nogojones
spelling is overrated
Deffo the former. You can just pop down the local pub and buy it half price instead
Shoplifting on the rise
- Thread starter Rob Ray
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Did you pay for that? What is driving the massive rise in shoplifting?
High streets across the UK are struggling with an epidemic of stealing. What’s behind this sudden crime wave and can anything be done to stop it?
today's Observer article, the writer starts and ends with an anecdote about "a friend" who left Aldi without paying for two bags of groceries.
that's definitely himself isn't it.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I very nearly deliberately shoplifted the other day cos the self-serve fucked up, it was stupidly busy and there weren’t enough staff on hand to help with all the self-serve fuck ups that me and other customers were waiting to get fixed, many of us on half hour lunch breaks with the clock ticking. I didn’t in the end, but it underlined just how wrong their customer service/till policies have gone. They’re encouraging shoplifting in their attempts to save money by cutting properly staffed tills.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
They're drip feeding this onto us, to prepare us for the future.The future doesn't include shop assistants, just security guards.
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
My mates in Brockley have an Aldi that is just self service tills. Presumably they have security guards. The future is now.
There are loads like that now. The big Sainsbury near me took all the staffed tills out (apart from the one at the tobacco counter) a while ago and replaced them with self-service. The Aldi and Co-op are the same.
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
I was so annoyed at the cost of stuff when I was shopping a few days ago that I decided to take a chance with a bit of thievery. I had some bakery items which had to be weighed on the self-scan till. I identified them as plain rolls instead of fancy danish pastries, and saved myself a couple of quid.
Felt very daring and excited.
Felt very daring and excited.
I enjoy a bit of that. I am sure someone has worked out the heaviest cheapest bakery item to select.
ruffneck23
front left
Viva la revolution
8ball
Merr xmas...
It also seems that smoked salmon weighs the same as bananas.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
We already have that thread..!
Although recently, I have noticed that some newer self service tills have two cameras - one looking down at your goods and the other on your face the whole time, so they can see what you are selecting, so it looks like they have got wise to this.
mojo pixy
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It's funny that the Aldi near the station in Newton Abbot has no self service tills at all, only the normal staffed checkouts.
Now I think of it maybe the Lidl in Kingsteignton is similar, you have to queue at the staffed tills. Which can be quite annoying tbf and i have walked out in frustration once.
I wonder if either have a policy, or if they just work as best they can with the space they have for each shop.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
It’s got self service tills at Aldi NA now for the last few months, they’re not always open but have been more so recently. I don’t use them though as I do my main shop there.
Ktown Lidl does tend to have bad queue issues. Tend to do basket shops there (so more annoying with long queues) as I don’t like the fruit and veg or meat as much, I buy too much of the specials, and their cider range is weak.
Suspect demographically there is less demand. Lidl by the hospital in Torquay has more self service tills as does the one on Burnthouse Lane in Exeter.
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Havent lifted anything for ages but my friend lives near to an Amazon Fresh which I've not encountered before. Truly weird. You just scan your phone on the way in and take what you want and it charges your card. I waited for her outside but then decided to test the system so just walked through the 'out' exit after someone was leaving, grabbed some wine and cheese and left through the same route, no probs. Cheers Jeff.
comrade spurski
Well-Known Member
I got no interest in either shop lifting myself or condemning people who do (especially those who are desperate) but I do hate the abuse and rudeness shop workers are subjected to.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
This.
Sorry, I've witnessed in recent months too many shoplifters being aggressive and nasty cunts when dealing with shop staff - who are not even doing anything to deserve it - to think 'Yeah, you go man, you're sticking it to the corporations when you're stealing those three jumbo packs of Bounty paper towels'.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Went to Tesco to buy my dinner for today and tomorrow, and for the first time I can ever recall I got stopped by a security guard who asked to see my receipt. Problem is, the cheeky prick walked down and buttonholed me as I was half-way down the fucking travelator! 
I had my "fuck off I'm not sociable" headphones on and at first thought he just wanted to get past. So I ended up putting my heavy bag down in an undignified manner and scrambled about within it for the receipt, which was damp and tore in half as I withdrew it. After manhandling my shopping to get it off the end of the travelator, I was able to provide Jobsworth McFuck with the whole receipt, all to prove that I'm not the world's most fucking stupid shoplifter. The whole charade fucked up my careful arrangement of items I had made at the checkout, and when I got home it turned out worse than that, having damaged one of my tomatoes.
