Looked upon as a Thief in M&S today

Poppy9

If I was being followed I would get a big trolley and put one of everything I passed in the shop into it. When it was over flowing I would just leave it and walk out the shop without buying anything.

Gingham_Ribbon

Poppy9 wrote:

If I was being followed I would get a big trolley and put one of everything I passed in the shop into it. When it was over flowing I would just leave it and walk out the shop without buying anything.

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froggergirl

sare wrote:

When I worked as a checkout supervisor for a supermarket, if we suspected a customer was either a shoplifter or had a dodgy card, we would often say "Oh, it needs an authorisation", so we had a few minutes extra time to work out the situation, so it is possible the woman was calling the security guard to watch you.
I am in my twenties, married with two children and I look younger than my age.I often get followed in town and I've even heard my description circulated on the radio system that shops sign up to.Makes me angry, but they automatically seem to label me as young, single mother type who must be shoplifting !

This is the same situation as me - it happens in my local tesco as I am in most days for milk or whatever but they seem to think I need followed - nobody would need to pinch from tesco - they make so many errors they end up paying you to take items away!!

loracan1

I had an assistant chase after me as I sprinted out of B & Q yesterday with a bunch of wallpaper samples and paint brochures tucked under my arm. The look on his face as he realised I was catching up with my 3-year-old was priceless, just turned on his heel and walked (slowly) back in. Thing is, I can imagine how it looked to him - he'd obviously not seen the youngster running off. Makes me chuckle every time I think of his expression.

micko2602

What gets me is how many times people get followed around shops etc but not stopped once they have left. We all know that the crime of theft is only achieved once you leae th estore without paying. I wander if th esecurity guards lose all there bottle at the door.
My biggest gripe is when alarms go off as you leave a store because of security tags which haven't been removed. I don't think i have ever been offered an apology yet, best thing to do is to ask for a full refund of your money for the embarrasement and inconvenience.

juno

micko2602 wrote:

What gets me is how many times people get followed around shops etc but not stopped once they have left. We all know that the crime of theft is only achieved once you leae th estore without paying. I wander if th esecurity guards lose all there bottle at the door.
My biggest gripe is when alarms go off as you leave a store because of security tags which haven't been removed. I don't think i have ever been offered an apology yet, best thing to do is to ask for a full refund of your money for the embarrasement and inconvenience.

I worked at Next, and we were told we had to hold the receipt so everyone could see it, and also apologise to the customer. So if you've had tags left on at Next and no apology then you deserve one!

trace-j

I've gone home from my local Asda and Next with items purchased with tags still attached. No one ever challenged me when the barrier went off. I didn't stop as didn't think it was me! Next were OK and apologised after showing them the receipt. As for Asda, it came off quite easily and didnt need to go back. I never see security at Asda and would love to see the lovely old dear who is the customer services person with the microphone stop real shop lifters.

ti1980

The problem is that so many mums go to shops and use their buggies to steal, often citing 'ooh, sorry I forgot' when challenged by security or staff. The thing is, when you hear that phrase so many times you stop believing it even when its someone who has made an honest mistake? How are you to distinguish between genuine forgetfulness and a thief when they both act in the same way?

When I used to work in a small shop, I remember the mums with buggies coming in and most of them would steal but my manager knew about it and did nothing. These women came in all shapes and sizes and some of them were really quite posh looking.

Wig

Theft is an act done by scum. So if we as shoppers are mildly irritated at being stopped because of some error then surely we can all just forget about it and let the security man do his job. This also applies instore if you are followed, so what? Let him follow you, ask him to push your trolley etc.

I don't understand the big deal about this thread.

frosty

last week I was shopping in my local lidl,when I noticed a woman walking around the store and putting items into a carrier bag,as I carried on with my shopping the woman was still filling her carrier bag with goods,so I told a member of staff,they said we know,lidl dont have baskets in their stores so people use carrier bags,but they could walk out of the store without paying I said,yeah I know he said ..........and that was that.......I was amazed at the mans attitude,,,,,,,,,,after all he was the manager!!!!!!!!!!!