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#Post#: 36328--------------------------------------------------
Security beepers
By: Contrarian Date: August 9, 2019, 2:27 pm
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As an aside, I just saw a waitress put her foot up, on a table,
in the restaurant, to tie her shoe! On a table! Not even just a
seat.😟
Anyway, I just went through the self cheque at a drug store
where I paid for two items which I stored in my purse.
As I walked out the door, the security alarm went off. It
couldn’t have been anyone but me. However, I know I paid for
what I bought, had the receipt, and didn’t feel it was necessary
to stop.
I used to stop all the time at other stores (same company, but
this is a different location) and was always just waved through.
I slowed down as I left, slowly walking out the door and the
length of the store in case anyone wanted to ask questions. And
I feel pretty silly about it.
I guess answers will vary based on experience, but what do you
think? Should you always stop when this happens?
The items I bought won’t be taken through any other security
gates, so I don’t need to have them rubbed off or whatever.
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Re: Security beepers
By: lakey Date: August 9, 2019, 2:53 pm
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I once had a purse that would set off the security beepers at
two stores that I went to frequently. I went through the purse
looking for some tag that would set off the beepers, nothing. It
would do it going in as well as going out. I would glance at
whatever employee was near the exit, they never seemed concerned
about it. I mentioned to a couple of them that my purse did
that, and was told that that sometimes happens.
If they're not stopping you, it is probably because they know
that those things sometimes go off for the wrong reasons. Your
slowing down a bit as you leave sounds like the right way to
handle it.
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Re: Security beepers
By: sandisadie Date: August 9, 2019, 3:15 pm
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Several years ago I went through the check out line in Ross and
my purchases were in one of their plastic bags. As I exited the
store the alarm went off and an employee rushed to me and
ordered me back into the store. While everyone was watching
(embarrassing) I had to produce my receipt and was then allowed
to exit. I've also had an alarm go off in Lowes on a couple of
occasions because of my items but it doesn't seem to be as big a
deal with them. They just ask you to wait and they locate the
item causing the alarm and look at your receipt. I wonder how
many people are caught shoplifting by these alarms?
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Re: Security beepers
By: Rose Red Date: August 9, 2019, 3:32 pm
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There is one department store where the alarm always go off.
Nobody pause or lift there heads anymore. I wonder how many
people actually shoplift knowing that alarm cried wolf so many
times that employees don't even bother checking or even caring
anymore.
On the other hand, I once walked out of a record store (remember
those?) and the alarm beeped when I had nothing. It was like
that episode of Seinfeld "Swarm! Swarm!" They treated me like a
criminal and out in the public area. In the end, they made me
test out a different door and there was no beep so they had to
let me go. They handled it poorly and I never went back. This
was the days before the internet or I would have spread that
story.
Usually I slow down and look around. I just keep walking if
nobody stop me.
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Re: Security beepers
By: frog24 Date: August 9, 2019, 4:08 pm
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I have a leather coat that's just perfect for shoplifting.... if
I was inclined to shoplift. There's a security tag that always
sets of the sensors. I would wear it into the local drug store
and after a few time of me paying for my items and setting off
the alarm, the staff started to recognize me and would just
waive me through.
They did try putting my coat on their desensitizing machine, but
that still didn't work, and I buzzed every time. So *if* I was
of a mind to shoplift, they wouldn't even check, knowing it was
my coat.
Thankfully, I have neither the need, or inclination to take
things without paying for them.
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Re: Security beepers
By: Isisnin Date: August 9, 2019, 8:07 pm
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The cashier probably didn't fully demagnetize or remove all the
security devices on the items. Slowing down when the stores
security beeper goes off, is fine as that allows an employee to
come up and check. Some devices on some merchandise would not
allow a customer to use the item so best to let the employee
check. Fortunately usability seems seems not to have been an
issue with OP's things, but sometimes the devices to need to be
taken off for the items to be usable.
I work at a competitor to Ross and a woman took off her coat
when the door's security alarm went off even though she had
bought the coat somewhere else. It always set off such alarms
but she was soon going to take a trip and was worried about what
would happen with TSA at the airport. So I search all the seams
and found the high-end brand's magnetized thingy hidden among
the laundry and content tags.
