Finally someone hits the nail on the head. And it's not just cashiers,
it's less people in shipping, stock, warehousing, inventory, etc.
It's no wonder Walmart is a big proponent of RFID. Those cheap SOB's do
anything they acn to cut costs and eliminate jobs.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Peter P."
  To: piclist@mit.edu
  Subject: Re: [OT] I wonder what company would let such a product
  outthedoor. Naw, it couldn't be ...
  Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:51:26 +0000 (UTC)


  Herbert Graf farcite.net> writes:

  > Eliminating shoplifting completely is a pointless exercise, putting
  > guards in to minimize it is the best we can do. There will always
  be
  > people who can get around WHATEVER guards are in place. To
  completely
  > dismiss something new because it appears slightly easier to take
  > advantage of is IMHO not a good way to approach things.

  The whole point about the system is to eliminate costly jobs and to
  increase
  user satisfaction (convenience) ? There is only one employee instead
  of six.
  Maybe there is a little more potential for shoplifting. If the
  savings from the
  eliminated jobs cover it then there is a net gain even with the
  increased
  shopliftings (if any).

  Peter

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