23 May
2000
23 May
'00
1:58 p.m.
On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 10:45:37AM -0700, Vintage Computer GAWD! wrote:
On the same token, how many of you have gone to one of
those computer
superstores like CompuUSA or Fry's and felt totally indignant at having to
have your bag checked and receipt highlighted with a marker for apparently
no good reason?
Well, I tired of that really quickly and now simply breeze through the
exit (as it was intended) without even so much as acknowledging the poor
idiot who has that job. The fact is, they cannot stop you and you have no
obligation to stop. I haven't done any legal research but I'm sure
"unlawful detention" comes into play here.
I urge everyone who encounters one of these honorless systems to simply
ignore them.
There was a big debate about the local CompUSA doing that recently, so a
bunch of people from the austin.general newsgroup all went (about 20 of
them), bought something simple like a mousepad, and then all walked out
without letting the guy look at their receipt. 8-)
Bill
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