I am not going to steal!!!

I know exactly how you feel. Ever since the local Tesco opened up here a few years ago, both security guards would always watch or trail my boyfriend and I. I soon discovered that this was only happening when I was in with him, when I was on my own it was fine. We had a little laugh about it at first, but after a while it got very annoying. I have since made it my business to strike up conversation with one of them and this behaviour from him has since stopped. He will now always smile and greet us when he sees us. The other, older guy is still watching us, but not as intently as before. Sooner or later he's just going to have to realise we're just regular Joe & Jane Soap in doing our grocery shopping! I guess having a few tattoos makes you a criminal these days

I would have turned around and said "Look, maybe you weren't trained properly. You're not doing anything but causing yourselves danger. NO I am not going to steal, what makes you think I look like I will? Now do you have a good reason to follow me around like that?" and when they just had a slack jaw... I'd say "I was trained to give the customer the best dang customer service money could buy, because THAT is the way to deter a thief. Leave me be, or do I need to talk to your manager?" Though if I was that mad, I'd probably just leave. I work for a grocery store, we are trained to give them GREAT customer service, be friendly and courteous and help the find things and most likely they'll find an excuse to leave or they will BUY something.

oh yes...i have come across this situation many a times, mostly what i do is i prefer to go to shops where they dont do such things...if they do, i just walk away deliberate to let them know that we dont like such behaviour and sometimes i do ask them and their answer would be, it is not that we are watching you but just want to help you out if you would want to know about something (the products) and some also say, we cannot help it mam, we have orders to do so...i wonder how still many people go to such type of stores

That is the thing that I would have done.I would have said something to the person that was following you, before I left the store, as that way he would have got the hint, as well as been think twice.I have never had this done to me, also hope I never do.

Oh it happens a lot in my country. :) Well, I know it's always annoying, but what can I say? Sometimes we can't trust people too, right? I mean, it's their job, it's their section. Of course we won't steal, but what about others? And he/she must take the responsibility of the lost goods. We're just the black sheep of those irresponsible people. Lol. If I feel too annoyed I usually decide not to buy anything or take what I need as fast as I can then pay and leave. :))

this did not happens with me yet but it really very embarrassing if it will happens with me and i will not go to that store for anything.i can not imagine the scene when anyone following me on store just for checking whether i am stealing or not.and i warned that guy who is following me at that time to stay away from my eyes either it will be difficult for you

hi lovingMy'Babies some securty guards at gold waters in Phonix used to do that to me. And I got so iritate3d I finally sadi'do you really think I am a thief and that I would be stupid enough to steal something wih securityright at my heels.;Look Mr. I am not a thief and I do not steat. I am here to find a dress that fits me,You wanna come in the dressisg room too to be sure I do not steal a dress ? otherwise I am not going t o shop here if you are that rude"I picked out the two or three dresses I w was interested in and went to an empty dressing room,the guard was right outside the door when I came out with the three dresses which I hung on the rack for dresses people did not want.I asked' him if he was now satisfied that I was not a thief.Then I went to the check out counter to pay the bill. He was still right behind me. I turned to him and handed him the dress.; you must check this out, as I might have hidden something in it. He turned red and left the store. the Clerk was still chuckling as I left the store. I never shopped there again. Other stores in Phoenix were not like that. they had surveillance cameras and I understood that but to follow someone around is stupid and unnerving too. I imagine a lot of people having been turned off shopping at places where they follow `you around non stop.

I have never had store personell follow me all over the store. I would find another store to use. I would wonder what was going on.

I probably would have turn to the worker and told him or her to relax I'm not a thief, and it's a bit insulting that you automatically assume that I'm here to steal I would have made a purchase and stared the clerk straight in the eye while paying my money, but thankfully though I have never experienced such a thing yet though I have experienced other forms of discrimination it is annoying whenever it happens.

I have experienced that situation, too. My mother and I visited a bookstore together, and the people who worked there constantly watched us and followed us around. My mother and I both felt very uncomfortable, it was obvious that they expected us to steal something and we would never do that. That part of the city has a bad reputation and shoplifting and other kinds of crime are common in that area. Maybe they have met many shoplifters and watched us carefully because they didn't want it to happen again, but I still don't find their behaviour okay. We did not feel comfortable in that shop and we left without buying anything.

