ShadyMilkman
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If something as minor as this was enough to piss me off, I'd seriously have to reevaluate myself.
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Receipt Checkers. Anyone else find them offensive?
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BrLvgThrChmstry
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Going by GAF alone, you'd think life is just one big, troublesome inconvenience. But really people just like to complain about random bullshit. Still though...
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Yes, snark-master, really. And why are you assuming that I'm standing up for the principle of the thing over this issue in place of standing up for the principle of the thing with other issues? It's not like you can take a stand on just one issue. This is one of many.
Or you could understand that this is a message board for discussion. A lot of things are discussed here that many posters don't really talk about or even think about offline.
no. it's part of the stores policy and not really a big deal at all... most of the time the clerks hardly check unless you get the one older woman that is really thorough about her job, but even then it's like 5 seconds max and you're on your way.
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BrLvgThrChmstry
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You're right. No one discuss something as asinine as this "offline" because there are bigger things going on in life than to sweat the small stuff such as this for example. If this is really that big of a fucking deal. You really need to re-evaluate your life. And there really isn't much discussion going on, just a shitload of whining.
You say this on a forum where people throw huge tantrums at the slightest criticism of their politics/religion/favorite Final Fantasy?
You thought I was being condescending? Ok. Not everything is a personal attack, you know? It wasn't meant to be. I was simply pointing out that why I think the 'insulted' approach to that practice in relation to the others is inconsistent (in regards to banning one store but not another) , and the hopes that if someone were to see the similarities to those other practices they might be less inclined to feel that way whenever it happens. that's about it.
In addition, nothing I was discussing had anything to do with people 'liking' anything, or really a justification for that matter.
And no, it really isn't logically sound. There is a 'difference' in the application of the systems, but that's not the point. The universally applied receipt check is no more a personal attack on your character or challenge to your innocence by the checker or the store as the camera watching you and the panel scanning you on the way out. Now if a person is 'insulted' by them all, hey, at least that's consistent. My original comment was to the point that they all serve the same purpose, and whether or not people like or justify whichever method really doesn't effect that either way.
Shotgun Kiss
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Excatly. They either check everybody, or nobody at all. And do you really think letting everybody just walk out of the store with a load of goods without being checked is even an option?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
That is exactly the point actually.
There is always something bigger going on in life. We discuss sports, games, what Aunt Sally wore to the wedding, etc, etc, etc, etc, on a daily basis. That's not even an approximation of a valid complaint against anybody discussing something on a discussion board. Telling people to "reevaluate their life" for using this board for its intended purpose is both silly and ironic. I'm sure you had some discussions about anime, video games, movies, etc here that aren't shaking the foundations of the world.
I've worked at K-Mart (Australia) for 5 years, occasionally receipt checking.
At our stores the position is really that of a Greeter - to be able to smile at people and greet them as they enter the store. Loss prevention is only the 2nd priority.
And while we do catch people trying to steal stuff during the receipt check (how anyone is stupid enough to try that, I don't know) just the presence of a checker stops people from stealing. We often find backpacks full of goods, abandoned behind shelves near the door. People go into the store thinking that they will be able to walk out with a bag full of stolen goods, but they see other people's bags being checked. They get worried and just dump the bags somewhere.
Seriously, it would taken such little effort to have showed his receipt and avoid that situation entirely, but instead that guy needs to make himself feel like he's the frontline soldier in an imaginary war between retail corporations and customers. It was a good way to show off his wikipedia sourced knowledge of the law though, I'm sure everyone was very impressed!
Ugh, I hate that term. Why should tiny annoyances like the receipt check be judged based 'on principle'? Why not judge it on how it affects your actual life?
If receipt checking was stopped tomorrow, the net benefit to customers would be the save them 5-30 seconds from their shopping journey. It's a negligible gain.
Anyway, shopping in places without the checkers at the door is usually slower for me, as smaller stock like DVDs\Games are locked up in security cases which take more time to open than a receipt check would.
At our stores the position is really that of a Greeter - to be able to smile at people and greet them as they enter the store. Loss prevention is only the 2nd priority.
And while we do catch people trying to steal stuff during the receipt check (how anyone is stupid enough to try that, I don't know) just the presence of a checker stops people from stealing. We often find backpacks full of goods, abandoned behind shelves near the door. People go into the store thinking that they will be able to walk out with a bag full of stolen goods, but they see other people's bags being checked. They get worried and just dump the bags somewhere.
Seriously, it would taken such little effort to have showed his receipt and avoid that situation entirely, but instead that guy needs to make himself feel like he's the frontline soldier in an imaginary war between retail corporations and customers. It was a good way to show off his wikipedia sourced knowledge of the law though, I'm sure everyone was very impressed!
Ugh, I hate that term. Why should tiny annoyances like the receipt check be judged based 'on principle'? Why not judge it on how it affects your actual life?
