Having worked in a store (Actually a business wholesalers with some personal sales) where customers are required to have to submit their receipt before leaving, as well as also being a customer there frequently, and understanding the reasons why you have to go through that painless little procedure, it's my opinion that this guy is a grade-A jerk, and he should probably be branded on his rear stating something to that effect.
It's honestly not that big an issue. Seriously. As I mentioned, this place was a wholesalers, so they have to protect their meagre profit margins. All that happens is you hand over your receipt to whatever unlucky schmo was scheduled to watch the door for that hour (Fortunately being on the home electronics department I wasn't even in the running for that thankless job, especially in one of the coldest Nov-Dec stretches for a few years), they check your receipt, check the contents of the cart, then stamp it. Simple as that.
Stamping the receipt also validates the returns guarantee on your product. You try bluffing your way out, avoid getting the stamp, and if you return the product with an unstamped receipt you get nowhere, but I digress.
Back where I worked, mainly small home electronics (MP3 players, LCD TVs, videogames/consoles etc.) we had to go through numerous steps to sell a product. We had our own checkout (One checkout between three to four staff and dozens of customers. Every fortnight a catalogue bundle goes out to all the registered customers highlighting offers available for the next fortnight. If several of those offers were stuff we specifically sold, we'd be swamped.), we would have to sell the product seperately from the checkouts at the other end of the store, and stick the receipt to the product. We could not refer people to checkout at the regular checkouts, no matter how busy we were. Why? Because people would then stroll out the store with their £200 MP3 player (Our profit being approximately £5), claiming they've already paid.
That's why people check receipts on the way out, especially in stores with multiple checkouts spread throughout the store.
When you walk onto the private property of a store, you should abide by their rules, their policies. If the store's fire alarm goes off during your visit, you evacuate because you might be in mortal danger not because The Man is trying to harsh on your shopping spree. You abide by the store's opening and closing hours. If the store is out of stock of an item you wish to purchase, you don't throw a hissy fit and demand to see the manager and berate him for failing to keep the shelves stocked.
And likewise if someone asks you to produce your receipt so they can validate your purchase, you be a polite citizen and do so. In pretty much every store there's a sign saying "Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted", personally a lighter punishment should be applied to small-minded individuals who decide to abuse store policy in such a manner.
In this case, this guy's punishment should be 100 hours checking receipts at the door of that Circuit City. Punishment fitting the crime.
It's honestly not that big an issue. Seriously. As I mentioned, this place was a wholesalers, so they have to protect their meagre profit margins. All that happens is you hand over your receipt to whatever unlucky schmo was scheduled to watch the door for that hour (Fortunately being on the home electronics department I wasn't even in the running for that thankless job, especially in one of the coldest Nov-Dec stretches for a few years), they check your receipt, check the contents of the cart, then stamp it. Simple as that.
Stamping the receipt also validates the returns guarantee on your product. You try bluffing your way out, avoid getting the stamp, and if you return the product with an unstamped receipt you get nowhere, but I digress.
Back where I worked, mainly small home electronics (MP3 players, LCD TVs, videogames/consoles etc.) we had to go through numerous steps to sell a product. We had our own checkout (One checkout between three to four staff and dozens of customers. Every fortnight a catalogue bundle goes out to all the registered customers highlighting offers available for the next fortnight. If several of those offers were stuff we specifically sold, we'd be swamped.), we would have to sell the product seperately from the checkouts at the other end of the store, and stick the receipt to the product. We could not refer people to checkout at the regular checkouts, no matter how busy we were. Why? Because people would then stroll out the store with their £200 MP3 player (Our profit being approximately £5), claiming they've already paid.
That's why people check receipts on the way out, especially in stores with multiple checkouts spread throughout the store.
When you walk onto the private property of a store, you should abide by their rules, their policies. If the store's fire alarm goes off during your visit, you evacuate because you might be in mortal danger not because The Man is trying to harsh on your shopping spree. You abide by the store's opening and closing hours. If the store is out of stock of an item you wish to purchase, you don't throw a hissy fit and demand to see the manager and berate him for failing to keep the shelves stocked.
And likewise if someone asks you to produce your receipt so they can validate your purchase, you be a polite citizen and do so. In pretty much every store there's a sign saying "Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted", personally a lighter punishment should be applied to small-minded individuals who decide to abuse store policy in such a manner.
In this case, this guy's punishment should be 100 hours checking receipts at the door of that Circuit City. Punishment fitting the crime.
When in mortal danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386