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Unkie_Fester t1_ja9qmyb wrote

I'd bring a reusable bag in the store and just point to the sign. Corporate rules usually override local store rules

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Pyrotech72 t1_ja9vwvq wrote

Which Party City is this? Their corporate office might be interested in the stupidity of their management.

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battles t1_ja9x53j wrote

It is too confusing, I'll just go to a different store.

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fifty2weekhi t1_ja9x7p0 wrote

Plot twist: they have plastic bags at the checkout

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SLAV33 t1_ja9xnqb wrote

They are going out of business so I bet the employees don't give a shit.

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IamLuann t1_jaa5xig wrote

So not let your left brain know what your right brain is doing.

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mrfuzzyshorts t1_jaa60rl wrote

Replying to satluvscheese (#2,077,149)

Same. Felt odd at first, but got use to walking out of HD, Lowes, etc with my hands empty after spending 30mins in the plumbing dept looking for a specific fitting and heading to the next one 10 mins down the road. I am sure LP had their hawk eyes on me every time!

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choysauce t1_jaa6rv2 wrote

"Thank you for purchasing a bag, now get out!"

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Pattoe89 t1_jaa8ywm wrote

No backpacks allowed?

I go most places with my backpack.

It's an extension of myself.

They can go fuck themselves. I'd not be going to that shitty shop, even if they removed that rule.

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droopy4096 t1_jab4lff wrote

Sir, do you have a bag? Yes? F-off!

Mam, do you have a bag? Yes? F-off!

Sir, do you have a bag? No? Here's your bag. Now, F-off!

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Marvelrocks616 t1_jabh4q2 wrote

This kind of paradox could rip a whole in the multiverse.

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endloser t1_jabk2rn wrote

I don't shop places that won't allow backpacks. If the crime rate is so high I can't bring a backpack in your store I would rather not risk being mugged by patronizing it.

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666pool t1_jabljs0 wrote

Replying to MixesLiesWithTruth (#2,076,862)

I went into a liquor store once and asked how much their JD was. It was higher than I wanted to spend so I said thanks and walked away. The guy got mad at me and yelled at me for coming in his store and not buying anything. This was in Boston and there were like 4 other liquor stores next to it, I was just trying to find the cheapest one.

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oowm t1_jabsyyf wrote

Replying to Pattoe89 (#2,080,065)

> No backpacks allowed?

There's a small record store chain in Seattle and surrounding suburbs (Silver Platters, for anyone who's lived here) that I irrationally hold such a grudge against, I'll never go back. Before light rail construction took it out, they had a store near where I live in north Seattle and walking distance from a large regional transit center.

One day, shortly after moving, I walked over after getting off the bus because who doesn't like a good record store? Obviously, I had my backpack with me. The door was open, I strolled in.

Not thirty seconds later, an employee was behind me absolutely livid pissed that I had come in with my backpack. "Didn't you see the [expletive] sign?!" No, what sign. "The one on the door, you idiot!"

So I walked back over to look and it was on the other side of the open door, not visible. He ordered me to take my backpack to my car. When I told him I don't have a car (a true statement then and now), he told me to GTFO or he'd call the cops.

I've never been back and simply won't go into a place that has a "no backpacks" sign on the door. For places within a half mile of transit, I will call and tell them why they've lost my business. A few have even taken down the signs.

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Pattoe89 t1_jabwfhw wrote

Replying to oowm (#2,095,780)

>"Didn't you see the [expletive] sign?!" No, what sign. "The one on the door, you idiot!"

Here I was thinking American customer service wasn't supposed to be shite. I'd have left and taken the fucking sign with me.

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Exce55um t1_jac1eeb wrote

Here were i am from they got similar signs but with the added reservation if you still walk
in with a bag, backpack or similar they may ask you to check the bag. I can understand them we got a kind of problem with shoplifters and I seen a couple stores been forced to close because of it.

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zenikkal t1_jac86dt wrote

Ill just hold it in super position

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zoombiebite t1_jacra8o wrote

Steal our bags. Put stolen things inside.

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212superdude212 t1_jacs5l9 wrote

It's never even occurred to me that a store might not allow backpacks. What do they expect people who have come by on their way to or from somewhere on public transport?

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PennyoftheNerds t1_jacvu5m wrote

Replying to Pattoe89 (#2,096,528)

The best part is that I did go in without my purse once. My list is on my phone, so I needed it. Plus, I had my keys and my wallet. The kid working the counter refused to give me a bag for multiple items, so then I’m trying to juggle them and my wallet, keys and phone. I never went back after that.

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agate_ t1_jacx53k wrote

It’s really simple. The sign on the right is for people who look like customers, the sign in the left is for people who look like shoplifters.

And I’ll give you two guesses how they decide which one you look like.

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Defineducks t1_jadfbzb wrote

Replying to 212superdude212 (#2,105,679)

Or from school I’ve been yelled at in 711 because I was trying to grab a coffee on my way to school I had a banana from home in my side pocket perfectly visible when I walked in and they claimed I was stealing a banana a fucking banana, do they really thing if I’m stealing I’m gonna steal an essential part of a balanced breakfast ffs.

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mrfuzzyshorts t1_jadk3o5 wrote

Replying to Defineducks (#2,112,946)

But your online website says you have 5 in stock at this location!

That too has been a joke. Most of the folks who work in the harry homeowner construction stores don't actually do the inventory. It is sub-ed out to other companies, who if you are lucky care enough to resort the fastener drawers and actually stock the commonly used items.

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Angus-Black t1_jadr6lq wrote

"I would like to buy a bag."

"Here you go. Now you must leave."

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oowm t1_jadwl56 wrote

Replying to Pattoe89 (#2,096,517)

> American customer service wasn't supposed to be shite

It varies wildly and I do try to remember that sometimes people are just having a crappy day and whatever I did was the last straw for them. I've absolutely been in that position.

But to have such a policy puts me in the position of someone enforcing such a policy and I'm not interested in that. I'm still pissed that the local baseball team used COVID as an excuse to adopt an absolutely bullshit bag policy, such that I didn't go to a single game in 2022. I might go this season but I will whine about it into every one of their feedback forms.

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