the reason for receipt looking is to see what you have bought to set off the screeners and to see if there isnt something extra you placed in your bag after checkout to set off screeners.this way they can get the stolen property before it hits us all in the end with higher prices. again if your innocent then no worrys but it seems that this is just another way of thinking to keep our law fighting men and woman from doing there job. its bad enough the criminals have more rights now a days than this type of thinking that you dont want people to do their job bc you feel threatened. so gues theres a lot of guilty minds out there.
i really dont see what the big deal is of seeing your receipt. the checkout person had to fondle your items and put them in your bag and the people seen whats in your cart the whole store plus checkout. so what is looking at a piece of paper such a big deal?
im just curious, what would be your way to deal with this, take all security and law enforcement away and hope bc people say they are honest that noone will steal and we live happily ever after??
also what would you do if you owned a store? you would have some type of security system in place. you would do everything possible to keep from losing money thru stealing. you would also be explaining to the exact same person these feelings when they are giving you crap about this aint fair and i wont show you anything.
i just think this is pretty petty to be so outraged over and demand police and managers over 1 minute of your time for such an honest person. honesty dont mind being asked. if a screener gos off you just take it as a bad unit and go on with your day.
You missed the point on a bunch of levels butts. However the most important point you missed we are talking about having to wait in a line to have your receipt checked. Not when a security scanner goes off. Laker brought up the embarrassment of being singled out bc an employee couldn't do their job and deactivate the security tag.
A myth in the retail business is the "theft" factor. The reason things go up is not for theft. Stores have a yearly or bi yearly amount that is set aside for lost or stolen items. If anything all the cameras and stupid beepers cause things to go up, but overall it's due to inflation and demand. I've worked retail for several years even loss prevention. It sounds good but not really the reason. I look at it as adding added security to airports and make people take off their shoes and go through the bags to stop terrorists, my GOD like a terrorist is going to smuggle items on through the gate.. lordy. Basically I had to wait long enough to buy the item, I'm sure the hell not going to go back into my wallet to pull out proof of purchase. That's just me, I hate having to go through hoops.
You've captured my sentiments to a T. Life's too short to dance with ugly women and argue about receipts, I think. I say that with the same caveat, if the checker is being especially obnoxious, he or she deserves a swift kick in the junk.
You've captured my sentiments to a T. Life's too short to dance with ugly women and argue about receipts, I think. I say that with the same caveat, if the checker is being especially obnoxious, he or she deserves a swift kick in the junk.
Having a warped sense of humor I have thought it would be funny to have a receipt checker call a manager. When the manager arrives advise him before you can show the receipt to the checker or anyone else you will require their personnel files so you can examine their criminal history background as you don't feel comfortable with just anyone knowing what you are taking home and although the checker looks like just a peach of a person you can never really be sure. I would love to see their slack jawed looks. hahaha
i think that would apply to bringing things into the store or when leaving with said things. Now if it said purchases or must show receipt before leaving that would be different. sort of like costco (which I really don't shop at). I personally feel that no one has the right to do it since if they have an issue refer to the camera's that litter the friggin' store or ask the clerk. I can see not allowing bags from outside like some store post, but again if your busing your trips then it doesn't make sense. Basically I'm like Laker, I don't like my personal privacy intruded upon and though it's getting more and more less private in this damn world I'm taking anything I can get, but I won't shop at places that try to enforce such policy's. I won't shop at wallmart due to the way the company operates and the way it treats the workers. I find them repulsive.
So help me understand this "show your receipt thing. Like I said earlier, I've only had to do that at Sam's and I guess that's part of the agreement. I've only been there once or twice and each time, they just very quickly scanned my receipt and swiped it with a highlighted. Two seconds, no big deal.
At Wal-Mart and other similar places, what do they do. Do they just scan the receipt, do they search through all your stuff? Do they search each and every bag you have, even your wife's purse, etc.?
I'm generally in favor of less intrusion in my life, whether it be by federal, state or local government, private industry, etc. In the name of helping to prevent shoplifting, I don't mind quickly showing a receipt. I'm not sure that's too effective, but whatever. However, if they're doing extensive searches and really holding me up, that I'm not going to be OK with.
I blame the stores for their setup. Have an exit for the people who didn't make a purchase and equip it with one of the theft detectors. Then you have an exit for people who made a purchase but don't have merchandise between the register and the exit. How difficult is that?
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