This pet peeve has bothered me for some time now and I’m hoping this isn’t something that bothers just me. Ever walk into a store and the alarm goes off. The alarm that is there to prevent theft. Well, somehow I get busted every time I walk into and out of a store. It’s getting really old. To the point I don’t even stop anymore. What’s the sense of having an alarm system if you’re not going to abide by it? I keep thinking it’s my cell phone (Verizon) that causes it, sort of like how AT&T/T-Mobile cell phones cause speaker static. Anyway, to the Barnes & Nobles, REI’s, and other big retailers, can you please turn them off!!!
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there has been an alarming increase in things I know nothing about!
What always makes me laugh is when you leave the store, and a ‘Security’ person at the exit asks to see your receipt, without looking at any of the merchandise. What’s the point?
Further, it always gets me when they have such a ‘Security’ person ask to see your receipt of purchase, and they are only around 10 feet from the register you just paid at. What am I gonna do in those 10 feet? Stash a refrigerator in my bag?
I also like the store greeters…”How ya doin’ today?”. Leave me alone!
Good point. Not sure about Costco, but that’s a common theme over at Sams Club, where the “security” person checks your receipt, but doesn’t actually check the bags.
As for the greeters, you might want to stay away from Denver. They’re overly nice here. To the point they’ll start up a conversation if you let them. But I feel the same way.