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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
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- oh it’s all getting a bit daft now. I noticed the other week that all the trollies & shopping baskets in my local Tesco have security tags on.
- and being done to make shopping trips as stressful as possible, to ‘force’ people to shop online IMO which I actually wouldn’t mind but the option to do both would be good |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
- oh it’s all getting a bit daft now. I noticed the other week that all the trollies & shopping baskets in my local Tesco have security tags on.
- and being done to make shopping trips as stressful as possible, to ‘force’ people to shop online IMO which I actually wouldn’t mind but the option to do both would be good"
Really?Do they not have the pound system?
Where is this ? |
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I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh  |
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"I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh "
Tbf with the bag charge it’s set by the government and the money goes towards charities |
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
- oh it’s all getting a bit daft now. I noticed the other week that all the trollies & shopping baskets in my local Tesco have security tags on.
- and being done to make shopping trips as stressful as possible, to ‘force’ people to shop online IMO which I actually wouldn’t mind but the option to do both would be good
Really?Do they not have the pound system?
Where is this ?"
Come to think of it (I only use the hand baskets currently )they have the pound system still on trollies I think but yep alarms threaded through the bottom of the baskets along with barrier entrance (Tesco, Bulwell Notts) loads of others across Nottingham the same. Going shopping’s becoming like attempting an assault course  |
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"I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh
Tbf with the bag charge it’s set by the government and the money goes towards charities "
Yes agreed but this company never charged for paper bags prior to this visit |
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
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Happening all over America
Certain groups do lots of big organised shop lifting
Shop leave the area
Certain groups blame the system for why they’re town has much less jobs, no shops food desert etc
Zero accountability |
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
- oh it’s all getting a bit daft now. I noticed the other week that all the trollies & shopping baskets in my local Tesco have security tags on.
- and being done to make shopping trips as stressful as possible, to ‘force’ people to shop online IMO which I actually wouldn’t mind but the option to do both would be good
Really?Do they not have the pound system?
Where is this ?Come to think of it (I only use the hand baskets currently )they have the pound system still on trollies I think but yep alarms threaded through the bottom of the baskets along with barrier entrance (Tesco, Bulwell Notts) loads of others across Nottingham the same. Going shopping’s becoming like attempting an assault course "
Working in retail is like an assault course atm. And only getting worse now it’s Christmas season  |
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"They need a trap door at the exit with a pit below full of snakes, Crocodiles, sharks and just stop oil protesters.
Shoplifter goes to leave, security pull the level.
Goodbye shoplifter come back soon
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Harsh |
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"They need a trap door at the exit with a pit below full of snakes, Crocodiles, sharks and just stop oil protesters.
Shoplifter goes to leave, security pull the level.
Goodbye shoplifter come back soon
Harsh "
But fair,if the dangerous animals don't get them the just stop oil protesters can bore them to death. |
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Here's an idea. It's a bit revolutionary, but go with it a bit and then see what you think.
Have a rown of shops in the High street
like ..... butchers, bakers, dairy, green grocery etc ... The shop is open. There is counter with servers behind the counter. You say , half a pound of marg mate and two pints of milk.. The person gets your shit. You give the person money.
Just a thought.
I mean ... what did people think the next logical step was when all the shops got mushed into one .... then they took away the till operatives and employed the public ?
Surely if we work there we should be able to say if it's okay to take our bonues in goods ...  |
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"They need a trap door at the exit with a pit below full of snakes, Crocodiles, sharks and just stop oil protesters.
Shoplifter goes to leave, security pull the level.
Goodbye shoplifter come back soon
Harsh
But fair,if the dangerous animals don't get them the just stop oil protesters can bore them to death."
lol true |
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
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I don’t think most shoplifters plan on using the tills. So I don’t see how it’ll make any different |
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
- oh it’s all getting a bit daft now. I noticed the other week that all the trollies & shopping baskets in my local Tesco have security tags on.
- and being done to make shopping trips as stressful as possible, to ‘force’ people to shop online IMO which I actually wouldn’t mind but the option to do both would be good
Really?Do they not have the pound system?
Where is this ?Come to think of it (I only use the hand baskets currently )they have the pound system still on trollies I think but yep alarms threaded through the bottom of the baskets along with barrier entrance (Tesco, Bulwell Notts) loads of others across Nottingham the same. Going shopping’s becoming like attempting an assault course
Working in retail is like an assault course atm. And only getting worse now it’s Christmas season "
ah feel for you I really do. I couldn’t handle retail at the best of times never mind the way things are going |
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
I don’t think most shoplifters plan on using the tills. So I don’t see how it’ll make any different "
I see loads going thru self-service, not a grass though & leave them to it |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
Tom once went to the Scotland capital City of Glasgow many years ago and saw a corner shop that looked like a fortress. No windows and you were served though a hatch but not before you gave your money. If shops started returning then shoplifting would be stopped overnight. It would not stop employees stealing but thats another story .. |
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"Tom once went to the Scotland capital City of Glasgow many years ago and saw a corner shop that looked like a fortress. No windows and you were served though a hatch but not before you gave your money. If shops started returning then shoplifting would be stopped overnight. It would not stop employees stealing but thats another story .."
