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The other day me and my wife were at a large chain store and while shopping I noticed a "Manager" (who knew that he was a manager and wanted everyone else to know it too from all appearances), I thought to myself what a jerk (he was reaming out someone from maintainance over the radio for not dropping what they were doing (repairing a cooler IIRC) and coming up to fix the sliding door that was stuck open).
15 minutes later when we had checked out and were leaving with a very full cart (having bought a couple of weeks worth of groceries, as we normally do) and said "Manager" stopped us and demanded to see out receipt, I said it is in my pocket, but (being as my wife was with me, I didn't want to make a scene) I dug it out and he looked over it, he then said loudly "you do realize that you only paid for one of the 12 cans of pork and beans on the bottom of the cart, my wife said I saw the cashier ring them up, he said well, they don't show up on the receipt, then after looking at it for another 30 seconds he said, ah ha, she rang them up as 12 x 12oz cans of beans (all on one line), then in a very condescending tone he said "I always ring them up individually". he looked at the receipt for another minute or so, then handed it back and said you can go now.
So, he stopped us for 3-4 mins (not a huge deal, but it is the preicipal of the thing), treated us like criminals (for no reason, that I know of other than perhaps that the cart was filled to overflowing and there was a box with 12 cans of beans on the bottom of the cart), couldn't even read his own stores receipt well enough to not falsely accuse us of theft and then to top it all off he didn't even bother to apologize for delaying us and treating us as if we were guilty of shoplifting until proven innocent.
I guess what gets on my nerves is being treated like a criminal, I am an Eagle Scout, I do my best to live a honest life and do good whenever I can. I wouldn't steal from a store, it is against my moral code and if I am going to break that it will be over something worth a whole lot more than a dozen cans of pork and beans.
If it has just been me I would not have stopped (as I hadn't done anything wrong), but I didn't want to make a scene with my wife (who said well get out the receipt when the "Manager" stopped us) there, my feelings are that IF you think that I stole something, make me stop, call the cops and I will happily show them the receipt, then file a complaint for unlawful detention against the person who stopped me.
(see here: www. Michael Righi .com Papers Please: Arrested At Circuit City for a interesting story of someone who was arrested for not showing his receipt, and here: Slashdot | Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License for a very long and involved discussion about it)
Anyone else had similar experiences ?
Yes, I understand that they are trying to prevent people from stealing stuff, but if there is probable cause to stop me, do it, call the cops and let them do their job, otherwise let me go.
Aaron Z
15 minutes later when we had checked out and were leaving with a very full cart (having bought a couple of weeks worth of groceries, as we normally do) and said "Manager" stopped us and demanded to see out receipt, I said it is in my pocket, but (being as my wife was with me, I didn't want to make a scene) I dug it out and he looked over it, he then said loudly "you do realize that you only paid for one of the 12 cans of pork and beans on the bottom of the cart, my wife said I saw the cashier ring them up, he said well, they don't show up on the receipt, then after looking at it for another 30 seconds he said, ah ha, she rang them up as 12 x 12oz cans of beans (all on one line), then in a very condescending tone he said "I always ring them up individually". he looked at the receipt for another minute or so, then handed it back and said you can go now.
So, he stopped us for 3-4 mins (not a huge deal, but it is the preicipal of the thing), treated us like criminals (for no reason, that I know of other than perhaps that the cart was filled to overflowing and there was a box with 12 cans of beans on the bottom of the cart), couldn't even read his own stores receipt well enough to not falsely accuse us of theft and then to top it all off he didn't even bother to apologize for delaying us and treating us as if we were guilty of shoplifting until proven innocent.
I guess what gets on my nerves is being treated like a criminal, I am an Eagle Scout, I do my best to live a honest life and do good whenever I can. I wouldn't steal from a store, it is against my moral code and if I am going to break that it will be over something worth a whole lot more than a dozen cans of pork and beans.
If it has just been me I would not have stopped (as I hadn't done anything wrong), but I didn't want to make a scene with my wife (who said well get out the receipt when the "Manager" stopped us) there, my feelings are that IF you think that I stole something, make me stop, call the cops and I will happily show them the receipt, then file a complaint for unlawful detention against the person who stopped me.
(see here: www. Michael Righi .com Papers Please: Arrested At Circuit City for a interesting story of someone who was arrested for not showing his receipt, and here: Slashdot | Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License for a very long and involved discussion about it)
Anyone else had similar experiences ?
Yes, I understand that they are trying to prevent people from stealing stuff, but if there is probable cause to stop me, do it, call the cops and let them do their job, otherwise let me go.
Aaron Z
