Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Shopping carts, baskets, bags... Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:35:15 +0100 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3kbs0mxutr.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10gjub3$1934g$2@dont-email.me> <10gmh72$273r2$7@dont-email.me> <10gugbh$19phl$1@dont-email.me> <10gulau$1c5u8$1@dont-email.me> <10h14vm$2caj1$1@dont-email.me> <10h3tc7$3elsi$1@dont-email.me> <10h4eqq$3khj5$1@dont-email.me> <10h4l1m$3mik2$1@dont-email.me> <10h9gr2$tuo4$1@dont-email.me> <9dScndSnUtLqdaX0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> <9elq0mx5bv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10hfkpj$2ib36$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net h6yFov7WOAH7q84p7IMB0QazBNe/536ZtkcDtawNgXcynWB60j X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:qwaCfAtr/d3Zd54lY1rEphbt1SU= sha256:twnkEHYRWXd2ZeM9zZ7O9ac/Hk1qU6ws8VJ154AaJrg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10hfkpj$2ib36$2@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78859 On 2025-12-12 00:40, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2025-12-11, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2025-12-11 05:31, c186282 wrote: >>> On 12/10/25 08:23, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> On 2025-12-10 04:26, c186282 wrote: >>>>>    If you use a 'permanent' bag, esp from THAT store, >>>>>    they'll claim you STOLE it from them .... >>>> >>>> Nope. They stamp them when they sell them :-) >>> >>>   Unless the under-paid guy FORGETS ... >> >> Hardly... when I buy a new bag and put it on the belt, they scan the >> barcode to charge it, then stamp it, or just scratch the barcode with >> a ballpen. > > I've seen shops with cashiers doing that too. I suppose you can imagine > a problem with this: stores that sell such bags *and* have > self-checkouts. Which renders the whole thing useless to keep track of > already paid-for bags. :-) They put the new bags in the manned lane, not on the self-checkouts lane ;-) I guess they get some "mistakes" in the self-checkout area, but not that many to be important. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;