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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/27/2019 at 17:12 • Filed to: None

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I dropped two plastic packages of Spax screws at the Home Despot one time and realized that I’d fit all the screws into one package. So I took both packages and paid for the empty one. I routinely drink a cold Monster at Walmart, paying for the empty can at checkout. So I am the Moron who pays for all of their stuff at self checkout.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:15

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I one time price matched an old gen product for a new gen product.  They looked similar....

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:17

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Today I learned: stealing = savvy consumerism

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:18

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https://techthelead.com/ps4-as-fruit-self-checkout/

Longtime Lurker > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:21

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I also pay for every thing at self-checkout, but then I’m also a moron that works retail.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:27

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Only time I ever got something for free was when I bought a magnetic tray. Came home and there was a couple of Phillips screw drill accessories stuck to it that I didn’t even need. 

gettingoldercarguy > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:30

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I too am stupid in this regard.  I'm ok with this.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:33

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The authors further proposed that retailers bore some blame for the problem. In their zeal to cut labor costs, the study said, supermarkets could be seen as having created “a crime-generating environment” that promotes profit “above social responsibility.”

So it’s the store’s fault. Got it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/27/2019 at 17:46

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Moral grey area.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 07/27/2019 at 17:47

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Srsly = I know, right?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 07/27/2019 at 17:49

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Appropriate outcome. If I get out to the car and discover that the store has made a mistake, I might not feel motivated to go back inside to help them correct it. But I won’t stea l from them.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:49

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Just how I like it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Longtime Lurker 07/27/2019 at 17:50

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This is what we’ve sunk to in this country: being honest = moron.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:50

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This is the modern equivalent of the Simpsons pamphlet   So you’ve decided to steal cable

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 07/27/2019 at 17:50

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Right. But that’s not stealing. That’s an honest mistake.

wafflesnfalafel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:50

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ah yes... but they are clearly going to hell.  

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 07/27/2019 at 17:52

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People made similar arguments when Michael Cohen got arrested. Then again, when I am zealously honest at checkout, but ask for cash when I do side jobs...?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/27/2019 at 17:53

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There’s just something so cut-and-dry about the self checkout though.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wafflesnfalafel 07/27/2019 at 17:54

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I would not know about that; not my department; above my pay grade.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 17:55

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“There is NO MORAL ISSUE with stealing from a store that forces you to use self checkout, period. THEY ARE CHARGING YOU TO WORK AT THEIR STORE.”  

Talk about flimsy rationalization...

wafflesnfalafel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 18:03

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Exodus 20:15 - a nd it counts double if you do it from Home Depot or Hobby Lobby.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 18:15

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I’m honest with the self-checkout. I don’t consider stealing to be a lifehack.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 07/27/2019 at 18:49

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Flimsy maybe, but it can get you elected POTUS.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wafflesnfalafel 07/27/2019 at 18:51

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Right; standard put forth. But it’s not for me to decide whether or not you’ve met the standard. That’s what I’m saying, nor what consequence shall be brought to bear.

Brickman > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 18:51

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Worst thing I do is that I bag my bell peppers together, even though the red ones cost more and I select green.  

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 07/27/2019 at 18:51

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Well said. Now: what about asking someone for cash when you’re doing a side hustle?

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 18:53

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Sadly true

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:05

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Well at this point being honest makes you society's stepping stone to raise themselves.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Brickman 07/27/2019 at 19:06

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You can rationalize by saying that this way, you are using fewer plastic bags.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sony1492 07/27/2019 at 19:06

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But I don’t let that stop me.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:16

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He's in this country

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:16

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I suppose I have two releva nt experiences. Doing houselopnik projects last year, I ended getting a floori ng saw for free from Lowe’s. It was in the bottom of the cart, and a whole bunch of expensive paint was also left in the cart to be scanned by the checker (a whole bunch of small stuff was put on the counter). I knew it was going to be a $600+ visit, but when the cashier rang everything up the total was a bit under $500. I knew that wasn’t right, so I asked the cashier to say the total again. I think she picked up on the hint, and double checked all the gallons of paint and then asked for the same total. I knew it wasn’t right, but I didn’t know exactly what had been missed. I payed the total and went home. G oing over it once I got home, I figured out she missed the $140 saw in the bottom of the cart. I felt a bit bad about it, but rationalized it as I didn’t know exactly what they missed at the time and I offered the chance to fix it. I look at it as a thank-you gift of sorts. Of the thousands I spent at Lowe’s last year doing the houselopnik update of most of the house, they still made a lot of money off of me. Maybe this is wrong, but I chalked it up as a grey area thing.

