The lawmakers in the People’s Republik Of California just keep coming up with more and more ideas to mess with their economy, eh? To dictate how everything operates, right?
Proposed California law could force some stores to do away with self-checkout
A proposed state law could change regulations on self-checkout, forcing some California stores to do away with the service altogether.
“The hope is that we can reduce the amount of theft that happens. That’s a much better solution than punishing theft after it occurs,” said Cristine Soto DeBerry, founder and executive director of Prosecutors Alliance of California.
Senate Bill 1446 would regulate self-checkouts in hopes of boosting employment and cutting down on thefts.
“There’s data on this that shows there is stuff that happens at self-checkouts,” said Soto DeBerry.
If stores are fine with breakage at the self checkout, that’s their business, not the PRC legislature.
If voted into law, grocery and pharmacy retailers would have to meet certain requirements or get rid of self-check outs, including upping the number of employees monitoring the stations.
There would have to be one employee to monitor every two self checkouts. You know, because they can do anything about PRC citizens stealing. The stores would have to hire more low wage employees (which is probably the point) to monitor, or get rid of self checkouts, which would slow down checkout.
(KTVU) While the proposed law may mitigate theft, it is unlikely to eliminate the problem.
As long as nothing can be done to people stealing under $1,000, why would thieves stop? Most have the charges dismissed, not even having to do community service. Not even having a record.
