"The nice thing is that this sword cuts both ways - they're free to ask to search my bag, and I'm free to give them the finger and keep walking."
Correct, I'm fine about searches entering the store, but once I've purchased anything, it is mine and no one touches it. I simply look them in the eye when I leave and they don't bother me, a few times I've had to say a soft but firm no.
Thanks, it's your kind that makes it so much easier for me to shoplift. I usually go and purchase a small inexpensive item at the counter back in sporting goods so I can get a bag and receipt and then go over to electronics and grab an iPod or something expensive and put it in the same bag then skip the check out lanes. If it weren't for your type they would know that I was shoplifting when I give them lip and walk past. Thanks again for the cover, dude.
/sarcasm