Self service checkouts - an invitation, surely?
Went to asda one night after for for a few bits. Found the bonjella, nappies, ladyplugs (I'll tell her about the mooncup eh?!) bread, milk, sweeties etc. and decided to treat myself to a box of stella (you know the type, twenty bottles for a tenner)

I proceeded to the self-serve with my little basket of purchases and box of beer. I had no intention at all of stealing it, scanned it through and it came up with some crap about being 18 (that's ok, I'm 27), the place was quite busy but nobody came over. I scanned through the rest of my stuff, got a tenner cashback and carried on.

I actually went to the kiosk to get some smokes (6 feet away from the till) before I left. It was only when I was crossing the carpark I realised that I'd only paid a total of about £24 for £14ish worth of stuff, £10 worth of beer, and £10 cash. Hmmm....

FREE BEER!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
WAHEY!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!!

It tasted all the sweeter.
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 15:58, 3 replies)

Yep, been there myself
Some years ago Safeways started doing a scan your shopping thing as you went around putting it into your trolley. Once or twice babies' nappies got overlooked. Oops...

And you get a click just for the Mooncup reference! Woo!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 16:32, closed)

Safeways
My memories of the Safeway system were that you would try and scan everything on the way round, most of it would refuse to scan, you would get to the end and then they would make you put everything through a checkout anyway most of the time.

That was a good system, that was.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 11 Jan 2008, 0:30, closed)

Or....
to look at it another way, free cash! I think i'd have got £10 more cashback just to check
(kris kringle I only posted this message to find out the date on, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 20:59, closed)