Skip to comments.
New anti-theft Walgreens store in has just 2 aisles of touchable merchandise
CWBChicago ^
| 6/1/23
| staff
Posted on 06/01/2023 6:51:15 AM PDT by CFW
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-65 next last
A return to the concept of the days of old when you placed your order at the counter and the clerk retrieved and boxes up your purchases. I wonder how long it will be before they are robbed at gunpoint and the clerk ordered to unlock the cases to allow the robber to take what he wishes?
1
posted on
06/01/2023 6:51:15 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: CFW
2
posted on
06/01/2023 6:54:19 AM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: CFW
Yep- all they are doing is making it a little more inc9nvenient for the thugs to take what they want, but take what they want they will do
3
posted on
06/01/2023 6:54:37 AM PDT
by
Bob434
(question )
To: CFW
Soon Walgreens will have the customer flow of a Waffle House.
4
posted on
06/01/2023 6:55:18 AM PDT
by
MMusson
To: CFW
It doesn’t even seem that long ago to me where you would pay for your gas AFTER you pumped it. I wonder what really changed?
5
posted on
06/01/2023 6:56:02 AM PDT
by
bak3r
To: CFW
Walgreens is woke. So screw ‘em
6
posted on
06/01/2023 6:56:57 AM PDT
by
albie
To: CFW
The “clerk behind the counter” could be an AI or a touchscreen, as seen in many fast-food restaurants.
7
posted on
06/01/2023 6:57:01 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
(You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
To: CFW
A return to the concept of the days of old when you placed your order at the counter and the clerk retrieved and boxes up your purchases
Was thinking the same thing. With much less manpower needed because of modern technology. In really high-crime area, the clerk will be behind a bullet-proof barrier, although some places (Philadelphia?) have outlawed that.
8
posted on
06/01/2023 6:57:06 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: CFW
"there are now just two short aisles of so-called “essentials” where “customers may shop for themselves.”
Those are called the "Reparations" aisles.
To: CFW
Horn and Hardart-styled automats are looking perfect for Chicago, New York, and LA lately. Robotics and AI should make this an easy transition.
10
posted on
06/01/2023 6:57:30 AM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(See my FR homepage for a link to the entire Bible narrated by David Suchet on youtube. FREE!)
To: CFW
> A return to the concept of the days of old when you placed your order at the counter and the clerk retrieved and boxes up your purchases. <
That’s the way it was done in Hooterville. Mr Douglas never complained. So I guess it worked.
11
posted on
06/01/2023 7:02:18 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: CFW
If they had a hole with a Guillotine guarding it they would still go for it
To: CFW
Put the cashiers behind bullet-proof glass, and make all cash transactions through a slot, ala check-cashing places. That’s how gas stations were set up in Homestead, FL, when I got there, 40 years sgo. Everyone has to pay for the less than 1% that can’t seem to play by the rules.
13
posted on
06/01/2023 7:03:31 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: FamiliarFace
Going back to the 1800’s frontier stores where everything was behind the counter and you had to ask for it.
To: CFW
I wonder how long it will be before they are robbed at gunpoint and the clerk ordered to unlock the cases to allow the robber to take what he wishes? City of Chicongo will probably pass a bylaw that only gunpoint robberies over like $20,000 will be prosecuted, so as long as the armed robber stays below the minimum...
15
posted on
06/01/2023 7:08:31 AM PDT
by
C210N
(Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
To: CFW
That will kill unplanned purchasing by the customers lowering revenue.
16
posted on
06/01/2023 7:08:52 AM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Don't worry....be happy)
To: FamiliarFace
17
posted on
06/01/2023 7:09:59 AM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: bak3r
I could see MOST retail in “high crime” areas going this way.
A kiosk, then curbside/ counter pick up. Very little shoplifting that way.
And the accessible “essential” items being very low quantities on the shelf stock, constantly replenished.
the upside is that retail is able survive in these areas.
the downside for them is they are going to get very few impulse buys and add ons.
To: BBQToadRibs2
I don’t think that’ll be such a bad thing, if you’re trying to prevent shoplifting.
19
posted on
06/01/2023 7:11:02 AM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: CFW
No more squeezing the Charmin, so Mr. Whipple should be happy.
20
posted on
06/01/2023 7:11:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-65 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson