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Smallville 02/23/24 5:32:33 PM #1:	like , they def. thought you were up to no good, or stealing but wouldn't come out and say it. Many times many shoppers are confrontational with workers they think are doing this. Were you? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979006229] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>like , they def. thought you were up to no good, or stealing but wouldn't come out and say it. Many times many shoppers are confrontational with workers they think are doing this. Were you? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kai_Laguna 02/23/24 5:36:16 PM #2:	Yes, mostly when I was obviously homeless during my late teens, and yes, a few times I really was but mostly not Has happened a few times during my adult life too, but that's just what happens when you are brown in America. <cite>Kai_Laguna posted [p:979006271] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yes, mostly when I was obviously homeless during my late teens, and yes, a few times I really was but mostly notHas happened a few times during my adult life too, but that's just what happens when you are brown in America.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
garan 02/23/24 5:36:26 PM #3:	Yep, because I was a teenager and other teens had shoplifted from that store. <cite>garan posted [p:979006277] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yep, because I was a teenager and other teens had shoplifted from that store.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crimsoness 02/23/24 5:36:45 PM #4:	No --- She/her Dynamite with a laser beam <cite>Crimsoness posted [p:979006279] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>No </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 02/23/24 5:37:33 PM #5:	Kai_Laguna posted... Yes, mostly when I was obviously homeless during my late teens, and yes, a few times I really was but mostly not Has happened a few times during my adult life too, but that's just what happens when you are brown in America. why were you homeless during your late teens? your parents? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979006298] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Kai_Laguna posted... </cite><quote>Yes, mostly when I was obviously homeless during my late teens, and yes, a few times I really was but mostly notHas happened a few times during my adult life too, but that's just what happens when you are brown in America.</quote>why were you homeless during your late teens? your parents? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kai_Laguna 02/23/24 5:38:11 PM #6:	Smallville posted... why were you homeless during your late teens? your parents? Yep, physically abuse mother. <cite>Kai_Laguna posted [p:979006308] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>why were you homeless during your late teens? your parents?</quote>Yep, physically abuse mother.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Smallville 02/23/24 5:38:58 PM #8:	Kai_Laguna posted... Yep, physically abuse mother. oh , like she kicked you out and you had to hurry up and find employment? good, seems you're doing better now though --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979006320] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Kai_Laguna posted... </cite><quote>Yep, physically abuse mother.</quote>oh , like she kicked you out and you had to hurry up and find employment? good, seems you're doing better now though </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 02/23/24 5:39:31 PM #9:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] is like nyc area worse at all, for this, than rest of u.s.? not sure. --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979006336] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> is like nyc area worse at all, for this, than rest of u.s.? not sure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gatorsPENSbucs 02/23/24 5:44:10 PM #10:	All the time. --- https://imgur.com/ZFt3WwT http://error1355.com/ce/gatorsPENSbucs.html https://i.imgur.com/pqMQZyw.gif <cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted [p:979006419] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>All the time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kai_Laguna 02/23/24 5:51:22 PM #11:	Smallville posted... oh , like she kicked you out and you had to hurry up and find employment? good, seems you're doing better now though No, she broke her favorite crystal ashtray and since I was the only other person in the house, I was obviously at fault. So she grabbed the biggest chunk and came into my room and started cutting me with it. Later that night after she had finished drinking herself into a stupor, I decided I wasn't ready to die and got the hell out of dodge. But, other then a lifetime of depression and suicidal ideations, yes I am doing much better in the present day. <cite>Kai_Laguna posted [p:979006556] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>oh , like she kicked you out and you had to hurry up and find employment? good, seems you're doing better now though</quote>No, she broke her favorite crystal ashtray and since I was the only other person in the house, I was obviously at fault. So she grabbed the biggest chunk and came into my room and started cutting me with it. Later that night after she had finished drinking herself into a stupor, I decided I wasn't ready to die and got the hell out of dodge.But, other then a lifetime of depression and suicidal ideations, yes I am doing much better in the present day.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
xlr_big-coop 02/23/24 5:52:33 PM #12:	At times, I'm Mexican so I get constantly pestered if I'm finding everything ok. Doesn't get to me because I know it's their job but still --- :) <cite>xlr_big-coop posted [p:979006573] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>At times, I'm Mexican so I get constantly pestered if I'm finding everything ok. Doesn't get to me because I know it's their job but still </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 02/23/24 5:53:29 PM #13:	xlr_big-coop posted... At times, I'm Mexican so I get constantly pestered if I'm finding everything ok. Doesn't get to me because I know it's their job but still yeah they always say, are you ok? have you ever gone off on them? Some shoppers will --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979006592] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>xlr_big-coop posted... </cite><quote>At times, I'm Mexican so I get constantly pestered if I'm finding everything ok. Doesn't get to me because I know it's their job but still</quote>yeah they always say, are you ok? have you ever gone off on them? Some shoppers will </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
projectpat72988 02/23/24 5:57:03 PM #14:	Yes and recently too. Although it was weird and I feel like they had just been bitched out about it or something. It was near close in Target and I am in the TV section trying to find a single TV in existence that has 120hz that isn't thousands of dollars. 2 different guys rotate near me who are so obviously not really shopping. It was very cringe. I am literally in the LEAST Likely spot of the entire store where I could steal. TF you doing? Am I going to shove a 55 inch down my pants? Theres a pun somewhere in there.... <cite>projectpat72988 posted [p:979006675] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yes and recently too. Although it was weird and I feel like they had just been bitched out about it or something.It was near close in Target and I am in the TV section trying to find a single TV in existence that has 120hz that isn't thousands of dollars.2 different guys rotate near me who are so obviously not really shopping. It was very cringe.I am literally in the LEAST Likely spot of the entire store where I could steal. TF you doing? Am I going to shove a 55 inch down my pants? Theres a pun somewhere in there....</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UT1999 02/23/24 6:02:54 PM #15:	projectpat72988 posted... Yes and recently too. Although it was weird and I feel like they had just been bitched out about it or something. It was near close in Target and I am in the TV section trying to find a single TV in existence that has 120hz that isn't thousands of dollars. 2 different guys rotate near me who are so obviously not really shopping. It was very cringe. I am literally in the LEAST Likely spot of the entire store where I could steal. TF you doing? Am I going to shove a 55 inch down my pants? Theres a pun somewhere in there.... you shoulda told them off...... --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979006779] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>projectpat72988 posted... </cite><quote>Yes and recently too. Although it was weird and I feel like they had just been bitched out about it or something.It was near close in Target and I am in the TV section trying to find a single TV in existence that has 120hz that isn't thousands of dollars.2 different guys rotate near me who are so obviously not really shopping. It was very cringe.I am literally in the LEAST Likely spot of the entire store where I could steal. TF you doing? Am I going to shove a 55 inch down my pants? Theres a pun somewhere in there....</quote>you shoulda told them off...... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
projectpat72988 02/23/24 6:11:27 PM #16:	UT1999 posted... you shoulda told them off...... I kinda did. More is coming back to me. At one point the first dude pretended to need me to move just so he could interact with me. Then he starts looking at NOTHING after asking "excuse me". Shit I wish I could remembr what the very first thing that tipped me off was. One of them did something so silly that I was like OHHHH, but funny enough I can't remember what it is. I think it was the way he was picking items up. Acting like he was a spy in a bad comedy or something.... I somewhat was giving them a pass because it felt like some weird training thing or like I said they had just been cussed out about it. It was just so bizarre. I gave the one guy a "dude.....you serious? You're really bad at this" type look. Then when the person I was with met back up with me I started complaining about the "CRINGE LOSS PREVENTION GUYS" swarming me around a bunch of giant TVs very loud. A uniformed employee heard 100% of it. <cite>projectpat72988 posted [p:979006923] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>UT1999 posted... </cite><quote>you shoulda told them off......</quote>I kinda did. More is coming back to me. At one point the first dude pretended to need me to move just so he could interact with me. Then he starts looking at NOTHING after asking "excuse me". Shit I wish I could remembr what the very first thing that tipped me off was. One of them did something so silly that I was like OHHHH, but funny enough I can't remember what it is. I think it was the way he was picking items up. Acting like he was a spy in a bad comedy or something....I somewhat was giving them a pass because it felt like some weird training thing or like I said they had just been cussed out about it. It was just so bizarre. I gave the one guy a "dude.....you serious? You're really bad at this" type look. Then when the person I was with met back up with me I started complaining about the "CRINGE LOSS PREVENTION GUYS" swarming me around a bunch of giant TVs very loud. A uniformed employee heard 100% of it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UT1999 02/23/24 6:14:23 PM #18:	projectpat72988 posted... I kinda did. More is coming back to me. At one point the first dude pretended to need me to move just so he could interact with me. Then he starts looking at NOTHING after asking "excuse me". Shit I wish I could remembr what the very first thing that tipped me off was. One of them did something so silly that I was like OHHHH, but funny enough I can't remember what it is. I think it was the way he was picking items up. Acting like he was a spy in a bad comedy or something.... I somewhat was giving them a pass because it felt like some weird training thing or like I said they had just been cussed out about it. It was just so bizarre. I gave the one guy a "dude.....you serious? You're really bad at this" type look. Then when the person I was with met back up with me I started complaining about the "CRINGE LOSS PREVENTION GUYS" swarming me around a bunch of giant TVs very loud. A uniformed employee heard 100% of it. cussed out by someone? you mean another shopper berated them for profiling? --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979006979] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>projectpat72988 posted... </cite><quote>I kinda did. More is coming back to me. At one point the first dude pretended to need me to move just so he could interact with me. Then he starts looking at NOTHING after asking "excuse me". Shit I wish I could remembr what the very first thing that tipped me off was. One of them did something so silly that I was like OHHHH, but funny enough I can't remember what it is. I think it was the way he was picking items up. Acting like he was a spy in a bad comedy or something....I somewhat was giving them a pass because it felt like some weird training thing or like I said they had just been cussed out about it. It was just so bizarre. I gave the one guy a "dude.....you serious? You're really bad at this" type look. Then when the person I was with met back up with me I started complaining about the "CRINGE LOSS PREVENTION GUYS" swarming me around a bunch of giant TVs very loud. A uniformed employee heard 100% of it.</quote>cussed out by someone? you mean another shopper berated them for profiling? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
projectpat72988 02/23/24 6:20:24 PM #19:	UT1999 posted... cussed out by someone? you mean another shopper berated them for profiling? No, they were so heavy-handed and obvious about it that I imagined the store must've just grilled them about not being effective enough or something. Or it was some ridiculous training thing. One man was very young. Couldn't have been older than 22. ooohhh AND he was also pretending to be on his phone. THAT was the first red flag. He circled me for the 2nd time and I heard him say something and im like...this mfer is actually watching me look at these TVs...Then he left the entire area and came BACK. So really he came around more than twice. The other guy was much older than he was. 45-50. Had he been training him that would be hilarious because he was awful at his job too. Just come stand on top of someone in a place where they can't steal anything and pick up objects and set them down like you're roleplaying walking around in a Telltalle game or something. Totally not obvious. <cite>projectpat72988 posted [p:979007083] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>UT1999 posted... </cite><quote>cussed out by someone? you mean another shopper berated them for profiling?</quote>No, they were so heavy-handed and obvious about it that I imagined the store must've just grilled them about not being effective enough or something. Or it was some ridiculous training thing.One man was very young. Couldn't have been older than 22. ooohhh AND he was also pretending to be on his phone. THAT was the first red flag. He circled me for the 2nd time and I heard him say something and im like...this mfer is actually watching me look at these TVs...Then he left the entire area and came BACK. So really he came around more than twice.The other guy was much older than he was. 45-50. Had he been training him that would be hilarious because he was awful at his job too. Just come stand on top of someone in a place where they can't steal anything and pick up objects and set them down like you're roleplaying walking around in a Telltalle game or something. Totally not obvious.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
xlr_big-coop 02/23/24 6:21:00 PM #20:	Smallville posted... yeah they always say, are you ok? have you ever gone off on them? Some shoppers will I know it's a passive aggressive tactic they use to make you feel uncomfortable, so I try to answer opposite of what they'd expect. Or if I'm wearing my earbuds I simply ignore them and continue browsing. --- :) <cite>xlr_big-coop posted [p:979007091] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>yeah they always say, are you ok? have you ever gone off on them? Some shoppers will</quote>I know it's a passive aggressive tactic they use to make you feel uncomfortable, so I try to answer opposite of what they'd expect. Or if I'm wearing my earbuds I simply ignore them and continue browsing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DocileOrangeCup 02/23/24 6:21:29 PM #21:	There used to be floor walkers in a ton of stores back in California, so probably. --- https://imgur.com/kHnd6lr https://imgur.com/uG042id https://imgur.com/tIfDfZH https://imgur.com/xhtRl8w https://imgur.com/ggQozRe https://tinyurl.com/Corn-420 <cite>DocileOrangeCup posted [p:979007098] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>There used to be floor walkers in a ton of stores back in California, so probably. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UT1999 02/23/24 6:22:08 PM #22:	projectpat72988 posted... No, they were so heavy-handed and obvious about it that I imagined the store must've just grilled them about not being effective enough or something. Or it was some ridiculous training thing. One man was very young. Couldn't have been older than 22. ooohhh AND he was also pretending to be on his phone. THAT was the first red flag. He circled me for the 2nd time and I heard him say something and im like...this mfer is actually watching me look at these TVs...Then he left the entire area and came BACK. So really he came around more than twice. The other guy was much older than he was. 45-50. Had he been training him that would be hilarious because he was awful at his job too. Just come stand on top of someone in a place where they can't steal anything and pick up objects and set them down like you're roleplaying walking around in a Telltalle game or something. Totally not obvious. yeah, maybe like cops ,they have a ticket quota, a shoplifting quota.... --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979007105] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>projectpat72988 posted... </cite><quote>No, they were so heavy-handed and obvious about it that I imagined the store must've just grilled them about not being effective enough or something. Or it was some ridiculous training thing.One man was very young. Couldn't have been older than 22. ooohhh AND he was also pretending to be on his phone. THAT was the first red flag. He circled me for the 2nd time and I heard him say something and im like...this mfer is actually watching me look at these TVs...Then he left the entire area and came BACK. So really he came around more than twice.The other guy was much older than he was. 45-50. Had he been training him that would be hilarious because he was awful at his job too. Just come stand on top of someone in a place where they can't steal anything and pick up objects and set them down like you're roleplaying walking around in a Telltalle game or something. Totally not obvious.</quote>yeah, maybe like cops ,they have a ticket quota, a shoplifting quota.... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 02/23/24 6:26:14 PM #23:	UT1999 posted... they have a ticket quota other users say that isn't true. but they have a quota of some sort (ticket quota or stops quota). --- done with fall guys until the next fame pass currently playing: the legend of heroes: trails to azure (ps4) <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:979007163] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>UT1999 posted...</cite><quote>they have a ticket quota</quote>other users say that isn't true. but they have a quota of some sort (ticket quota or stops quota). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UT1999 02/23/24 6:41:37 PM #24:	kingdrake2 posted... other users say that isn't true. but they have a quota of some sort (ticket quota or stops quota). how would those users know for sure though? --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979007428] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>kingdrake2 posted... </cite><quote>other users say that isn't true. but they have a quota of some sort (ticket quota or stops quota).</quote>how would those users know for sure though? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PraxagoraKassan 02/23/24 6:42:49 PM #25:	Yeah advertisers run like this --- triple down <cite>PraxagoraKassan posted [p:979007449] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yeah advertisers run like this </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
