Be gentle, I'm a rookie

Doug writes:

>DVD box and said 'just go'.
>When I got home I pulled the dang thing outta the box and went back to
>WalMart, took a cart into the store and stuck the thing on the bottom of
>the cart and left.
>I know I'm a s*&t for doing it but couldn't help myself.

Wish I'd thought of it.

Charlie Self
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html

Charlie Self wrote:

> Some cashier had forgotten to swipe one of my purchases over the
> deactivator. Wanna have some real fun: place your credit card on that
> deactivator without thinking. You'd better have another card or cash
> with you.
>
> Charlie Self

I've had that happen, twice in one week. The manager could not understand
why I was very upset that the minimum wage twinkie on the register did not
do her job and forced me to delay and sort through bags looking for the
errant tag. Of course I never got an apology. Well not right away anyway
;)
--
Ed
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http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

Silvan writes:

>They don't even work. Those stupid beepie things go off so many times that
>employees ignore them. Shoplifters don't worry about it anyway. They
>linger by the door and wait for some innocent schmuck to trip the thing
>with a legitimate purchase that wasn't properly deactivated, then haul ass
>while said schmuck is going through his bag trying to prove he paid for
>everything in it. (DAMHIKT...)

Heh. Yeah, well. First time one of those things went off for me, I was on my
way out of the old WalMart in Bedford. As usual, my mind was miles away,
figuring what I needed to do when I got back to the shop. The beeper beeped,
loudly, I jumpted and shouted "What the F$$!" Much to the horror of the little
white haird lady manning the gate.

Some cashier had forgotten to swipe one of my purchases over the deactivator.
Wanna have some real fun: place your credit card on that deactivator without
thinking. You'd better have another card or cash with you.

Charlie Self
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html

Greetings and Salutations.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:30:20 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Charlie Self wrote:
>
>> Some cashier had forgotten to swipe one of my purchases over the
>> deactivator. Wanna have some real fun: place your credit card on that
>> deactivator without thinking. You'd better have another card or cash
>> with you.
>>
>> Charlie Self
>
>I've had that happen, twice in one week. The manager could not understand
>why I was very upset that the minimum wage twinkie on the register did not
>do her job and forced me to delay and sort through bags looking for the
>errant tag. Of course I never got an apology. Well not right away anyway
>;)
>--
>Ed
>[email protected]
>http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>
I had one better than this last year. I had JUST picked up a
pair of pants from a local retailer, and, was wearing them when I
walked into a Pep Boy's auto parts store. I did hear the sensor
chirp when I walked in, but, did not think anything of it, as folks
were leaving at the same time. Well, after getting the oil I needed,
I started to head out the door, and, the blasted alarm went off.
The clerk asked me to hang on for a minute, I assume so the manager
could review tapes or something. The manager showed up a couple
of minutes later, and said I could take off.
As it turned out, there was a tuned circuit glued in the back
pocket of the pants, apparently an antitheft thing. I took it out
and had no further problems.
I suppose the thing that annoys me the most about this is
the same reason I am angered by the airport searches. It simply
says that EVERYONE is a criminal, and should be treated so. Now,
if this is true, then America is further along the path of self-
destruction than I thought. If it is false, then, it is punishing
the majority because of the actions of a minority...which is also
wrong.
Sigh.
Off the soap box now.
Regards
Dave Mundt

Charlie Self wrote:

>>while said schmuck is going through his bag trying to prove he paid for
>>everything in it. (DAMHIKT...)
>
> Heh. Yeah, well. First time one of those things went off for me, I was on

Thought I would re-state for the record here, I was the schmuck, not the
shoplifter. You realized that, but upon re-reading my post, it wasn't
perfectly obvious.

> Some cashier had forgotten to swipe one of my purchases over the
> deactivator. Wanna have some real fun: place your credit card on that
> deactivator without thinking. You'd better have another card or cash with
> you.

Not a problem. I cut mine up five years ago. Two more years, and the damn
things are paid off. Actually, a bit less than two years now. Probably 18
months.

I'm looking forward to it like you wouldn't believe!

