There's a Tesco Express near me which I go in fairly regularly as it's close.
I know this is going to sound like paranoia but I can't shake the impression that some of the staff are watching me like hawks. They must think I'm a shopfliter.
For example, a few weeks ago I was using the self-service checkout and I saw a woman at the main till have a word with another employee and he came and stood directly behind me (less than 1 m) and proceeded to watch me scan my stuff over my shoulder, practically breathing down my neck, a bit like if you ever had a teacher watching you work at school!! This has also happened one other time before that. I have also noticed they don't do that to anyone else.
They also insist on speaking to me every time I go in, when they don't to other customers. I try and slip in and use the self-service till unnoticed but if the man is at the manned till he will shout out a greeting to me and force me to speak to him. Again, they don't do it with other customers, just me. Even if I try ignoring him, he will repeat it until I reply.
I didn't go in for a while after that, but I did go in last night and the same woman who had told her colleague to watch me at the self-service till gave me the most horrendous look as I was looking at the flowers near the entrance. As it's just a nasty look, there's nothing concrete I can complain about to the management.
It's just bizarre and really upsetting. I've tried to think when this woman's and that man's shifts are so I can avoid encountering them but I never seem to get it right. In any case, that defeats the purpose of having a local convenience store, doesn't it?
Edit: just to add, the only other thing I do that may be slightly unusual is I don't tend to spend that much money, I only buy milk/fruit/yoghurt etc. as their branded goods are very expensive. I can't see why that would make a difference but I'm clutching at straws here.
Anyone else experienced something like this? 😔 What can I do about it? It's really upsetting to me.