Rights Violation or a Complete Jerk?

[Munkay]

I know I don't post very much, and not reading the blog means I have even less of a view on his situation, but here's how the situation is here.

1. Most stores have everything tagged, and tag-checking gates.
2. Before you leave, they run the object over a demagnetiser(or whatever), so that it wont trigger the alarm(computer stuff is usually separately held in another part of the store, so you bring the box and receipt there to claim it).
3. Sometimes, the demagnetiser messes up, and fails to clear the item.
4. A security guy, or one of the counter staff will usually then run over to the beeping gate, bring the offending item back to the counter, and attempt to demagnetise it again.
5. I've never seen it fail to demagnetise a second time.:P

Usually, if you're a legitimate customer, they'll just give you that "I'm so sorry the machine is being a dillweed today." look.

I do hate how it raises the overhead(and thus prices) in the store though.:(

What you described used to be the case almost everywhere. The security person standing by the alarms was there to respond to still magnetized items - both to help the honest customer, and dissuade would be thieves from running through the gate.

But the problem here is that some stores have taken an extra step. Rather than checking *only when the alarm goes off*, some stores check receipts *every* time. So even before you go through the gate, the security person will ask you for your receipt and look through your bag.

This kind of practice is what the man in the article took offense to.

Hope that helps clarify AtomicKitKat, as always its good to see you delurk every once in a while:)

Cheers,

Munk