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

A couple of years ago I bought a pair of pants (or whatever they call them)
at Macy's (Paramus Park). When I got home the antitheft thing was still
attached, complete with warning how the pants would get stained/painted if
I tried to remove the thing. I had to go back to the store and complain.
I got another discount (I believe $10 on an already discounted el cheapo
pair) in part because I was "righteously indignated" because of the trouble
to drive back and forth.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Greetings and Salutations.
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:30:20 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
... snip
> >Ed
> >[email protected]
> >http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
> >
> >
> I had one better than this last year. I had JUST picked up a
> pair of pants from a local retailer, and, was wearing them when I
> walked into a Pep Boy's auto parts store. I did hear the sensor
> chirp when I walked in, but, did not think anything of it, as folks
> were leaving at the same time. Well, after getting the oil I needed,
> I started to head out the door, and, the blasted alarm went off.
> The clerk asked me to hang on for a minute, I assume so the manager
> could review tapes or something. The manager showed up a couple
> of minutes later, and said I could take off.
> As it turned out, there was a tuned circuit glued in the back
> pocket of the pants, apparently an antitheft thing. I took it out
> and had no further problems.
> I suppose the thing that annoys me the most about this is
> the same reason I am angered by the airport searches. It simply
> says that EVERYONE is a criminal, and should be treated so.

Actually, it's worse than that. A criminal has more rights than you
do in an airport search. Probable cause must be shown before you can
simply ask somebody to strip for a search, not so in the airport.

> Now,
> if this is true, then America is further along the path of self-
> destruction than I thought. If it is false, then, it is punishing
> the majority because of the actions of a minority...which is also
> wrong.
> Sigh.
> Off the soap box now.
> Regards
> Dave Mundt
>

Charlie

If you ruin the magnetic stripe on your credit card, the clerk should
be able to just manually input the card number when they ring up the
purchase

John

On 25 Jan 2004 14:20:20 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:

>Silvan writes:
>
>>They don't even work. Those stupid beepie things go off so many times that
>>employees ignore them. Shoplifters don't worry about it anyway. They
>>linger by the door and wait for some innocent schmuck to trip the thing
>>with a legitimate purchase that wasn't properly deactivated, then haul ass
>>while said schmuck is going through his bag trying to prove he paid for
>>everything in it. (DAMHIKT...)
>
>Heh. Yeah, well. First time one of those things went off for me, I was on my
>way out of the old WalMart in Bedford. As usual, my mind was miles away,
>figuring what I needed to do when I got back to the shop. The beeper beeped,
>loudly, I jumpted and shouted "What the F$$!" Much to the horror of the little
>white haird lady manning the gate.
>
>Some cashier had forgotten to swipe one of my purchases over the deactivator.
>Wanna have some real fun: place your credit card on that deactivator without
>thinking. You'd better have another card or cash with you.
>
>Charlie Self
>"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
>
>http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html

On 25 Jan 2004 14:20:20 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:

|Silvan writes:
|
|>They don't even work. Those stupid beepie things go off so many times that
|>employees ignore them. Shoplifters don't worry about it anyway. They
|>linger by the door and wait for some innocent schmuck to trip the thing
|>with a legitimate purchase that wasn't properly deactivated, then haul ass
|>while said schmuck is going through his bag trying to prove he paid for
|>everything in it. (DAMHIKT...)
|
|Heh. Yeah, well. First time one of those things went off for me, I was on my
|way out of the old WalMart in Bedford. As usual, my mind was miles away,
|figuring what I needed to do when I got back to the shop. The beeper beeped,
|loudly, I jumpted and shouted "What the F$$!" Much to the horror of the little
|white haird lady manning the gate.

Why did you stop walking? I say F$$! too and just keep on walking to
my car.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:47:51 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Charlie Self wrote:
>>... You'd better have another card or cash with you.
>
>Not a problem. I cut mine up five years ago. Two more years, and the damn
>things are paid off. Actually, a bit less than two years now. Probably 18
>months.

Just my 2 cents of encouragement: Whatever it takes, stay the course.
There is nothing-- NOTHing-- like being debt free. Whatever the
price, it's worth it. Sleeping at night is wunnerful.

Michael