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Cashiers should not, and will not prevent theft. They're not paid nearly enough to get in danger, and it is not their job. I'm sure you can find videos of thef
by tux3 1y ago
Cashiers should not, and will not prevent theft. They're not paid nearly enough to get in danger, and it is not their job.
I'm sure you can find videos of thefts in San Francisco if you need a visual demonstration. No cashier is going to jump in front of someone to stop a theft.
- loco5niner 1y agoThat's not the type of theft they were talking about. Rather, self scanners purposely not scanning items to get them for free, etc
- schnable 1y agoI had a roommate in college who used to stuff containers of beef into produce bags full of kale, and weigh that on the self-service scanner.
- HankStallone 1y agoTrue, but having a cashier standing there waiting to scan your items will prevent most normal people from stealing. Sure, some will brazenly walk right past with a TV on their shoulder, but most people won't. If there's no cashier and you're doing it yourself, a whole lot more people will "forget" to scan a couple items, and that adds up.
- tux3 1y agoThere's usually a security person or two in the store, looking over the self checkouts. I agree that job prevents a lot of people from becoming opportunistic thiefs, but I'm making a distinction between cashiers and security. Today the store needs both.
- delfinom 1y agoPretty sure if a "security person" worked so well, Walmart wouldn't be severely reducing self checkouts at their stores to Walmart Plus members only.
- graeme 1y agoA thief doesn't know what a cashier will do. And a cashier is an eye witness or can yell "hey stop them!" You're doing the all or nothing fallacy. The fact that a cashier does not prevent all thefts does not mean a cashier does NOTHING for theft.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> The fact that a cashier does not prevent all thefts does not mean a cashier does NOTHING for theft. Yes, for one thing, it ignores that a very large share of retail theft is insider theft, and that cash handling positions are the largest portion of that. Cashiers absolutely do something for theft.
- anthem2025 1y agoThey absolutely do. It’s not the cashiers being security, it’s having adequate staffing making people less likely to steal. Its not stopping crimes that have occurred it’s just reducing opportunistic theft.