Ok, I am starting a consumer movement/revolt.
You know those "theft device" alarms at the exit to stores? The ones where lights go off, a siren sounds and some little nerd with a plastic card stops you when the "system" detects that you have merchandise you haven't paid for?
The machines are those big imposing arches that look like x-ray machines from the Planet X. (hmmm...maybe they are)
Well, for chrissakes, they never work properly...so much for the Planet X technology. It's always the same. Some poor bugger that PAID for their stuff walks through and the alarm mistakenly sounds, for the whole damn mall to see. The totally embarassed person looks back with that "what????" look at the clerk and has to endure a "search" of their bags. (usually in front of about 139 people)
They NEVER have any "concealed" unpaid for items. You know why? Because the machines are crap, that's why. And aftre the embarrassing search in front of the entire mall/store what do you get? Nothing. A big fat nothing. They look at you with suspicion and "send you on your way". Gee thanks, you have humilitated me, falsely accused me...but I get to go about my business.
Well, here's a newsflash for the idiot nerd with the plastic i.d. card. Going about my business was exactly what I was doing before your piece of shit machine went all freaky for no reason.
You see, the people that poach stuff don't wait in line to pay for it. The smart bad guys know where all the little anti theft tags are and they remove them, or disable them. (don't ask me how, but they do)
Well, here is what I am going to do from now on. If I go through the Planet X anti theft megatron 2000 and it goes off and I am subjected to the embarrassment, I am fighting back.
I am going to demand that my purchases be given to me absolutely free to offset the unnecessary embarrassment. And I want every single one of you to do the same.
There is no reasonable and probable grounds for a search and seizure of your person. There is no reasonable element or intent of criminality. Just some piece of shit machine that doesn't work and we (the consumer) should not be subjected unnecessarily to this embarrassment.
If the dumb ass alarm goes off and they detain you (and you don't have unpaid for stuff).....DEMAND that your purchases be given to you free!
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