Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Hi Everyone! It was a nice surprise jumping online to responses to my post about store alarms. Thank you!! I've been eagerly and must admit impatiently waiting for feedback and you did not dissappoint. Thank you, Jackie and Wabbit for your support! Dora and thanks so much for sharing your experiences via the forum. It really makes me feel better about the whole situation and the fact that I didn't recognize the alarm. , your Wal-mart sounds like my Wal-mart where you really can't make heads or tails out of all the noise somedays. Thanks for describing the noise your Wally-Mart alarm makes. That's exactly what I heard... a buzzing in my head!! Now I will know next time what it is. Wayne, coming from a law enforcement family, I know better than to argue or threaten a security member. There is nothing wrong with just being upfront with store security members if you don't have anything to hide that is. All I had to do was approach her and tell her that it was probably my Cochlear Implant that set off the alarm and she said ok, albeit still glowering at me; but that was it. I didn't have to go back into the store or show her my card because she could see my implant. I went back to Wal-Mart, on Monday but my pictures were not done so I have to go back tomorrow. I was able to leave without setting off the alarm this time. Whew!! Never a dull moment witn the CI! Have a great week, Everyone! Velma N24C 11/25/02 (What A Day!) Hook Up Day BWP 1/2/03 (A Happy Day!) 3G 1/31/03 (An Even Happier Day!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 In a message dated 3/30/2004 6:11:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, waynekraft@... writes: Come to think of it, next time this happens to me I think I'll be gracious, smile broadly, take everything out of my bags, take off my coat, take off my shirt and keep very agreeably keep taking more clothes off until they stop me. Not even Walmart wants half- naked geezers doing a strip tease in the parking lot. Sorry, I am a bad boy. :-) LOL Would love to watch!! I have only set off one alarm and that was going through the security gates at the Anaheim Pond in LA on my way to the McCartney concert. We were all joyfully singing 'Yesterday' on the way in and I heard a bit of a beep beep thing as I went through the gate....looked at the guard...smiled, held up my hair and said to him...it's a CI and kept walking...no way was I going to be pulled aside. We had 5th row seats and it was my first concert in 30 years! Deb H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 > Wayne, coming from a law enforcement family, I know better than to > argue or threaten a security member. Well, just a dag nab minute here! I've spent the last twenty years working day in and day out with cops and security guards as a local prosecutor. Where I come from private store security guards are not peace officers and have no more power to detain and arrest someone than you or I do. That is, they can make a citizen's arrest if they have probable cause to believe you have committed a crime. They have to be really darned sure, though, or they'll get sued for false arrest. If you are dealing with the kind of defective store security devices that I see around here, the security guards know darn well that they are dealing with a false alarm because that is just about all they ever respond to. That's why they glower. In other words, they have no authority to detain you and shouldn't be allowed to push you around. What's more, Walmart or whatever doesn't want them to because the bad customer relations so generated far outweighs the non- existent security benefit of chasing down customers with cochlear implants and steel-toed shoes. All that being said, Velma, you are obviously a sweetheart and most likely have a lot less stress in your life than a smart aleck like me because you treat people nice even when the glower at you for no reason. Come to think of it, next time this happens to me I think I'll be gracious, smile broadly, take everything out of my bags, take off my coat, take off my shirt and keep very agreeably keep taking more clothes off until they stop me. Not even Walmart wants half- naked geezers doing a strip tease in the parking lot. Sorry, I am a bad boy. :-) Wayne Kraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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