Dont you hate it when people follow you, thinking your going to steal something? Options

[emmalie]

I get so damn annoyned its not even funny sometimes I feel like screaming at the the person like get the ·$%&/ away from me. Even though its there *JOB*

LET ME B R E A T H E

I mean , c´mon , and dont follow me everyyywhere..

EXAMPLE UNO:

I walked into this store and as soon as I go in this lady comes up to me

Her: You need help with anything
Me: No , just browsing...
Her.We have specials
Me: Oh really ..ok..
Her: Everything here is like basically new
Me: Yeah , I noticed
Her: Hey , look at this top it would go perfectly on you , and this one,
and this one too , Oh and these jeans too!
Me: Maybe later..
Her: O.k whatever.

Dont do that. Ever. I never went into that store again , because *usually* Ill feel guilty but its happened to me so many times that really I get angry instead.

SO if any of you work in any type of store keep a safe distance!..Or one customer is just going to snap.

PS:Im not saying dont look at them cause c´mon this is not a Mary Poppins World , like I said keep a safe distance.

[D1SMANTLED]

happened to me TOO MANY TIMES.

a worker comes and interrogates me sometimes when i open my bag to get my cellphone or something. they're like.. are you trying to steal something??

[FLIPxADDICTION]

happends ALL the time. especially in liquor stores. crazy.

[HongKongDong]

Happens to me and my friends a lot. Just because were dressed all gangster and everything and we talk about how we would want that stuff but not be able to get it.

Like when we went on an art field trip to a museum, we noticed that at least 4 security guards were following us... <_< One came up to us and asked

"YOu guys like what you see?"
"Yeah..."
"Just make sure it stays here ok"
*Glare* "..."

[D1SMANTLED]

^^LMAO.

yeah, those darn security guards keeping an extra eyes on the teens that dress "differently" as if its a bad thing piss me off.

just because people dress differently it doesnt make the person bad.

[lovescream]

Never happened to me. They just say 'Ya need anything?' or 'Ya need help?' and we say no, and they leave us alone.

[*Kathleen*]

Dude. I'm officially not going to the mall anymore because of that. They had security guards follow us throughout the mall - not just in the stores. We would be walking (only four of us) and we'd see a security guard stare directly at us and talk into his walkie talkie, as if he were saying, "They're coming this way. I need some back-up." It's effing ridiculous. I got kicked out of the mall for waiting for my friend to get his ice cream.

[Nicolatofu]

I know what you mean!! Usually I just say no thanks I'm just not looking... haha it gets quite annoying....but I mean, if I wanted help, I ask for it, right??

[DixieDaCutie]

nope thats nvr happened to me, but i hate it when ppl follow me in general~~

[T.M.R. Fan Girl]

i hate when that happens, becasue me and my friend were playing with the stuff. we were throwing them and then some chick followed us the rest of the time we were in the store

[imafreakinazn]

-claps for rant-
-shudders-
that's why i'm always paranoid about people following me
>___>
<___<
gosh
and those people that do that are SOOOOO annoying
>.<

[XaZnX07]

i knnow waht you mean!!!



.:tony:.

[lilJdawg]

I hate that, i happened many times to me.

[kellyannie]

YES, i hate it when that happens! they like follow me through the whole frickin store, and keep asking questions. just leave me the f*ck alone! i thought they want you to buy stuff. jeez.

[mai_z]

geez i hate that. Just cuz you're a teen. It feels lke someone's stalking you or something

[D1SMANTLED]

Dude. I'm officially not going to the mall anymore because of that. They had security guards follow us throughout the mall - not just in the stores. We would be walking (only four of us) and we'd see a security guard stare directly at us and talk into his walkie talkie, as if he were saying, "They're coming this way. I need some back-up." It's effing ridiculous. I got kicked out of the mall for waiting for my friend to get his ice cream.

...are you serious?

wow... did you do anything suspiscous? (SP?)

[dahding]

damn those security guards. its cause i have a faux-hawk and i'm just too cool. they're always like, "looking for something?" well, gee, i just like standing here staring at some crap-ass product that costs too much. its the highlight of my life.

[Saeglopur]

I don't go in stores so much. But sometimes, I hate the excessive happiness.

[sweetdreamsx3]

The only time I remember it ever happening to me was in my Chinese school. She kept her eyes on me because I was admiring some bracelets there. -.-

[*Kathleen*]

...are you serious?

wow... did you do anything suspiscous? (SP?)

