Does anyone else feel like supermarket employees are on a bit of a power trip?
The patrolling of the self serve thing really gives me metro ticket inspector vibes. I’m constantly having them look over my shoulder as though I’m going to steal.
Admittedly I live in a shitty area and am a minority so maybe I get singled out but it really gets on my nerves.
I make enough that I don’t need to steal food. Fuck right off.
Tangential, but our local bunnings has gone…weird.
On the way out they check you have everything on your receipt, not that you have your receipt to prove you bought shit. Like, i literally just take my bike in with massive pannis and a basket full of crap and they go through the receipt and ask me to show each item on it to confirm i have it but don’t check to see if there’s anything i have that’s NOT on the receipt. Wat.
I’d call it a newbie training but multiple staff have been doing it for three weeks…
Probably instructions from management, maybe certain stores have higher losses? They ones at my locals mostly just stand to the side unless they are fixing the endless self scan problems.
Not where I live. They’re super nice and stand around because they’re constantly needed to fix up code things or help with double scans, pick up hand baskets, things like that.
I feel like the new cameras are bad enough. I was putting something down and it slipped right off onto the floor I picked it up and put it back on and I had to get the attendant. It replayed the footage from an overhead view. It was so creepy and made me feel like a criminal.
I have noticed once I’ve scanned my fruit and vegetables and not scanned them as carrots they tend to leave me alone but they could be just anticipating something going wrong with the scanner itself.
Does anyone else feel like supermarket employees are on a bit of a power trip?
The patrolling of the self serve thing really gives me metro ticket inspector vibes. I’m constantly having them look over my shoulder as though I’m going to steal.
Admittedly I live in a shitty area and am a minority so maybe I get singled out but it really gets on my nerves.
I make enough that I don’t need to steal food. Fuck right off.
Sorry it’s been bugging me for a while now.
/Rant
Tangential, but our local bunnings has gone…weird.
On the way out they check you have everything on your receipt, not that you have your receipt to prove you bought shit. Like, i literally just take my bike in with massive pannis and a basket full of crap and they go through the receipt and ask me to show each item on it to confirm i have it but don’t check to see if there’s anything i have that’s NOT on the receipt. Wat.
I’d call it a newbie training but multiple staff have been doing it for three weeks…
New stock level system maybe? All staff getting trained.
Probably instructions from management, maybe certain stores have higher losses? They ones at my locals mostly just stand to the side unless they are fixing the endless self scan problems.
Not where I live. They’re super nice and stand around because they’re constantly needed to fix up code things or help with double scans, pick up hand baskets, things like that.
Must be my area. I’m tempted to go to another suburb and do my shopping from now on.
My local woolies is like that, and it’s really annoying. I have to remind myself that they’re just doing their job so I shouldn’t get pissed off
I used to shop at Coles and there was this lady who was definitely on one. Very demeaning as well.
The scale sensors were always finicky and she would blame me whenever the scales weren’t picking up items or bags properly.
And the one time I picked a different fruit by accident she had the audacity to tell me how to spell orange.
I feel like the new cameras are bad enough. I was putting something down and it slipped right off onto the floor I picked it up and put it back on and I had to get the attendant. It replayed the footage from an overhead view. It was so creepy and made me feel like a criminal.
I work in retail and it’s because shoplifting is increasing massively with cost of living crisis. At work we’ve been told to be more vigilant.
I have noticed once I’ve scanned my fruit and vegetables and not scanned them as carrots they tend to leave me alone but they could be just anticipating something going wrong with the scanner itself.
Ya they hover over me and kinda stare.
I avoid the supermarket as much as possible.