firedoom666 02/23/24 6:52:28 PM #26:	Yes as a teenager I dressed like a goth. So everytime I went shopping they would check to make sure I was not shoplifting --- We're on a journey to forever! Dreams eternal in a wondrous world without walls We are Forever, wondering what the future holds <cite>firedoom666 posted [p:979007594] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yes as a teenager I dressed like a goth. So everytime I went shopping they would check to make sure I was not shoplifting </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoenix 02/23/24 7:02:54 PM #27:	I recall a time I was hanging out with friends in a mall. At the time we where just standing around talking and one of us was wearing a shirt with a pot leaf on it. I noticed a cop duck into a shoe store and pretend to be looking at a pair of shoes but kept looking up at us. We walked off and of course he followed. Nothing came of it though. --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process <cite>Sufferedphoenix posted [p:979007764] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>I recall a time I was hanging out with friends in a mall. At the time we where just standing around talking and one of us was wearing a shirt with a pot leaf on it. I noticed a cop duck into a shoe store and pretend to be looking at a pair of shoes but kept looking up at us. We walked off and of course he followed. Nothing came of it though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Thud 02/23/24 7:05:04 PM #29:	Yes. But tbf, I steal from them, like, aaaalllllll the time --- If anyone disparaged you the way you disparage yourself, I would wish to strike them with an axe <cite>Thud posted [p:979007792] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yes. But tbf, I steal from them, like, aaaalllllll the time </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UT1999 02/23/24 7:10:49 PM #30:	Sufferedphoenix posted... I recall a time I was hanging out with friends in a mall. At the time we where just standing around talking and one of us was wearing a shirt with a pot leaf on it. I noticed a cop duck into a shoe store and pretend to be looking at a pair of shoes but kept looking up at us. We walked off and of course he followed. Nothing came of it though. waht , what law would you even be breaking? He was a mall cop right? I believe that was a movie or something. --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979007876] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Sufferedphoenix posted... </cite><quote>I recall a time I was hanging out with friends in a mall. At the time we where just standing around talking and one of us was wearing a shirt with a pot leaf on it. I noticed a cop duck into a shoe store and pretend to be looking at a pair of shoes but kept looking up at us. We walked off and of course he followed. Nothing came of it though.</quote>waht , what law would you even be breaking? He was a mall cop right? I believe that was a movie or something. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoxObscuras 02/23/24 7:22:46 PM #31:	I have yes. Sometimes it's that the security guard just so happens to be nearby whenever I look up (making it very obvious that he's following me around the store). Other times it's the staff asking me if I "need help finding anything" and then hovering near me. projectpat72988 posted... Yes and recently too. Although it was weird and I feel like they had just been bitched out about it or something. It was near close in Target and I am in the TV section trying to find a single TV in existence that has 120hz that isn't thousands of dollars. 2 different guys rotate near me who are so obviously not really shopping. It was very cringe. I am literally in the LEAST Likely spot of the entire store where I could steal. TF you doing? Am I going to shove a 55 inch down my pants? Theres a pun somewhere in there.... Maybe they were worried you gonna pull one of these (it's an ad for LG, not a real thief) https://youtu.be/iHFdYic6vuw?si=jJSDwScQmegZxUmr UT1999 posted... how would those users know for sure though? So, I can't speak for all law enforcement, but I worked at CHP for a couple of years and they didn't have a ticket quota. They just needed to have something to justify their time out on patrol. They helped people having car trouble on the side of the highway, they wrote reports for traffic collisions, etc. Something that proves they weren't just napping in their car somewhere. That said, while there wasn't a quota, some officers absolutely went out of their way to write tickets for every violation they saw. Usually the new officers with something to prove lol. --- Steam/Xbox/PSN = NoxObscuras Z490 \| i9-10900K \| EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra \| 32GB DDR4 3600 \| 4TB SSD <cite>NoxObscuras posted [p:979008056] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>I have yes. Sometimes it's that the security guard just so happens to be nearby whenever I look up (making it very obvious that he's following me around the store). Other times it's the staff asking me if I "need help finding anything" and then hovering near me.projectpat72988 posted... </cite><quote>Yes and recently too. Although it was weird and I feel like they had just been bitched out about it or something.It was near close in Target and I am in the TV section trying to find a single TV in existence that has 120hz that isn't thousands of dollars.2 different guys rotate near me who are so obviously not really shopping. It was very cringe.I am literally in the LEAST Likely spot of the entire store where I could steal. TF you doing? Am I going to shove a 55 inch down my pants? Theres a pun somewhere in there....