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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech(www.businessinsider.com)

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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech::When Walmart’s anti-theft self-checkout tech alerts an employee of a missed scan, it can cause some uncomfortable situations.

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IrrerPolterer@lemmy.world
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Jeez where do you live?

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Thymos@lemm.ee
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NL as well. Maybe it’s because it’s a big city, poor neighbourhood, more theft, I don’t know, but I’m done with it.

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IrrerPolterer@lemmy.world
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Sounds frustrating, sorry to hear that

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Thymos@lemm.ee
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Thanks, it really was. I had happily used the self-checkouts for years before that, so it’s a real shame.

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