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Speedrun timers on self checkouts (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The faster you go the more likely you get free things! Win-win.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Protip: On many self-checkouts, if you open the "item by code" menu and keep scanning items with the menu open, the machine will beep with every item you scan, but it won't actually add it to your total. Loss prevention only listens for beeps.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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