I hate that!

I don't steal but whenever in some cases I go exit the store the alarms go off and I gotta wait for a damn employee to show up to look at the items I bought. it mostly does it at Wal-Mart!!!!!!!!!


I hate that don't u?




Nate

I use to be a security guard at this store called Caldor(which was very similar to KMart) I use to hate when the damn alarms use to go off. Sure there were some shop lifters, but most of the time the cashiers simply forgot to take tags off.

By the way, here's a little nugget. If a security guard tells you to stop after an alarm goes off, you really don't have to legally. Security are not cops and by law cannot forcibly stop you. That's against the law. I'm not saying to do that, but that's the truth.

I loved Caldor!!


Anyways. Meangya, the KMART in Londonderry.. the alarms ALWAYS go off.:rolleyes:

I only hate it when I forget to take the price tag off the item I'm "borrowing"
























:rolleyes: Yeah, it is annoying. tho.

I loved Caldor's. They had the best housewares department. I loved Bradless too, but they both went bellyup. I didn't shop for clothes at these stores, but I did for a lot of other things.
I hate when the clerk doesn't take the security tag off when you're buying something.
Nine out of 10 times, you can get out of the store without the alarm going off, but it ALWAYS goes off when you bring it back to have the tag removed. This happens at Filene's all the time.
Once, I was going to a big party and didn't discover the security tag on my new dress until I was putting it on. I wanted to scream. In fact, I think I did.
Thanks for the tip Brian. It's good to know I can flip the bird to the next Barney Fife who just tries to stop me. :lol:

Oooooooo... Caldor! I liked that store. Much better than K-Mart. :rolleyes: And yes it is annoying. Those things dont work very good either. I put a candy bar in my pocket once (on accident) and it didnt go off.

Originally posted by Gregorio
Oooooooo... Caldor! I liked that store. Much better than K-Mart. :rolleyes: And yes it is annoying. Those things dont work very good either. I put a candy bar in my pocket once (on accident) and it didnt go off.
They dont have security tags, how would they know you got it there? You coulve gotten it @ Shaws.:p

I hate that when that happens. 6 or 7 years ago I was shopping with my mom and I was buying a C.D. and I was trying to get her attention and she just happened to be staring off into space at the time. :rolleyes: Then, I accidentally stepped over the line out of the store and I was holding the C.D. and the alarm went off. Even though I knew I wasn't stealing I felt embarrassed. Of course, my mom's attention span returned the minute the alarms went off. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Brian Damage
By the way, here's a little nugget. If a security guard tells you to stop after an alarm goes off, you really don't have to legally. Security are not cops and by law cannot forcibly stop you. That's against the law. I'm not saying to do that, but that's the truth.

I Stop anyway, A Few years ago at Wal Mart My Mom and i were in the parking lot putting our bags in the car trunk when the alarm goes off and some guy walks out, Than 2 security guard run at him and attack him. I Swear, One of them beat the crap out of the guy until his nose was bleeding, And it turns out the alarm going off was just a mistake. This was somewhere in Lower Maine (Dont remember if it was Bangor or Portland) and i think i heard the guy sued Wal Mart for it. So Yeah, I Stop Anyway so i dont get attacked :lol:

Originally posted by Chad Doody


I Stop anyway, A Few years ago at Wal Mart My Mom and i were in the parking lot putting our bags in the car trunk when the alarm goes off and some guy walks out, Than 2 security guard run at him and attack him. I Swear, One of them beat the crap out of the guy until his nose was bleeding, And it turns out the alarm going off was just a mistake. This was somewhere in Loser Maine (Dont remember if it was Bangor or Portland) and i think i heard the guy sued Wal Mart for it. So Yeah, I Stop Anyway so i dont get attacked :lol:

I hear ya. Trust me I've worked in security with a couple of people who actually thought they were the law because they were a guard.:rolleyes:

yeah right, nathaniel... u probably do steal.

That's actually never happened to me...

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤

They dont have security tags, how would they know you got it there? You coulve gotten it @ Shaws.:p

Oh...well that explains it then... And there are no shaws where I am. :p

yeah, especially after they've already checked you out and you paid and crap it's like I just wanna leave!!

OMG

Thanks for mentioning Caldor!

I have been trying for years thinking of what store I went into in Delaware! I always thought it was Condor lol.

