johcaschro wrote:went tI've even been in a shop where I was asked to open my bag and when I asked the staff member to show me the sign stating that bag searches were a condition of entry, she couldn't do it; couldn't find the sign. We both looked. There was no such sign or notice.
Did I open my bag for inspection? . . . Is the Pope Italian? 😉
Um, the current Pope was born in Argentina. 
An old thread but here's my two cent's worth - in the days when I went shopping at actual shops I often carried a very large shopping bag and at the point of buying I usually showed them the inside of it before they had a chance to ask. Oddly enough I found that beating them to it meant they barely looked inside.
