[HN Gopher] At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you...
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       At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something
        
       Author : c420
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2025-11-05 21:53 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sfgate.com)
        
       | gwbas1c wrote:
       | Vote with your feet: If you don't like it, go elsewhere.
       | 
       | When I lived in SF, I stopped using the automated checkouts
       | because they were too sensitive and glitchy; if you breathed on
       | the scale they'd require a clerk to reset.
        
       | m463 wrote:
       | There's a target store I've gone to that is sort of taken over by
       | homeless. They are all over outside. They walk in with their
       | bicycles. Target hasn't really done anything. It is kind of weird
       | to shop there.
       | 
       | That said, I wonder what happens at safeway during a fire or
       | shooter.
        
         | quickthrowman wrote:
         | > That said, I wonder what happens at safeway during a fire or
         | shooter.
         | 
         | During a fire, the gate controller will have a fire alarm input
         | on the terminal block wired to an output from the fire alarm
         | system that will open the gate if the fire alarm system
         | activates. All automatic doors/gates/card access doors and fire
         | alarm systems work the same way, fail open on fire alarm
         | signal.
         | 
         | If there was a duress button system at Safeway, a signal from
         | that could be used to automatically open gates and doors as
         | well during an active shooter incident, but afaik it's not
         | mandated by code like fire alarm door and gate releases are.
         | 
         | Some automatic sliding double doors actually are able to be
         | pushed open, there's a hidden hinge in the top that allows it
         | to open up even if the double doors are closed.
        
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