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>> Ironically my wife steals things in self checkout constantly Not to pass judgment on your wife or anything like that, but I’m very curious: Has this change

>> Ironically my wife steals things in self checkout constantly Not to pass judgment on your wife or anything like that, but I’m very curious: Has this changed the way you feel about your wife or her judgment? I was just thinking to myself that if my wife said that she stole things constantly through self check out, I would advise her that it would be wise to stop. To me it’s reckless, you may never get caught, but you might get caught, and who knows what incident that might create.

bombcar 4y ago
Some people are just really bad at self checkout - they’re not trying to steal.
- merlyn 4y ago
  Some self-checkouts are really slow and sucky. I can scan things faster than the register can take it. It gives me a beep, I move on. Then I see the register is missing items, and getting out of sync with the scale function. Most things I buy are light-weight, so the computer decides to just fudge it and move on. (And if you notice after the fact that you've moved it onto the belt, you can't take it back, the system will hang and block you from going on until you put it back). I'm not trying to steal, just their hardware can't keep up, and I'm not going to slow down to watch to make sure every beep corresponds to a successful item rung up.
fvrghl 4y ago
I’m doing the work of an employee to scan and bag my groceries. Stealing almonds is the wages I am owed for my service.
- colanderman 4y ago
  If that is how you feel, you are welcome to not use self-checkout.
- ALittleLight 4y ago
  Typically both parties agree on payment. When one party unilaterally determines payment that is called theft.
  - anthony_d 4y ago
    Given the parent comments point of view: What would you say of the case where you do all your grocery shopping and they close the full service checkouts right as you wrap up and force self checkout? You’ve agreed to shop with the intention of having a cashier and they unilaterally change the terms after you’ve invested your time… I’d say unilaterally changing goods received is just as much theft as unilaterally changing payment.
    - bombcar 4y ago
      You’re free to leave the full cart at the checkout and storm out in a huff. (Which will usually actually cost them more than just stealing some small item which doesn’t justify either.)
    - ALittleLight 4y ago
      In that scenario you have a choice - pay the additional cost of being your own cashier or don't and leave without your goods. Importantly both you and the store are agreeing on what's being sold and what's being paid. The agreement is what constitutes consent, or shopping versus theft.
junofan 4y ago
It’s pretty common with conventionally attractive women to stash random stolen goods around the house. Some sort of nesting instinct or something.
- montecarl 4y ago
  I'm sorry. What!? Can you elaborate?
- _zzaw 4y ago
  Nonsense. I'm neither female nor remotely attractive and I have constructed an entire condominium from stolen shopping carts. Recheck your facts.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Recheck yours - a cart condominium would make you very attractive to a specialized portion of the population.
steve_adams_86 4y ago
We’re very open about it. I don’t like it, I don’t agree with her philosophy about why it’s circumstantially acceptable, and she’s well aware. I’m not concerned about her getting caught (I think that would be a good thing), I’m more so concerned that the activity contributes to rising prices, it’s a detriment to the commons in a sense, it should have a real impact on her conscience, and it’s laughably unnecessary. We earn so much more than the median income for our over priced region; we could pay double for everything and barely feel it.
shpx 4y ago
If it's just for fun and not a lot then the enjoyment she gets is probably worth more than the thing being stolen and the negative externalities of it. Some men do martial arts to practice violence, if she wants to practice thievery and it's not really hurting anyone then it's not great, but why not? We all have thieves in our family tree. And you can reasonably guess that the "incident" it will create will be proportionate to the value of the thing being stolen. If you cause a scene over someone else not paying for a $2 candy bar, you're the asshole.

bombcar 4y ago

Some people are just really bad at self checkout - they’re not trying to steal.

merlyn 4y ago
Some self-checkouts are really slow and sucky. I can scan things faster than the register can take it. It gives me a beep, I move on. Then I see the register is missing items, and getting out of sync with the scale function. Most things I buy are light-weight, so the computer decides to just fudge it and move on. (And if you notice after the fact that you've moved it onto the belt, you can't take it back, the system will hang and block you from going on until you put it back). I'm not trying to steal, just their hardware can't keep up, and I'm not going to slow down to watch to make sure every beep corresponds to a successful item rung up.

fvrghl 4y ago

I’m doing the work of an employee to scan and bag my groceries. Stealing almonds is the wages I am owed for my service.

colanderman 4y ago
If that is how you feel, you are welcome to not use self-checkout.
ALittleLight 4y ago
Typically both parties agree on payment. When one party unilaterally determines payment that is called theft.
- anthony_d 4y ago
  Given the parent comments point of view: What would you say of the case where you do all your grocery shopping and they close the full service checkouts right as you wrap up and force self checkout? You’ve agreed to shop with the intention of having a cashier and they unilaterally change the terms after you’ve invested your time… I’d say unilaterally changing goods received is just as much theft as unilaterally changing payment.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    You’re free to leave the full cart at the checkout and storm out in a huff. (Which will usually actually cost them more than just stealing some small item which doesn’t justify either.)
  - ALittleLight 4y ago
    In that scenario you have a choice - pay the additional cost of being your own cashier or don't and leave without your goods. Importantly both you and the store are agreeing on what's being sold and what's being paid. The agreement is what constitutes consent, or shopping versus theft.

junofan 4y ago

It’s pretty common with conventionally attractive women to stash random stolen goods around the house. Some sort of nesting instinct or something.

montecarl 4y ago
I'm sorry. What!? Can you elaborate?
_zzaw 4y ago
Nonsense. I'm neither female nor remotely attractive and I have constructed an entire condominium from stolen shopping carts. Recheck your facts.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Recheck yours - a cart condominium would make you very attractive to a specialized portion of the population.

steve_adams_86 4y ago

We’re very open about it. I don’t like it, I don’t agree with her philosophy about why it’s circumstantially acceptable, and she’s well aware. I’m not concerned about her getting caught (I think that would be a good thing), I’m more so concerned that the activity contributes to rising prices, it’s a detriment to the commons in a sense, it should have a real impact on her conscience, and it’s laughably unnecessary. We earn so much more than the median income for our over priced region; we could pay double for everything and barely feel it.

shpx 4y ago

If it's just for fun and not a lot then the enjoyment she gets is probably worth more than the thing being stolen and the negative externalities of it. Some men do martial arts to practice violence, if she wants to practice thievery and it's not really hurting anyone then it's not great, but why not? We all have thieves in our family tree. And you can reasonably guess that the "incident" it will create will be proportionate to the value of the thing being stolen. If you cause a scene over someone else not paying for a $2 candy bar, you're the asshole.