"HOW DARE YOU?!"

[Despina83]

So tonight they didn't have enough cashiers (as usual) at the front lanes, so they had everyone who works on the floor come up and either hop on a lane or help with bagging. So I leave health and beauty care and come up to help. I'm bagging away when the cashier's supervisor rushes over and puts her hand on my arm.

"I need you to push this lady's groceries out for her, and load them into her car for her."

"..Oh, ok."

A little surprised, I turn to see an angry looking woman standing with an overflowing cart. She's complaining about how unacceptable and inconvenient something was, blah blah. Supervisor is apologizing profusely. I'm still not sure what's going on or what she's upset about.

Her: "How long is this gonna take? Is she gonna have to go get her coat and everything??"

Supervisor: "No, no, she can go out just like that."

Mind you, it was 30-something degrees, windy, and a bit drizzly outside. As we head for the doors, the supervisor goes, "Again, ma'am, I really, really do apologize."

So I go out and load her stuff into her car. She was pretty nice to me, but I could have done without the "Ohh, you making me cold just lookin' atchoo!" comments. We were chatting about the weather forecast and she seemed normal enough.

So after I get back inside, I discover more about how this woman was acting. Why was she upset? Well, after checking out, the security beeper at the door went off. Which happens, what, every five minutes? Normally, the greeter just checks their receipt, and can pretty quickly figure out what didn't get properly deactivated. Well, this lovely lady flipped the fuck out. From what I was told, it went something like this:

Bitch (to the greeter): "No, you're not gonna see my receipt or go through my bags!! This is unnacceptable after how long I waited in line, this happens every time I come here, I'm not a thief! Blah blah blah."

Then she marches back over the cashier who checked her out.

"HOW DARE YOU embarass me like that??! You've got some nerve!! What is wrong with you?? I'm not a thief! I want to see your supervisor here RIGHT NOW!"

And that's what happened immediately before the supervisor pulled me aside and had me bring her groceries out for her. I didn't witness her tantrum, so when I found out that she had acted like that, I was pretty upset. I would have refused to help her ass if I knew how she had been treating my co-workers. People like that should be THROWN out. Instead the sup makes me go walk out and load her groceries for her. Jesus. If it had actually be RAINING out there I would have been pissed. So she was so emabarassed by the alarm going off, but she was perfectly okay with making a big scene and having everyone look at her and talk about her after she left. When she could have just walked out the door. Makes sense.

[Lots42]

I agree with the sentiment, not the tantrum. Once I paid, it's mine. If you want to relook in them, I'll be happy to wait for the cops.

[Yarnil]

I agree with the sentiment, not the tantrum. Once I paid, it's mine. If you want to relook in them, I'll be happy to wait for the cops.

Not really realistic. You know the magnetic security strips will not always deactivate and if the alarm goed, there's a strip thats not deactivated...Because it didnt or because its stolen. Those things are not there for the fun of it, remember.

Here in the Netherlands stores are allowed to hold the possible thief an detain them till the cops get there. You want to wait for hours iso showing the receipt?

[Canarr]

These security alarms aren't the most reliable, methinks. I had an incident a few months ago where I bought some clothes in a department store, and on the way out, the alarm went off. I promptly went back to the checkout, where they apologized and told me that they had new alarm buttons that didn't function properly yet. In fact, they occasionally triggered the sensors at other stores, as well.

And of course - when I went to another store for shoes, the alarm THERE went off - as I ENTERED the store. I explained the situation to a CSR at the shoe store, and she confirmed that they'd gotten several alarms with the department store's customers that day. I don't want to know how many thieves took advantage of that problem...

[lobo94]

I used to have that happen with the detectors at the library if I had videos from Blockbuster in my bag.

I wouldn't have had a problem showing my receipts and contents. Now, if someone at the store had actually been a jerk about the alarm, I'd have demanded a supervisor after proving my innocence,

[Dips]

I agree with the sentiment, not the tantrum. Once I paid, it's mine. If you want to relook in them, I'll be happy to wait for the cops.

Not really realistic. You know the magnetic security strips will not always deactivate and if the alarm goed, there's a strip thats not deactivated...Because it didnt or because its stolen. Those things are not there for the fun of it, remember.

Here in the Netherlands stores are allowed to hold the possible thief an detain them till the cops get there. You want to wait for hours iso showing the receipt?

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[LillFilly]

I bet she would have found something to complain about simply to guilt you into loading her groceries for her.

[nicolecj]

I bought a new coat a couple of years ago at store A and the first time I wore it into a store B the greeter took me right over the the service desk. She asked me if I bought it from the store A, and when I said yes she explained that their security tags, even after deactivation for the Store A's alarm system, had been setting off Store B's alarm system. All they needed to do is run the coat over their deactivation pad. I was obliging instead of angry and ranting, they swiped my coat and problem solved.

Sometimes if you just cooperate instead of acting like a jacka$$, life goes a little more smoothly.

[MadMike]

When Circuit City was still around, the sensors at the one in my area were especially touchy. One time I left without buying anything, and the damn thing still went off! The guy just glanced at me and told me, "It's probably just your phone setting it off." Eventually, it got to the point where they didn't even bother trying to stop people when it went off.

[BrenDAnn]

I bought a brand new wallet for my dad once, for Father's Day or his brithday, possibly both. Anyway, wherever he went with the wallet in his pocket, he was setting off alarms. Finally, he set them off on his way out of Wally World, at which point we discovered the problem: there was a security card thing still IN the wallet! Door person found it, removed it, and Dad hasn't had a problem since. Amazing! Also, yes, the alarms go off for stupid reasons all the time. Better to just cooperate and move on, I say.

[NateTheChops]

Back when Order of the Phoenix had just been released, I bought my copy at Wal*Mart. There was so much death and crime associated with the book at that point that when I heard the inventory alarm go off I nearly hit the ground excpecting a security guard to rush out and bust my head in. But I took it in stride and had them deactivate the magnate.

The title of the thread brings this to mind, naturally.How Dare You!

Also, I feel for you on the management not giving a rat's ass about your health bit. My priceless moment was as a cart jockey the night before X-mas. They had me working right up until the end, but didn't bother to tell me the store was closing. So after the alarm had been set, they finally let me know the store was closed.

But I was wearing a thin yellow rain jacket against the Vermont winter, which was pretty damned cold. My actual coat was inside. Inspite of the weather, the assistant manager's brilliant question was, "Uh...do you mind just walking home in that?"

Why is it so easy for people who are about to drive home in nice warm cars to do that to the rest of us?

[Tama]

I remember when Deathly Hallows came out at our Malmart, they had disabled the SCOs ...

On the bright side, the next day they had a huge cake.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Better to just cooperate and move on, I say.

Any SC that did that would be kicked out of the SC Club.

[Jester]

But I was wearing a thin yellow rain jacket against the Vermont winter, which was pretty damned cold. My actual coat was inside. Inspite of the weather, the assistant manager's brilliant question was, "Uh...do you mind just walking home in that?"

Why yes. Yes I do. And if you don't want some random hikers to find your frozen lifeless body with a thin yellow rain jacket wrapped tightly around your throat, you're going to let me back into the store to get my fucking winter jacket, genius.

[MadMike]

Why yes. Yes I do. And if you don't want your some random hikers to find your frozen lifeless body with a thin yellow rain jacket wrapped tightly around your throat, you're going to let me back into the store to get my fucking winter jacket, genius.

Funny, my manager at the old supermarket job was the exact opposite. I'd go out on a customer assist in the freezing rain and/or snow with no jacket, and he'd yell at me for not grabbing a coat. He could be a dick sometimes, but at least he cared.