So my wife and I visited the Migros at Cornavin, Geneva a few minutes ago. We observed that while some of the self-checkout stations have signs that explicitly remind shoppers that the bags are too be paid for, not all of them do.
Specifically, the ones against the wall and windows facing the lake have no such warning.
Just as an experiment my wife paid for a chocolate bar, and then handed it backwards to me in a different isle, which I thought might give the impression that I hadn't paid. Nobody batted an eye. I have included a photo of my hand holding the chocolate for reference.
I do not have evidence of this next part, but I'll tell the story anyway.
On our way in there were securitas guards searching the belongings of a young Black man, who was very politely allowing the guards to mark anything in his bag that might be sold at Migros with a Sharpie.
The guard challenged neither me Italian-looking wife or me, even though we had laptop bags and a shopping bag.
by isanameaname
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If you want a fair experiment, you should come with full bags of something
“Payable” is such a bad translation lmao, as if it was just an option
I, a white woman, get stopped for “random searches” at the self-checkout once every 2 months, more or less. Should i identify myself as a black woman? Because I am not getting your point
They’re either 0.90 CHF or 200 CHF, depending on where you scan them.
Interesting.
In a picture on Google maps 8 months ago there was no such sign.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S3Umq7pD7udLyWVj8?g_st=ac
Did they put them there after the incident?
Could you retake the picture of your hand with a banana for reference?
I have done. I wasn’t travelling this time. I was commuting.