<div id="readability-page-1"><div><article><p>Rich people, poorer morals? A new LendingTree report claims the shoppers most likely to rip off the self-checkout machine aren’t the desperate — they’re the well-off, according to the NY Post.</p><p>Americans making over $100,000 a year are twice as likely to steal at self-checkout compared to low-income shoppers. A hefty 40% of six-figure earners admitted they’ve deliberately skipped scanning an item, while just 17% of those making under $30,000 confessed to the same.</p><p><img height="300" width="500" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Screenshot%202025-12-08%20at%2009.23.50.jpg/query-aXRvaz1ZUjFpYXU4Wg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Screenshot%202025-12-08%20at%2009.23.50.jpg/query-aXRvaz1ZUjFpYXU4Wg"/></p><p>The Post writes that middle-income households didn’t look much better: 27% of people earning between $50K and $99K say they’ve helped themselves without paying. And men are the biggest culprits overall, with 38% admitting to theft versus only 16% of women.</p><p>Even with AI scanners and weight sensors trying to outsmart sticky fingers, self-checkout theft is still rising.</p><p>A chunk of shoppers don’t feel bad about it either. <strong>Nearly one-third say big retailers make plenty of money, so swiping something “doesn’t hurt.” Another 35% defend the habit by claiming they’re basically unpaid store workers and grabbing an item or two is “compensation.”</strong></p><p>Still, most blame inflation rather than guilt-free shoplifting. Forty-seven percent say rising prices are forcing people to cheat at the register — meaning even wealthy shoppers might be feeling the squeeze, just not enough to pay for everything in their cart.</p></article></div><p>Loading recommendations...</p></div>

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<p>一份 LendingTree 的报告显示，富裕的美国人比低收入购物者更有可能在自助结账机上盗窃。收入超过 100,000 美元的人中有 40% 承认盗窃，而收入低于 30,000 美元的人中只有 17%。中等收入者的盗窃率也相当显著。男性是主要的罪犯，38% 的人承认盗窃。尽管有人工智能扫描仪，自助结账的盗窃行为仍在上升，许多人将此归咎于通货膨胀，并将盗窃视为对未支付劳动的补偿</p>

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