Read The Sign, PLEASE! (3 Stories, Kinda Long)

[Jester]

I'm a guy, and the bag is from Victoria Secret, am I gonna do w/ women's lingerie...and to those perverts out there...I may be gay, but I don't give a flyin flip for women's lingerie...

again...wtf am I gonna do w/ women's lingerie.

You don't have to be gay to be a male and have a purpose for stealing women's lingerie. You could, after all, use it as gifts to other young ladies. I know that that is what I, a straight male, would do with lingerie. And yes, I have shopped at Victoria's Secret and Frederick's of Hollywood for just that purpose, thank you very much.

So, really, while she was a bit paranoid, assuming you wouldn't take it just because you are male might be overassuming. And you know what they say about assuming.

oh, and its not that i dont trust the sales staff, i dont trust the other customers.

I don't trust anyone. Yes, most people are good. Most sales staff is fine. But the fact is, I don't know the vast majority of them from Adam. Hell, I don't even know Adam that well, and frankly, he strikes me as kind of shifty. Shady, even.

That being said, I have no issue with the policies in question. If I am carrying something that I am not willing to part company with, for whatever reason, I shall either not enter the fitting rooms or, alternatively, go deposit said valuables in my vehicle for safekeeping, and try on my desired garments thereafter.

Either way, I don't make a stink about staff enforcing store policy. That's just silly.

[Mike Taylor]

Hell, if a lie keeps the shoplifters out or honest who cares?

Unfortunately, if the information is incorrect and the customer finds out, there's a possibility of legal repercussions against the store.

[jerkface11]

I'm just waiting on a customer to pull the "I make more money than you" bullshit. A couple of weeks ago I got a SMOKING deal on an 04 Mercedes CLK. So now I can say "really is that why you just drive a BMW?"

[pile of monkeys]

We have one store that asks you to leave your bags, not for the fitting room, but to shop in the store itself- you get a ticket similar to a coat check for it, and it's kept behind a counter with an associate. I really don't have a problem with this, they usually only ask you to check shopping bags and things larger than a purse. One time I was in, and had my huge purse, which had my camera, my laptop, and a bunch of work stuff (on my way back from a huge meeting). I asked if it would be all right if they looked inside on the way in and on the way out, so I could keep it with me (it was my company's laptop, not my personal one). No problem, the guy was super nice about it.

[Anakah]

I've actually never been asked to leave my bags with anybody. But I wouldn't mind, it's store policy.

[Primer]

My current purse IS a very small backpack, but is already stuffed so full, I couldn't get anything else in without a major struggle to rearrange things. I get yelled at by my doctor when I use my usual, larger, purse, as I always carry around too much stuff.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

With any luck that lady who tried to intimidate based on how much she makes will get a nice visit from Mr. Karma and get laid off soon.

[siead_lietrathua]

Thanks for the comment, I just wanted to clear something up, we don't ask for personal items such as purses because of their delicate nature. Only backpacks from kids and shopping bags.

heh, oh my purse is the size of a backpack, so i get asked once in a while.

[Nurian]

Nurian...may we have an English translation?

My bro and I are confused as to whether or not this is a positive reply...

Rocky Horror picture show. Guys wear lingerie to those showings all the time.

[bainsidhe]

oh, and its not that i dont trust the sales staff, i dont trust the other customers. if the clerk has to turn their back it doesnt take long to reach over a counter and run. we've had people try.

I don't mean to offend, but I don't trust sales staff either. Most people, be they customers, non-customers, or employees, are decent and law-abiding folk. But not all of them. I've had a few (former) coworkers who were caught stealing, and it isn't always who you might expect. One was even a fomer bookkeeper/then manager/now unemployed. Even so, this sounds like a reasonable rule and I simply would hand my bag over to a friend or leave the store until another time. Pretty simple.

[Tikaysha]

Nurian...may we have an English translation?

My bro and I are confused as to whether or not this is a positive reply...

It's a reference to characters in the movie Rocky Horror Picture Show.

More on-topic, I'm always surpized when places don't ask for my messenger bag as I go into fitting rooms. Especially since I usually have my work clothes in it if I'm shopping after work. Maybe I just look trustworthy? Or maybe it's in part because they ask how many items, and I look down and count the hangers in my hand.

[M47]

i admit i am one of those people who hates having to leave their purse out of the changeroom, since it quite often has an assortment of electronics and other funfun toys in it. but i let the clerk look inside both before and after changing so that they know what i have in it and that i won't cause problems.

oh, and its not that i dont trust the sales staff, i dont trust the other customers. if the clerk has to turn their back it doesnt take long to reach over a counter and run. we've had people try.

Thanks for the comment, I just wanted to clear something up, we don't ask for personal items such as purses because of their delicate nature. Only backpacks from kids and shopping bags.

[Hobbs]

Maybe she thought you were a Rocky. No? Frankenfurter? Magenta!

Nurian...may we have an English translation?

My bro and I are confused as to whether or not this is a positive reply...

[Nyoibo]

If you have specific questions regarding the officer who told me this, I'm sorry but I cannot divulge that information, however you are more than welcome to look up the Texas Penal Code, and if he lied to me, well, then I lied to a customer, and am truly sorry if this customer just happens to be you. Other than that, again, thanks for taking the time to read, and let me know what you think.
Until next time

Hell, if a lie keeps the shoplifters out or honest who cares?

[siead_lietrathua]

i admit i am one of those people who hates having to leave their purse out of the changeroom, since it quite often has an assortment of electronics and other funfun toys in it. but i let the clerk look inside both before and after changing so that they know what i have in it and that i won't cause problems.

oh, and its not that i dont trust the sales staff, i dont trust the other customers. if the clerk has to turn their back it doesnt take long to reach over a counter and run. we've had people try.