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Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers β€” and shoppers who despise receipt checks (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I've kept using them because there's rarely a line (and I'm a misanthrope). I'd probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought.

Having said that, I've noticed myself making mistakes. I've accidentally failed to scan an item, and I've accidentally entered incorrect codes for produce. When I notice, I fix them, but I've probably missed a few.

I guess the easiest answer is for grocery chains to reinvest some of those windfall profits and hire more cashiers.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's not the job of corporations to treat people well, they're an entity designed to maximize profit within the framework they operate in.

A democratic government is designed to represent the will of the citizens. If we aren't happy with the way corporations treat us, then we should vote in a government that will regulate corporations to force them to treat us well.

The goal should be jobs that are boring to humans being automated completely AND not having theft because people don't need to do it in order to have a good life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It get harder and harder for government to regulate corporations as they get bigger and bigger and are multinationals. That's what happens with tax heavens.

I understand corporations motives, but the parent commenter explains well that it doesn't work well if they are too greedy about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When do you do when your choice in voting is carefully handpicked insiders from a group that has insulated themselves from outside forces over the past 50 odd years and the only choices with a real chance of winning are not going to work in their constituents best interest?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You join those parties and start voting at membership conventions.

That's where actual policies get set.