They can legally detain you if they suspect you of stealing. Unless the laws have changed, not having a receipt or not buying anything doesn't qualify as being suspicious but that's the rational they are using. In that case they are detaining you unlawfully which is why people are up in arms over this happening.
If you say so, but I'm not a legal expert. I think knowing the details of the law and these company's anti-theft policies would help clear up these concerns. As I said earlier, these big companies hire legal experts so I'm sure they've carefully thought through their policies and worker training. Again, that isn't to say that you have no legal recourse if someone oversteps their bounds.
They're confusing rotating teeth turnstiles that were on the TTC with a gate that opens and closes. My local Loblaws does have the gate and it can be opened from the opposite side. The self-checkout area does not have a gate to prevent people from leaving. Clearly, each Lobalws has a slightly different security setup.
Like I said, preventing you from leaving without legal justification is illegal detainment and you have a right to leave without obstruction. Whether you think you deserve that right is another story. https://www.the-sun.com/news/109220...omply-receipt-check-scanners-loblaws-lawsuit/
So why does Costco get away with it. You can’t leave without showing your receipt to a person there. There are lines up to get out of the store because of it. How have they done it this whole time? And no one bitches????
Awe - a contract you sign for it to happen so you volunteer for it…..
Like I said, the self-checkout area in my local Loblaws does not have a gate or receipt scanners (yet) that prevent me from leaving. If your Loblaws has a gate, then feel free to push it open, jump over it or yell at the staff until they open it.
I am sure they'll survive the financial hit to their bottom line. Wait till you see the prices 7/11 is charging these days.
As I mentioned I've yet to encounter them and by the looks of it they intend to stop the practice, as they should.
Agreed. I appreciate discussing topics like this as it is a great barometer to show the general concensus of most of our citizens. Sadly what it tells me is that most people not only don't know their rights, they genuinely don't care about enjoying or preserving them. It's this attitude that allows our wonderful government to screen and filter our internet and disguise it as preventing hate speech. Personally, I very much care about the rights I have left and would like to preserve them as long as possible but I do realize I'm in the minority of people who feel this way. Most people just trust the government to do what's best for them and act in the best interest of the people. Ignorance is bliss!!!
Grocery stores are making record profits. Miserly pricks will not pay employees a decent wage. Save money with self checkout instead of giving someone a cashier job. Now they are treating people like they are criminals trying to steal from them. I think people are just having a little bit of self respect and rebelling.
Really ??? How did the call to boycott big oil until they lower prices work out for you? You sound like the classic definition of insane. By all means call for boycott of anything that doesn't fall in line with your idea of nirvana.
But is that really cost efficient. One would assume they've done the math. Is the cost of the self checkout machines plus the amount they lose to theft, more or less than the cost of cashiers plus the amount they lose to theft? Simple math.
