Bag Checks

[patgund]

You know, there's a good reason I ignore the people at Fry's who want me to stand in line *after* I bought the product just to peek in my bags.

I think these these two links sum it up better than I can though

Best Buy Receipt Check

Exit Bag Checks

Comments

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

I agree wholeheartedly. I skip the Fry's 'door guard' myself, and encourage *everyone* to do the same. I've been stopped outside Fry's by management, and asked if they could look through my bag.

My usual response is something like "Not without a search warrant, assfuck."

[patgund.livejournal.com]

(nods) Yeah, they've only come after me once to ask if they could search my bag. I asked them if they were accusing me of shoplifting. They said no, and I said "then you do not have the right to search my property. Good day."

I don't have a problem with them doing that at membership stores like Costco or Sams Club. That's something you know about when you get a membership there. However, doing such at Best Buy or Fry's is voluntary, and if I have to deal with their long lines just to get to the bloody checkout counter, then I see no reason to stand in another line to exit the store.

[karenbynight.livejournal.com]

Receipt and bag checks are an affront to civilized society. It's unacceptably rude for a company to waste the time of all of its customers because it hasn't managed to successfully deal with a theft problem, a basic business issue. Will they next expect me to sweep their floors because their profit is impinged on by the need to hire the services of a janitor?

I always decline a check, in the nicest way possible -- it confuses the person doing the receipt check without making their sucky job any more sucky. I usually say perkily, "I do not consent to be searched at this time," and then firmly make my exit while they're wondering when, exactly, I might consent to be searched. (let me give you a hint: they'll be needing ice skates in Hades.)