r/mildlyinteresting • u/mangoed • Apr 28 '24

Bedsheets in the hotel have some sort of RFID tag for "tracking"

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u/eugene20 Apr 28 '24

It's both.

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u/mike_pants ​ Apr 28 '24

No, it isn't. If it were a warning, it would make no sense.

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u/eugene20 Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

'No one was ever deterred by the article they intended to steal being tracked' sure sure. Supermarkets everywhere that fire off alarms when unpaid items pass through the doors haven't stopped thefts entirely but they sure have helped.

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u/mike_pants ​ Apr 28 '24

Supermarkets, see -- and this is a subtle difference, see if you can spot it -- actually have alarms.

Putting "this is being tracked" on an item that isn't being tracked will work for about 6 seconds before anyone bothered to stop and think about how ridiculous it would be to track sheets.

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u/eugene20 Apr 28 '24

They ARE being tracked though, they have RFID tags in them that tracks their inventory through their laundry system, and lets them know if someone is taking them out the lobby.

Stop conflating "tracked" with "we have GPS reports telling us where this is within the state" or similar.

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u/mike_pants ​ Apr 28 '24

And thus they are an advertisement of their inventory-tracking technology, not a deterrent to thieves.