Tesco had me arrested !!!

Shereen

I'm surprised to read a thread where a customer was arrested over an incident that had errors both on the side of Tesco and the customers, turning into a critique of how parents choose to do their weekly grocery shopping. Regardless of how the child was behaving and how hassled the parents were, the fact is they mentioned the clothing items to the cashier who failed to scan them.

tbw

ceebeeby wrote: »

Why on earth would they do that??

Its something to do with voiding the security tag. I remember the story from a while bag - seemed like a real try on at the time.

Mrs_justjohn

tbw wrote: »

Its something to do with voiding the security tag. I remember the story from a while bag - seemed like a real try on at the time.

I don't recall the thread but I can tell you (as a shop owner) that a heavy duty magnet will remove the security tags that you get on clothing. I don't sell alcohol so have no idea whether it removes the caps on the bottles of alcohol - but I guess it must work on the same principal.

Before all you potential shoplifters rush out and buy magnets ...it has too be VERY HEAVY DUTY. The one we use to remove security tags is no bigger than an apple and weighs over 3KG...not easy to carry discreetly in your trouser pocket....LOL

justjohn

babyxxxxx wrote: »

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.

Autism is not an excuse for bad behaviour or inflicting others with there behaviour.

I have heard it as an excuse on a number of occassions.

I have a 7 year old autistic daughter and i still do not inflict her behaviour on others. I also do not want sympathy/or be excused for her behaviour whilst out in public.

DCFC79

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?

yes i think that was the 1 i thought of but id forgotten about the magnet

Mrs_justjohn

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.

Yes unfortunately this is all to true

DCFC79

brettcta wrote: »

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

that would be dacouch and i have it in my sig as well

DCFC79

Mrs_justjohn wrote: »

I don't recall the thread but I can tell you (as a shop owner) that a heavy duty magnet will remove the security tags that you get on clothing. I don't sell alcohol so have no idea whether it removes the caps on the bottles of alcohol - but I guess it must work on the same principal.

Before all you potential shoplifters rush out and buy magnets ...it has too be VERY HEAVY DUTY. The one we use to remove security tags is no bigger than an apple and weighs over 3KG...not easy to carry discreetly in your trouser pocket....LOL

this is the thread

was quite amusing but as usual [STRIKE]they dont come back so they must be trolls[/STRIKE]

scratch that as mr kringle has posted since the tesco episode

FLA27

I live quite near the Redditch branch of Tesco but I won't do my weekly shopping there because the store is just far too big. The store is a Tesco Extra and has two floors. I can fully understand why a parent would resort to feeding a child while there. Not only does it take ages to get around, the atmosphere is really stressful. Screaming children are a feature of the Redditch store..

I cannot guess whether the OP is completely true or not, but I can understand how someone woud loose the plot in there!

Personally, I woud not attempt to combine clothes and food shopping in there. I would certainly break it down into two separate transactions, making sure the clothes were fully bagged and the receipt in a safe place if not taking straight out to the car.

tom717

There was a story like this a little while ago which was incredibly similar (happened in Tesco too).
A woman went through the checkout with a shirt hanging on the outside of the trolley which she had forgotten. She was offered to accept a caution or go to trial. She went to trial and was found not guilty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12401396