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[-] dditty@lemm.ee 66 points 1 month ago

literal crime ring

Now that's some hilarious and apropos journalism

[-] GentriFriedRice@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

a soup barcode just landed him in the can

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

do US stores not have the infuriating scales that weigh everything you scan? If you scan soup, and put down anything else itll scream “UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA” until a staff member clears it

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

In my area we did for like, three months, then they removed that because the machines would do it all the time to legitimate products.

I'm surprised they cared, it could be there was another reason they removed it. But I've had years without that feature at this point. NE united states.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Walmart has had this disabled for years in any walmart I've ever been in. Their first few generations of self check were super unreliable on it so it was easier for them to have it disabled and not annoy customers then to keep it enabled and hinder everyone just to save on some shoplifting.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I mean, the trick would be to have barcode(s) in a ring for inexpensive items that you know weigh the same as expensive items.

[-] prayer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

There are two similarly priced grocery stores near me. One does this, the other does not. I avoid the one that does.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

They do, so I'm not sure how he got away with this.

[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 1 month ago

Because the employees just clear it because the scales are so broken

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also because they expect you to load a whole cart full of groceries onto an 8"x8" bagging area.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Well nobody is putting a grill onto the scales to measure it

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

The Walmart in my town does not have the scales.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You can usually tell it that you want to skip bagging up to a certain number of items, at least at the stores near me.

[-] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 month ago
[-] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

He got too greedy. He could have bought a small table top gas grill for less than 100 and probably gotten away with it.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 10 points 1 month ago

NO SOUP FOR YOU

[-] Buffman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[-] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 3 points 1 month ago

This reminded me of my very first job in which I learned that knowledge of the undocumented PLU codes on the cash register could be more powerful than the management key. Similar concept ha ha

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

this is extremely common. The amount of people who would scan the wrong barcode (hidden in palm) or scan one item skip one item was insane when I worked there.

[-] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 5 points 1 month ago

The HackRF has an app that let's you choose different UPC codes on the screen.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Gotta find a shitty enough checkout to do it though. At the store I go to, the self checkout freaks the fuck out and calls a worker over with video replay if you accidentally lean on the scale, which is at thigh height.

[-] PreceededSoup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Idaho continues to be an intellectual powerhouse, god love em

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm doing this now.

this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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