RonVonPump

RonVonPump wrote

Worked in a supermarket and lifted from supermarkets every day for 2 years and only been stopped once.

If you try to steal by not scanning things you will be caught relatively quickly by 'random searches' which are between 1-5 and 1-10.

The best thing to do is to just walk straight out. If you think you have eyes on you then stop at the screen and move something or pretend to sort something and then just leave.

It FEELS like this is so blatant that you will be seen. However staff are asked to monitor up to 12 checkouts at a time and are not thinking about theft. The only thing which will draw attention to you and cause a problem is 1. the visual i.e. look, body language, nervousness etc. or 2. interacting with the checkout in a way that calls for assistance.

Even with security staff around it is possible if there are others using the self service or scan and go checkouts to simply walk straight through or pretend to load and/or sort something and go.

At worst you will be asked for a receipt at the door to which say, oh yeah sure, it's in the car gimme a second, leave the stuff at the door and you've made no violation of any law.

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