--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "I am the eternal" > > <L.Shaddai@> 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. > ******** My local Kmart is unusually stupid, even for a shoddy and disorganized place like KM -- they post somebody at one exit door, but never at the other exit at the garden section, so I just use the unmonitored exit. Target is the least annoying place to shop, plus they never ask for ID when I use a credit card.
