Saw this sign today in New Look Omni. Didn’t see any staff wearing them. I know the Gardaí were trialling them recently but it seems strange to have them on staff in shops?
It’s very common in retail in the UK and its creeping in here
badger-biscuits on
We’re not punishing cunts enough so more cunts are being cunts so shops need more anti cunt protection
brianDEtazzzia on
All security staff in blanch shopping centre have body cams, not widely advertised, chest height.
SimmoTheGuv on
If everyone just submitted a Subject access request for the footage they would soon stop
cmjh87 on
Is there a gdpr consent issue with this?
Crimthann_fathach on
Tesco by me has them with a couple of years now.
Lady_Skunk on
Working in retail in the city centre I’ve had times where I’ve wished I had a body cam on me. It’s not to monitor the everyday person. It’s to record any incidents with the scum of the population harassing the everyday person just trying to do their job.
bubbleweed on
Ugh
Busy-Rule-6049 on
The amount of shit security guards and shop assistants get is unreal, people think they can just say and do what they please..thing Is the cameras won’t stop it either
RobotIcHead on
I don’t like that they are getting normalised, but also from a friend who was a security guard, they were getting claims that they were being excessive, apparently they can do very little. But the footage can be given to the gardai apparently. Apparently very useful against mothers who are convinced their child is an angel.
RatBasher89 on
Good, might stop people being cunts to retail workers
JONFER--- on
Can you blame them? The justice system will not punish younger scumbags, they know this and have gotten more brazen. At least knowing that there is a camera in their face might settle the scobes down.
It will be interesting to see if the visual and audio data from the recording devices will ever be used to terminate employment or discipline an employee. E.g. overhearing an inappropriate conversation between staff, noticing that someone is going to the bathroom too much, disputes between managers et cetera et cetera.
SuzieZsuZsu on
I absolutely don’t blame them.. ive done my time in retail back in 2000s and it was bad then. I couldn’t imagine what its like now!!
Expensive_Award1609 on
this is insane.
i am all for it.
ridiculous how this country has turned into.. the need of body cam to be always on the lookout of scum
FairyOnTheLoose on
Only thing that comes to mind about this is monitoring of staff which nobody seems to be concerned with.
broken_neck_broken on
I was in Tesco in Dun Laoghaire last week getting the shopping done. My youngest decided he needed the toilet so I took him that direction. The widest open exit was the self scan checkout area so I went to take him through there and the woman working there snaps “You’re not allowed to leave this way if you’re not using one of the checkouts. There is an exit beside the customer service desk”. Unnecessarily rude but I headed down that way and found the gate, which was closed and latched. As I walked up to it a security guard appears out of nowhere and asked “Are you sure you didn’t pick anything up?” before he would allow me to leave. I never want to go back there again, I know Lidl and Aldi have similar measures for years, but if you decide to leave by an empty checkout lane and close the gate behind you they don’t say anything. Did they get special training on how to be a cunt to customers or what?
faffingunderthetree on
Sadly it wont deter or make much difference. Most stealing or abuse that is done to workers in Dublin shopping centres is from a certain caravan dwelling part of our society. And they live above the law. The body cam footage can be given to the guards but them doing anything with it, is the issue. Justice is rarely delt especially when its teens or kids doing it. There is a reason they train there kids to shoplift.
calex80 on
I don’t mind the body cams, it’s seeing myself on the screen on the self service in Boots and Tesco I fucking hate.
Chemical-Sentence-66 on
This is because of imported sue culture, cunts off their heads and shite court outcomes. I’d rather not be on camera everywhere I go and the reality is we will because of these dregs of society.
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It’s very common in retail in the UK and its creeping in here
We’re not punishing cunts enough so more cunts are being cunts so shops need more anti cunt protection
All security staff in blanch shopping centre have body cams, not widely advertised, chest height.
If everyone just submitted a Subject access request for the footage they would soon stop
Is there a gdpr consent issue with this?
Tesco by me has them with a couple of years now.
Working in retail in the city centre I’ve had times where I’ve wished I had a body cam on me. It’s not to monitor the everyday person. It’s to record any incidents with the scum of the population harassing the everyday person just trying to do their job.
Ugh
The amount of shit security guards and shop assistants get is unreal, people think they can just say and do what they please..thing Is the cameras won’t stop it either
I don’t like that they are getting normalised, but also from a friend who was a security guard, they were getting claims that they were being excessive, apparently they can do very little. But the footage can be given to the gardai apparently. Apparently very useful against mothers who are convinced their child is an angel.
Good, might stop people being cunts to retail workers
Can you blame them? The justice system will not punish younger scumbags, they know this and have gotten more brazen. At least knowing that there is a camera in their face might settle the scobes down.
It will be interesting to see if the visual and audio data from the recording devices will ever be used to terminate employment or discipline an employee. E.g. overhearing an inappropriate conversation between staff, noticing that someone is going to the bathroom too much, disputes between managers et cetera et cetera.
I absolutely don’t blame them.. ive done my time in retail back in 2000s and it was bad then. I couldn’t imagine what its like now!!
this is insane.
i am all for it.
ridiculous how this country has turned into.. the need of body cam to be always on the lookout of scum
Only thing that comes to mind about this is monitoring of staff which nobody seems to be concerned with.
I was in Tesco in Dun Laoghaire last week getting the shopping done. My youngest decided he needed the toilet so I took him that direction. The widest open exit was the self scan checkout area so I went to take him through there and the woman working there snaps “You’re not allowed to leave this way if you’re not using one of the checkouts. There is an exit beside the customer service desk”. Unnecessarily rude but I headed down that way and found the gate, which was closed and latched. As I walked up to it a security guard appears out of nowhere and asked “Are you sure you didn’t pick anything up?” before he would allow me to leave. I never want to go back there again, I know Lidl and Aldi have similar measures for years, but if you decide to leave by an empty checkout lane and close the gate behind you they don’t say anything. Did they get special training on how to be a cunt to customers or what?
Sadly it wont deter or make much difference. Most stealing or abuse that is done to workers in Dublin shopping centres is from a certain caravan dwelling part of our society. And they live above the law. The body cam footage can be given to the guards but them doing anything with it, is the issue. Justice is rarely delt especially when its teens or kids doing it. There is a reason they train there kids to shoplift.
I don’t mind the body cams, it’s seeing myself on the screen on the self service in Boots and Tesco I fucking hate.
This is because of imported sue culture, cunts off their heads and shite court outcomes. I’d rather not be on camera everywhere I go and the reality is we will because of these dregs of society.