To think that shoplifting is not my f#%*ing problem

I don’t get how an item went missing?

I feel for the shop workers, getting paid only just over minimum wage, having to deal with shoplifters and now the grumpy rude customers who give staff grief because they should be mind readers and know that the customer isn't stealing!
Anyone can and does steal, some types more than others and every item stolen puts up the price, the shops are trying to reduce theft and therefore prices, don't make it hard on the staff please, it's really not their fault.

Plenty of countries where it is not ….

even the mince i bought had a security ticket on it
now that is ridiculous
it was left on
it was a tesco express - the alarm went off - what was the point? no one stopped me - if there was security how could they tell whether i was stealing or not?

It's not only this country shop lifting and pick pocketing is rife all over the world.

Sainsbury's and a TK Max security guard stealing from you are not my problem, preventing theft in shops keeps the prices lower so we should all care, even if we don't give a shit about other people.

As long as society is soft on shoplifting, stores will do what they must to stay profitable.

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I get it.

Oddly enough happened yesterday, sort of.

Where I live there is a B&M and a Tesco next to each other, so I bought my shampoo in B&M (half the Tesco price) then went to Tesco. Had a receipt. There was an "unexpected item" thing, and the assistant asked what was in my bag on the floor, so nothing to do with the bag on the scales. I told her what it was, pointed out the receipt in the bag and she still asked me to prove I had bought it from next door. What the hell else could prove it better than a receipt from less than half an hour ago?!

Left all the shopping there for them to put back and went to Aldi.

The big supermarkets tried to save on staff by having self serve tills, but now complain that they are losing too much to shoplifters......well PICK ONE, cos Sainsburys, Tescos et al....you cant have both!

Bloke here. The ridiculous security infuriates me.
i recently did a big shop in Tesco. Unusually, I used a self-service checkout thing because all the tills had long queues. I was very careful to check the prices on the screen, and was 100% sure I had paid for everything.
On leaving, a rather aggressive security bloke blocked my progress and asked for a random check, of every item. It would have taken ages.
I told him that I was not a thief, that title in all the goods in the trolley had already passed to me, and he must either immediately stand aside, or arrest me.
He stood aside.
A similar thing happened in Aldi with some steaks, which I’d paid for at a manned checkout, but the RFID tags hadn’t been deactivated properly. Alarms sounded as I left. Despite a load of impertinent screaming for me to stop, I just walked on. Nothing happened.
It’s nice being honest: one can confidently face down these self-important tossers.

Doesn’t stop you from feeling targeted especially when security are trailing you.

I have watched blatant shoplifting and seen someone walk out of a store with 4 bottles of spirits and when you turn to the security guard to see if he is going to do anything about it he just shrugs his shoulders

I have been the subject of close scrutiny at the self service checkout whilst the till that backed on to mine had school kids putting handfuls of stuff into their school bags and paying for only a couple of items yet the assistant who stood so close to me that I bumped them each time I scanned an item and turned to put it onto the bag area refused to look at the school kids as he thought it was a distraction method.

I don’t really shop in stores now as I am sick of the scrutiny if I just want to look around and not buy. It is creepy.

Shopping in supermarkets is becoming a very unpleasant experience, endless CCTV, locked products, and the constant sense that you’re under suspicion, yet we have to do all the scanning. It’s like supermarkets are running everything with zero trust. When I’m in Aldi or even Waitrose I have the staff peering into my bag before I’ve scanned a thing and then their beady eyes are watching everything I do. If they don’t trust me get staff on the bloody tills! I was in B&M today, and all the laundry detergent was kept behind plastic security sliding doors. I couldn’t get anything out, so I left it. I did notice, however, that the prices were very high, which might explain why shoplifting is rife - washing powder and detergent have become so expensive, feels like greed to me.

Another feature of our broken society.

I paid for a single item at self checkout (Tesco). Live close by so going for one item takes a few mins only. Receipt printer out of paper. Got stopped. Arsed around with looking at club card history (not yet on there), but history for that self checkout was broken. I’m standing there with a member of staff and security guard. 10 mins go by whilst they decide what to do with me. Staff member says I know you didn’t steal that, we just have procedures. Ok I say, very politely. So I was taking up the time if the guard and the employee. So guess what, a shoplifter takes the opportunity to shop lift 🤣🤣 and they say to me “just go” as they try to accost the real shoplifter. Too late!!

Oh this the Boots shoplifter who regularly appears and disappears?!

They don't know you so can understand them checking when the alarms go off or you walk back out with paid stuff, that would look like you are walking out without paying. If I am overcharged I tell the staff that the label had said x price, every single time they go off come back with the incorrect label and refund me the difference.
In cases of alarms going off, it has a few times been the result of a makeup item which I have the receipt for from a different shop, the staff in the alarm shop identified it, either send me on my way or they have disactivated the alarm for me to I have no further annoyance.
They definitely wouldn't steal your item.
If shoplifting wasn't so rife then they wouldn't have such tight security, but it is so they have to check

No, but i do shop in them and understand that a % of the prices I ( and everyone else pays) goes to cover the cost of theft.

OTOH I quite enjoy pointing out the store detectives to DP. I think they’re incredibly obvious.

The one thing that really annoys me is having to ask for a carrier bag and having a member of staff scan the bag at the self service as they now hide them away... hugely patronising and frankly insulting when I spend sometimes close to £200 and they think I am going to rob a few 30 pence carrier bags.

Also, a few occasions I have purchased from kfc or McDonald's and they forget to add the dips in the bag which are like 50 pence... they always insist on seeing the receipt first before they hand it over!

Thats my rant over but yeah I agree with you hugely annoying for us honest people.

I work in a shop and have done for the past decade. 90% of the people do not steal because prices are high, they steal mainly laundry items chocolate coffee etc that they can sell on quickly to get their next fix. Or young kids stealing sweets/energy drinks/smoking bits and phone chargers. Gangs of Romanian women stealing hundreds of pounds of clothes/cleaning stuff etc.

In my experience genuine people who steal because they’re struggling to eat and survive are definitely in the minority. We all pay for their actions at the end of the day and they make my blood boil. I won’t stand there and watch.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/mum-mortified-after-b-m-mistakes-her-for-a-shoplifter/ar-AA1JWfdp?fbclid=IwY2xjawMqqtNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjLlSxjy4tJ0h4BcoIilxhEYRsynmVCWTYonAJMuHniyrNIrzUz96mGFe7OW_aem_BCvXxJpAcArsadt7fNsnYQ

I hate the scan your receipt things. It's so wasteful making every transaction produce a stupid scrap of paper, most of which seem to end up as litter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-69055945

just tried to post some links showing its mostly women being falsely accused but they wouldnt post

What a bizarre thing to be so cross about.

This happened to me in Sainsbury's too. Went in for a few things, didn't have all I wanted so thought I'd try Asda. Put back the few things I had put in my trolley and went to walk out.

The wheels locked at the door, and it felt like a good 5 minutes before anyone came over.

Questioned me why I was leaving with an empty trolley, and told me it was because the store had recognised that I hadn't gone through a till point.

I was so embarrassed. Haven't been back since!