Why do people put their smartphone on a scale at the supermarket? Use this nifty tip!

You may have noticed that some customers, before weighing an item on a self-service scale, place their mobile phone on the platform for a few seconds.

This may indeed sound strange, but now we will explain why Russians use such a life hack.

The cost of vegetables, fruits, sweets and other products sold by weight depends on their weight. In this matter, you should completely trust electronic store scales. But their parameters may have been changed on purpose, or the scales have simply not been calibrated for a long time, that is, their accuracy has not been checked.

And then the result of the veil is probably not in favor of the buyer. Yes, losses can be very small within the framework of a single purchase, but a penny saves a ruble, and justice is priceless at all!

Therefore, experienced buyers, before putting their product on the scale and printing a label, check the correctness of the measurement using an object that almost everyone always has with them – a smartphone.

Its weight is easy to know, it is indicated in the description of the model. But if suddenly a miracle happens and you go shopping without a phone, you can use any small product packed in lightweight packaging – a chocolate bar or a pack of soda – to check the scale.

If there are several scales in the gym, you can check everything – it will be very interesting to see if the results will be different. And perhaps you will draw certain conclusions about the administration of the grocery store.