Self-Checkout at Supermarkets, Are You Usually Honest?

bluedufflecoat on 29/09/2016 - 14:04

This article: http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/budgeting/coles-to-intr…

I read the above article, and was a bit disappointed to find out that quite a lot of people steal from the supermarkets at the self-service checkouts. Do you do this?
Do you somehow justify the theft by saying, e.g.

  • that's the cost of your time vs employing someone to man the checkouts
  • the supermarkets earn too much money anyway
  • the supermarkets are screwing everyone, especially the farmers, so they deserve it

Unless your situation is really dire / desperate, do you really think it's right to steal, just because someone else is doing it, or the "hurt" party deserves it?

Poll Options

  • 737
    I scan everything at the checkout
  • 30
    I sometimes don't scan everything at the checkout
  • 23
    I select a different item from the options (not the one I'm buying) at the checkout
Food & Grocery

Comments

  • CandyMan on 06/10/2016 - 14:25

    This article explores it further http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/retailers-police-crack…

    • bluedufflecoat on 06/10/2016 - 15:32

      thanks for sharing… it's very interesting.

      • tonyjzx on 06/10/2016 - 16:37
        +2

        this shows clearly who the government really serves… if you introduce a checkout method that all but eliminates staff but introduces a percent of retail 'leakage' (lets just say) then it is up to the supermarkets to eliminate that risk… by hiring more supervisors perhaps?

        Instead they pass it into the police? I mean come on now.

        This a problem you caused, you fix it… you want to make the public pay for it by diverting police onto it?

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