Tesco had me arrested !!!

ceebeeby

geordie_joe wrote: »

because shoplifters carry magnets.

Why on earth would they do that??

nonnatus

It occurs to me that maybe as there were two adults involved in the shopping, maybe one should have / could have stayed home withe the small child, leaving the other parent to shop in concentrated peace, with a list, thereby avoiding crowding the shop with unnecessary people and being switched on enough to have ALL the shopping scanned at the till. Don't know why people seem to make such a social family occasion out of the weekly shop.

Just a thought

geordie_joe

ceebeeby wrote: »

Why on earth would they do that??

Carry magnets? Apparently they use them to remove the security tag from spirit bottles.

brettcta

and items of clothing that they have no intention of paying for

this thread has amused me, because not only has it got the old 'bullied & harassed by tesco' chestnut, it's got a pair of clowns on their high horse about giving kids a snack whilst you do your shopping.

brettcta

geordie_joe wrote: »

I remember someone in here saying he went to tescos, and on the way he found a magnet, which he picked up and put in his pocket. When he got to tesco half the staff beat him up, because shoplifters carry magnets.

I think there was more to it than that, but someone must remember the thread?

i remember that, *someone* has a quote in their signature from it, in relation to the manager/security guard having a metal knee and maybe that's what caused them to knee the customer

hethmar

geordie_joe wrote: »

I remember someone in here saying he went to tescos, and on the way he found a magnet, which he picked up and put in his pocket. When he got to tesco half the staff beat him up, because shoplifters carry magnets.

I think there was more to it than that, but someone must remember the thread?

And how would the staff know he had a magnet on his person?:T

There are some odd people in this world.

Blobby8_2

nonnatus wrote: »

It occurs to me that maybe as there were two adults involved in the shopping, maybe one should have / could have stayed home withe the small child, leaving the other parent to shop in concentrated peace, with a list, thereby avoiding crowding the shop with unnecessary people and being switched on enough to have ALL the shopping scanned at the till. Don't know why people seem to make such a social family occasion out of the weekly shop.

Just a thought

Didnt you know , their whole lives are a social family occasion.
You must learn that there is a whole sector of society incapable of logical thought, and to whom consideration for others is unheard of.

Angela

Blobby8 wrote: »

Didnt you know , their whole lives are a social family occasion.
You must learn that there is a whole sector of society incapable of logical thought, and to whom consideration for others is unheard of.

Brilliant post

geordie_joe

hethmar wrote: »

And how would the staff know he had a magnet on his person?:T

Either they searched him or noticed the managers knee was attracted to his pocket

hethmar wrote: »

There are some odd people in this world.

Yes, and they make life fun.

babyxxxxx

All sounds very odd.

And for the comments on childrens behaviours, not everyone is in the same boat. I got looks all the time with my daughter screaming, shouting, spitting, pulling her hair out everytime we went shopping, odd things used to set her off. I always felt awful and i got the "looks" of people. Turns out im not a bad mum just a mum with an autsitic child, and now my son is acting the same in the way of screaming but i think this is learnt of my daughter as shopping is a stressful thing for her. So myabe before you make judgments on people just remember its not the same for everyone and parents are just doing the best and things they know.