Even if it is, "loss protection" departments now just track it until they have enough to make a charge stick. What a lot of corpos do is track theft though until they have enough incidents to exceed that threshold. This is tracked via loyalty cards, card numbers, facial recognition, and license plate readers.

Allegedly gait analysis could be used as well.

[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

dystopian asf tactics... this mainly just affects poor people.

[–] Ashe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

It's part of why masks becoming commonplace during covid was so cool, and the epitome of freedom from that bullshit. But there was a crowd of people who constantly speak against their own best interests in the name of freedumb who said otherwise.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't really matter in this sort of case where it's a singular item and an accident. Unless they're really forgetful

[–] DLSantini@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

This is your daily reminder to steal anything you can from large corporations at every possible opportunity. Got five identical items? Whoops, you only seem to have scanned four of them. Are four of them the brand name, and one of them the cheaper store brand? Shit, it seems you scanned the store brand one ~~five~~ four times. They just looked so similar, after all. How confusing!

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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org -1 points 2 years ago

"forgot"

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

There's this old man who goes to my Walmart. On 3 separate trips, I've seen him standing snug against the candy aisle with both his arms in the shelves opening bags. I don't think he realizes how obvious he looks lol.

[–] Illegal_Prime@dmv.social -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

All the stories in this thread are ridiculous, not untrue, but very weird.

Product loss is a problem, and can threaten a store’s ability to operate, especially in disadvantaged communities where there aren’t many options for shopping. That said, what the fuck is everyone thinking? Why do people care about like one guy not scanning or accidentally taking one item, you’re wasting more resources dealing with it then if you just ignored it.

The actual solution? Exit gates that open when you scan your receipt, maybe combined with some system that weighs the whole order to make sure it makes sense. Completely automated, no shouting, easy to implement because the technology already exists on transit systems and many other things.

I don’t get why this is a problem, though I’ve never seen anything like this at any nearby grocery store.

[–] jivemasta@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

Ahh yes, let's make stores into prisons.

Or how about we bring back cashier's, pay people a living wage andaybe they won't have to resort to stealing.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

some stores are going to that model listed first. Security gates that close when the beeper goes off and doors that are only one direction so you can't leave/enter from the wrong side.

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