1
00:00:09,133 --> 00:00:12,013
Speaker 1: You're listening to a podcast from news Talk sed Be

2
00:00:12,413 --> 00:00:15,252
Speaker 1: follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on.

3
00:00:15,333 --> 00:00:18,332
Speaker 2: iHeartRadio, Brown onions and supermarkets.

4
00:00:18,453 --> 00:00:21,253
Speaker 3: So there's this new trend going around social media circles,

5
00:00:21,293 --> 00:00:23,933
Speaker 3: TikTok and the like. It's called the brown onion trend,

6
00:00:24,012 --> 00:00:26,733
Speaker 3: as you said. So one shopper who remained anonymous when

7
00:00:26,732 --> 00:00:28,893
Speaker 3: speaking to media, she sayes she puts all of her

8
00:00:28,933 --> 00:00:32,452
Speaker 3: fruit and vegi through the self checkout is brown onions

9
00:00:32,453 --> 00:00:34,653
Speaker 3: to save money because brown onions are about a dollar

10
00:00:34,693 --> 00:00:35,412
Speaker 3: twenty akilo.

11
00:00:35,573 --> 00:00:37,893
Speaker 4: So she's calling it a hack. Yeah, it's theft.

12
00:00:38,213 --> 00:00:39,253
Speaker 3: It's clearly thick.

13
00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:43,973
Speaker 2: You haven't hacked the system. You've lied and bought something

14
00:00:44,013 --> 00:00:44,853
Speaker 2: for less than it's worth.

15
00:00:44,893 --> 00:00:48,373
Speaker 3: That's theft, right, absolutely, absolutely, But follow up question because

16
00:00:48,373 --> 00:00:50,492
Speaker 3: he's been a mass of frise in the self cheeckout

17
00:00:51,613 --> 00:00:53,733
Speaker 3: at supermarkets. And I love self cheek out because I

18
00:00:53,773 --> 00:00:56,413
Speaker 3: don't have to worry about, you know, being behind someone

19
00:00:56,493 --> 00:00:59,133
Speaker 3: who just wants a chat with the super checkout operator.

20
00:00:59,173 --> 00:01:00,572
Speaker 2: I hate it because I want to chat with the

21
00:01:01,253 --> 00:01:02,333
Speaker 2: operator iland human.

22
00:01:02,613 --> 00:01:04,173
Speaker 4: I'm talker. I want human contact.

23
00:01:04,213 --> 00:01:04,973
Speaker 3: You do love humans.

24
00:01:05,093 --> 00:01:07,733
Speaker 4: I want to make someone stay better with my excellent chat.

25
00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:11,613
Speaker 3: If you're going to have more self checkouts in your supermarket,

26
00:01:12,133 --> 00:01:13,853
Speaker 3: is is it just the fact that you're going to

27
00:01:13,893 --> 00:01:15,333
Speaker 3: have to pot up with people who are going to

28
00:01:15,413 --> 00:01:16,372
Speaker 3: try and rip you off.

29
00:01:17,173 --> 00:01:17,373
Speaker 4: Yeah?

30
00:01:17,453 --> 00:01:19,373
Speaker 2: Right, So as the supermag you have to factor in

31
00:01:19,652 --> 00:01:22,812
Speaker 2: because you're not got eyes on everyone that comes through

32
00:01:22,853 --> 00:01:24,413
Speaker 2: and what they're buying, that you're going to lose a

33
00:01:24,413 --> 00:01:26,452
Speaker 2: percentage of it. You're not gonna have to pay wages yep,

34
00:01:26,652 --> 00:01:28,773
Speaker 2: which I said think is terrible because I think we

35
00:01:28,893 --> 00:01:31,653
Speaker 2: need to we need to hire people in these positions.

36
00:01:32,333 --> 00:01:33,613
Speaker 4: But you're not going to.

37
00:01:33,613 --> 00:01:36,533
Speaker 2: Pay wages, so you're going to lose that money and

38
00:01:36,652 --> 00:01:37,733
Speaker 2: theft effectively.

39
00:01:37,813 --> 00:01:38,013
Speaker 4: Yeah.

40
00:01:38,093 --> 00:01:40,693
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the cost benefit analysis. I think they call

41
00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:41,213
Speaker 3: it in the game.

42
00:01:41,292 --> 00:01:43,693
Speaker 4: Okay, so what do you think where do you sit

43
00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:44,212
Speaker 4: this morally?

44
00:01:44,253 --> 00:01:46,532
Speaker 2: Then? So you say that they just serve them, right,

45
00:01:46,693 --> 00:01:48,453
Speaker 2: people just steal for them, it serves them right.

46
00:01:49,013 --> 00:01:50,693
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, it's a good point when you raise it

47
00:01:50,773 --> 00:01:52,613
Speaker 3: like that. I mean, clearly it is theft, but I

48
00:01:52,653 --> 00:01:54,853
Speaker 3: think you know how you measured it before that. If

49
00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:57,093
Speaker 3: you're going to lay off your checkout workers and you're

50
00:01:57,093 --> 00:01:59,573
Speaker 3: going to install these machines to make it convenient for

51
00:01:59,693 --> 00:02:02,373
Speaker 3: the customer, as well as cheaper for you. Then you've

52
00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:04,853
Speaker 3: got to expect some breakage, so to speak.

