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Speedrun timers on self checkouts (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Am I the only one who gets to the self checkout and is compelled to finish as soon as humanly possible?

Imagine if there was a speedrun timer on them and a leaderboard

Would make boring everyday life a little more interesting

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I won't get into the minutiae of grocery theft... but that's not necessarily a great idea. It may prevent LP from catching on initially, but when they do, you may be in a world of hurt... While accidentally missing scans can never be proven as malicious, especially if your goal is to move as fast as possible.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like such a dork hearing about everyone doing this stuff, because then there's me who actively pressed the help button cause it wouldn't let me register a second pastry (the first one counted for both because they were in the same bag)

I live in a rural area and there are only two supermarkets I can get to easily so I'd much rather not risk getting caught out and banned and just pay the usually pound or so I would've saved by doing this

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You won't get banned for missing a few things, unless they catch you hiding barcodes or swapping prices. Which isn't worth the extra effort usually anyway.

Although if there independent grocers, I would feel shitty. The saying is if it's a chain, it's fair game.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

It's a chain, but as much as I dislike chains I don't want to steal from them. Supermarkets don't seem nearly as evil as a lot of other companies to me and they provide a genuinely useful service that smaller companies couldn't do as well