So they lose $665K instead of $2. Occupational hazard of running a business. Can you tell we are slightly irritated by this? My next plan is to walk into the store with my son. I hope they are brave enough to attempt to remove him in front of me...
Thanks all! I don't see him (or us) ever going back to this store. We have spent in excess of $40K in this particular chain since 1985. At this point, I wouldn't want to lose a customer with that kind of track record. I know my son has spent over $200 in this store in the 8 months since he...
Thanks. Item A.2 above doesn't fit as he didn't have anything in his pocket other than his cell phone. The Presumptions created is interesting and I didn't know that. I think it assumes too much.
Would it be allowable under the law for them to require him to empty his pockets? I would not...
From my son's side of the story, he put his hand in his pocket to pull out his cell phone to see if he had a text message. When my wife called and talked to the person who questioned my son, she asked if there was security camera footage that would prove his innocence. Since she stated there...
Thanks. It is also not illegal for me to tell 800,000 of my closest friends about my son's treatment at this chain of grocery stores in Albuquerque. If I was this store manager, I would be loading up a $1,000 gift card and Fed-Ex-ing it to my son as a polite apology.
My 16 year old son was in a grocery store in New Mexico shopping for a toothbrush and some candy. While in the section looking for a toothbrush, he was apparently approached by a customer service manager and another employee and asked if he was stealing eyedrops. They asked him if he had the...