Posted on 08/07/2004 3:30:43 AM PDT by dadburn
we have volunteers who can give real citations to people who park in the handicap spaces.
ping
what a maroon
This sounds like something from Reno 911.
DO NOT slander the name or degrade the excellent police work done by the squad of Reno 911. They are by far one of the finest law enforcement agencies in the country.
"They should just put a badge on the old guy
that looks through all your stuff when you leave."
I've been to the Wal-mart in our town a few times and that always surprised me. They've got these big, strapping farm boys working the registers and these tiny, wizened folks at the door to prevent you from running off with that Princess Diaries DVD without paying for it!
They should just put a badge on the old guy
that looks through all your stuff when you leave.
Once you pay for your stuff at the checkout, it is your property.
The guy at the door has no right to look in your bags.
They are insinuating that everybody is a shoplifter.
I sometimes tell them no and walk out.
If they get pushy, I loudly ask if they are accusing me of theft and if so, they need to call a cop.
Once you pay for your stuff at the checkout, it is your property.
The only thing they are supposed to look for is anything that is not in a Walmart bag. I always put that on the counter first so it will be the first thing on the list and then the old geezer doesn't have to take 30 minutes looking for it on the tape.
There are far too many wannabes with badges they bought at flea markets.
Is there another witness?
Could end up being a he said/ she said.
I bought a DVD at Wal-Mart. You're supposed to pay for it at the checkout in that department. The cashier is supposed to disable the security alert embedded in the DVD case. He apparently wasn't successful because an alarm went off as I walked out the door and a little old lady came running up and asked to see my receipt.
You didn't let them see your receipt did you? I just keep on walking. They have no right to search your bag outside of the store. After you leave the Point of Sale and especially get ousdide the store, it's yours (assuming you did pay for it). They can call the police to search the item, but then they may end up with a legal issue on their hands if you do have a valid receipt.
It just frustrates me that they treat me as a criminal and everyone stares while I prove I own it. Sometimes, I'll ask if they are accusing me of stealing something and they'll say no. And then they'll try to say something like we just want to deactivate the device. I'll say I don't mind leaving it activated, have a nice day. And off I go. If they are a new employee, you can usually get a fun response from them.
Another thing to say when they stop you is, "No thanks, I'm trying to quit." By the time they figure out what to say you're at your car already.
As often as I see healthy people get out of handicapped tagged cars, I wish I could do something like that.
I didn't mind showing a receipt because I had paid for it but I was irritated the alarm device embedded in the DVD case had not been deactivated. The cashier did "rub" the DVD across the deactivation pad but apparently it didn't disable the alarm device.
That same kind of thing has happened to me at Home Depot.
Thanks for the ping.
We don't have WalMarts, so I guess
I don't have to worry about anything
like this happening to me. ;o)
Credentials refer to an identification card with the officer's picture, the agency's name and the signature of the police chief, sheriff or Highway Patrol official. The card is about the size of a credit card.
yep, to make something like that you would need a computer and some kind of printer. But what's the chance of that?
yep, to make something like that you would need a computer and some kind of printer. But what's the chance of that?
Yep a person would have to be like an Oztrich and have his head in the ground not to see that.
We don't have WalMarts,
WHERE was it you say you live again?
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