53
00:02:05,093 --> 00:02:09,733
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you probably do, but it doesn't make steering. Well,

54
00:02:09,813 --> 00:02:13,493
Speaker 2: you know you are stealing. You're paying brown onion prices

55
00:02:13,493 --> 00:02:16,253
Speaker 2: for more expensive stuff and stealing the difference. Yeah, that

56
00:02:16,293 --> 00:02:19,413
Speaker 2: doesn't make that okay. Just because the supermarkets don't have

57
00:02:19,453 --> 00:02:21,813
Speaker 2: eyes on you. Yeah, I mean because you could say, well,

58
00:02:21,813 --> 00:02:25,653
Speaker 2: look i'm down, we'll get into this. Actually, because you

59
00:02:25,933 --> 00:02:28,613
Speaker 2: could say, hey, they didn't have anyone corridor down the

60
00:02:28,813 --> 00:02:31,213
Speaker 2: corridor looking at me, so it's okay for me to

61
00:02:31,213 --> 00:02:33,813
Speaker 2: shove one kg block of cheese down my pants.

62
00:02:34,053 --> 00:02:35,493
Speaker 4: It's their fault because they were watching me.

63
00:02:35,693 --> 00:02:38,613
Speaker 3: We're talking to news Talks ZB Political edit today Jason

64
00:02:38,613 --> 00:02:39,173
Speaker 3: Wolves get a.

65
00:02:39,213 --> 00:02:41,813
Speaker 5: Mates, Oh good afternoon. I'm interested in that chat. I

66
00:02:41,853 --> 00:02:44,852
Speaker 5: am very much a person at the supermarket sort of guy,

67
00:02:44,893 --> 00:02:46,532
Speaker 5: like if I have a couple of items, I'll go through.

68
00:02:46,532 --> 00:02:49,133
Speaker 5: But I always, and in a way that's completely within

69
00:02:49,333 --> 00:02:52,213
Speaker 5: the realms of New Zealand's law, try and beat the

70
00:02:52,252 --> 00:02:56,413
Speaker 5: system at pack and save every single time, because you know,

71
00:02:56,573 --> 00:02:58,293
Speaker 5: excuse me for the tangent here, but you know how

72
00:02:58,333 --> 00:03:01,493
Speaker 5: they'll put everything into the trolley and then you go

73
00:03:01,573 --> 00:03:03,813
Speaker 5: somewhere else and you have your own bags and put

74
00:03:03,893 --> 00:03:07,692
Speaker 5: your items into the bags. I always try and pack

75
00:03:07,773 --> 00:03:11,093
Speaker 5: them as I oh. So it actually takes a bit

76
00:03:11,133 --> 00:03:13,373
Speaker 5: of skill and focus because you've got to be faster

77
00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:15,852
Speaker 5: than the person working at the checkout operator now, and

78
00:03:15,893 --> 00:03:18,252
Speaker 5: it is usually it's okay if there's somebody that's kind

79
00:03:18,252 --> 00:03:20,853
Speaker 5: of new, because they're going through and just moving things about,

80
00:03:20,853 --> 00:03:22,373
Speaker 5: and you grab them quickly and put them into your

81
00:03:22,373 --> 00:03:24,653
Speaker 5: separate bags. But if you get somebody that's been there

82
00:03:24,653 --> 00:03:26,613
Speaker 5: that's been a veteran of about fifteen years, and I

83
00:03:26,613 --> 00:03:29,053
Speaker 5: have a nemesis at my local pack and save. She's

84
00:03:29,053 --> 00:03:30,252
Speaker 5: got the fastest hands.

85
00:03:30,013 --> 00:03:30,453
Speaker 4: In the West.

86
00:03:30,493 --> 00:03:33,013
Speaker 5: She goes quick. A little hack is that if you

87
00:03:33,133 --> 00:03:36,452
Speaker 5: if I get my chickpeas or shear seeds or something

88
00:03:36,573 --> 00:03:38,213
Speaker 5: like that, put them in the bags you know where

89
00:03:38,253 --> 00:03:40,773
Speaker 5: you self serve, but don't put the number on so

90
00:03:40,813 --> 00:03:42,613
Speaker 5: that way they have to stop and actually look up

91
00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:44,733
Speaker 5: what it is, and you can use that time to

92
00:03:44,773 --> 00:03:47,013
Speaker 5: put things that you've had to put the side of

93
00:03:47,013 --> 00:03:49,733
Speaker 5: the supermarket trolley into the bags while they look it

94
00:03:49,813 --> 00:03:52,453
Speaker 5: up in the system. So that's my little completely legal

95
00:03:52,493 --> 00:03:54,053
Speaker 5: hack about how to beat the system at back and

96
00:03:54,053 --> 00:03:54,733
Speaker 5: say that's.

97
00:03:54,613 --> 00:03:56,893
Speaker 4: The Jason Walls supermarket challenge.

98
00:03:56,973 --> 00:03:58,613
Speaker 5: I've been wanting to get that off my chest for

99
00:03:58,733 --> 00:04:00,493
Speaker 5: some time now, and I'm just waiting for it to

100
00:04:00,613 --> 00:04:01,733
Speaker 5: the right time for it to come up.

101
00:04:01,813 --> 00:04:03,813
Speaker 4: So Yes, well solved.

102
00:04:04,293 --> 00:04:06,933
Speaker 1: For more from Used Talks, it'd be listen live on

103
00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:09,973
Speaker 1: air or online and keep our shows with you wherever

104
00:04:10,053 --> 00:04:12,613
Speaker 1: you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.