[goldstategop]

Yes - he paid for the items in question. The store employee had no right to ask for further ID or a bag check when he left the store premises. Inside the store, they had a right to detain him if they suspected him of shoplifting. But they no jurisdiction to do so the moment he left the store. Accusing a paying customer of shoplifting is just lousy customer service and since he had lawful possession of the goods, after that point the store's right to make a further inquiry ended. Simple and straight.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[nicmarlo]

Agreed.

[Quick1]

Inside the store, they had a right to detain him if they suspected him of shoplifting.

Really, even inside the store they would have had no right to detain him, unless they caught him on camera, or someone witnessed it.

[monday]

“But they no jurisdiction to do so the moment he left the store.”

So if a shop lifter can run fast enough to get out the front door he can just stand there and make faces at store employees taunting them? lol

“Accusing a paying customer of shoplifting is just lousy customer service ...”

I agree. People who are outraged at being asked to show a receipt to prove you aren’t a shop lifter should not shop at stores that post bag checkers at their doors. If you see bag checkers and still shop there though, you have only yourself to blame for your outrage.