To think that shoplifting is not my f#%*ing problem

[ShoveItUpYourArseMargaret]

I can't he the only one. I've never stolen a thing in my life.

I have had it up to here with the extra security measures in shops lately.

Today in Sainsburys, I went back to the aisles with my PAID FOR shopping, to check the price on the shelf l as I'd been overcharged SO actually Sainsbury's were stealing from me. As I went back through self-checkout area where I'd paid, my trolley wheels then locked 🙄

....Also, not long ago, I did some shopping in TK Maxx and boots and the alarm went off when leaving TK Maxx because the person on the till hadn't deactivated the security thing. We went back to the till and the security person WHO HAD BEEN STANDING THERE WATCHING US, came over and rifled through my bag. I told him some of the stuff was from boots and he said, no, he had to check that too. In the process, one of the items from boots costing £10 went missing. So TK Maxx actually stole from us.

I used to love TK Maxx but wont go there anymore now.

Shoplifting is NOT my problem, I don't do it and never have. I'm not a criminal and expect not to he treated like one. Shops who are happy to take your money but treat genuine customers like shit are in danger of scaring off people who are there to spend money, they'll just end up full of shoplifters. 🤷‍♀️

Supermarkets deliver

Just take your custom elsewhere?
I've never bought anything in TKMaxx.
I've never had any of these experiences. I shop at an Aldi on edge of an awful estate, maybe I look too "scruffy old lady" and being foreign makes me seem least likely to be a thief.

My son works in a supermarket Local (minimart). He pointed out someone on street who was banned from his store... she and partner had frequent habit of strolling in, grabbing what they wanted & just walking out again. Brazen AF.

He spoke to her a week or so later. She said sorry as she pulled out 2 energy drinks she had put in her bag & when he asked about other items in her bag she pushed him out of way to leave the shop (with the unpaid items still in her bag)

They steal out of lifestyle habits, energy drinks are not essential calories for anyone.

I take it you were present during the bag search in TK MAXX? So you would have noticed if the security staff stole your Boots product?

I can't believe they did steal it.

I told him some of the stuff was from boots and he said, no, he had to check that too. In the process, one of the items from boots costing £10 went missing. So TK Maxx actually stole from us.

How did that happen when you were presumably standing right there when he did the check?

Take your own bags like most people do these days.

Yesterday, I was on a London bus, and a man who was obviously high on drink and drugs and ranting about his wallet being stolen got on without paying. The driver refused to move, until he got off the bus, which he didn't. In the end, another passenger paid for him.

I am in two minds about this. I expect that most drivers see this every day, and simply ignore it: you often see people jumping ticket barriers, and nobody does anything. In a way, it's nice to see somebody trying to make a stand, but no passengers dared to try to remove this individual, and the driver (probably following his own safety procedures) stayed in his cab, and in the end, one of the passengers ended up paying.

It is a shame that we as a country seem to place such a low value on basic decency, and we know that nobody is willing to enforce it, so we just let petty crime happen, and shrug. (I'm much more angry about this than small boats: perhaps that wannabe knight in shining armour Sir Nigel could start talking about this, and take his total of things he swears to put right up to two. Not that I'm going to vote for a bigger liar than Boris Johnson.)

Eh, I’m undecided. YANBU but to be fair the Sainsburys one (going back in after paying with the full trolley) was a bit daft.

The tkmaxx one was annoying. One time they even made me take off my shoes at Zara. I still hold a grudge.

Agreed @DeeKitch sounds bloody difficult

Yes entitled definitely

being stopped and embarrassed in front of shoppers and 100% paid for items

compensate me and concentrate on on actual shoplifters

What was the £20 a week taken off benefits?

Not as difficult as the twerp who trying to search a genuine person

Your friend sounds like a winner

So they suspected you’d shoplifted And reasonably asked to check your bag.

you created a scene

you think they should give you a big voucher

they. Were. Doing. Their. Job

If you don’t like the way a shop does something, don’t use it. Of course they’ll possibly want to check your bags if an alarm goes off. They don’t know you. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you don't need to worry about it. You sound ridiculous, as do some others on the thread.

They're not psychic how are they supposed to know?

I thought that only happened once you were out the parameter of the supermarket.

They. Were. Jumped. Up. Idiots.

they clearly were not doing their job because there was nothing to find

I’m not emptying my handbag for no reason

You really didn't need to say you are a bloke. What an arse.

They’re supposed to see you do it before chasing about

That’s what I thought, too.

They had reasons to believe you’d shoplifted
they reasonably asked to check your bag
you refused

so… what happened next?

Mr Monkey works in a West End store that has door security and they do stop and search peope acting suspiciously. People like the OP get on their high horse about it from time to tome. You know the most stolen items at his store - customer's phones and bags. Allowing theives in to stores impacts on all of us

I'm sure none of the other shoppers even batted an eyelid, until maybe you began to draw attention to and embarrass yourself by refusing to let anyone quickly check your bag.
I've seen a million shoplifters after having worked in retail, and they don't have a sign on their heads telling you they're thieves you know, anyone, of all ages, will shoplift.