I'm quite hacked off about this. I've been going to that place for over a fucking decade now, and this two-bit rent-a-cop knobber decides I'm the kind of idiot who shits on their own doorstep. Or did he have some kind of quota to meet, no doubt dreamt up by some bollock-brained twat who doesn't have to do the actual work?
What I'd like to know is, what happens if I just ignore them next time? Also, how do I make a complaint? Because fuck this shit of treating me like a thief.
I had my "fuck off I'm not sociable" headphones on and at first thought he just wanted to get past. So I ended up putting my heavy bag down in an undignified manner and scrambled about within it for the receipt, which was damp and tore in half as I withdrew it. After manhandling my shopping to get it off the end of the travelator, I was able to provide Jobsworth McFuck with the whole receipt, all to prove that I'm not the world's most fucking stupid shoplifter. The whole charade fucked up my careful arrangement of items I had made at the checkout, and when I got home it turned out worse than that, having damaged one of my tomatoes.I'm quite hacked off about this. I've been going to that place for over a fucking decade now, and this two-bit rent-a-cop knobber decides I'm the kind of idiot who shits on their own doorstep. Or did he have some kind of quota to meet, no doubt dreamt up by some bollock-brained twat who doesn't have to do the actual work?
What I'd like to know is, what happens if I just ignore them next time? Also, how do I make a complaint? Because fuck this shit of treating me like a thief.
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I wouldn't have stopped, but I'm a contrary cunt. I'd have kept walking and told him to follow you home if he wanted to see your receipt, as it was at the bottom of your bag.Went to Tesco to buy my dinner for today and tomorrow, and for the first time I can ever recall I got stopped by a security guard who asked to see my receipt. Problem is, the cheeky prick walked down and buttonholed me as I was half-way down the fucking travelator!
I'm quite hacked off about this. I've been going to that place for over a fucking decade now, and this two-bit rent-a-cop knobber decides I'm the kind of idiot who shits on their own doorstep. Or did he have some kind of quota to meet, no doubt dreamt up by some bollock-brained twat who doesn't have to do the actual work?
What I'd like to know is, what happens if I just ignore them next time? Also, how do I make a complaint? Because fuck this shit of treating me like a thief.
Fuck that shit. They can't search you without your consent, and they can't detain you without reasonable grounds to suspect you've committed a crime. Filling a quota isn't reasonable grounds.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Today I was buying some cut price nakd bars for a long distance run tomorrow. There was a queue so I used the empty scab till. It didn't register one of the three boxes I bought. I got all flustered and exited. The scales didn't say there was anything wrong. I hastily paid, took my receipts and made my exit. £1.20 saved!! I'm a dirty robber!
Totally agree with this. They can ask to see your receipt, but you have no obligation to comply. Next time, just ignore him and keep walking. If he persists, tell him to fuck off.
bumpkinbeans
Member
Facial recognition being used in large stores now to set alarms off when leaving store.More metal barriers all over the place.Horrible places.
It's getting so that if you don't comply with all the new regulations, you'll be banned from shopping there. Everything mildly expensive will be locked away, tills will be self-serve and monitored, scanners to check receipts before leaving and lockable exits for suspected shoplifters. What a enjoyable experience future shopping will become!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I never scan my receipt. I just push the barriers open each time. No-one’s stopped me so far
Up to now... Give it time and those barriers will slam shut on you until your receipt is scanned.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
No, they’re already shut. But they’re easy to open
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I would generally keep my head down when people are stealing but it’s getting harder. When I see people who are caught giving it large with racist invective I’m tempted to jump in and slap them.
Anyone abusing my local Lidl security will find me standing by him.
Stealing from my local boss man shop is an absolute no. I will definitely get involved.
Go Waitrose if you want to steal.
Anyone abusing my local Lidl security will find me standing by him.
Stealing from my local boss man shop is an absolute no. I will definitely get involved.
Go Waitrose if you want to steal.
They will be locked in the future, it's a given, considering the way things are going in supermarkets
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
That would be illegal and dangerous, so it’s doubtful
It might be illegal now, but in the future? We already have restrictive measures in place when shopping. Who'd have thought in the past, that you'd have to go through a ridiculous rigmarole to buy certain items!
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