Someone's stirring up the Bees Nest about "you" doing the work at Self-checkouts

Not sure where you get that idea. Over a grand is a felony, under a grand is a misdemeanor. Lesser courts are full of shoplifters.
Going by what's been said on the news. I don't think that they prosecute for shoplifting like they use to. St.louis has a back log of over 4000 cases now for different crimes