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> I must be a rube, because I've never stolen from one of those things. When it makes a mistake I call the attendant to correct it. That you know of - there ar
by elliekelly 7y ago
> I must be a rube, because I've never stolen from one of those things. When it makes a mistake I call the attendant to correct it.
That you know of - there are plenty of errors that are entirely innocent.
It wasn't even self-checkout but in college I went to Walmart to buy a new microwave for my sorority and it was so big we left it in the cart with the barcode up instead of putting it on the conveyor belt. I just assumed the cashier scanned it and since we were buying so much stuff the price didn't seem off. Well when I went to submit the microwave receipt for reimbursement I realized there was no microwave on the receipt. I had "stolen" it. (Though I'm not sure you can call it stealing when you lack intent.) But if I hadn't needed to look at the receipt to get reimbursed I never would have known I needed to go back and pay for it.
- koolba 7y agoI’ve had this happen with a case of noodles checking out via cashier. It had a barcode on it, which was scanned, but later realized that it was a copy of the code on the individual boxes so ended up getting 24 for the price of one. Self checkout might have prevented that one as the weight sensor would have tripped.
- xauronx 7y agoThere are countless people in this thread (which concerns me because I generally think of HN as a pretty highly educated and moral group) who see errors like that at the register and walk away thinking they won a prize.
- gambiting 7y agoYeah. I've noticed errors on my receipt after coming back home and I would always go back to the store to pay for the items that slipped through.