Originally Posted by Pomster (Post 8480748)

Yes I know it has been done before but....

explain the logic in this.

I leave Big W, show them my bag.
Woman demands I show her my handbag as "it is A4 size". So if my handbag is smaller than A4 I am unlikely to be a thief, if it is bigger than A4, profiling shows I am 65pct more likely to be nicking stuff?

I had heard that razors are one of the most stolen items. If I was so inclined, I could stash several in my smaller handbag.

Next time they want to see my handbag I will tip the contents on the floor for them to rummage through- hopefully with my toilet training daughter's damp clothes in situ.....

Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK (Post 8483537)

I normally just reply really loudly, after the initial request "What do you mean, you want to see my One-Eyed Trouser Snake???". All bets are off normally by that point?

Originally Posted by lapin_windstar (Post 8483853)

Dean - I'm not bothering any more. You're incapable of talking in a straight line, explaining what you're on about, and you keep addressing points that no-one has made.

Originally Posted by Zambia (Post 8483359)

Jesus that's shocking...

I would love to meet someone like that. It is never your task to prove your innocence in these cases.

In general if they are quick and glancing I don't mind the search but checking reciepts is a crock.

Originally Posted by James516 (Post 8483313)

The confounding factor in all of this is that some posters clearly look like shoplifters.

Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 8483302)

Precisely ... think of the children ... think of those poor <insert natural disaster victims here> ... think of the people that still have CRT TVs ... think of people that have just bought HUGE TVs and now feel compelled to get something with "3D" ... actually, laugh at them ... THINK of anyone that has just bought an iPad and then discovered it can't connect to their Wi-Fi network and replacing a dodgy battery will cost them a kidney ... think, if you will, of the poor sods that get by without Foxtel ... the humanity, the suffering, sometimes it is all too much to bear.

Originally Posted by kporte (Post 8483322)

I've been "bagged" in Kmart a couple of times and once in Big w. Know what I do? I smile, say no problem and ask how their day has been. I see no reason to give someone being paid $15 an hour, a hard time for doing their job. Maybe some of you should direct your indignation at the right target next time?

Originally Posted by SNH (Post 8488186)

What pissed me off about bag searches was being twenty-six and being informed at the supermarket that ‘all schoolkids get their bags searched’. Even after producing my ID to prove my age I was the only person in my group who got the criminal treatment.

That was Coles.:sneaky: I haven't been back.

Originally Posted by SNH (Post 8488186)

What pissed me off about bag searches was being twenty-six and being informed at the supermarket that ‘all schoolkids get their bags searched’. Even after producing my ID to prove my age I was the only person in my group who got the criminal treatment.

That was Coles.:sneaky: I haven't been back.

Originally Posted by Burbage (Post 8483589)

If people are going to search your bag you might as well get a laugh out of it. Carry a bag with half a dozen cane toads in it.

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8494429)

You could up the stacks and carry a Taipan in your bag.

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8494779)

Don't give me ideas!!