Pretty sure it's Edinburgh  |
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"Tom once went to the Scotland capital City of Glasgow many years ago and saw a corner shop that looked like a fortress. No windows and you were served though a hatch but not before you gave your money. If shops started returning then shoplifting would be stopped overnight. It would not stop employees stealing but thats another story .."
lol Scotland the capital city of Glasgow Tom |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Reports from America which for some odd reason starts trends that reach the UK are cracking down on thieves in stores. One of the biggest chains had closed stores because of a pandemic of shoplifting and attacks on employees. The latest tactick is to spot potential thieves and block them electronically from using self checkouts tills. They disable them secretly and force shoppers to use the tills manned by ladies. Their shopping is then scanned and they pay the correct bill but has resulted in many confrontations. Will this spread to the UK? They are already installing barriers to stop you leaving without a receipt. What's going on here guys it's all over the news
I don’t think most shoplifters plan on using the tills. So I don’t see how it’ll make any different "
I guessing they would target shops that weren't using this tech instead. |
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"I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh
Tbf with the bag charge it’s set by the government and the money goes towards charities Yes agreed but this company never charged for paper bags prior to this visit "
So let me get this straight.
I go to the supermarket and I buy some sliced ham in a plastic container.
A loaf of bread in a plastic bag.
4 pints of milk in a plastic bottle.
A store made salad in a plastic tub.
Margarine in a plastic tub.
Tomato ketchup in a plastic bottle.
a bottle of mayo in a plastic bottle.
A pound of mince in a plastic container.
And they won't give me a plastic carrier bag to take it home in because it's bad for the enviroment ??  |
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"I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh
Tbf with the bag charge it’s set by the government and the money goes towards charities Yes agreed but this company never charged for paper bags prior to this visit
So let me get this straight.
I go to the supermarket and I buy some sliced ham in a plastic container.
A loaf of bread in a plastic bag.
4 pints of milk in a plastic bottle.
A store made salad in a plastic tub.
Margarine in a plastic tub.
Tomato ketchup in a plastic bottle.
a bottle of mayo in a plastic bottle.
A pound of mince in a plastic container.
And they won't give me a plastic carrier bag to take it home in because it's bad for the enviroment ?? "
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"I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh
Tbf with the bag charge it’s set by the government and the money goes towards charities Yes agreed but this company never charged for paper bags prior to this visit
So let me get this straight.
I go to the supermarket and I buy some sliced ham in a plastic container.
A loaf of bread in a plastic bag.
4 pints of milk in a plastic bottle.
A store made salad in a plastic tub.
Margarine in a plastic tub.
Tomato ketchup in a plastic bottle.
a bottle of mayo in a plastic bottle.
A pound of mince in a plastic container.
And they won't give me a plastic carrier bag to take it home in because it's bad for the enviroment ?? "
We’re literally living in gervaise’s Afterlife it would appear  |
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By *lynJMan
over a year ago
Morden |
"I just went in a store in Exeter where a guy with sunglasses was looking over clothes etc but seemed very interested in what i had and others had he was there before me and still there when i left he didn't try anything on and so stood out as unusual so it prompted me asking him "do you work for such and such?" to which he replied "no", the cashier also although friendly took about 20 minutes to find the security tag and charged me 10p for a PAPER bag i mean whats the world coming to, also my £130 spend in cash had to be checked independently, sheeeesh
Tbf with the bag charge it’s set by the government and the money goes towards charities "
I thought that was for plastic bags only. Some retailers are charging for paper bags |
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Never mind the US there is a pandemic of shoplifting and confrontations with staff close to home in Essex. And never mind the tills at the big supermarkets, it is the smaller convenience stores, small supermarkets and petrol stations that are targeted. It is very blatant and staff can't do much even if they spot. |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
"Here's an idea. It's a bit revolutionary, but go with it a bit and then see what you think.
Have a rown of shops in the High street
like ..... butchers, bakers, dairy, green grocery etc ... The shop is open. There is counter with servers behind the counter. You say , half a pound of marg mate and two pints of milk.. The person gets your shit. You give the person money.
Just a thought.
I mean ... what did people think the next logical step was when all the shops got mushed into one .... then they took away the till operatives and employed the public ?
Surely if we work there we should be able to say if it's okay to take our bonues in goods ... "
I think the trouble is, when a supermarket first opens, the local shops you describe go out of business as nearly everyone prefers to shop in the mushed place. Market forces dictated by the customer and all that.
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no one will top that for me today ..... manned by ladies .... snort!