cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/57752890
Gotta know when to have the digital price tags update to a more expensive price the moment you turn down the isle.
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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Life hack, hire a hobo to go shopping for you.
That’s my secret, I always look like a hobo. Because I’m one health issue from living in a van anyway.
#van-lyfe
They’ve had hidden cameras in the shelves since I worked there in 2008-2009. But then again my store was high theft store at the time. We couldn’t even sell alcohol because it got stolen too much.
We're a nation of sick people chasing any release from reality. FDR would probably be clawing himself out of the grave if he even heard how far every branch of government has fallen.
I'd vote for him.
Write random things on little slips of paper and put them in front of the camera for a few seconds before walking away. The crazier the better, but nothing that could be considered hostile or a threat. Suggestions; Hi, with a smiley face I see you. Are you stalking me? Can you turn the air conditioning up higher please?
or a goatse printout
Carry some sandpaper and scratch the fuck out of the lens. Fuck stickers. Stickers can be removed. Sticker goo cleans off. The same sandpaper that irreparably damages a camera lens can be used to keep your fingernails smooth and strong. You would be a fool not to carry sandpaper.
Some super glue would probably do the trick. If it gets on the edge of the lenses too, where it connects to the housing, then they can’t easily be replaced. As a bonus, the acetone it would take to remove the glue might eat away at the plastic surrounding the lens.
Then they'll ban you!
Which is fine. I'll take one for the team.
They'd have a case for vandalism, since the overhead cameras will show who is at each camera as it gets scratched. If someone is watching in real time, they could catch someone doing this before they leave the store.
I'm tempted to just start carrying a big roll of smiley face stickers and put one over the lens of any cameras I come across.
Some fine upstanding citizen needs to write a script that crashes the system, posts a link to it on a QR code, and print off business cards that people can flash in front of any camera they come across.
I don't think random cameras are going to curl QR codes and run whatever code they're presented with
A man can dream.
It is everyone's moral obligation to sabotage these things in any way they can.
The Walmart family do not care about their workers. Those workers don't even make enough to support themselves, and still get food stamps.
Remember that every time you shop at Walmart. And do not feel bad for anything that happens there.