When buying something expensive (eg some vodka) at a self serve supermarket checkout, place it on the scale and press carrots (the cheapest thing per weight).
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OT: Carrot supermarket swindle
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... and then wait for the security guard to tap you on the shoulder and ask you if you have paid for everything and to accompany him to the office to wait for the arrival of Mr Plod. You may be lucky and get away with it once or twice, but sooner or later they'll get you.
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Waitrose shoppers have been doing this for ages to buy cheap avocados.
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That doesn't happen here, no security guard at our supermarkets.
Just last week I managed to walk out without using any checkout at all because I have developed a hell of a sore ankle that is likely just arthritis. I went back and used the self checkout and remarked to the woman who supervises the self checkouts.
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That surely is not going to work. Brian
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That surely is not going to work. Brian
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Hardly vodka though is it? He is winding us up again. Brian
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Just because there isn't a guard standing there, don't think you are not on camera. At a place like Walmart, Every transaction, at the cash register level is available on the computer in real time ... all the way to Bentonville. The hardware is there. It is just a question of whether they are looking or not. One tip. If you do this, pay cash. Otherwise they have your credit card info and they can find you later. If you are using a stolen card, why not just pay for the vodka and not attract attention to yourself?
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You walked out with your shopping without paying?
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They can't watch everyone.
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It wouldn't be vodka in my case, I brew my own alcohol so I don't pay tax. The government did not make that vodka, they do not deserve 90% of the cost.
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Yeah, but went back and paid.
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But they can certainly watch those with the more expensive stuff like booze.
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How would you get a pack of carrots that weighed exactly the same as a bottle of spirits?
Bill
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What's the ankle got to do with it?
Bill
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No but they'd watch a dodgy looking old bugger like thee.
Bill
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It would fool the machine, they only go by weight. As long as no human saw you do it.
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Why did you not leave your shopping in there, tell a member of staff you had a sore ankle, then come back and buy it later?
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Yes, best to only cheat slightly.
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Ignore me I'm very pissed. Just back home with me carrots.
Bill