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Accused and kicked out - Advice needed!

So I was at a grocery store doing my shopping and out of many things I had in my cart I bought 2 kinds of salami. As I was walking around I noticed one of the bags was ripping. So not wanting the salami to fall out I shoved it into the other bag with the other meat and left the ripped bag along with the price tag on top of the bag with the meat.

Continued shopping...

All of a sudden this lady grabs the empty bag on my cart and takes off...I was like WTF? She comes back like 1 minute later with another guy. They stand on opposite sides of me and start yelling at me..really fuckin LOUD! Accusing me of stealing! Saying "Oh isn't it cheap enough for you?" I try telling them that I kept the other bag with the tag so I can pay, but they just said "Yeah right u were gonna throw the bag away." Then they ordered me to leave my cart and escorted me out of the store yelling at me telling me to never come back or they will call the cops.

WTF??!?!? What can I do?

Go back and apologize. I know you weren't doing anything wrong but they did so just humour them so you can get your shop on.

And by apologize I mean explain in detail what you did.

go to another store.

the only time you go back to that one is when you have the shits really bad, drop a dump at the front entrance for them to find when they come early in the morning to start their day. make sure you leave an empty deli meat bag next to it so they know where it was derived from.

find a way to sneak into their bathrooms and than give them an upper deck.

Hahaha all great advice..

But I was more asking about could I go to the police? I mean if I did would they do anything about it? Could I sue them for defamation of character and false accusations?? Shit like that..

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict Hahaha all great advice.. But I was more asking about could I go to the police? I mean if I did would they do anything about it? Could I sue them for defamation of character and false accusations?? Shit like that..

Would you really want to bother with all that useless drama?? God, if these people want to be such assholes about it, why you keep giving them your business anyways??

Fuck 'em. You can buy salami anywhere.



P.S. What kind of salami was it?

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict But I was more asking about could I go to the police? I mean if I did would they do anything about it? Could I sue them for defamation of character and false accusations?? Shit like that..

Um, no, that's retarded. If they put your face on a "wanted for shoplifting" poster and plastered it everywhere outside, then maybe you'd have a case. They may be assholes, but they didn't break the law and they didn't injure you, they just inconvenienced you.

We live in a free-market society. Let your wallet do the talking. If that's their idea of customer service, you don't want to be doing business with them.

I don't want the drama I am just pissed.

And...it was pretty fucking embarrassing being yelled at and everyone in the store looking at u like some kind of criminal.

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict I don't want the drama I am just pissed. And...it was pretty fucking embarrassing being yelled at and everyone in the store looking at u like some kind of criminal.

The fact is, you didn't steal.

Shop somewhere else. Send a letter to management, and let them know you will not be shopping there anymore, and why.

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Originally posted by Silky Johnson P.S. What kind of salami was it?

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Originally posted by jennypie P.S. What kind of salami was it?

It was Hungarian Salami and German Salami

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict It was Hungarian Salami

The best kind!



edit: you should be buying that stuff at a delicatessen anyways!

If I were you I would give them a taste of their own medicine.

One day when they are busy counting their melons, sneak in between them ninja style and place grapes in all or their pockets.

Ever so carefully leave one of the stems hanging out of their pockets with grapes dangling down their leg.

Then, when the big boss walks buy, you (as a customer who has been casually shopping during this inventory session) yell, "Hey! What is going on here, are those grapes in your pockets?"

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Originally posted by shanny "Hey! What is going on here, are those grapes in your pockets?"

LMFAO! Napolean...gimme one of your tots!

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Originally posted by jennypie Would you really want to bother with all that useless drama?? God, if these people want to be such assholes about it, why you keep giving them your business anyways?? Fuck 'em. You can buy salami anywhere. P.S. What kind of salami was it?

+1

I woulda thrown the meat and hit them in the face with it and said "here yah go, have it back then if its yours"

Don't ever shop there again, I woulda yelled back at them and made a scene.

1. you should've yelled back, louder than those motherf#cks.

2. you mentioned the embarrassment of people looking at you in the store. How many of them know you or how often are you gonna see them again? chances are slim to none

3. take your shopping somewhere else, it's not like that's the only store you can shop to and after they've done to you, why do you wanna give them more business?

4. find out where those 2 pricks live and break their legs.

I used to be in management at a grocery store.. all through highschool and begining of college.

the first thing we tell people in training on the topic of customer theft is NEVER EVER accuse someone of stealing unless you physically see them take something take something and actually leave the store with it. Our company had been sued numerous times for wrongfully accusing people and lost. hence why the stressed this so much during training.

If you were to accuse someone and be wrong, it could leave to a lawsuit. Think about it.. that's pretty humiliating to be accused of theft in public... it's embarassing.. it's also defamation of character.

What store did this happen in?

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Originally posted by activate the first thing we tell people in training on the topic of customer theft is NEVER EVER accuse someone of stealing unless you physically see them take something take something and actually leave the store with it.

Yeah I think that's standard retail training. It was like that at every job I ever had.

also to add to that, they would often settle out of court.

I'm not say you should sue them, but if it's a large corporation, you should definitly write a letter to their head office. make sure you stress how humiliated you were etc.

you may not get anything out it, but at the very least the fucks that accused you would get in some serious shit and you would get a letter of appology.

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Originally posted by activate also to add to that, they would often settle out of court. I'm not say you should sue them, but if it's a large corporation, you should definitly write a letter to their head office. make sure you stress how humiliated you were etc. you may not get anything out it, but at the very least the fucks that accused you would get in some serious shit and you would get a letter of appology.

bingo. If this is any kind of a chain, with a carefully written letter, you will at least get some nice gift certificates!!!

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Originally posted by jennypie Yeah I think that's standard retail training. It was like that at every job I ever had.

every job you've ever had has been in retail?

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Originally posted by activate every job you've ever had has been in retail?

Sorry, every part-time job.


edit: and so what?

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Originally posted by OutcastTO bingo. If this is any kind of a chain, with a carefully written letter, you will at least get some nice gift certificates!!!

very well possible.
could even be possible that they'd offer a small amount of money in exchange for signing something saying that he wouldn't sue.

we sometimes did that in the actual store. we had forms on file for certain incidents. The most common was for people falling/injuring themselves in the store. The manager would take them to the office chat them up. offer them a couple hundred bucks and get them to sign.

I worked for A&P by the way

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Originally posted by jennypie Sorry, every part-time job. edit: and so what?

and so if really every job you'd ever had was in retail, then you would have had a lot of really shitty low paying jobs. and you would probably be really poor.

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Originally posted by Orko Send a letter to management, and let them know you will not be shopping there anymore, and why.

bingo!!
make sure you stress how upset this accident made you, you've lost your appetite etc etc
try to remember how the employees looked like and describe them in that letter too

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Originally posted by activate and so if really every job you'd ever had was in retail, then you would have had a lot of really shitty low paying jobs. and you would probably be really poor.

lol I really don't think that was a nice and/or smart comment
a job is a job!

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