In the twenty-second clip, Nesha scans an item at the retailer’sself-checkout system, then pretends to scan a pink sequined backpack before slipping it into her shopping bag.
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As the AI system detects that she didn’t scan the backpack, a sign comes up on the screen, reading, “Associate is on the way.”
The worker in question then scans her card, and the screen changes to a “Missed Scan Detected” message, showing a recording of Nesha moving the backpack over the self-checkout register without actually scanning it.
The shopper directs her phone camera toward another woman in aWalmartuniform, who can be seen covering her mouth as she laughs at the incident.
“Even though she laughed … she called the manager.. police and had us escorted outside #stealinggonewrong #fyp #viral” Nesha captioned the clip.
Nesha said she was escorted outside and banned from all Walmart stores in her area for two years
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Walmart began implementing its “Missed Scan Detection” technology in 2017, according toBusiness Insider.
This anti-theft technology uses artificial intelligence, computer vision systems, and big data to digitize checkout surveillance.
“Yeah that’s why now we don’t have self-checkout. It really makes me mad,” one user wrote.
“I never got people who steal,” commented another. “I’m not talking about the people who literally can’t afford food. I’m talking about the people who have money and still steal.”
“They took all the self-checkouts out of all theWalmartswhere I live because of this,” a third user shared.
“There are so so many cameras at the register at almost every angle so they can 100% see when you don’t scan an item. They are simply building a case against you,” somebody else suggested.
The influencer added that she usually didn’t get caught stealing at the retailer’s self-checkout
External theft accounted for an average of 36% of total loss. Meanwhile, internal (employee) theft was reported at 29% ofshrink loss. Process, control failures, and errors came in at 27%, with unknown (6%) and other (1%) rounding out the total shrink loss percentages, the report notes.
Walmart’s “Missed Scan Detected” technology uses artificial intelligence, computer vision systems, and big data
“The policy is to take the item away from them and tell them something like, ‘Oh, I think the machine didn’t scan it.’ And if they don’t want it, then we take it away. If they do want it, we scan it,” a Walmart employee in Missouriexplained.
Many customers who get caught act defensive or confused, she shared, noting that the close monitoring of the self-checkout technology “feels more confrontational than it was before because it’s right there — the evidence is right there.”
Watch Nesha’s clip below
During a2022 interviewon CNBC, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said that theft at the stores was “higher than what it has historically been.”
If this trend continues over time without the expected response from law enforcement, the thefts could lead to Walmart closing stores and/or price jumps, McMillon added.
Many Americans don’t feel remorseful after stealing at the self-checkout system. Of the 15% of self-checkout users whoconfessed to purposely stealing, 44% of them said they would likely do it again.
Bored Pandahas contacted Nesha and Walmart for comment.
“The new cameras catch everything now,” one viewer commented
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