</quote>Maybe they were worried you gonna pull one of these (it's an ad for LG, not a real thief)https://youtu.be/iHFdYic6vuw?si=jJSDwScQmegZxUmrUT1999 posted... </cite><quote>how would those users know for sure though?</quote>So, I can't speak for all law enforcement, but I worked at CHP for a couple of years and they didn't have a ticket quota. They just needed to have something to justify their time out on patrol. They helped people having car trouble on the side of the highway, they wrote reports for traffic collisions, etc. Something that proves they weren't just napping in their car somewhere.That said, while there wasn't a quota, some officers absolutely went out of their way to write tickets for every violation they saw. Usually the new officers with something to prove lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
andel 02/23/24 7:30:31 PM #32:	not that i am aware of --- I am thinking about just walking into the river now that Megaupload is gone and condoms are in porn.-Fubonis <cite>andel posted [p:979008154] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>not that i am aware of </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheOtherMike 02/23/24 7:39:00 PM #33:	Had a Target LP guy follow me into the bathroom, go into the stall immediately as I came out and look around, then proceed to follow me around the store afterwards. None of this was even remotely subtle. I had been carrying around a CD or DVD. I had handed it to a friend to hold when I went to the restroom. I assume the LP guy was checking the stall for packaging or a security device he assumed I had removed. My friends and I made fun of him the whole time he was following us. --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. <cite>TheOtherMike posted [p:979008261] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Had a Target LP guy follow me into the bathroom, go into the stall immediately as I came out and look around, then proceed to follow me around the store afterwards. None of this was even remotely subtle.I had been carrying around a CD or DVD. I had handed it to a friend to hold when I went to the restroom. I assume the LP guy was checking the stall for packaging or a security device he assumed I had removed. My friends and I made fun of him the whole time he was following us. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoenix 02/23/24 9:37:00 PM #34:	UT1999 posted... waht , what law would you even be breaking? He was a mall cop right? I believe that was a movie or something. I suppose cause we had been standing around and not actually shopping he may have thought a drug deal was going on. He looked young so perhaps a rookie. He never stopped us i just noticed him paying very close attention to us then following us when we did move on. Now otherwise I did got stopped once over a break in. I happened to be walking by and I had long hair a beard. Wearing a beanie a baggy hoodie and baggy pants. --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process <cite>Sufferedphoenix posted [p:979010174] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>UT1999 posted... </cite><quote>waht , what law would you even be breaking? He was a mall cop right? I believe that was a movie or something.</quote>I suppose cause we had been standing around and not actually shopping he may have thought a drug deal was going on. He looked young so perhaps a rookie. He never stopped us i just noticed him paying very close attention to us then following us when we did move on. Now otherwise I did got stopped once over a break in. I happened to be walking by and I had long hair a beard. Wearing a beanie a baggy hoodie and baggy pants. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UT1999 02/24/24 6:43:24 AM #35:	Sufferedphoenix posted... I suppose cause we had been standing around and not actually shopping he may have thought a drug deal was going on. He looked young so perhaps a rookie. He never stopped us i just noticed him paying very close attention to us then following us when we did move on. Now otherwise I did got stopped once over a break in. I happened to be walking by and I had long hair a beard. Wearing a beanie a baggy hoodie and baggy pants. but it was an actual police man not a mall cop right? --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979015282] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Sufferedphoenix posted... </cite><quote>I suppose cause we had been standing around and not actually shopping he may have thought a drug deal was going on. He looked young so perhaps a rookie. He never stopped us i just noticed him paying very close attention to us then following us when we did move on. Now otherwise I did got stopped once over a break in. I happened to be walking by and I had long hair a beard. Wearing a beanie a baggy hoodie and baggy pants.</quote>but it was an actual police man not a mall cop right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
