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Getting “gecontroleerd” in the self-checkout supermarkets in the Netherlands seems to be happening to me way more frequently than it ever did previously (sometimes every visit). I’ve never missed scanning an item, which is something as far as I understand used to be a flag for more frequent checks.

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Is that like a pat down search at the supermarket??

It's a human check after you use the self-scanning checkout, they verify that what's on your receipt is what's in your bag.

After you scan all your items and click to pay, you get a “random” check notification and can’t pay until one of the employees comes over and scans a certain number of items in your bag.

It’s pretty frustrating and it used to happen quite infrequently.

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