Damn...I think I was sucky

[Ree]

I was shopping at Wal-Mart today, and bought a lot of stuff. (My foster daughter really needed clothes, so we did a major shopping trip for her.)

I picked up a few things for myself, including a couple of bras, because I really needed them.

Anyway, we checked out, and as we were going out, the sensors went off.
I stopped on the other side, and was waiting, but then the next person came through and they went off, and the next person after that...same thing.
The clerk started to approach the third person through, but I figured, with 3 people all setting it off, it must have been a malfunction, and I kept going. Nobody stopped us.

Now I wish I had gone back in.

I was going through my clothes, putting them away, and I decided to wear one of my new bras tomorrow, so I took it out of the box. It still has its magnetic sensor tag on it. It's one of those that won't come off without tearing the material.
Now, I will have to make a special trip back with my receipt and have to explain why I kept going with the sensor going off.

My sister says I should call them first, so they are aware of the problem, and they know I'm coming in.

[crazylegs]

Nil suck.

It was an error on the part of the employee to do their job properly, if they can't respond to the alarms it's their problem.

[Ree]

But I probably should have gone back in, don't you think? That's the part that has me feeling just a bit sucky.

It was an honest mistake on my part, because I just assumed malfunction. My BIL was driving, and he had been so patient, but we were invited to my brother's for dinner, and I hated to make him wait any longer.

I should have gone back, just to be sure. Oh well, I am the one who ended up inconvenienced, I guess.

[Listerfiend]

...Oh well, I am the one who ended up inconvenienced, I guess.

You should have, but I know that if I was in your situation I would've done the same thing as you. And after having observed a bunch of people going through, setting off the sensors, if an associate didn't come running I might also assume that they figured it was no big deal, anyway.

In the end, though, the associate was the one who caused all of the inconvenience because if s/he would have been more attentive during the transaction the sensor/tags would not have been overlooked and who knows--the others who set off the alarm may have been from the same cashier.

[PossJB]

The people who have to respond to those at my local Wal Mart all tend to be about two days younger than God, so they don't move so fast anymore. That said, rare is the day I've actually seen anyone stop because a Wal Mart sensor goes off.

[marasbaras]

Not sucky at all. Heck, I even walk past the Wal-Mart folks who want to check my receipt.

[Damien]

Not sucky in the slightest - as your sis suggested, call in first

[friendofjimmyk]

But I probably should have gone back in, don't you think? That's the part that has me feeling just a bit sucky.

It was an honest mistake on my part, because I just assumed malfunction.

I don't think you were sucky. I probably would've thought the same thing because it kept going off for different people and no one came over to check. I would've assumed that maybe they already knew it was malfunctioning and that's why no one was walking over.

[Daisy]

When I buy baby formula, it usually sets off the sensors. Nine times out of ten, I'm near enough to the clerk that checked me out that they look up, see it's me, and wave me on.

Last week at Target I bought a printer ink cartridge. When I left and the sensors went off, an employee came up and asked,"Do you know what set it off?" I said, "Probably the print cartridge." The employee said, "Oh, you got a print cartridge. Yeah, that's why. Go ahead." She didn't look in my bags. She didn't look at my receipt.

Anyway, in your situation Ree, if there was no greeter in the immediate area, they probably would have waved you on through anyway - especially with three people in a row setting it off.

Sorry you have to make another trip, but you definitely were not sucky.

[Lingering Grin]

The only time I ever get my receipt checked is when I'm walking out with something that isn't in a bag. (Usually because it's too big to fit in one, or I only bought 1 thing).

Other than that, they never even acknowledge me

[videodrone]

I don't see any suck on your part. It was an honest mistake.

I'm sure you already know, but make sure you bring your receipt with you when you go back in.

[marty]

My mom never stops for it anymore, even when it goes off for her. The last time she did at a Walmart they freaked out on her, checked her receipt, and even though she had paid for everything she had, they called some sort of rent-a-cops on her.

If you knew you paid for everything, then you weren't sucky. If it went off for three people walking through it, then it probably was malfunctioning. Sometimes employees forget to take those tags off, and if you were reasonable in assuming that the sensor was messing up, then I don't think you were sucky.

[tollbaby]

I don't think you were sucky, Ree... inattentive perhaps, but no more so than the associate who checked you out In the end, I bet they'll appreciate your honesty at coming back!

[persephone]

It was an honest mistake. I mean really, I think if any of us had walked through and set off the sensor -- and then saw two more people do the exact same thing -- we all would have assumed it was a malfunction. I think as long as you go back in with the receipt and don't start yelling and blaming the store (we all know you would never do that) that no one can, in any way, think you are sucky.

I do think the "calling ahead" idea is a good one though. Especially if you call when you are on your way there (or about to be) so that someone at the Customer Service desk can know to expect you. I bet you'll be a bright moment in their day of SCs

[RetailWorkhorse]

I don't think you were sucky.

But see, at this point, this is the time when you go on the internet and buy one of those little guns that take off the security tag without hurting the fabric.

I have one around here somewhere...