Do you object to BAG INSPECTIONS at stores

[nero_bolt]

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Do you object to BAG INSPECTIONS at stores?

Do you object to staff asking to inspect your bag? (they are only doing their job) 

Will you shop at a  store that asks to inspect your bag or will you go elsewhere? 

Do bag inspections and security checks help to stop shop lifting and keep prices down?

If you object WHY?

Do you think that objecting to a bag inspection makes a person look guilty or they are guilty? 

Rememer that its a condition of entry at just about every major /medium/small store in Australia 

[**meep**]

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@acacia_pycnantha wrote:

Well, meep, whatever word is used to describe the feeling of implicitly being accused of being a possible shoplifter, that feeling is not a pleasant one.

I don't feel under any obligation to feel concerned about a shop's problems with shoplifting. That is their concern and none of mine.

I do feel concerned that one of their solutions is to routinely ask to look in shoppers' bags, thus implicitly making an accusation of suspicion of being a shoplifter.

(lapping here, I feel)

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That is perhaps where our attitudes differ.  I appreciate the store's position.   I appreciate they have a business to run, I rely on their good customer service, I appreciate their returns policy when they are not obligated to refund me when I change my mind.  I am actually more than happy to assist them in whatever steps they take to protect themselves from shoplifting.  

[mugssy65]

And they had best not come to WA especially Armadale coz they look in your handbag large or small!
Maybe we have been brought up with the practice and are so used to it that we don't give it a second thought!

[**meep**]

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@acacia_pycnantha wrote:

The 'sensitivity' of some is laughable really ....... plenty of other far more important things to concern yourselves about in the real world.

If a person remains insensitive to the fact they are implicitly being suspected of being a shoplifter when asked to open their bags for a check, then I think that they are insensitive.

It's normal to feel a little put out when being accused of theft, isn't it?

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Being accused of theft is rather a serious matter.   If the bag checking policy implied that, the civil libertarians would have a field day.

[**meep**]

What's your first world problem you had today

LOL Was just thinking the same.

[imastawka]

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@**meep** wrote:

What's your first world problem you had today

LOL Was just thinking the same.

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How does a bag check warrant over 300 posts?  Seriously??

[cherry*135]

hehe ima, I just noticed this thread hit over 300. I think the contributors can be proud there has been no moderated posts and no lock was required.

[imastawka]

They'll get tired soon.   Go to bed.  Start again tomorrow.

Til then    

[**meep**]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

What's your first world problem you had today

LOL Was just thinking the same.

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How does a bag check warrant over 300 posts?  Seriously??

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That's nothing!  In the old days, we would have reached a thousand ages ago, i reckon....

[imastawka]

This rant thread will reach that , I'm sure

[acacia_pycnantha]

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How does a bag check warrant over 300 posts?  Seriously?

and . . . It's one of Nero's threads!