Every time egg cartons are opened at the checkout in the supermarket.
To see if they're broken?
Actually there is another reason.
Kassel – You can see it regularly when shopping at the checkout: the egg carton travels over the belt and is opened again by the cashier before the cashier collects it.
But why is this actually done?
Most people would probably answer the question now: to check whether all the eggs are still intact.
But that is actually not the real reason for the control.
At the checkout in the supermarket: That's why the staff really opens the egg cartons
As reported by focus.de, the egg cartons in the supermarket are opened to prevent secret thefts.
After all, some items were always found in it that customers wanted to smuggle with them.
A cashier told Focus that surprise eggs or condiments are often stowed between the eggs.
Once someone even “took an expensive electric toothbrush out of the box and put it in the box”.
Chains or other jewelry can also be found regularly in the boxes.
In order to be more successful, some people in the supermarket are now even switching to other packaging as a smuggling site, such as boxes for hair dye.
However, when they are finally caught at the checkout, most of them, according to employees, react with surprise and show no guilt.
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Supermarket staff are required to open egg cartons
As a salesperson, you remember the faces of the relevant customers so that you can pay more attention to the purchase next time.
In order to reduce potential theft, however, they are obliged to check the egg carton every time.
In October, there will also be new regulations in supermarkets due to the corona pandemic.
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