im_not_13 02/24/24 6:45:03 AM #36:	All the time But I'm black so it's to be expected. --- http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m510t9eNw71r2yd8o.jpg <cite>im_not_13 posted [p:979015292] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>All the timeBut I'm black so it's to be expected. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UT1999 02/24/24 6:45:44 AM #37:	im_not_13 posted... All the time But I'm black so it's to be expected. do you ever yell at them? --- "Sometimes they even attack wounded foxes" <cite>UT1999 posted [p:979015302] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>im_not_13 posted... </cite><quote>All the timeBut I'm black so it's to be expected.</quote>do you ever yell at them? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 02/24/24 6:46:08 AM #38:	garan posted... Yep, because I was a teenager and other teens had shoplifted from that store. At least I assume that's why I was watched in some stores, usually corner stores. It stopped in my early 20's. Oh and the older I got the more I was profiled at car dealerships. Being a middle aged white man I have no trouble in the slightest getting the attention of a car salesman, in fact I don't even need to look for them as they seem to seek me out as soon as I show up on the lot. --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:979015308] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>garan posted... </cite><quote>Yep, because I was a teenager and other teens had shoplifted from that store.</quote>At least I assume that's why I was watched in some stores, usually corner stores. It stopped in my early 20's.Oh and the older I got the more I was profiled at car dealerships. Being a middle aged white man I have no trouble in the slightest getting the attention of a car salesman, in fact I don't even need to look for them as they seem to seek me out as soon as I show up on the lot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
im_not_13 02/24/24 6:47:43 AM #39:	UT1999 posted... do you ever yell at them? If it's super obvious I'll say some smartass remark but for the most part nah --- http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m510t9eNw71r2yd8o.jpg <cite>im_not_13 posted [p:979015326] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>UT1999 posted... </cite><quote>do you ever yell at them?</quote>If it's super obvious I'll say some smartass remark but for the most part nah </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 02/24/24 6:49:58 AM #40:	No, not once, that I have noticed. --- Getting high and playing video games is the best! I swear to ducking God! <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:979015350] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote> No, not once, that I have noticed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
itachi15243 02/24/24 7:00:30 AM #41:	Definitely. When I was a teen it would get stupidly obvious sometimes too. Like when a store owner suddenly drops everything they're doing when you walk in to follow you around without even saying much of anything to you. -_- Even worse when you try to ask them something or whatever and they're pretending to be busy during that. Like, "oh one second" stares at wall for a minute before helping to "play it off" --- I do drawings and stuff https://www.fiverr.com/blueblitz <cite>itachi15243 posted [p:979015439] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Definitely. When I was a teen it would get stupidly obvious sometimes too. Like when a store owner suddenly drops everything they're doing when you walk in to follow you around without even saying much of anything to you. -_-Even worse when you try to ask them something or whatever and they're pretending to be busy during that. Like, "oh one second" stares at wall for a minute before helping to "play it off" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 02/24/24 7:02:41 AM #42:	A few stores in Okinawa. Whenever I was out w/ my friends (there'd be up to like 13 of us at times lol). They'd follow us around a bit. One time we got kicked out of this 1 lady's house/store (store was her house basically). i remember that fondly lol. Prob some racism involved. Also my friends were bilingual (knew japanese) so they knew if something was up. Like that one time a restaurant wouldn't seat us even tho there were tables available. We were loud teenagers tbf and had gone to that place a few times before and maybe stayed too long (it was an all you can eat shabu shabu place) --- I'm a Taurus. Currently playing: Gabriel Knight 1 (PC) & DMC3:SE Ubisoft Port (PC) He/Him <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:979015454] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>A few stores in Okinawa. Whenever I was out w/ my friends (there'd be up to like 13 of us at times lol). They'd follow us around a bit.One time we got kicked out of this 1 lady's house/store (store was her house basically). i remember that fondly lol. Prob some racism involved.Also my friends were bilingual (knew japanese) so they knew if something was up. Like that one time a restaurant wouldn't seat us even tho there were tables available. We were loud teenagers tbf and had gone to that place a few times before and maybe stayed too long (it was an all you can eat shabu shabu place) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExtremeLuchador 02/24/24 7:04:00 AM #43:	I was eating at Burger King and a lady screamed at me because I glanced at her purse while walking past her or something. --- "It was horrible," guard Jeff McInnis said. "I took 100 naps and we were still in the air." <cite>ExtremeLuchador posted [p:979015470] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>I was eating at Burger King and a lady screamed at me because I glanced at her purse while walking past her or something. