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At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something (www.sfgate.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Krauerking@lemy.lol to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 106 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is standard practice in europe

One more lie from reddit, for karma. Pathetic.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I saw that... The fuck it is not.
Jeeze people trying to argue that Europe is different from america I get but not pretending you get locked in grocery stores to do so.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have seen scan gates after self checkout counters before. In Albert Heiijn shops in Amsterdam and in Lidl Shops in Zürich.

But Coop and Migros Shops don't have them in Switzerland. I think the 7/11 in Copenhagen also didn't but I'm not sure of my memory.

[–] Kwdg@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We have a scangate at my local edeka. But you could still just walk by the normal checkouts if you don't have anything

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

But you could still just walk by the normal checkouts if you don’t have anything

Ah yeah, of course. I thought that was the same in the location of the article, but maybe I misunderstood and that's the main issue.

After re-reading it I'm still confused by this paragraph:

During my Monday visit, I purchased a kombucha and went through the check-out line without incident. (No high-tech gates block the exit if you go through the line like normal.) But for journalism’s sake, I then headed back into the store to try going out the new gate.

[–] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Those gates are coming to switzerland too. Example: The food section of Coop-city Fribourg, and the Migros of the train-station in Fribourg.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have to go to Uni Fribourg soon anyway, I'll try to swing by to have a look. Thanks for the hint!

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

never in my life living in EU countries have I witnessed such bullshit

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

The one way gates are standard, the only exit being ticket scan isn't. The change is supposedly only the one way gates, so they're half truthing to pretend it's normal.