How awful! I have never had that experience, but in that situation I would be mad. I would not give them my business either. Did you report the guy to the manager? Have a wonderful day!

I hate when this happens to me! You were with your mom they shouldn't still think that. If you were a group a teenagers then yes but not if you are with your mom?! I get this a lot, people following me in the store acting like they are doing something on the shelf when they are actually watching! It really annoys me. No I don't walk out because I am at the store to buy something, if you would walk in walk out then walk back in later you will look suspicious and of course they would follow you again.

Very embarrassing! this did not happen to me yet,but if time come that i can encounter same situation like that may i will not hesitate to ask him or worst thing to do i will not go back to that store/establishment anymore. it is so annoying that someone is following you with a suspicious looks even if we do not did anything/ steal from them.

That's super annoying. Did he ask if you needed help or anything? I've noticed in my experience that people who work on commission are more likely to follow you around the store. Not everyone who works on commission does this mind you, when I did I certainly didn't trail my customers and bug the heck out of them the entire time. I personally would have asked to speak to manager. If it was a chain store, I would have asked for the corporate number if the manager was not helpful. I'm sorry that happened to you, I know how irritating it can be. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I once had a sales associate follow me around the store. It was really annoying and I asked to speak to the manager about it.

Yes, I have had a similar experience! I went to a small shop and was a bit undecided, as I wanted to prepare a soup for my husband who was a bit sick. I was looking for some frozen meat, or chicken and kept going from a fridge to a shelve and went around the whole shop. The owner was at the cashier and he kept his eyes on me, but I was NOT planning to steal anything! I ended up buying packet soup, which was not really what I had in mind, but he also wanted to have a look at the bag I was carrying! That was the last time ever went to that shop!

That's really iritating, sometimes I just go out and I didn't continue my business inside even I want to shop. There are shop here in my place that have the same employee it's like your will get anything and they will follow whenever I will go. One time I got irritated you know what? I fooled her around I keep walking ang walking around the shelves I just thought she will get tired following me. after 5th turn she stop maybe she's been aware that I was making fun with her.

When I was a teenager a friend of mine and I would go to the local grocery store and she would shoplift. Because of that when I went with other friends who they and I would not be stealing this guy would follow us around. The one day he told me that we could not be in the store unless we were buying things. I turned to him and said do you not see she has things in her hands she is buying we have every right to be in here. He walked away but I was fuming. I wasnt the one shoplifting it was my friend and it made me look bad but I wasnt even with her this time when the guy was following me all over.

Yes, in fact i have. My problem is 'family dollar'. First of all they fool people into believeing its a dollar store by having the word dollar in their name. Its not!!! The prices are comparable to the grocery stores and walmart. I was so excited when the store first open because its right across the street from me. Ok so my problem with them is my purse. Its a bag packstyle. Even if i go in with it on my shoulder instead of my back, they yell ou to me that i have to leave it at the cashier. There isa sign there that says you leave stuff there at your own risk. So i tell them,"this is my purse and im not leaving it anywhere." I also have a smaller backpack purse. I intentionally wore it in on my back and they didnt say a word. One day after i thought they were all knowing it was my purse i walked in there to pick up a bag of sugar. I had already stopped at another store earlier to get chips to snake on the way home. They tell me to leave the bag with reciept an mostly eaten chips at the cashier. I did then started to walk back to get the sugar. Sudden i thought why am i shopping in this palce while im constantly being accussed of stealing. So i turned around got my bag left that store and havent returned since that day. I also when on the internet and explained that whole thing to them. Theres a small convient store here too. I go there instead. Stuff is more expensive but im not treated like a criminal.

Well, I would have confronted them first off. Then I would have started a scene in the store. I would have made it known to everyone there they they treat their customers like thieves. And I would never go back there again.

I think you should have complained to the manager of the store. I guess something was wrong with the guy. He could possibly be suffering from some form of mental condition.