Yes! And no, we didn't. I specifically stay away from kids who smoke, steal, etc. It's just based on how we dressed. They automatically assume we do that because of our clothes...it's pure insanity.

[demolished]

too much time .. i have like 5 targets thinkin i'm going to steal something .. they're my classmate too at schoool ! >=[

[blackbow]

thats funny... thats never ever happened to me before, and i'm always picking up stuff and looking at it. i guess i dont look that suspicious, or i just dont notice people watching. lol

one time me and my friends were in this makeup store, and there was a whole bunch of sample makeup, and well as a joke we put a whole bunch of makeup on one of my friends and its was freaking hilarious. the people working there didnt seem to mind, and when my friend saw himself he begged for some way to get it off. the girl working there gave him some wet paper towels and he was so happy he hugged her. that was a funny memory.

[D1SMANTLED]

They automatically assume we do that because of our clothes...it's pure insanity.

true. 100% true.

[sweetxsimplicity]

Yeah, but they don't talk you, like when I go into some stores they just stand there and stare at you wherever you go (like in those small stores).

[*salcha*]

oh man, they do that in taiwan all the time, well, when i was there anyway.

[nightsong]

Yes, but not too much. An employee from Zumiez asked to check my bag once, but then I didn`t take anything.

I hate employees who try too hard and pressure you into buying things.

xo, Pauline

[*stephinika*]

hmm yeh it depends on the store. i just say "no thanks." in a firm, polite way and they leave me alone so yeah. they don't bother me about stuff usually. i've been lucky.

[gelionie]

I feel uncomfortable if some shop assistant comes over when I'm just browsing around the shop... sometimes it even turns me away from buying stuff.

[rockmyx]

it happens to me alot. l know its annoying but l just dont mind them.

[xGlovex]

never happened to me..i think its going to happen eventully though

[emmalie]

I just hate it s0 much.

[*Weird addiction*]

i hate it! it makes me feel like a thief

[HongKongDong]

Damn.... happened again last night.
Me and my friends were kickin' it at the mall last night, walkin around checkin stuff out.
Once again, security guards on our backs! Only two but still.... come on!
Just because of the way we dress!

We were looking through a Knife Gallery, my friend was blabbering something about a knife then my other friend said "Shut up, or else i'm gonna take that knife and shank shank shank you with it"

All of a sudden a deep voice behind us said "Well, if your gonna take it make sure you pay for it first"

*Evil Glares* "..."
"What if I don't want to pay for it?"
"Then some bad stuff is going to happen kid"
*We laugh*
*We leave*

[urmomi17]

exactly! I went with my dad 2 bloomingdale's to look at some suits - expensive ones, and the guy kept saying "how may i help You?" "do you need any help with that?"

[xXirockhardXx]

It happens to me and my cousins all the time. One time I went in a store with my cousin and we were looking at the shoes and i was telling her how i would like to buy those shoes (which i could of but didnt feel like it) and this guys comes up to us and sayd "you guys need any help?" and were like no thank you were just looking so he leaves and while were looking all over the store he kept following us and kept asking us the same thing!! OMG he was so annoying!

[Just_Dream]

Eeek.. Man I hate it whent hey look at you all the time. I know there have been times at stores where I'm looking at clothes or some stuff, people watch me. One time at Sanrio surprises I was behind a shelf os stuff and this lady is like a foot away and followed me. I turned around and she pretended to be fixing stuff. Sanrio surprises is somewhat small, but she followed me around.

And at this one store in the Phuc Loc Toa (or however you spell it) in Santa Ana, it's called Sunsations and this asian lady was following me.. It was scary... Pssh and after that, I stopped going there.

[mouse_3k]

I get that all the time in stores. its cause im black..>_<

[sheepy]

it ALWAYS happen to me. i mean; privacy please.

[s0pnayish]

Yeh, it makes annoys me when people think I'm gonna steal something. Especially at this market near my house, I don't like going in there because they seem to be watching the younger folks, expecting them to steal something .

[xj_liana_tx]

it happened to me too, adults just don't really trust kids. well when i am actually stealing something, no one suspects a thing.. how ironic

[emmalie]

^ gah , i guess dats why they dont trust teens.

