Should she had licked the Policeman’s hand and kissed his boots as you would had done. Wear your chains lightly and proudly.
Given the amount of shoplifting that stores are forced to eat, they have a choice between setting up some procedures, or closing up.
Pretty soon, biometric ID technology will be good enough, and cheap enough, that stores can compile lists of shoplifters, share between them, and deny entry to anyone on the list of thieves and troublemakers.