Aldi now searching empty bags

sheramber

baser999 said:

@ sheramber, worthy of a complaint? Why? 

baser999 said:

@ sheramber, worthy of a complaint? Why? 

Sorry, missing 'not'.

Norman_Castle

goater78 said:

CRISPIANNE3 said:

The problem is being asked in the first place

As an example I often buy a steak from Asda,  I use the self service and when I leave the till area it on occasion sets off the alarm due to the security tag not deactivating.  I then has to ask them to remove the tag.  The person will scrutinise the receipt before they do it but I don't really take that personally even though technically they are accusing me of stealing it!

Technically they're checking an item leaving the store has been paid for, if there's a suggestion it hasn't then they might accuse you of stealing it.

binao

CRISPIANNE3 said:

We went to a retail park on Saturday to do our usual weekly shop at Aldi.   I arrived at the checkout with three bags for life and were placed on top of the shopping. They were completely flat as they had nothing in that at that point. The checkout operator said he wanted to search the bags because they has a shop lifter last week who tried to get away with £300 worth of shopping before running off.  So because of that incident I assume all shoppers are now treated as shop lifters. 

I have phoned Aldi and they advice this is not their policy and are going to. investigate and promised to call me back. I will update when I here back. 

You where lucky. I have seen peeps attacked by security just for resisting.

Browntoa

I regularly get asked this in Aldi

I'm not a shoplifter so I'm not bothered in the slightest being asked to help them stop thefts from the store and keep prices down 

RobM99

I was scanned at an airport. How very dare they imply I'm carrying drugs and a Sturmgewehr!

Slightly serious now, not everything on the Aldi shelf is bulky. I imagine packs of smoked salmon could be squirreled 
away.

Search my bags? Sure, not a worry.

dil1976

Some store carry out random bag checks, doesn't mean they are accusing anyone of anything just letting it be known it is pro active in looking for shoplifters and using it as a deterrent.

dil1976

Also you don't get a direct dial number to a store so you would of spoken to a call centre so saying it isn't company policy doesn't mean certain stores wont have a local policy in place like this.

HampshireH

I don't see the issue with this at all. However there is no way a shoftlifter got £300 Aldi stuff in bags that appeared flat.

Seems daft to need to look in flat bags. When the bags are open and in the trolley ready to be packed I totally agree why shouldn't they check nothing has been put in them and not the conveyor belt. Very easy to items in and not be seen  with their till layouts if someone was so inclinded to do so.

Probably the only disadvantage of reusable bags from the supermarkets point of view

Pollycat

binao said:

CRISPIANNE3 said:

We went to a retail park on Saturday to do our usual weekly shop at Aldi.   I arrived at the checkout with three bags for life and were placed on top of the shopping. They were completely flat as they had nothing in that at that point. The checkout operator said he wanted to search the bags because they has a shop lifter last week who tried to get away with £300 worth of shopping before running off.  So because of that incident I assume all shoppers are now treated as shop lifters. 

I have phoned Aldi and they advice this is not their policy and are going to. investigate and promised to call me back. I will update when I here back. 

You where lucky. I have seen peeps attacked by security just for resisting.

Why would you resist a perfectly acceptable request?
Unless you have something to hide, of course.

Mr.Generous

Norman_Castle said:

goater78 said:

CRISPIANNE3 said:

The problem is being asked in the first place

As an example I often buy a steak from Asda,  I use the self service and when I leave the till area it on occasion sets off the alarm due to the security tag not deactivating.  I then has to ask them to remove the tag.  The person will scrutinise the receipt before they do it but I don't really take that personally even though technically they are accusing me of stealing it!

Technically they're checking an item leaving the store has been paid for, if there's a suggestion it hasn't then they might accuse you of stealing it.

They wouldn't accuse you of stealing at that point, they'd say something like "Oh look you've forgotten to pay for that / overlooked it / not scanned it"

For a theft they need to know it was intentional.

The dishonest misappropriation of goods belonging to another with the intent to permanently deprive. This means the staff have to observe you in an intentional act - removing tags, hiding it, looking furtively around before shoving it up a jumper etc.