If receipt checking was stopped tomorrow, the net benefit to customers would be the save them 5-30 seconds from their shopping journey. It's a negligible gain.
Anyway, shopping in places without the checkers at the door is usually slower for me, as smaller stock like DVDs\Games are locked up in security cases which take more time to open than a receipt check would.
It does tick me off sometimes, but I understand in a way, but there are double standards.
My wife used to work in an Albertsons grocery store, they got robbed blind. Used to post an uniformed security guard by the door but they never checked anything, just for show for the most part. Then in a cost cutting move, fired the security guard. What most people didn't know was that it was store policy not to stop people, and once you were out the door, you were free and clear.... I'm sure the crooks knew this, very little effort needed to walk off with hundreds of dollars worth of food. Of course this was in New Mexico....different mind set out there for sure...
If I ever felt I was being singled out, I would ask them if they are accusing me of stealing, and turn right around and return the stuff I just bought just to make a point...
Why would not stopping for checkers make me a badass? Impatient? Sure, badass? nope
Were you wearing a shirt saying "I'm not a criminal"? Maybe they didn't realize just by looking at you.
Seraphinianus
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Is it really difficult to just keep the receipt out and show it to the guy? If you're having an issue with the principle of receipt checkers and think of it as an issue with infringement on your personal freedom, then that's just pretty funny and I picture you as a quiet neck beard that only grumbles about this shit on the internet because it's too damn ridiculous to talk about out loud.
Death Dealer
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Unless there is a 2 minute line just to get your receipt checked after you already waited in line to pay for it.
Fuck receipt checkers. I have no problem causing a scene.
A store's shrink isn't my problem. Most shrink comes from employees stealing anyways.
I was leaving a Walmart once, in a hurry. I'm almost out the door with my cart and some lard ass is sitting down on a bench calls out from 15 feet way to see my receipt. I turned around and said see, and held it out.
Another time I was leaving a different Walmart and there was a line of people waiting to get their receipt checked, I skipped the line and rolled my cart out the door. The receipt checker puts her fucking leg in my way trying to block my cart from leaving the store and says "we don't play dat". I yelled move it bitch.
I got all the way out to my car and as I'm loading my groceries some huge ass NFL linebacker sized dude comes up very politely and asked if there was some problem at the door and I said yeah, there was a line, and I was in a hurry. I walked out and someone tried to physically stop my cart.
I told him I know I don't even have to show my receipt, I don't usually mind doing it if it take 3 seconds as I'm walking out, but I'll be damned if I'm going to wait in another line to prove I'm not a thief. He apologized, said people complain about waiting in line to show their receipt all the time and said have a nice day.
The only stores that you are required to stop and show a receipt are stores that require a membership, like Costco. When you sign up, the contract says you agree to show your receipt. Any other store that wants to do it can only ask, they can't force you to do it.
In practice, receipt checking is racist. I know they racially and economically profile people. 90% of the time they don't even ask to check my receipt.
(I'm a big strapping white man)
It seems like the black families are always getting hassled. I can't recall how many times I've been leaving a store and the receipt checker that is the middle of hassling some black family, doing an inventory of their entire shopping cart to verify every single thing is on the receipt, waves to me and says "Thanks for shopping with us come back again soon !"
Boycott all receipt checking. It's a BS deterrent and that's it. Do you really think they catch people strolling out with Big Screen TV's they didn't pay for ?
natethegreat409
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Thieves are what annoy me.
The Technomancer
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Nah, its a pretty fun game. Receipt chess though, that has some racists undertones I occasionally find offensive.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
You could just do what I do. Show them the receipt,say thanks, and walk out of the store. It's pretty easy.
Not for the discussion I was originally quoting. The intent/purpose of the practices is still the same, and there is no consistency in taking one personally and not the others.
Singled out how?
I might agree with this at a place like Walmart, but where I work we check every receipt.
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
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This thread delivers almost as good as the ones about tipping!
One interesting thing, do you guys actually have stores where you can only shop when you're a member, or am I reading it wrong?
One interesting thing, do you guys actually have stores where you can only shop when you're a member, or am I reading it wrong?
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Well, there is really nothing more to say than I disagree. I think there is a difference, you don't.
Death Dealer
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Yeah, it's called Costco.
Costco and Sams Club are the ones I know. Usually wholesale products... which due to the amount end up being cheaper in the long-term. For example... you can buy 8 Cokes for $5 in one sweep, or 8 Cokes for $8 for the next... say... 2 months. If you can make the investment at once why not?
That's fine, obviously. I was hoping to maybe understand why you would consider them to have different intents rather than just 'well one is a person', but if that's simply the point of disagreement I guess there isn't really much to discuss.
For the most part that's the case, though I know of only two in my area: Sam's Club and Costco.
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