It seems to be SOP, have noticed, after ringing up a couple hundred dollars worth of nothing but steaks, chops, etc, and paying with someone else’s rapidly devaluing money, to have a stocker carry it out to their car for them. They think it’s real funny, no doubt.
My husband had this happen early spring...woman in a nice long leather coat ringing up lobster and steak in the self-checkout line. My husband was next in line behind her...woman left her receipt behind, and on it was the balance remaining on the her bridge card. My husband rang up his couple of items and went out to parking lot where the woman was getting into an Escalade! My DH and I live frugally by choice...we work hard, forgoing ‘luxuries’ so we could pay off our cars and house. We only got our first cell phones—and they are cheapo Trac phones—last fall for emergencies. We live debt-free so other folks could engage in this behavior?!?
The other scam I have seen is someone hanging out by a grocery store entrance; I’ve had offers upon the person seeing my shopping list to buy my food and then I pay with cash when they come out.
It looks like food purchases on the EBT, and the person is money laundering. I always refuse, but I wonder how many take up the offer.