Paranoid walking out of shops?

Cupcake_Crisis · 14-10-2011 11:24AM

Latchy wrote: »

That's the problem ...it's embarrassing for many people

Which is why innocent people accused of shoplifting take the stores to court for the embarrassment of being frog marched through the store in front of everybody and they (rightly) get awarded thousends for having their character taken .

I got €200 off the security company that worked for said shop!

recentlybigl · 14-10-2011 11:28AM

Haha i agree with the above poster. One time i was so nervous coming up to a check point ( completely innocent) they took me out of the car and proceeded to give a full search of car and me....couldnt understand what i was up to haha

Latchy · 14-10-2011 11:42AM

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

I got €200 off the security company that worked for said shop!

Fair play to ya . Faulty technology or those tags not taken off are to blame in many cases of course but I've have heard similar stories of iinnocent people been accosted by overeager, in store security .

I recently paid for a pair of headphones in an upper section of Asda and then went down the lower floor to browse however after getting a text ,I had to leave the store in a hurry .Then when I got to the exit , the ' beep beep beep ' alarm went off which was sorted when I produced reciept ( tag was left on the box ) but still annoying when you have to stand having your bag searched at the door .

Oranage2 · 14-10-2011 11:51AM

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

I always do that now! I set the alarm off once in a clothes shop (something I bought in a different shop) on my way in, and the security guard refused to let me into the shop searched my bags and all! So embarrassing!

WOW - I know its not good to have a sue culture but this is a real infringment off your rights and 200e is tiny to what you could have got.

Security gaurds are no different from the any other member of the public, they can't falsely imprison you without suffient evidence and they cant go searching your bags.

--Kaiser-- · 14-10-2011 12:03PM

OP, I think you are Socially Awkward Penguin

Plazaman · 14-10-2011 12:03PM

If the alarm goes off I like to stop just outside the front door, look back at the alarm sensors in distain then look up in the air shielding eyes from sun, whether it's there or not (compulsory searching for Superman look), shrug shoulders and walk away. Never had any problems *

* and the old five fingered discount is secured inside the jacket. Kids - Don't Do Drugs.

Logical Fallacy · 14-10-2011 12:19PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

WOW - I know its not good to have a sue culture but this is a real infringment off your rights and 200e is tiny to what you could have got.

Security gaurds are no different from the any other member of the public, they can't falsely imprison you without suffient evidence and they cant go searching your bags.

What i find most confusing is what the security guard was expecting to find. How would he know if an item from another shop was stolen?

What a dip****.

Latchy · 14-10-2011 12:21PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

WOW - I know its not good to have a sue culture but this is a real infringment off your rights and 200e is tiny to what you could have got.

Yes ...she should have got more and the sue culture is not just something for the rich and famous to avail of .

Security gaurds are no different from the any other member of the public, they can't falsely imprison you without suffient evidence and they cant go searching your bags.

They have done to people and still do but the average innocent shopper just want's to get on and get out of store so I love it when some innocent in above scenario takes the store to court and sues the ass of them .

Cupcake_Crisis · 14-10-2011 12:21PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

WOW - I know its not good to have a sue culture but this is a real infringment off your rights and 200e is tiny to what you could have got.

Security gaurds are no different from the any other member of the public, they can't falsely imprison you without suffient evidence and they cant go searching your bags.

I was young and niave!

I didn't expect anything off them tbh, just an apology, fairly sure the guy lost his job too

Gingersnaps · 14-10-2011 12:51PM

This thread reminds me of an incident that happened to me a couple of years ago.
I bought a jacket in a large department store in Dublin. The jacket was on sale, reduced from 120 euro down to 60 euro. I went to the checkout to pay and the cashier was having difficulty scanning the bar code. So he eventually typed in the bar code number and the price came up as 20 euro. I paid up and couldn't get out of the shop fast enough. When I got to the door the alarm went off. I looked around waiting to be accosted by a security officer but nobody came near me. There was a couple coming into the shop at the same time and for some reason they presumed they had set off the alarm so I just left the store. Outside I checked my jacket and sure enough the damn security tag was still attached to the jacket. So of course I knew I had to go back in to get the tag removed but I was hoping I wouldn't have to pay an extra 40 euro for the jacket. And then of course as I re-entered the shop the alarm went off again and still no security person came near me. I then went to a different cashier and complained about the "embarrassment" I was caused because the tag wasn't removed and the alarm went off. The tag was promptly removed and I was profusely apologised to. I wasn't even asked to produce the receipt. So, realistically I could have been a shoplifter and just got the cashier to remove the tag for me.

stargazer 68 · 14-10-2011 12:55PM

I bought some stuff in topman and went home - no alarm - however then discovered that the tags were still on a couple of the things!

Had to take them back to have them removed and the cheeky mare at the counter tried to tell me it wasn't her that sold the stuff to me until I pointed out her name on the bottom of the till receipt!! :rolleyes:

Oranage2 · 14-10-2011 01:00PM

Gingersnaps wrote: »

This thread reminds me of an incident that happened to me a couple of years ago.
I bought a jacket in a large department store in Dublin. The jacket was on sale, reduced from 120 euro down to 60 euro. I went to the checkout to pay and the cashier was having difficulty scanning the bar code. So he eventually typed in the bar code number and the price came up as 20 euro. I paid up and couldn't get out of the shop fast enough. When I got to the door the alarm went off. I looked around waiting to be accosted by a security officer but nobody came near me. There was a couple coming into the shop at the same time and for some reason they presumed they had set off the alarm so I just left the store. Outside I checked my jacket and sure enough the damn security tag was still attached to the jacket. So of course I knew I had to go back in to get the tag removed but I was hoping I wouldn't have to pay an extra 40 euro for the jacket. And then of course as I re-entered the shop the alarm went off again and still no security person came near me. I then went to a different cashier and complained about the "embarrassment" I was caused because the tag wasn't removed and the alarm went off. The tag was promptly removed and I was profusely apologised to. I wasn't even asked to produce the receipt. So, realistically I could have been a shoplifter and just got the cashier to remove the tag for me.

LOL this is a common enough scam in retail - wip off the tag and go the the cashier looking for a refund or exchange and you lost the receipt.

Paranoid walking out of shops?

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