About half paid for their groceries using the self-scan service, but that stopped working when someone scanned alcohol, which requires a staff member to check a customer's age before the system is unlocked.
Police were alerted at 9.20am by a report of people leaving with "truckloads of groceries". Supermarket owner Glenn Miller was initially furious over the incident, fearing that thousands of dollars of groceries might have walked out the door.
But after reviewing the shop's security footage during the weekend his mood had mellowed. "I can certainly see the funny side of it ... but I'd rather not have the publicity, to be honest. It makes me look a bit of a dickhead."
There are news videos here and here.
2 comments:
Of course, a computer glitch should be seen as a license to commit a crime. 'Well, the door opened - what were we supposed to do?'
Agreed. He's perfectly within his rights to be furious. He doesn't look like a dickhead; his "customers" do.
It's nice that at least some people were honest and used the self-scanning checkout to pay.
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