All very relevant to bag searches at Aldi Suisse of course.
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It is, actually. Having seen what happens when all control is lost, I am relieved that there is still some control here, even if it is inconvenient or uncomfortable at times. I can stand behind my purchases.
Of course it is. The need for proper prosection could’nt be better demonstrated than by these purely ideologically motivated excesses in the opposite direction.
Zürch city’s population has grown by 12% from 2012-2022.
In 2022, Zürich’s city police requested an increase by 150 jobs by 2030 (a 9% increase), starting with 10 jobs in 2023. That was denied, the reasons given by the alt-left Stadtrat very much align with the moronic “defund the police”.
Alas, I’m far from surprised that this goes right over your head.
You are my culture war hero 
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Oh, but data will be a matter of ideology once the orange criminal is in charge.
Breathe. I said I didn’t like the idea of unauthorized bag searches by unqualified Aldi employees. You wanted to make this about the “alt left” and “defund the police”.
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Sigh.
You were reacting to my response to BB. If I was particularly interested in what you posted elsewhere I’d have reacted to it. You reacting to my post however is the exact opposite.
Thanks for the warning.
What qualification do you need to look in a bag?
BSc - Bag Searching Certificate ?
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When i started using the mobile scanner at coop 3 or 4 years ago, i was controlled once. Random scam of 5 items in the shopping cart. Since then, no checks. There might be some customer data analysis behind it. Same coop, same day, about the same time and more or less the same products.
Only annoying event at coop in train stations is getting told repeteadly that some machines only accept cards, no cash. I’m not wearing an “i love cash” t-shirt, i guess it must be my face 
When Coop started passabene - that could easily be a decade ago - I used the self scanners for a while. But on regular basis - at least one item if not more each time - the prices on the shelfs and the prices scanned were not the same and guess what, the prices scanned were always higher.
So after a while I stopped using them and never returned.
Sure, one should think in ten years they improved but you know how it is: With some things they simply shouldn’t fuck up. Or in other words: It can be a grave mistake to throw prototypes at customers.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it were still the same now though, people wouldn’t notice anymore, they don’t pay much attention and don’t ask/look at receipts.
Then you need to carefully check the prices you are charged when you use the usual checkout, they get the price information from the same source as the scanners.
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I find it very strange that the prices were different. I think they should use the same database, no? Maybe there were some items with the end of the day discount 50%, which is entered manually?
I had a case once in Coop when an advertised discount did not apply at the self check-out (not using Passabene). The employee of Coop had to correct the price manually for me.
In our Migros after renovation it’s very easy to get confused by the prices. They use screens with prices instead of paper and whenever it is a discount in case you buy multiple similar items they specify the discounted price with a very small sign “ab 2 Stück”. I hate it so much. I think it’s very confusing.
Absolutely. To be honest for years now I have a list of specific things I get in Coop and that’s that. I generally dislike Coop’s business practices. They like to put things in “Aktion” but only at the megastores. So the exact same size/packaging/what ever is at the regular price at the coop one usually gets them while at megastor it is on offer. Often happens with Hugo products, you fall for it only once of course.
That’s actually safer. The times I “caught” them, Coop used to claim that the papers hadn’t been changed yet at the shelfs by the staff (when caught, always blame the staff).
I’ve not seen that new system at Migros yet, what they do at the check-out is alert people that by two the product is on offer (and even charge the special price, then let them run back in to get a second item after paying) and at the self check-out it shouldn’t be a problem to show such an alert?
I agree, the “by two” sign at Migros is tiny. But when regular products are on offer at Migros they are usually by two, so one gets used to expecting it. The only new thing is that you need to pick two while before they always wrapped two in extra plastic. So the sign-thing is better even if tiny.
Anyway, the thread started about theft at and how rigorously some try to fight it. Well, the cheating goes both ways (I only have proven experience for that at Coop though) and is just as illegal. And lucrative, I’m sure, as when you run in to do your shopping after work or shop for a family you simply don’t have the time to check the price of every bloody item for correct charging.
At Coop, in particular, you also need to check the dates as well. I’ve found things on the shelves beyond the use by and best before dates. And not at discounted prices.
It’s somewhat ironic that both Coop and Migros are cooperatives. Neither appears to be working for their owners.
If discount is applied, than the price is written in orange. If the discount is not applied, the price is written in black and differs from what was written on the price tag. I hate the screens because they have white text on black background. It’s much less readable than black on white. I normally compare the price for 100g rather than the price of the item when I chose between similar products (because the weight could be different). The font is so small that I have to lean really close to the screen to be able to read it.
I would propose to use bigger screens for the discounted items and indicate both prices. That would be very convenient for the customers.
I always check dates very carefully at coop and I find something past the use by or best before date pretty much every time I shop. They are dreadful at stock control in my experience.
I’ve not encountered it much elsewhere.
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That’s unfortunate. It’s hard to get good managers these days.
hmmm, my handy as well as my computers are set to dark mode, I find reading white on black much more comfortable.
I just realized those electronic price tags have been around a long time and I didn’t register them as something special/new 
I do agree with you on them being far too tiny. They are magnetic though, I just lift them up to read stuff I can’t read otherwise due to their positioning.
As I don’t like shopping I usually check the website for discount on things I want or things I use regularly. Therefore when I walk in - with the getting out as fast as possible on mind - they’re already on my list.
As to the “best before” dates: In the old days they used to stack fresh products in the back. An other thing from the past, so I’m not surprised people come accross products beyond those dates. I’ve not experienced this at Migros and at Coop I’m simply not often enough. I always check the dates as in a single household I can’t buy things that are due to eat the next day or I would eat only once a week (which might be worth a thought intermittent fasting is a thing I heard and taking things to an extreme is also en vogue).
They are doing it in Migros all the time. Sometimes I have to take 5-6 things from the hook in order to get to the thing with better expiry date. I never see expired items in Migros but I don’t go shopping early. I expect that it is more likely to happen in the morning than in the afternoon.
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