What offends you?

[lisa]

Lots of times they have security guards at the door to check your bags to see if you're stealing. I get really tired of waiting in that line while some pokey "security guard" searches everyone's bags and looks at their receipts, carefully matching up items so that they can insure that no CD-R's were lifted. I've got places to go and things to do, thank you very much. Here's how I usually handle the situation:

There are a number of stores in California (Fry's electronics is a prime example) where they do this as a matter of course. And I was not willing to wait in line to be "checked" after I just waitied in line to pay.

I pretty much followed the same proceedure.... It always worked and nobody ever even tried to stop me.

My "rehersed speach" was something along the lines of, "I just paid for this. It is my property. I have no need to show it to you to be allowed to leave your store. Would you like a lawsuit for false imprisonment?" But I never got to use it.