"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> If I set off their shoplifter alarms on my way out, they DO check the
> bags against the receipt. The first thing they look for is DVD's since
> those are the usual culprits.
>
> The manufacturers sometimes put more than one security device in them
> and the cashiers don't always get them all. <sigh>
>
> It's never delayed me from leaving the store for more than maybe 3 to 5
> minutes so it's not been a big deal.
> --
> Peace, Om
>
A month ago I set off the security alarm going into a store (Zellers).
Security was going nuts looking for tho just (didn't) leave.
Of course I set it off again when I attempted to leave.
I just kept walking and no one seemed interested in the whole thing.
I went back a little later and this time when the alarm went off (on the way
in) I waited for the staff to get interested.
Their first suggestion was that there was an active tag on something I had
bought earlier.
I pointed out the flaw in this argument - "I am outside, why wasn't I
stopped in the first place?"
We finally figured out that the problem was with something I had bought in
another completely unrelated store.

Ken.