▲ 646 ▼ Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 350 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes yes of course. Poor good. Rich bad. I get it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago If you're concerned about theft, this is objectively correct - Walmart steal more through wage theft than shoplifters steal from them. Similarly, in terms of harm done, stealing even a flatscreen TV has an imperceptible impact on the Walton family, while stealing wages from an employee that's so underpaid, their wages need to be supplemented with publicly funded food stamps is crippling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago If you're concerned about theft, this is objectively correct - Walmart steal more through wage theft than shoplifters steal from them. Similarly, in terms of harm done, stealing even a flatscreen TV has an imperceptible impact on the Walton family, while stealing wages from an employee that's so underpaid, their wages need to be supplemented with publicly funded food stamps is crippling. permalink fedilink source parent