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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Received on Tue May 23 2000 - 13:58:41 BST