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11-30-2012, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X  My thing is don't ask to check my bag or any bodies bag. How can the store be respecting a customer when at the same time they have assumed that simply because a person has come in with a bag that they come in to steal.
If I had a store I wouldn't treat people like they've come into my store to steal. | Fair enough then! I thought you were some kind of deranged fool. I still think you misinterpret your treatment.
What you're effectively saying is all stores should have security staff. I think being followed sends you a bit of a message, whereas checking bags makes no accusation of any individual.
If you then object to being followed about the store you're objecting to store security period. Since you clearly wish to be held above suspicion you can't not object to being followed.
How would your store combat shoplifting?
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11-30-2012, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Downunderwonder Fair enough then! I thought you were some kind of deranged fool. I still think you misinterpret your treatment.
What you're effectively saying is all stores should have security staff. I think being followed sends you a bit of a message, whereas checking bags makes no accusation of any individual.
If you then object to being followed about the store you're objecting to store security period. Since you clearly wish to be held above suspicion you can't not object to being followed.
How would your store combat shoplifting? | I too am curious how his store would combat shoplifting.
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11-30-2012, 01:27 PM
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11-30-2012, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Marial I would much rather check my bag than have some gomer following me around. | I can hear it now. Shazam! You just put that right back. Decietful, decietful, decietful.
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11-30-2012, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X How can the store be respecting a customer when at the same time they have assumed that simply because a person has come in with a bag that they come in to steal. | I think this is where the problem is for you. You see it as them looking at YOU as someone looking to steal from them. I and others don't take it personally. I take as a sad reflection of the fact that people do indeed steal, and this is what needs to be done in order for them to somewhat protect themselves.
Something that WOULD and does at times bother me is being followed around a store, after being singled out, and it's happened many times. And I get checked, frisked, and bag searched just about every time I get on a plane. Pulled over by cops too, and drug and alcohol tested even though I don't drink or do any drugs at all. No idea why. 
At a bag check they're checking everybody's bag so I really do, as mentioned earlier, just consider it a convenience. I don't like carry stuff around. |
11-30-2012, 01:36 PM
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11-30-2012, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by LarryO go back to store....no backpack but wear a ski mask. Hey it's cold, there's nothing wrong with staying warm | Hahaha, reminds me of the old Steve Martin bit;
"You can be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes! You say.. "Steve.. how can I be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes?" First.. get a million dollars. Now.. you say, "Steve.. what do I say to the tax man when he comes to my door and says, 'You.. have never paid taxes'?" Two simple words. Two simple words in the English language: "I forgot!" How many times do we let ourselves get into terrible situations because we don't say "I forgot"? Let's say you're on trial for armed robbery. You say to the judge, "I forgot armed robbery was illegal.""
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11-30-2012, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight However, I still had to present my receipt to the person at the front door.  | No you didnt. They like you to think that you do, but you dont. Quote:
Originally Posted by spector_boogie people here don't shop with backpacks because we're not weird, i guess...? | Yeah, the bus and bike lane are full of weirdos.
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11-30-2012, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania Yeah, the bus and bike lane are full of weirdos. | I know what you're saying Matt, but in all actuality they really are! 
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11-30-2012, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Relic haha nice turn-around!
I tend to disagree though.. back in my younger day I worked evenings at a retail store. K-Mart... Trust me when I tell you that most of our clientele were viewed as money-bearing cattle...not the nicest thing but it is what it is. Maybe other stores are different, I dunno. I only had experience with just that one. | You worked for K-Mart, too? How long were you in for? I did a few years back when my kids were small. Quote:
Originally Posted by slobake I can hear it now. Shazam! You just put that right back. Decietful, decietful, decietful. | LOL. (That makes me feel dreadfully old, though.) Quote:
Originally Posted by MatticusMania No you didnt. They like you to think that you do, but you dont. | Are you saying they don't really *look* at those receipts, Matt? 
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11-30-2012, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania Yeah, the bus and bike lane are full of weirdos. | I agree! |
11-30-2012, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by macaroni tony I know what you're saying Matt, but in all actuality they really are! | That's right, no one walks or rides a bike in Long Beach. 
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11-30-2012, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by macaroni tony I know what you're saying Matt, but in all actuality they really are! | Well, they do go up and down all the live long day so that should tell you something, right there. 
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11-30-2012, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by macaroni tony I know what you're saying Matt, but in all actuality they really are! | I made the statement because it works both ways... like me. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart Are you saying they don't really *look* at those receipts, Matt? | At Walmart? Likely not. But, I dont believe they have the right to stop you and check them in the first place. I ignore those people and continue walking. Quote:
Originally Posted by bassinplace | Like I said... weirdos, every last one of them!
I say this as someone who rode public tranist to school.
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11-30-2012, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart You worked for K-Mart, too? How long were you in for? I did a few years back when my kids were small.
| loooong time ago. '92, '93 maybe? I was working full time days at my day job, then part time nights at K-mart. I worked there for a few years actually but it was usually seasonal.
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11-30-2012, 01:55 PM
| | | | Well, Juaqo.....what did buy? Or is that a sequel reserved for a seperate thread? |
11-30-2012, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Tat2dHeart LOL. (That makes me feel dreadfully old, though.)
: | No way, you just saw the old re-runs on Nickelodian.
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11-30-2012, 01:59 PM
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11-30-2012, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DwaynieAD Guitar Center always treats me this way, and I surely can't put a Ray down my pantaloons. | You need bigger pantaloons...
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11-30-2012, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania
At Walmart? Likely not. But, I dont believe they have the right to stop you and check them in the first place. I ignore those people and continue walking.
| Whether you believe it or not, they do have the right to ask you to check in a bag. Also remember you are a guest in their store and they can demand you leave at anytime. And no, none of your "Rights" are being violated. Food for thought.
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