09-05-2007, 09:25 AM
I vote Complete Jerk.
Personally I have never in my life been to a store that asked me to show my receipt. I think the reasonable thing would be to have the security tags, and only check receipts on people who either set off the alarm or do something while in the store to raise suspicions. That said, you are trying to get out of a store with a bag full of stuff. If a store employee wants to check your receipt, just show them the receipt. Big deal. He isn't making our lives any better by fighting this policy, he is only making us have to pay more money for electronics products (assuming he has any impact on our lives at all, which fortunately isn't very likely).
Now if he had left the store without anyone saying anything, and then some guy runs out to the parking lot and demands to see his receipt, then I might be more sympathetic. But the reality is that he was in a fairly routine situation inside the store that could be viewed as part of the checkout process, and he should have just played along.
Yes, we have a Bill of Rights to protect against unlawful searches. Nevertheless, when I enter or leave work, I have to go through a metal detector. If I go to the city courthouse, I have to go through a metal detector. I haven't been to the aiport in a few years but I bet they still check luggage. I don't see a big deal to check the merchandise a person is carrying out of a store that owns and sells said merchandise when the person has the bag in plain sight.
Personally I have never in my life been to a store that asked me to show my receipt. I think the reasonable thing would be to have the security tags, and only check receipts on people who either set off the alarm or do something while in the store to raise suspicions. That said, you are trying to get out of a store with a bag full of stuff. If a store employee wants to check your receipt, just show them the receipt. Big deal. He isn't making our lives any better by fighting this policy, he is only making us have to pay more money for electronics products (assuming he has any impact on our lives at all, which fortunately isn't very likely).
Now if he had left the store without anyone saying anything, and then some guy runs out to the parking lot and demands to see his receipt, then I might be more sympathetic. But the reality is that he was in a fairly routine situation inside the store that could be viewed as part of the checkout process, and he should have just played along.
Yes, we have a Bill of Rights to protect against unlawful searches. Nevertheless, when I enter or leave work, I have to go through a metal detector. If I go to the city courthouse, I have to go through a metal detector. I haven't been to the aiport in a few years but I bet they still check luggage. I don't see a big deal to check the merchandise a person is carrying out of a store that owns and sells said merchandise when the person has the bag in plain sight.