Lili wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> > MareCat said...
> >
> > > What's to prevent someone from just dropping an item into a shopping bag
> > > without scanning it first?

> <delurk> Doesn't the scanner deactivate some alarm or whathaveyou??.... I
> know here in Australia, if something isn't scanned through, when you leave
> the shop, an alarm sounds to say that you haven't paid for something. The
> alarm sits in posts, which are positioned at the exit points.
> Lili

Yeap! That's how it's supposed to work. Except here in the Mid South
the store alarms are always going off on legitimate shoppers who have
one or two items that didn't deactivate properly. It's a moment of
total confusion. I like to stop and hold up my arms. Store employees
signal me to go on and the alarm goes off. I asked the employees what
they were expected to do when the alarm sounds; they said "nothing."
So I guess it's just another one of those "concepts" that may work as a
deterrent unless the perp is totally committed.