Clonge
bags that are brought into the store, to help prevent theft. I told them point blank, that I'm not leaving anything with them, but they're free to check my bag(s) on the way out. They said "o.k." and that was the end of that. They even wanted me to check my attache case, which had legal documents, yet is big enough to stuff merchandise in.
4 Answers
JDB
Did you know that this was their policy before you entered the store? Did you consider that you were putting someone else's job in Jeopardy because of your demands?
| 5 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
country bumpkin
I've Never seen a man walk into a store carrying an Attache case unless he was the district manager or sent from the corporate office.
I don't blame them one bit for being suspicious of a person walking inside the store carrying an Attache case.
If I owned or managed the store and somebody "knowing the store policy", walked in with the case refusing to leave it with the front desk while he/she shops, I would tell that person to take his/her case to leave and don't let the door hit you on your way out.
A person who seems intelligent enough to understand the store policy but daft enough or arrogant enough to believe the policy shouldn't apply to him/her for whatever outlandish reason is not the type of consumer anyone wants to be around.
If I were the customer and I didn't want to abide by the policy that is in place, I would leave.
Places such as restaurants and grocery stores have to deal with a--h---s all day long. Don't be one of them.
| 5 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
Ducky
I can't think of one store here that has such a policy. In fact, we are encouraged to bring re-useable bags. People walk into our stores all around the city with those bags, large purses, etc. I think that a better policy might be called "security guards". I assume that this particular store would rather insult their potential customers than pay for guards? I wouldn't shop there!
| 5 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
Benthere
When I worked at a major grocery store chain several years ago, the store put on a special event. The grocery lanes were decorated with helium-filled balloons.
The first thing my manager told me was not to give away any of the balloons to people if they asked for one because they were for decorative purposes only.
It couldn't have more than 10 minutes before a woman came through my line with a little boy approx three years old and he was so excited when he saw the balloons. The mother asked me if he could have one and I told her that I'm not allowed to give them away. She politely asked me again, but I had to tell her, no.
That little boy was so sad, the mother was mad, and I felt horrible
I suppose it didn't even occur to her how much I really wanted to give her son a balloon as I was in fear of losing my job.
I suppose the manager was happy.