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Supermarket Self Checkout Cameras

25 replies

Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:12

AIBU to hate the cameras??
I will use the one with the broken camera.
Tho now its been fixed in Sainsburys and more self checkouts put in and only a couple of old school tills.
Oh and now some supermarkets only have self checkout pretty much.
I wouldn't mind but, I find it's more for baskets and not for lots of shopping.
So bit confused about the future.

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SophieJo · 02/06/2023 21:14

What’s your AIBU? Mine is I hate to see the reality of how I actually look!

RunningFromInsanity · 02/06/2023 21:14

Do you hate the cameras because they are capturing you stealing?
Otherwise they shouldn’t affect you.

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:14

Basically it feels tedious when you have lots of items to scan and half the time having to get a staff member to key in the code if the weight is out.
I only like them when everything goes smoothly and I don't have more than ten items.

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RunningFromInsanity · 02/06/2023 21:16

I much prefer scan and shop. So much easier.

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:16

SophieJo · 02/06/2023 21:14

What’s your AIBU? Mine is I hate to see the reality of how I actually look!

Yes I get distracted if I'm seeing myself on camera.. its quite different not to catch a glimce at all. You need to be at the side angle of something.

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firsttimemum1230 · 02/06/2023 21:16

What relevance does the camera have then if your complaining about the length of time it takes. I don’t understand the cameras but the only thing I hate it is how bad I look 😂

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:16

The last thing I need during my lunch hour or after work is how crap I look lol

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:17

The camera just adds to the hell of it.

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Precipice · 02/06/2023 21:18

RunningFromInsanity · 02/06/2023 21:14

Do you hate the cameras because they are capturing you stealing?
Otherwise they shouldn’t affect you.

What unnecessary bad faith. We're all aware of CCTV and the panopticon, it doesn't mean we have to all like having it shoved directly in our faces.

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:19

It made me sad when I went in and only saw self checkouts with all cameras working. Plus they cage you in now.

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thatsn0tmyname · 02/06/2023 21:19

The camera in Lidl today made me look absolutely crap. I was having a good day until I glanced up at myself😔

TimesRwo · 02/06/2023 21:20

I know it needs to be done…but I still hate seeing my face on the screen!

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:20

thatsn0tmyname · 02/06/2023 21:19

The camera in Lidl today made me look absolutely crap. I was having a good day until I glanced up at myself😔

Indeed totally unflattering.

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Mommasgotabrandnewbag · 02/06/2023 21:20

YANBU they are set at such an unflattering angle 😩

QueefofSheena · 02/06/2023 21:22

I mouth ‘hurry the fuck up’ into them when it says I’m waiting for something that needs age verification and is taking ages. Petty but I have to vent my frustration somehow

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:28

What's the point of self checkouts, if half the time it doesn't work or the other half the time people are buying alcohol you either want f staff or you don't make your mind up up.!

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:32

It's just like going into any shop these days and oh my God the horror of somebody having to ask one of the staff to go on the till ..oh my goodness somebody's actuall got a serve customers what the hell.
I nearly walked out of boots the other month because nobody was serving the customers and the staff were just talking stocking the shelves nobody wanted to go on the till.

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Flowerblooms · 02/06/2023 21:34

Our local Sainsbury’s and Asda have these cameras at the till and it really puts me off shopping there. I might seem silly to some people but having struggled with how my body looks my whole life it really bothers me. I avoid mirrors in clothes shops as well and don’t dare go into a changing room!

Hollyppp · 02/06/2023 21:38

Can’t see how this is an issue. Unless you’re stealing and it’s preventing you, who gives a flying Fck?! You know you’re on camera all the time just walking down a street in a town or city.

TheBucketWoman · 02/06/2023 21:45

I was appalled to find out my local Waitrose has cameras at the self service checkout now!!!

polkadottysilly · 02/06/2023 21:47

I love the cameras. I enjoy making silly faces and mouthing naughty words.

And I always always ask for a receipt!

Big shops are easy enough to do with the scanner

aquedt · 02/06/2023 22:08

Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 21:32

It's just like going into any shop these days and oh my God the horror of somebody having to ask one of the staff to go on the till ..oh my goodness somebody's actuall got a serve customers what the hell.
I nearly walked out of boots the other month because nobody was serving the customers and the staff were just talking stocking the shelves nobody wanted to go on the till.

Your whole attitude to this is odd

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Aquarius1234 · 02/06/2023 22:09

TheBucketWoman · 02/06/2023 21:45

I was appalled to find out my local Waitrose has cameras at the self service checkout now!!!

Oh wow. M&S don't.. Well not near me atm.

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enchantedsquirrelwood · 08/09/2023 15:27

QueefofSheena · 02/06/2023 21:22

I mouth ‘hurry the fuck up’ into them when it says I’m waiting for something that needs age verification and is taking ages. Petty but I have to vent my frustration somehow

Yes they'll have videos of me saying "hurry up" when I am waiting for the very slow Sainsburys checkout to register that I've put an item on the scales!

(not really, I am guessing the footage is deleted within a few hours/days - but shouldn't we be told the retention period - does it say on the tills?)

As for Boots, yes, they hate actually serving anyone. I walked out of my local shop once because they had absolutely nobody on any of the tills. I assume there was someone on the pharmacy somewhere but that would have been it. (edited, without the item I wanted - not without paying!)

Fightyouforthatpie · 08/09/2023 15:29

I am tall and they are always angled for short people so they don't really show much that would identify me. Makes me laugh.

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