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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 month ago

Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme

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Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme

www.nbcnews.com

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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 month ago

Police say the suspect used a ring on his finger with a tomato soup barcode to surreptitiously scan expensive items at a fraction of the cost, including a $300 grill.

Soup to nuts

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Because the employees just clear it because the scales are so broken
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  Also because they expect you to load a whole cart full of groceries onto an 8"x8" bagging area.

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