Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech

• Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s quite a story.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s pretty common here. A lot of stores have been hiring private security, but if the security intervenes then the thief can sue them.

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    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I used to be in security. I couldn’t imagine getting paid a little over minimum wage and giving a shit about theft. The only ones that would were people who took it too goddamn seriously and we called them “tac heads” because they purchased all this tactical gear like the maglights like a fucking billy club and were looking for an excuse to throw down.

      Matter of fact that describes some cops too. Damn is there a serious problem with how we staff enforcement jobs.

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• whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We call them “Entrepreneurs” lol

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• guitarsarereal@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Boosters are public servants doing God’s work and I won’t hear a word said against them

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• No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cool story bro.

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Let me guess, you live in a safe, lily-white suburb😂

    Poverty breeds crime, but not all crime is of desperation.

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• negativeyoda@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re getting ripped off even with a stolen Walmart bike.

  I work at a shop and people call us snobs because we won’t work on those deathtraps

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• atetulo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just curious, do you get anything if you tell on them?

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  • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tell what? All of it’s happening out in the open, the cops just refuse to do anything about it. It’s not like if you tell a cop they’ll be like “oh shit I had no idea, let me go run over there and do my job for once, thank you citizen!”

    To be fair to cops, they’re understaffed and they don’t want to do their jobs for fear of activists suing them. But all of those suits are paid for with tax dollars, so idk why they care, just do your job and if they sue you, they sue you.

    I think it boils down to laziness but with the excuse of being sued.

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    • atetulo@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tell on people who are shoplifting.

      All of it’s happening out in the open

      Then what did you mean by:

      As long as it’s just “shoplifting”

      To me, it seems like you were saying that if you saw people “on a bike with a trash bag, load it up, roll out” then you would snitch, since this comment chain is about not telling on people who are stealing from corporations.

      Please correct me if I’m wrong.

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      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There’s no one to snitch to. The cops are already well aware.

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