I'd imagine the biggest difference is that these employees could actually get fired if they turn theirs off.
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The camera can only see in front. A person can see in a broad fov...
Forget cameras, how about actually arresting criminals and putting them away instead of this catch and release shit that is going on everywhere.
CCTV already exists. What is this even
Security theatre.
I have this great idea to stop an increase in organized retail theft and violence against workers. STOP PRICE GOUGING GROCERIES AND PEOPLE WILL STOP STEALING THEM!
Whats that? increase prices further, while cutting the ~~slaves~~ employee wages by 30%? What a grand idea!
I hope eventually theres a document of like flagged words and phrases like that one online document of words and phrases that'll get you on a watch list from that.was going around very online circles a long time back. That way as a shopper I can say things or hold up pictures to the camera to create lots of false flags making their little AI throw the results to someone they gotta pay to review it.
Talk about meetings to get the union started and how it looks like we've already got enough committed votes in favour to get it going without worrying about what kind of propaganda they'll try to throw at the staff once they realize it's happening and that the other stores also seem to be on track and if they get the timing right, they won't be able to just shut that many down to quell it. Then think aloud about how we shouldn't be talking about this there because who knows what those fucking cameras are picking up and sending back to corporate.
Great point, I can't believe I didn't think of that. Gonna throw a BS name on the end of the union talk to to make them spend time trying to find someone who doesn't exist. "Steward Hingus Dingus says their confident they have a super majority of votes"
We had these where I worked, what a lot of people miss is these don't actually record until the person wearing it presses a button, it doesn't have the battery life to record, encode, then broadcast video for 8+ hours. No doubt when that becomes feasible they'll give it a go though.
In the UK we have to announce to everyone it's recording. The gangs and thieves know this and don't care. They were happy to attack and rob us when we already had store wide CCTV.
The only deterrent that worked was a security guard we had for a short while, but the company withdrew them because we weren't losing over 5% of our daily take to theft, ignoring that we got the guard because two people had been sent to hospital after being attacked by a gang of youths.
Businesses shouldn't be run by people who never have to even step foot on the premises. The people making the decisions (and proceeds!) should be the ones that actually have to live with those decisions and implement them.
Winco FTW
Wholeheartedly agree, best we can do is do business with local shops where possible.
Say no employees. Disrupt shit
No way in hell am I wearing a damn camera and volunteering to have my employer have a live video feed of everything I do at work while making next to nothing in wages. Hey, it's performance review time, sorry, we can't give you a raise because you have been chatting with your friends too much while on the clock. 1984 shit. Fuck that.
Your employer already has a live video feed of everything you do. That's what those black domes all over the ceiling are.
Oh I thought those were target practice spots for my laser pointers and high powered flashlights.
It's a thousand percent different from being literally strapped to your chest
The camera on your chest can't see you. Arguably the ones on the ceiling are worse.
Hello, I'm your boss. Saw you on your phone during your break in the video feed.
You've been asking for a raise for years. Unfortunately, you're a really good performer, always on time, good worker, and I've never heard anything negative that I could base my decision to deny your raise on. So I watched the video feed to find the most minuscule thing that I can pinpoint as a "problem". I was about to tell you that drinking water on the job significantly decreases your performance, but that post you made on your break is now going to be my reason. Screw you. I love money!
Sincerely, your favorite boss
Hey boss,
Not sure what got into you. Given that we have literally hung out after work playing tabletop games and getting wasted, and I was planning to go to your wedding in September. Thought we were buds.
Anyway guy down the street offered me more money. So going to be working there now. Best of luck without the millions of dollars I made you last year and finding someone with my skillset.
I have a proposal for the next iteration of Tik Tok challenges, or whatever medium we're using to flaunt our bad decisions now-a-days: steal the cameras right off the employees.
Rogue: I roll to steal the camera
DM: you want to steal the camera looking for thieves off the chest of the guy also looking for thieves.
Rogue: yes
DM: no.
Rule lawyer: it's his right to roll
DM: fine
*Rogue rolls a nat 20
DM: fine whatever somehow no one notices
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