The other time I walked out of a s tore without paying for something was a plumbing fitting when I was 10 years old. My dad had told me to hang onto to it as he was looking for the right fitting. I forgot all about it in my pocket until later that afternoon a t home. I was so mortified by it that I’ve never spoken or written of it until now. I guess I’m a sap that wouldn’t willingly scam the self-check out kiosk.

fhrblig > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:18

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“THEY’RE FORCING YOU TO WORK AT THEIR STORE!!!!!!!!1!”

Uh, I use the self-checkout because I can do it way faster than any cashier can, and as an added bonus I don't have to engage in brain-dead small talk. So I'm gonna go ahead and continue not stealing.

WilliamsSW > fhrblig 07/27/2019 at 19:22

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Yeah but it’s our God given right to have a clerk ring up our purchases. It’s right there in the Bible fer crissakes. Or maybe it was the Constitution, I forget. 

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:25

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Not too worried about that (though if paying cash is inconvenient for me, you better offer me a discount).

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:25

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Yeah, just like paying for utilities should be cut and dried. I lived in an apartment that the entire complex was shut off from gas company because so many units were stealing gas. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > wafflesnfalafel 07/27/2019 at 19:26

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This is why I don't use the New International Version -- they didn't even have a Hobby Lobby back then so inserting it into the Bible was wayyyyy too much of a reach for me.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 07/27/2019 at 19:32

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That first one is interesting. You did give them a chance to sort it. It’s their mistake.

This is not the same thing, but I went into O’Reilly to buy an oil filter and there were like ten people in front of me in a line that was at an absolute standstill. The price of the filter was around $8 with tax, so I tore the tab off the bottom of the box and placed the tab, and a ten-dollar bill on the counter in front of the grumpiest of the associates, and said, “Keep the change” and walked out of the store.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fhrblig 07/27/2019 at 19:33

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I always push the Spanish button and get a Spanish lesson.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 07/27/2019 at 19:33

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+1 if the cashier doesn’t look like you.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw 07/27/2019 at 19:34

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I’d show you my tax returns, but I’m undergoing an audit right now.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/27/2019 at 19:36

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Where do you live? In that case, the utility should just bill the owner of the property. Were you receiving a billing statement each month for your own apartment?

My daughter and son-in-law work for an outfit that splits out utility bills for large housing complexes.

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:53

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Yeah because then I don’t need to be nice to  them

Urambo Tauro > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:54

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Reminds me of that recent story where some kid tried to pass off a PS4 as fruit at the checkout.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 19:56

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Self checkout at the local supermarket is very hard to game because of the bag scales unless you are dealing with fruit and veg. Which is why most of our f&v now comes wrapped in plastic and bar coded. This isn’t a win.

Our local equivalent of Lowe's tried them but found they needed just as many staff to manage the customers (either preventing theft or minimising customer fuckups) as the had running checkouts. Plus they needed to know the weight of everything to make them usefully secure! Not going to happen...

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 20:07

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This was the late 90s in Georgia when natural gas went through deregulation . We were billed each with our own meter, but the they coudn’t keep the meters locked so they just shut off the entire complex as a safety issue and each unit had to schedule someone to come out and light their pilot lights. it was a mess

HammerheadFistpunch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 20:15

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never even would have crossed my mind. then again I’m the guy who doesn’t try to “get out” of a speeding ticket I'm clearly at fault for.

Brickman > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 20:23

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Exactly!

fhrblig > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 20:46

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I should do that more often.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 07/27/2019 at 20:51

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I actually enjoy checking out for myself.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/27/2019 at 20:51

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Crazy.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 07/27/2019 at 20:52

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Pretty much.

In other news: I reserved a Nissan Frontier or similar  for my trip to White Mountan Peak.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fhrblig 07/27/2019 at 20:54

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You get some entertainment out of it that way. And you might enrage a MAGA-type in the process for +1.

TheRealBicycleBuck > HammerheadFistpunch 07/27/2019 at 21:16

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Cut from the same cloth, we are. As are most of the oppos. There are a few, however, that it’s clear we should watch out for. 

HammerheadFistpunch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 21:28

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good choice. the “or similar” can’t be any less suitable insuring you don’t get stuck with rouge or something

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 22:42

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It's my preference too... unless I've filled a full size trolley.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 07/27/2019 at 23:24

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Keep you posted.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 07/28/2019 at 00:12

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So is the Roque just junk? Not comparable to a RAV4?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 07/28/2019 at 15:49

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Their mistake, their problem (unless you were deliberately trying to atop them noticing the saw). If you knew, you should have said something. You didn’t, so that’s entirely on the cashier.

Not scanning stuff at a self checkout is both theft and total douchebaggery. I have more respect for the person who just walks out without paying than the one who trys to make themselves look ( read: feel ) honest and rationalize theft.