What always makes me laugh about this phenomenon is how at the same moment someone is just walking out the front door with free groceries, I’m stuck at the self-check waiting for help that will only eventually come to allow me to continue trying to pay for my groceries once an employee confirms that my rearranging of what I already scanned was not, in fact, some attempt at scamming the system.
Like, seriously, if you’re not bothered enough to put up barriers to shoplifting, maybe make the self-check less of a hassle?