bob_brigante wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:45 PM, bob_brigante
>>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> I've had those boneheads demand to search my shopping cart and
>>>
> see my
>
>>> receipt at the exit. If I wanted to shop in a maximum security
>>> prison, I would shop at San Quentin. Costco is another place
>>>
> where I
>
>>> will go only when I have a specific bigticket item in mind that I
>>>
> can
>
>>> save a lot of money on -- they check off every item on the receipt
>>> when you exit, which is truly annoying and intrusive. I usually
>>>
> brush
>
>>> off the search requests, but who needs the stress...
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>> Wal-Mart has tremendous theft problems. People actually race out of
>> the store with unpaid for expensive items in their shopping cart,
>> usually winning despite the cart checkers and security devices.
>> Wal-Mart and Home Depot are noted for people shop lifting items then
>> returning them for refunds. If you're checked or not depends upon
>> where you shop. One Wal-Mart I shop at is on the wrong side of
>>
> town.
>
>> The other is in the high tech area of town. In one, I expect to be
>> challenged on the way out. In the other trying to get some one's
>> attention when I leave the store is difficult.
>>
>>
>
> ********
>
> I know that Walmart has a theft problem. Two months ago, while
> reluctantly entering WM for a specific item, I was nearly bowled over
> by a young man who had a laptop under his arm and was moving at an
> impressive rate across the parking lot, pursued by two civilians (not
> WM staff) -- the guys ran out of breath and the guy got away (if he
> tries to sign on to the net, I'm sure he can be tracked).
>
> But WM's problem is not my problem -- let them use more electronic
> anti-theft or whatever surveillance they need to do (which should not
> cost much because of their low pay, about half what local supermarket
> union employees make), but do not make me stand there like an idiot
> while they frisk my basket. It's illegal to insist on such a search,
> since there is no probable cause, so I usually just keep on walking
> and ignore the request to search, but it just annoys the hell out of
> me -- and others, I see people arguing with the exit clerks all the
> time.
Fry's, K-Mart and Best Buy also do the door checks. Target has a guard
as you exit and most likely they are doing some undercover surveillance
too such as people dressed as shoppers who are watching and following
people. There is also an aversion to RFID tags as they are being
sometimes used for a lot more than theft prevention.