Years back, a girl and her mother came running in with her prom
dress. It still had the big clumsy device on the dress and they
didn't have time to go into the city to the big department store
they bought it at and have them take it off. They were hoping we
could take it off, but sadly no. Different system. The girl
colored the device with a black sharpie to match the dress and
wore it to the prom!
Moral of these stories, let the employees check for the security
device.
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Re: Security beepers
By: Mrs Rat Date: August 10, 2019, 2:47 am
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When I worked at a video store there was a certain jacket which
would be on the same frequency as our DVD tags. It was sewn into
the lining and would set our alarm off every time.
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Re: Security beepers
By: shadowfox79 Date: August 10, 2019, 3:10 am
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DH had a suit that used to set off alarms all the time. As it
had been fairly expensive there had been about fifteen tags on
it and it ultimately turned out they'd missed one.
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Re: Security beepers
By: jpcher Date: August 10, 2019, 3:58 am
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[quote author=sandisadie link=topic=1267.msg36334#msg36334
date=1565381732]
Several years ago I went through the check out line in Ross and
my purchases were in one of their plastic bags. As I exited the
store the alarm went off and an employee rushed to me and
ordered me back into the store. While everyone was watching
(embarrassing) I had to produce my receipt and was then allowed
to exit. I've also had an alarm go off in Lowes on a couple of
occasions because of my items but it doesn't seem to be as big a
deal with them. They just ask you to wait and they locate the
item causing the alarm and look at your receipt. I wonder how
many people are caught shoplifting by these alarms?
[/quote]
About a hundred years ago (1978 ;)) when I was still in high
school my first job was a security door watcher at an upscale
department store within a mall. Which means that I had a chair
by the door and simply sat there while waiting for a buzzer to
go off (boring! LOL).
We were strictly taught to be oh.so.very polite to anybody who
set off the buzzer. Normal reaction when the buzzer went off,
the person would stop, confused by the noise, look around, and
by that time I would step up to the person and profusely
apologize. We were taught patter, calming words, etc.
"I'm so sorry, Maam/Sir, it appears that one of our cashiers
neglected to remove the security tag from your purchase. Would
you please step back into the store so that I can take care of
it for you." Things like that. Strong apologies. As far as
producing a receipt I would explain that the cashier's station
was listed on it and I would, most definitely, report the
problem.
All meant to keep embarrassment off of the shopper, who was
generally thankful when the offending security tag was found.
There were a few times when the customer was belligerent about
coming back into the store, and we had a signal to give to
nearby cashiers when this happened. Security would show up and,
yes, some shoplifters were caught.
I'm surprised at the posters who said that security tags were
sewn into seams? My goodness, that must be a bother to have the
buzzers go off every time you leave a store (oh, does the buzzer
go off when you enter a store?)
Reminds me of a time when I bought some clothes for one of the
DDs. I got home and found one of those unremovable without a
special device security tags on a sweater (akin to Isisnin's
prom dress story). I absolutely know, without a doubt, that the
buzzer did not go off when I left the store, else I would have
stopped.
I went back the next day to get the device removed, receipt in
hand, and when I walked in! Buzzers! Security showed up. They
were not so very polite. I calmly mentioned that I was walking
into the store. They scrutinized the receipt and sweater, then
finally said their security system isn't the greatest, they need
to look into that. The tag was removed.
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Re: Security beepers
By: Snowfire Date: August 10, 2019, 4:30 pm
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I had a winter parka that set off the buzzers *every single
time* I walked through. Seriously annoying as I worked at a
store in a shopping mall and had to walk through one of the
department stores to get to the store where I worked. Security
checked several times, then finally I went over that coat with a
fine tooth comb and a strong light, feeling every seam. I
finally found one security tag, sewn into the INSIDE of the
lining in an inner pocket. We tried to demagnetize it at our
store, but that didn't work. I got out my embroidery scissors
and carefully opened the seam and took that little beast out and
resewed the seam. Arrrgh!
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