub class of people who choose to be violent and aggressive when they dont get their own way. |
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By *llaandGCouple
over a year ago
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
NHS workers are also having to wear body cameras due to assaults and appalling behaviour they face, but you've shown your disdain for them on another thread, Tom.
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"Reports that Tesco, who are England's premiere supermarket, are offering their staff personal security cameras. This folllows a jump on assaults on its shopworkers, who are visible with their blue uniforms, up by a third since pre covid levels. Why are we attacking these people. They are only trying to earn a living. What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I expect these attacks happen when staff approach shoplifters who they have witnessed shoplifting.
To me this is a sign of people who are past caring, or groups who have organised themselves into a group or groups who justify stealing due to their experiences, to survive, they see supermarkets pricing them out of the market, making profits in times of crisis.
it is a scandal on both sides but the shoplifters are not making a profit, supermarkets are.
Often shoplifters do steal to order so they are making a profit. It pushes up the prices for all of us. Should more be done for the poor? More food banks and easier access to them
Tom that is how it may look, but people place orders with these shoplifters because they can get their goods cheaper so is it the shoplifter or the people who cannot afford everyday items or items for their child who ask for items at fault?
Alcohol is not the top item for shoplifters as these items are often alarmed or behind the counter along with cigs, formula and baby food and nappies are the most shoplifted items I believe.
In retail security it is well know that shoplifters account for a small percent of "shrinkage" (retail term for missing stock) and I am afraid it is the staff who account for the most shrinkage.
So shoplifters are just modern day Robin Hoods, stealing baby milk for poor mothers and asking for nothing in return. Not druggies selling shoplifted goods. Hurrah!
Hahaha like Errol Flynn I expect.
I am just saying there is a reason for this trend, find the reason and look to solve it.
Maybe lowering prices and stop the profiteering."
Or in stealing case... Free |
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