Receipt Checks in Stores

[andyzee]

OK, read this post by Beano and he's gonna get me started on another one of my pet peeves

What drives me nuts is receipt checking at places like Best Buy and Home Depot. I politely refuse and keep walking. Unless they have reason to detain me (Read:They saw me steal something) they have no right to check my receipt. My relationship ended with the store the moment I paid for my goods...but I digress.

Drives me nuts too and I completely ignore them. If they ask, I show them my reciept, how valid thier request is, I'm not sure. But every store does reserves the right to check your bags, so I'll go by that. However, I will not stand in line to have my bags checked. I usually just get done standing in line to pay then they want me to stand in line to proove I paid, ain't happening. If there is a line, I keep going, if someone stops me, I'll offer to let them check, I will not get in line. Most of the time, they don't even check your purchases against the receipt, they just take a marker and mark the receipt.

Funny thing, one time I'm walking out of a store. There's a line cause someone is checking receipts, I walk around it, the buzzer goes off since I guess my purchases weren't properly demagnetize, or whatever it is they do and the fellow checking recipts just continues checking reciepts, doesn't say a word to me. So, how effective is this practice?

 

[Greg]

Here we go... :roll:

Seriously, I think you guys are stressing yourselves out too much by worrying about this stuff. There's obviously a reason for this practice. I can guarantee they are not doing it just to piss you off. Suck it up and wait in the line if there is one. If it really bothers you that much, don't shop at the place.

I'm not trying to be confrontational. I seriously just don't worry about this stuff. Mellow out.

 

[wa-loaf]

I've only seen this at BJs. Not a big deal most of the time. They have self checkouts so I guess they're trying to be sure folks aren't "forgetting" to scan a few items.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

And if these stores didn't have people doing this job, there would be that many more people unemployed. Same reason I hope NJ never goes to self-serv gas.

 

[andyzee]

If it really bothers you that much, don't shop at the place.

Wow, why didn't I think of that?

Let's see in this day and age I need hardware, hmm... where do I go?
Office supplies?
Electronics?
Sporting goods?

Any guesses?

Yes it bothers me and I deal with it in my own way, I ignore them.

 

[Greg]

So I'm a lemming, huh? Whatever. Knock yourself out worrying about this stuff then. I can't be bothered with it. In fact, this kind of thing might not even register with me as being more than a minor annoyance, if that. I'm certainly not going to get worked up over it and storm past the kid making minimum wage like it's his fault airing some sense of entitlement or something.

Parenting has forced me to become an incredibly patient person. What is a major frustration to some others is now hardly a blip on my radar. Different perspective, I guess.

 

[dmc]

Doesn't bug me either..

If it helps keep costs down by keeping people from stealing.. then I'm OK...

Now - the woman at the airline gate telling me - before i showed my ticket - "Excuse me sir - we're only boarding first class seats now" on a trip where I HAD first class - that made me mad... Just cause i was wearing a Burton shirt and not a suit! I joked about it with her...

 

[campgottagopee]

Im sooooo glad I live in a little one horse town in CNY so I don't have deal with that crap.

 

[andyzee]

I think it's fair to say that I'm older than most of the posters on this forum. As a result, I have seen a bit more over the years. During my time I have seen rights and liberties slowly being stripped away and people being apathetic about it. Does it bug me, yes. To the point I'm loosing sleep over it, no.

Since I am one of the older guys on this forum, chances are I have less time left on this earth. As a result, any actions or non-actions taken by people in response to some of the crap that has been going on in recent years will have less effect on me than the rest of you. Greg, you say that you're too concerned being a parent to worry about such trivial matters, cool. I hope your kid/kids, enjoy the bed your making for them.

Just my opinion, don't mean to offend or annoy, if I do, I apologize. Now back to more impotant matters, gotta work on a summary for Greg's Roast!

 

[dmc]

Im sooooo glad I live in a little one horse town in CNY so I don't have deal with that crap.

They never check us in my Home Depot and Lowes in Catskill NY either..
I'd see it when i lived in Jersey though.. i think in more crowded stores theft is probably more of an issue..

Thought i was going to get a cavity search in a Target in Atlanta once..

 

[Greg]

I think it's fair to say that I'm older than most of the posters on this forum. As a result, I have seen a bit more over the years. During my time I have seen rights and liberties slowly being stripped away and people being apathetic about it. Does it bug me, yes. To the point I'm loosing sleep over it, no.

Since I am one of the older guys on this forum, chances are I have less time left on this earth. As a result, any actions or non-actions taken by people in response to some of the crap that has been going on in recent years will have less effect on me than the rest of you. Greg, you say that you're too concerned being a parent to worry about such trivial matters, cool. I hope your kid/kids, enjoy the bed your making for them.

Just my opinion, don't mean to offend, if I do, I apologize. Now back to more impotant matters, gotta work on a summary for Greg's Roast!

Okay. Fair enough. Please provide some specific examples of the rights and liberties you've seen stripped away over the years and also please describe to what extent these have impacted your quality of life. I hope it goes beyond just having to wait a few minutes to get your receipt checked when you leave a store. Also, don't just give the vague overall slippery slope argument. I'm simple-minded so I would like to see specifics. This will give me a better understanding of the hell hole my kids are destined to be living in when they grow up.

 

[andyzee]

Thought i was going to get a cavity search in a Target in Atlanta once..

