25 October 2008
I went to No Frills Grill this morning to have my Saturday dose of College Football and beer. Jill, Brett & later, Dave, joined me. On the way there, I’d stopped for some much-needed groceries at Kroger. Still in "Red" mode, I snapped this photo of a Bacardi Rum Runner bottle.
As I was leaving Kroger having checked myself out at the really cool & easy-to-use self-checkout lanes, the alarms went off as I exited. I had bought some expensive OTC medicine so I’m not really surprised that there is an RFID tag in them. I was surprised that it went off on me. So, I went back inside with my bag open prepared to show my receipt. What I got was a whole bunch of blank or accusing stares from employees, but not a single offer of assistance. I finally asked the nearest employee, "What would you like me to do?" His reply? "Well, you could go stand in line at Customer Service." I looked at the Customer Service line, thinking "it is the responsible thing to do" but after seeing the 8 (or so) people in the line, I quickly changed my thought to, "if they’re gonna accuse me, they can come get me." I turned on my heel and walked back through the sensors, which, of course, went off again. I ambled, intentionally slowly, to my car. I took off my shoe and dumped out a bit of rock that had wormed its way in. I turned on the engine and rolled down all the windows. Essentially, I gave them every opportunity to confront me; they did not. So, I ask, what is the purpose of those sensors at the door if the employees or management are not going to do anything when the claxons go off? What a waste of money.
Cheers.
~KR (Written on 27 October 2008 )
Listening to:
Cowboys and Angels by George Michael
from Ladies & Gentlemen
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Guess this means you can steal good drugs at Kroger. I’ll make a run at lunch
My dad’s Wallet always sets off the sensor at one of the drug stores and he now just holds it up, as he walks out, figuring the same as you. If they really wanted to catch him they could he doesn’t make a run for it. Just calmly walks to his car and everything. =O) the guilty will run so I guess they only run after those that run. *wink*
I do not like the self checkout stands. While you breezed through the one at Kroger I seem to always have problems with them and then end up with employees who could care less. (Once at Home Depot I used the self checkout stand and had to wait 40 minutes to get my change.) Possibly the employees could care less since a machine has taken jobs away from their friends.