Today was Boxing Day and, having received a Best Buy's gift card for Chrismas, I went to their overpriced piece of shit store.
After browsing for about 10 minutes, I've decided that I didn't really want anything from them and headed towards the exit. To my surprise, there was a lineup.
"What the fuck?", I thought to myself. After jumping around to see what the fuck this line up was about, I saw an employee checking receipts and bags of every customer that was leaving. How about that for insulting your customers? I quickly by-passed the line up and left the store without even getting any attention onto me (yes, that was the sad part).
The related security officer law in Ontario states that no employee can pose as a security officer unless he actually is one and is on duty. I'm not really sure how that applies to bag checking, but having some 17 year old kid stopping me and looking into my bag is rather fucking annoying.
Even if the fucker was an actual security officer, he has no right to force you for a bag check or even hold you from leaving the store! You know all those assholes in Walmart that check your receipts? How about you tell them to go fuck themselves next time? They are not even allowed to search you, even if they legally arrest you! They sure will try to pursuade you into showing shit in your pockets or your bag, but how about you grow a pair and tell them to fuck off? Some people, especially kids, are excusing themselves that they might get banned from the store for not showing the bag. Well, that's just a load of pussy bullship. First, this isn't a police department; they don't have your ID to write you up or any other nonsense bullshit. Second, when you come back, how do you expect that "ban" to be enforced? "Oh, I'm sorry sir, but I can't let you in because you look like a guy who refused a bag search the other day." Can you really imagine any employee/security people telling you that? No? Me neither. In the worst case, yell for the manager - he'll let you in.
The only reason a security officer - or rather any person - can stop you on the way out is when they saw you commit a criminal offence right there and then and are in "pursuit". Even if they stop for a piss after seeing you steal shit, they can no longer arrest you. Yes, I've said "arrest". In fact, even if they simply say to you "Sir, please stop!", they are already holding you under "arrest" because they are restricting your freedoms. The reason I like the word "arrest" is because it's a powerful word.
If after you tell the receipt checker to fuck off, a security officer will try to stop you; politely inquire him for the reason that he is "arresting" you. It's much more powerful than simply saying "Why?" in response to being asked to stop and show your bag. Should the asshole actually try to hold you physically, threaten with assault charges, or the very least loss of employment with the "company" due to excessive use of force.
Security officers have no special rights at all. Even though, every person knows that, virtually all seem to sheepishly stop and show your bags. Why? Because there are too many pussies. Too many are afraid to be different from the rest of the herd and stand up for their rights. Too many are afraid to be "embarrassed" when standing up for themselves, when the real embarrassment is that they got no balls to actually do that.