Why do you have a smilie after mentioning the prospect of a cavity search? :roll: :lol:

 

[andyzee]

Okay. Fair enough. Please provide some specific examples of the rights and liberties you've seen stripped away over the years and also please describe to what extent these have impacted your quality of life. I hope it goes beyond just having to wait a few minutes to get your receipt checked when you leave a store. Also, don't just give the vague overall slippery slope argument. I'm simple-minded so I would like to see specifics. This will give me a better understanding of the hell hole my kids are destined to be living in when they grow up.

First reaction, I'm sensing a lot of sarcasm in you post, but that's fine. I'll give you a few off the top of my head:

• Checks leaving the store.
• Border checks 75 miles from the border
• DUI - Gee we could say it'd keeping drunk drivers off the road and keeping us safe. But there is too much of taking rights away for our own good, the good of the children, family values, etc.....
• Drug tests in work - Damn, you want to talk invasion of privacy. Are they buy cattle here, will the next thing be checking your teeth?

Those are just a few things that come to mind, I'm sure I could think of more, but you'll only sarcastically knock each and everyone down. And that's fine, you'll have to live with it. Me, can't be bothered arguing the point. In all case above, you can argue if they are right or wrong, However there is one thing that you can not argue, they are all presuming guilt until proven innocent. Son of B, gotta start work in 45 min. guess my Greg Roast Summary will have to wait!

 

[campgottagopee]

Thought i was going to get a cavity search in a Target in Atlanta once..

DMC, you're a funny somebitch--we need to hook up for a beer sometime. If my knee was friggin better I'd head to Hunter for some corn but not this year. Still making a few turns at Greek but showing up late, taking 2 runs then right to the tailgate party.

 

[andyzee]

DMC, you're a funny somebitch--we need to hook up for a beer sometime. If my knee was friggin better I'd head to Hunter for some corn but not this year. Still making a few turns at Greek but showing up late, taking 2 runs then right to the tailgate party.

To me, he seemed dissapointed that it didn't happen. :lol:

 

[campgottagopee]

First reaction, I'm sensing a lot of sarcasm in you post, but that's fine. I'll give you a few off the top of my head:

• Checks leaving the store.
• Border checks 75 miles from the border
• DUI - Gee we could say it'd keeping drunk drivers off the road and keeping us safe. But there is too much of taking rights away for our own good, the good of the children, family values, etc.....
• Drug tests in work - Damn, you want to talk invasion of privacy. Are they buy cattle here, will the next thing be checking your teeth?

Those are just a few things that come to mind, I'm sure I could think of more, but you'll only sarcastically knock each and everyone down. And that's fine, you'll have to live with it. Me, can't be bothered arguing the point. In all case above, you can argue if they are right or wrong, However there is one thing that you can not argue, they are all presuming guilt until proven innocent. Son of B, gotta start work in 45 min. guess my Greg Roast Summary will have to wait!

I'll say this. I understand where you're coming from and agree to some extent that Uncle Sam has his thumb firmly placed upon us. BUT, that being said, our other options really suck!!!

 

[andyzee]

I'll say this. I understand where you're coming from and agree to some extent that Uncle Sam has his thumb firmly placed upon us. BUT, that being said, our other options really suck!!!

Sad part is, it's not only Uncle Sam, it's the Corporate world (I was going to say Corporate America, but that's now history), and that's the real scary part. And before anyone gets started on it, no, I'm that paranoid that there's a conspiracy or anything, just a pattern of the way things are going.
(FYI, I just blew my boss off to respond )

 

[Greg]

First reaction, I'm sensing a lot of sarcasm in you post, but that's fine. I'll give you a few off the top of my head:

• Checks leaving the store.
• Border checks 75 miles from the border
• DUI - Gee we could say it'd keeping drunk drivers off the road and keeping us safe. But there is too much of taking rights away for our own good, the good of the children, family values, etc.....
• Drug tests in work - Damn, you want to talk invasion of privacy. Are they buy cattle here, will the next thing be checking your teeth?

Those are just a few things that come to mind, I'm sure I could think of more, but you'll only sarcastically knock each and everyone down. And that's fine, you'll have to live with it. Me, can't be bothered arguing the point. In all case above, you can argue if they are right or wrong, However there is one thing that you can not argue, they are all presuming guilt until proven innocent. Son of B, gotta start work in 45 min. guess my Greg Roast Summary will have to wait!

Wow. These things do indeed have a serious impact on the quality of life. Thank you so much for looking out for the future of my kids for me. Obviously, I'm failing at that. I guess if they ever want to shop lift at BJ's, smuggle in a nuke from Mexico, drive drunk, or try to establish a long term career while effed up on coke, they're outta luck.

How's that for sarcasm?

I get your point and understand your concern, but don't blame me for not wasting my time worrying about it and insinuate I'm not looking out for my kids well being and future as a result.

 

[andyzee]

I get your point and understand your concern, but don't blame me for not wasting my time worrying about it and insinuate I'm not looking out for my kids well being and future as a result.

Not blaming anyone for anything, not expecting anyone to do anything, just trying to make a point and start a conversation. As soon as I made my point people were quick to knock it down. As a result, I expanded on it, nothing more, nothing less.

As far as your kids go, well you brought them into the conversation to make a point and as a result I did the same, I'm sure your a great dad. By the way, how many kids do you have, I wasn't sure, but thought it was only one girl.

 

[deadheadskier]

And if these stores didn't have people doing this job, there would be that many more people unemployed. Same reason I hope NJ never goes to self-serv gas.

Are all gas stations in dirty jersey Full Serve? The only place I've gotten gas the past several years there is at the Lombardi Plaza. I actually fill up there even if I only have used a quarter tank. It's THAT much cheaper than surrounding states.