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Rhonda Anderson
Guest
"-L." <[email protected]> wrote in news:1111566343.225508.97120
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
> What I hate worse are the stores who have snot-nosed kids standing at
> the exit door to check your bags and recipts to make sure you don't
> have stolen goods in them (Fry's, best Buy, etc.).
More stores than not here have electronic gates as you go out the doors
that should beep if you're absconding with merchandise (and haven't
figured out how to remove the gizmo that beeps). Even the supermarket I
use has these at each checkout, as do most large chain stores. In
addition, most large chain stores (e.g. Target) have someone standing at
the exit to the store to check bags. The cashiers can also ask to check
bags.
Each state has a bag check code of practice.For NSW it's here -
http://www.ara.com.au/aransw/Bag_Check.pdf
If the store forewarns you that it is a policy to check bags (usually
worded that it is a condition of entry to the store to allow this) then
they can ask to check your bag, and if you refuse they can ask you to
leave the store and not return until you comply with the conditions of
entry. They can't check personal handbags smaller than an A4 sheet of
paper unless they have reason to believe you're concealing something,
they can't touch the bag themselves to move anything etc. The majority of
stores have signs advising it is their policy to check bags.
I've just become used to it and automatically open my bag on the way out
of stores like Target or Big W etc. Much of the time it's a very cursory
glance.
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
> What I hate worse are the stores who have snot-nosed kids standing at
> the exit door to check your bags and recipts to make sure you don't
> have stolen goods in them (Fry's, best Buy, etc.).
More stores than not here have electronic gates as you go out the doors
that should beep if you're absconding with merchandise (and haven't
figured out how to remove the gizmo that beeps). Even the supermarket I
use has these at each checkout, as do most large chain stores. In
addition, most large chain stores (e.g. Target) have someone standing at
the exit to the store to check bags. The cashiers can also ask to check
bags.
Each state has a bag check code of practice.For NSW it's here -
http://www.ara.com.au/aransw/Bag_Check.pdf
If the store forewarns you that it is a policy to check bags (usually
worded that it is a condition of entry to the store to allow this) then
they can ask to check your bag, and if you refuse they can ask you to
leave the store and not return until you comply with the conditions of
entry. They can't check personal handbags smaller than an A4 sheet of
paper unless they have reason to believe you're concealing something,
they can't touch the bag themselves to move anything etc. The majority of
stores have signs advising it is their policy to check bags.
I've just become used to it and automatically open my bag on the way out
of stores like Target or Big W etc. Much of the time it's a very cursory
glance.
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia