Retailers in Europe, like Booths supermarkets, and the United States, like Walmart, are pulling back on having self-checkout in light of complaints and shoplifting.
I'm lucky enough to not need to take the risks involved in order to get by, but I'll be damned if I'm going to fuck over someone that may be unluckier than me. Idgaf what it is, I'm fucking sergeant Schultz.
The way I see it, you're doing a public service...
You're creating jobs in loss prevention.
You're helping make the case for retaining more checkout workers.
You're keeping those minimum-wage checkout supervisors safe by not putting them in a position to intervene with desperate people trying to feed themselves.
You're helping the store avoid wage theft by having you play unpaid, untrained, unqualified security guard.
You're helping the needy feed themselves.
Give yourself a pat on the back, you local hero! 🫡
My grandmother snitch on some poor bastard stealing crystal light at walmart. If someones stealing fucking crystal light from walmart theyre clearly in way worse than I am.
I worked at a supermarket in a wealthy area for years - no one stole more than the wealthy old crones from the retirement village next around the corner.
The funny thing is she ain't wealthy, ffs we live in the same house. She's just got a really stupid and weirdly conservative and at the same time progressive sense of morality.
If I cared enough, I'd tell someone because I hate thieves, but I generally prefer to mind my own business. Same philosophy if I saw someone stealing from a small business.
This is a public forum. Where debate and conversation takes place. Having a conversation with someone doesn't mean you care about them. That's an odd conclusion to reach. Chill out guy. It's ok when people disagree with you. It's a good thing. It's a way of being exposed to new ways of thinking. If you're looking for an echo chamber, I'm sure reddit is taking new users.
If you're concerned about theft, this is objectively correct - Walmart steal more through wage theft than shoplifters steal from them.
Similarly, in terms of harm done, stealing even a flatscreen TV has an imperceptible impact on the Walton family, while stealing wages from an employee that's so underpaid, their wages need to be supplemented with publicly funded food stamps is crippling.
Oh - that I just don't care about. Do you care about the wage theft they're committing? It's at a far larger scale than any shoplifting.
Why are you so concerned with protecting a massive multi-billionaire-owned company plagued with ethical issues? Are those billionaire boots super-tasty or something?