Today, I was detained for 20 minutes by security for stealing shopping bags. I didn’t, I used my own bags-for-life, so he thought I didn’t pay for them. They were from a different shop entirely. Twenty fricking minutes. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at a self-checkout, I scanned all my items, bagged them, and left. Only when I got outside did I realize I had completely forgotten to pay. I then noticed that security was running to stop me, and I had to explain that I wasn’t a thief, just an idiot. FML
Today, I got stopped for shoplifting at a department store. They took me back to the security room and showed me the tapes. I was taking my own designer lipgloss that I had bought a month before out of my purse. FML
Today, I was shopping with my husband. At the self-checkout, one of the items I was buying for him as a gift didn’t register. As we were walking out, I get stopped and escorted to the loss prevention office, where I was accused of stealing. FML
Today, I was shopping at a store from which I had previously bought a shirt. The clerk accused me of trying to steal my own shirt and called security. They examined it and argued with me for so long I was late to work. FML
Today, I was detained by a security guard. I heard him trying to justify detaining me to his boss and it was basically, “She was eyeballing me, so I showed her who’s boss.” I'm now banned from the shop, which is a 30 yard walk from my home. My weekly shop is now a 4 mile drive away. FML
Today, while shopping, I was grabbed and dragged off to a security room with no warning. Apparently, the way I was dressed and walking was suspicious. FML
Today, while bagging my groceries at a store, a lady came over to me, took a good look at the food I'd bought, picked out an item and put it in her bag. When I confronted her, she called security on me and told them I wanted to steal her stuff. I got thrown out and she walked away with a smirk. FML
Today, after getting home from shopping, I noticed a security tag was still on one of the shirts I bought. I decided to take it back and ask them to remove the tag. They then accused me of trying to steal (even after I showed them the receipt) and kicked me out of the store. FML
Today, I was accused of shoplifting, after the alarm started beeping as I walked into the store. FML
Today, I realized the dress I bought yesterday still had the security tag on. I returned to the store to get it removed, only to realize I'd lost my receipt. The lady at the counter thought I stole it, called security, and had me escorted out, dress-less. FML
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tiptoppc 21
If this was in the USA, and you didn’t ask if you were under arrest, and if not, using “am I free to go”, ydi for not exercising your rights. However if you are in another country, fyl as your freedoms are just as bad as ours are getting to. Tbh, in the USA, we are all ****** now, as I’m not sure if we could even exercise the rights I said above without being shot and then vilified. Seeing as you can get killed and vilified for helping a lady brutally knocked down by ICE cold-hearted, fat Nazi pigs. And pretty soon what I say will likely be illegal, in which case, **** the USA, but in places like Britain which are now a nanny state, you gave up your freedoms even earlier.
Yudith 28
I wonder if you could sue the shop for wrongful accusation and emotional damages.
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tiptoppc 21
If this was in the USA, and you didn’t ask if you were under arrest, and if not, using “am I free to go”, ydi for not exercising your rights. However if you are in another country, fyl as your freedoms are just as bad as ours are getting to. Tbh, in the USA, we are all ****** now, as I’m not sure if we could even exercise the rights I said above without being shot and then vilified. Seeing as you can get killed and vilified for helping a lady brutally knocked down by ICE cold-hearted, fat Nazi pigs. And pretty soon what I say will likely be illegal, in which case, **** the USA, but in places like Britain which are now a nanny state, you gave up your freedoms even earlier.
Yudith 28
I wonder if you could sue the shop for wrongful accusation and emotional damages.