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.

  • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Jesus Christ that all sounded (unfortunately) normal until the locked freezers. That’s a step too far. I mean, all of it is, but that’s actually a ridiculous concept lmao

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      1 year ago

      I wonder if that’s a response to that stupid internet trend of opening ice cream containers to lick it and then put it back.

    • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty funny to think, living in the US, nothing is odd about a privately employed person with a gun guarding groceries or people being violently arrested when they steal said groceries out of necessity.