A bright idea from m & s

dave82_2

Went to buy my lunch from M & S today picked up a pack of chicken legs amongst other things. Paid at the self service check out. As I left the shop it set of the security alarm as the chicken was tagged!

I don't think taged basic products and self service checkouts really mix!

It should at least have displayed a warning that I needed to take my chicken to customer services!

Nice one M & S

Meepster

If they told you that the chicken was tagged, wouldn't that kinda negate the whole point of it being tagged in the first place?? After all, hiding a tag in something is a good way to catch shoplifters, telling them it's tagged so they can rip it off would be a most stupid thing to do...

jamespir

in tesco is has a bright yellow sticker saying this is tagged

98jdougl

tags are more designed to prevent shoplifting rather than to catch shoplifters.
And they should have at leat displayed on the till when it was scanned

olias

Is chicken leg theft a serious problem in your neck of the woods then?

Olias

gollum007

Oddly enough, we once had someone try to walk off with about £40 worth of beef.
Some people will pinch the oddest things :eek:

-Gollum

Claire_Bear

Yep, was in local Tesco the other week, some chav walked in, picked up an armful of smoked salmon, and tried to walk out. What was he going to do with it all, try to sell it on? I was baffled

mrcol1000

Claire_Bear wrote: »

Yep, was in local Tesco the other week, some chav walked in, picked up an armful of smoked salmon, and tried to walk out. What was he going to do with it all, try to sell it on? I was baffled

Actually if you know the right pubs to go to you can get your Sunday lunch sorted for next to nothing. Its use to be the same with razor blades. I guess as retailers get more savvy with protecting stuff shop more bizarre stuff are going to get stolen.

Its very rare to see anyone challenged in some supermarkets when the alarms go off unless their is a security guard by the door. I once watched someone walk out of Asda with a £500 TV watched by staff. I then told the greeter at the front of the store who didn't really seem that bothered. The best of it is this guy ran through the checkouts with this TV. Alarms are going off and then had to wait for the revolving door to come round before he could run away from the store!

Torby

could it have been a chicken with an ASBO...tag still attached to his leg...

dave82_2

mwilletts wrote: »

If they told you that the chicken was tagged, wouldn't that kinda negate the whole point of it being tagged in the first place?? After all, hiding a tag in something is a good way to catch shoplifters, telling them it's tagged so they can rip it off would be a most stupid thing to do...

I don't think displaying on the self checkout that the product is tagged is really going to help shop lifters. I was hardly going to use the self checkout to find out if each product was tagged or not!

I am not asking for a great big sticker across the box!

before_hollywood

fresh meat is often stolen to order by junkies, if they owe a dealer a certain amount of money they will have a proportion of the debt taken off that relates to the value of the items stolen.
although the amount taken off is often very small compared to the value of the items stolen, for example a £40 haul would often only earn the junky a few pounds.

as told to me by a security guard at my old works lol