Warning! Incoming rant about supermarket security!

Vicious said:
At work, are alarm things at the door go off all the time, for some reason they get set off by woolworths and super drug bags :confused: :confused:
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This is so true, I think our ones at Focus got set off by the wind :p
 
If you've got a song ripping through your ears, then you're obviously wearing headphone, no? Surely the security guy can work out what you're doing when you stick your hand in your jacket then if he's been watching you to see if you put anything in there?? (if he's done his job properly he should know you haven't) Especially true if he's staring at you when you come into the store - surely then he can see the bulge from the player before you even enter the shop??

Personally, I'd just go up to him and ask him what the problem was, show him the player if need be and get the store manager involved if there's even the hint of accusation of theft (innocent until proven otherwise!)

But he is only doing his job tbh, and you can't really complain about that.
 
So you were walking round fumbling inside your jacket and he followed you?

Cant blame him really i would follow you if you were in my shop, he obviously doesnt know you have a rip on the inside of your jacket

Get a needle and thread and sew it up, problem solved :)
 
If you've done nothing wrong then don't worry about it. Keep your chin up.

If you feel sucpicious because they are watching they will be able to tell.

Its happened to me before where I've gone through the exit of a shop and the alarm has gone off because one of the goods tags hasnt been deactivated properly. I dont stop and look all flusterd, I keep walking, I know I paid for it, and I certainly don't pay for the inconvienience of someone checking my bags to make sure I've paid for it all.
 
Shoseki said:
I have never broken any laws, I am in academia (well 50%/50% with a business job),
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Unless the guard is a mind-reader, or you state the above on a big sign on your chest, he has no way of knowing your character or history. Tack that on to the fact that he sees you rummaging in your clothing every now and then and it should be easy enough to conclude that you may seem a little suspicious, and he is indeed only doing his job.

Just ignore it, you're really not being harmed at all (or causing any harm yourself). :)
 
I get watched by security constantly. It is amusing.
I like to look as suspicious as possible as I get a happy feeling from watching the cameras moving to follow me. I'm a little odd like that... :)
 
rlm said:
Just fill your pockets full of stock and walk along the row of checkouts, just to freak them out. You can pick items of the shelf and put them in your pocket untill you reach the checkout, where you can just take them out an pay for them. Its totally legal and will really annoy them. Or even better get a bag with a £ on the side of it and fill that up with stock and empty it at the checkouts, could have a bit of a laugh with it.
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It's legal to pocket stuff provided you then take it to the checkout and pay for it?
 
Everytime you go shopping take a bag with 'Swag' written on it, use this instead of carrier bags (safe the planet dude), ensure that when you leave the shop you start running and shout 'I'm bloody nicking it!' a la trigger happy.
 
Sounds like you are paraniod to me. And if you're not you can always have fun picking things up and putting them in your pockets. The staff get all excited, but so long as you don't leave the shop with them they can't actually do you for shop lifting. Great way to idle away a few hours when bored on a saturday afternoon.
 
I sometimes feel the same I have a big green coat with a furry hood (very liam Gallagher like) I hate the look that they give you. but if they stop you and you've got nothing to hide then no problem.

:)
 
emailiscrap said:
Yes. It's not shoplifting until you have left the store without paying.
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Yup, need to play around with them some more. I remember how boring stacking shelves used to be.

At the local jacksons (sainsburys) in lenton (notts) the student area, 2 dodgy looking characters walked in, went up the ham section, stuffed a load of taste *** difference ham into their jackets and jsut walked out. I told some guy stacking stuff in there who jsut put his head round the isle andn told me there is no one there :rolleyes:

I rofled pretty hard at that muppet :D
 
I dont know about most of the larger stores but we are not allowed to stop people that are stealing things in case they sue us for assault, the managers cant even stop old people incase they have a heart attack! :rolleyes:

The managers are ment to ask shoplifters to stop(we have no security gaurd anymore) and ask them whats in their pockets etc, but they are hardly going to comply if they have anything!

Although in reality we run after the chavs/neds and floor them :D ( 3 6ft lads, one is a weightlifter and one is a rugby player :D )
 
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