I’ve always hated these cameras. It’s not just “you’re being watched” it’s also comes with some amount of “you can’t be trusted” and “guilty until proven innocent.”
I just need a particular size washer/nut/bolt, not to be reminded that Home Depot thinks I’m a thief by default.
A new, pretty bougie grocery store opened up near me, and I bought some stuff at the self checkout. I scanned a piece of fruit, and, being unfamiliar with the system, I then tried to scan my next item instead of entering in the number of that scanned fruit I was buying.
After a few tries at this the self checkout throws an alarm, and the supervisor comes over with their supervisor key, and the system makes you and the supervisor watch a security video together showing what you were doing before the alarm went off. SUPER awkward.
Also in Home Depot, at least the one near where I used to live, the tools aisle has one camera in each bay. If you lingered near a bay, the screen attached to the camera would activate itself and show the camera’s view of you as well as loudly sounding an alert every thirty seconds or so to remind you that it could see you.
I’ve always hated these cameras. It’s not just “you’re being watched” it’s also comes with some amount of “you can’t be trusted” and “guilty until proven innocent.”
I just need a particular size washer/nut/bolt, not to be reminded that Home Depot thinks I’m a thief by default.
Don’t support home depot, they support MAGA. Shop at your local hardware store like Ace if possible, or Lowes when needed.
A new, pretty bougie grocery store opened up near me, and I bought some stuff at the self checkout. I scanned a piece of fruit, and, being unfamiliar with the system, I then tried to scan my next item instead of entering in the number of that scanned fruit I was buying.
After a few tries at this the self checkout throws an alarm, and the supervisor comes over with their supervisor key, and the system makes you and the supervisor watch a security video together showing what you were doing before the alarm went off. SUPER awkward.
Also in Home Depot, at least the one near where I used to live, the tools aisle has one camera in each bay. If you lingered near a bay, the screen attached to the camera would activate itself and show the camera’s view of you as well as loudly sounding an alert every thirty seconds or so to remind you that it could see you.
It made me actively avoid buying tools there.