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 02/24/24 7:04:09 AM #44:	Enclave posted... At least I assume that's why I was watched in some stores, usually corner stores. It stopped in my early 20's. Oh and the older I got the more I was profiled at car dealerships. Being a middle aged white man I have no trouble in the slightest getting the attention of a car salesman, in fact I don't even need to look for them as they seem to seek me out as soon as I show up on the lot. oh, yeah, sad, they just assume you have money. Even if true or not. Have heard that before, that they will just ignore many people --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979015472] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Enclave posted... </cite><quote>At least I assume that's why I was watched in some stores, usually corner stores. It stopped in my early 20's.Oh and the older I got the more I was profiled at car dealerships. Being a middle aged white man I have no trouble in the slightest getting the attention of a car salesman, in fact I don't even need to look for them as they seem to seek me out as soon as I show up on the lot.</quote>oh, yeah, sad, they just assume you have money. Even if true or not. Have heard that before, that they will just ignore many people </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RamenNoodles 02/24/24 7:04:38 AM #45:	Yes many times as a teen. Even the other Day I was in a Target with my son and when we separated and he grabbed stuff I saw the undercover security looking for theft following him then walked away after he came to me <cite>RamenNoodles posted [p:979015479] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Yes many times as a teen. Even the other Day I was in a Target with my son and when we separated and he grabbed stuff I saw the undercover security looking for theft following him then walked away after he came to me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 02/24/24 7:05:32 AM #46:	ExtremeLuchador posted... I was eating at Burger King and a lady screamed at me because I glanced at her purse while walking past her or something. wow, super weird. She might have been absolutely irate if she thought you were checking her out, thought she was hot. --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979015487] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>ExtremeLuchador posted... </cite><quote>I was eating at Burger King and a lady screamed at me because I glanced at her purse while walking past her or something.</quote>wow, super weird. She might have been absolutely irate if she thought you were checking her out, thought she was hot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PraxagoraKassan 02/24/24 7:06:13 AM #47:	Suicide bombers don't just kill themselves they harm people too Is a profile --- triple down <cite>PraxagoraKassan posted [p:979015498] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>Suicide bombers don't just kill themselves they harm people tooIs a profile </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 02/24/24 7:06:58 AM #48:	PraxagoraKassan posted... Suicide bombers don't just kill themselves they harm people too Is a profile Waht, is this? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:979015506] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote><cite>PraxagoraKassan posted... </cite><quote>Suicide bombers don't just kill themselves they harm people tooIs a profile</quote>Waht, is this? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PraxagoraKassan 02/24/24 7:08:44 AM #49:	Smallville posted... Waht, is this? It's the dialect of the girl that works where that is not an analogy --- triple down <cite>PraxagoraKassan posted [p:979015521] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote><cite>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>Waht, is this?</quote>It's the dialect of the girl that works where that is not an analogy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoenix 02/24/24 7:26:25 AM #50:	UT1999 posted... but it was an actual police man not a mall cop right? Yeah that mall didn't have noticeable security. And I know Durham PDs uniform --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process <cite>Sufferedphoenix posted [p:979015676] in Have you e... [t:80704308]...</cite> <quote>UT1999 posted... </cite><quote>but it was an actual police man not a mall cop right?</quote>Yeah that mall didn't have noticeable security. And I know Durham PDs uniform </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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