[3D39739091]

Bro, it really is that simple. Literally everyone (except apparently you) is stealing from these retailers.

The shrink rate is an order of magnitude higher on self checkout compared to a cashier lane with a human.

[maximus-decimus]

> Literally everyone (except apparently you) is stealing from these retailers

I guess that's why I can't have nice things. What really bothers me is people who scam insurance and then boast to me about it as if I'm gonna tap them on the back for "sticking it to the man" when they're stealing money away from me by causing my insurance primes to increase but are too stupid to realize it.

[Sayrus]

While I don't support that, that argument only works if your insurance is truly a nonprofit. If profit is involved, they can increase your primes even without people stealing simply for the sake of profit.

[diymaker]

The data does not back up this claim, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/briefing/shoplifting-data...

[3D39739091]

https://progressivegrocer.com/shrink-self-checkout-lanes-wor....

> That analysis showed that self-checkout led to a shrink rate more than 16 times higher than traditional cashier lines. Nearly 7% of self-checkout transactions had at least some amount of partial shrink, compared to 0.32% with cashiers. The analysis also suggested a shrink rate of 3.5% for self-checkout machines, while conventional cashiers only saw a 0.21% shrink rate.

[ok_dad]

What’s the evidence other than from corpo press releases? They haven’t shown numbers or evidence that’s the real reason, and you can’t trust a corpo to tell the whole truth.

[erkt]

Some people feel a moral imperative to try to steal from these stores.