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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Quite a few, actually. Around here a lot of the big stores (grocery stores, hardware stores, etc) are going to the "self checkout" model. You walk up to a machine, scan your own products, and then pay via an ATM type interface. There is no human working the register, and usually no security staff standing by the door checking bags. The whole things is based on the "honor system".
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And do these stores have no ceiling-mounted cameras monitoring customers, no product detectors at the exit, and no locks on the doors? At the end of the day, when all the workers go home, does the store leave its doors unlocked? If someone is caught stealing from them, do you expect they will be happily allowed back in?
Or is there a security system in place that is so unobtrusive that you just don't notice it?
Has the store raised prices in order to compensate for part of the loss... the rest of the losses being deducted from their taxes at end of year?
Often there's a "big picture" that customers don't see. Just because a store seems looser and friendlier, doesn't mean they are allowing people to steal them blind. It usually means they have you looking in one place... while they're watching you from another.