I did go into one of them when I was an age range from 10-13 and it was in mid january on our way to philadelphia. We ate at their food court! It was awesome I remember what I had even! I didn't take pics or map out the store cuz i wasn't "crazed into" stores yet. I don't know if it had alarms either. I don't know the PINPOINT town of where it was but it was in delaware. I remember that the electronics were in the back and I can picture that Taz Mania game for the SNES on the wall priced at 19.99........strange. I only remember such things. Yes they did have alarms cuz i remember the doors because they looked weird because they were automatic and it was an OUT / IN / OUT doors in that order on both sides!


Nate

Originally posted by Gregorio


Oh...well that explains it then... And there are no shaws where I am. :p
No Shaws?!?!:faint: What about Star Market?:p

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
I loved Caldor!!


Anyways. Meangya, the KMART in Londonderry.. the alarms ALWAYS go off.:rolleyes:

Argh...I have a CVS in my city that goes off almost every dang time a person walks thru it, last time I was in there I heard it go off like 5 times :rolleyes: Luckily it's only happened to me once ever :p :D

Yeah I hate that. One time I was in Super Wal-Mart and I had bought a DVD and the alarm went off on me and everyone was looking at me like I was stupid.

Originally posted by JDS84
Yeah I hate that. One time I was in Super Wal-Mart and I had bought a DVD and the alarm went off on me and everyone was looking at me like I was stupid.

I know I hate that.

The worst place for the alarms to go off in my opinion is Toys R us. Because the video game section has alarms so you have to stay in that section of the store and that is a bunch of crap.....THE GAMES AND ACCESSORIES ARE IN PLASTIC CASES PPL!



Nate

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤

Anyways. Meangya, the KMART in Londonderry.. the alarms ALWAYS go off.:rolleyes:



That usually happens to the K-Mart here thats closing. I hate them damn alarms God.

cant say that its ever happened to me I'm Lucky I guess

I get so embarrassed when it happens to me. The last time it happened was just this past Christmas. I was leaving the store & guess what rang the alarm? The shopping cart I was pushing... It belonged to another store. :blush:

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤

No Shaws?!?!:faint: What about Star Market?:p

Like ummm....30 miles away from me.

It does it at a Target back when we lived in SC, and it did it all the time!:mad:

It is so embarrassing!

Originally posted by Gregorio


Like ummm....30 miles away from me.
:woohoo: Same thing. :p

Some other bad places for the alarms to off is in Video Rental stores. I hate it it embarrases me that the clerks do not know how to scan the damn item! It happened to me at Blockbuster Video in Fort Dodge, Iowa. I rented John Q and the alarms went off and they blew up on me asking, "Whatdja steal?" I said nothing and etc and etc I asked her to scan the item and it turned out to be the movie and she apologized. I hated that blonde bitch ho! She didn't give me anything free!

The other place where alarms are a stupid place at is Grocery Stores. There aren't any grocery stores around here that have alarms, but places in Perry, Des Moines, and Fort Dodge have Hy-Vee food stores (http://www.hyvee.com) that have alarms. Oh, i'm stealing this stalk of celery, op, the alarms go off. What do they do stick alarm tags on fresh produce lol? Course I know that the alarms are meant for the big stuff such as Video Rental, Liquor, and Pharmacutical items.

It's stupid lol.


What places that do have alarms that you think it's pointless and stupid?



Nate

oh yes that has happened to me. stupid people shouldn't be working places if they don't know how to remove those tag things.

I don't think any alarms are pointless because there'll always be some lowlife who trys to steal something somewhere.

Originally posted by Brian Damage
I don't think any alarms are pointless because there'll always be some lowlife who trys to steal something somewhere.

Im talking about grocery stores and video rental stores.

And another place where you can't even feel secure is a damn Library! Why would they have alarms? I mean, you can check the books out for god's sake! Why would u steal them?



Nate

Originally Posted by RainMan
I don't steal but whenever in some cases I go exit the store the alarms go off and I gotta wait for a damn employee to show up to look at the items I bought. it mostly does it at Wal-Mart!!!!!!!!!Yes I hate that!!!!!

The 1 by me just took those stupid things out,they went off constantly FOR NO REASON :D

Im sure the staff didnt like hearing it all day......


One time I was at anoither store and my scanner set the alarm off when I went thru it... I think it was at Macys or something......

I hear no alarms going off and if I did, I don't talk hate.

I had a wallet that would always set off the alarm at Wal-Mart when I walked through the door, finally a woman took the wallet and did something to it and it never set it off again

Hm I wonder what it was??