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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech (www.businessinsider.com)

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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech::When Walmart's anti-theft self-checkout tech alerts an employee of a missed scan, it can cause some uncomfortable situations.

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[-] Stuka@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sureee you will.

No, you'll stand there and look around annoyed like everyone else, all yourre saying is youre gonna be a dick to whoever has the misfortune of helping you.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've done it several times lol

One time I've gotten a "hey you can't do that" but in my area the guards aren't allowed to stop you. Which imo is a dumb rule but it allows me to do this.

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