Body cameras and the footage they gather are commonly advertised as a way to prevent shoplifting, but Walmart intends to use the tech for worker safety.
  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
    18·
    21 hours ago

    This has nothing to do with worker safety, or loss prevention. This is to basically spy on their employees.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 hours ago

      These are going to be put on all employees. Then the footage will be run through an AI algorithm to search for keywords like “union,” “organize,” etc.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Hmmmmmmm, so what you’re saying is, if a walmart employee is pissing me off, I should just start asking him what they think of the “union organize target wage increase fuck this job easy to steal”

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Sure. But I have a hard time seeing what an employee could possibly do, that wouldn’t warrant calling the police, that would justify being a class traitor.

          • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
            1·
            15 minutes ago

            I don’t know if this is just my area, or of it’s Walmart in general…but EVERY employee in the Walmarts near me treat every customer like an asshole.

            During Black Friday I got reminded why I never shop Walmart anymore. Their website forces you to create a profile. You can’t shop as guest. On top of all that, they at some point began letting unregulated 3rd party vendors sell things on their website. So you don’t even know IF walmart carrys the products on their own website. That in turn makes it hard to use their website to check if an item is in stock before you leave your house. Because you search for something, and you get 5 results from 5 different vendors, but they’re all the same product. One of them may OR MAY NOT be sold by walmart directly. You now need to look at each listing individually. Calling the store directly is even more useless, as the employees will just leave you on hold for 20 minutes. Then you go there in person, and see employees turning red in the face SCREAMING at old ladies who don’t understand their keycard screens. She’s just trying to pay and asking “where’s the tap thingie?” And this employee just screams “IF YOU DON’T PAY AND GET THE FUCK OUT I’M WALKING THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!! JUST PAY!!!”

            “But where do I…”

            “JUST PAY!!!”

            “I’m trying to, but it isn’t…”

            “JUST FUCKING PAY, BITCH!!!”

            Eventually the machine took. And this employee is yelling “YOU’RE LUCKY MY SHIFT ISN’T ENDING! I’D BEAT YOUR ASS IN THE PARKING LOT, AND SMILE WHILE I DO IT!”

            She was just trying to buy 3 video games and I have no idea what happened before I got there, but I already decided long before it was my turn in line that I wasn’t shopping here. I only stayed because I wanted to make sure this guy wasn’t going to actually punch this elderly woman.

            I came for this $39 tablet, but even if they DID have it, I wasn’t buying anything now. This is an extreme example, but most of the employees I see are just angry and hostile all the time. Most of the customers too.

            I can’t even remember this EVER happening at Target, which is right across the street.

  • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
    17·
    1 day ago

    Dystopian maybe, but as crazy as people have become I’ve been wondering if there’s a less-than-obvious one any rando can purchase and wear.

    Much like there’s no fucking way I’d drive without a front and rear dashcam - because mine have saved me in not one, not two, but THREE different incidents and quite literally saved me five-figures in costs, at the very least - I’m kinda wondering if it makes sense to have bodycam footage the next time a Karen decides to have a crazy fit and I’m close enough that it could become my problem.