[*xcaitlinx*]

it only happens to me at department stores. at the mall....i never really see any security guards following people around. even when kids [13+] are smokin cigarettes..they still dont care.

[ItzOnlySydney]

that happened to me in sears the other day. i was just lookuing if they had any attachments for my ipod. and just browsing then i look up and this guy is like 5 ft. from me and he says "need any help?" i said "no thank you i am just looking" and he says "ok call me if you need anything" then i walk through the aisles and i keep seeing eyes staring at me from the other side. that happened the whole time i felt very freaked out lol.

[loljuliana]

They only ask us if we need help, and if we say no, then they leave. But they still watch us. o_o

[Kenado]

It happens to me if I'm in the store with my friends. This usually happens to kids from 13-17 in my opinion

[misoshiru]

yeah. they do that all the time in asia. they keep on looking over my shoulder too. it annoys the heck out of me.

[JC4P]

as soon as i walk into a "respectable" as in not for teen store all the guards and shit stare at me cuz i'm middle eastern and they think all middle easterns are "Terrorists" but when i go somewhere like Hot Topic , its asll good.

[*lolita kitty*]

yesss! ive had that happen before, its so discusting. i went into claires one time and when i went up to pay this womn held my bill up to make sure it was real and then she marked it with some special marker and tried to see if it was fake.

i dont steal, i promise! gosh.

[miss barnes]

I get that all the time in stores. its cause im black..>_<

yea...me too.

[xlaydee_v]

yeah that happens to me every single time i go the mall or to the store. they always ask if i need help. wdf? -_-;; i would ask if i did. and they follow me and my friends a lot JUST CAUSE OF WHAT WE WEAR, like a lot of you guys mentioned. i wear ecko red, rocawear, baby phat, etc. they're such hypocritical retards. errr.. and then they listen into our convos too. fags.

[IamRad]

Ugh i walk into PacSun and this lady or guy POPS out of nowehre! i hate people who do that. let me at least walk in and see what i like. then ill ask for help!

[cocoalightning27]

So I'm at church and where all the people go to get their lunch theres a bowl full of money. so I just happen to stand there right next to it and this dad come up to me and says, what are you doing?....I'm like waiting for my parents...and I was!...he stood there watching at me for like 5 minutes until I finally walked away...i wasn't gonna steal the money....I mean we're at church...

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

lol it depends on what im wearing when they come after me, i noticed. when im wearing my "chola" shit, like my dickie jeans or my tight tees and jeans with my airforces or black chucks with my eyeliner and ligloss and whatnot they follow me like a hawk. then when im wearing a sweater and jeans they`ll follow with their eyes like im some interesting television show.

[*nightmare4taki*]

Damn and I thought i was the only one because Im black.

[freeflow]

this lady always followed us around her store because we were black ..first we didnt think it was true and we didnt wanna be racist but one day we were with a bunch of our friends of diff. races soo we all went in the store at diff times and the whole time the lady didnt look @ any of my friends cept the black ones .. we got soo mad .. but we quit going in there

[q-tips rule]

oh god that is annoying. they go all over looking at your every move. >_>

[tooeffingcrazy]

Gosh, I hate that. I usually just walk away from them and ignore them. :) Or I would just stare at them. Haha.

[toodlepops.]

Yes, it happens to me.

[starlette]

Well I work in reatail and I understand why they do that, but at the same time, I never get in peoples faces. i always just ask them if they are finding everything okay, tell them the sales when they walk in the door, and then leave the shopping up to them, because I know thats how I like to be treated. BUt sometimes we'd get these girls who would come in with huge empty jcpenny bags, and because we couldnt afford to buy the 6000 dollar security system so the ink tags would go off, we really had to watch people. Thats when the can I help you are you finding everything do you need another size can I take that to the dressing room for you etc etc comes into play. Because if someone is acting like they are stealing (I would know, I have a friend who did it all the time) we can't afford to not say or do something. But they should never ask you if you are stealing something. You can legally press charges if you arent. Thats why we had to watch the people so closely, because you had to know for sure that they took something. If you didnt know for sure, you oculdnt say anything, because if you were wrong, they could sue. SO yeah. Just a little insight from a gril whos worked a lot of retail.

[iliang86]

that happens a lot yah...my friend was stopped by a security guard at walmart once. they thought he stole a few cd's. they just happened ro notice that he had them in his hand at one point, then didnt at another. he had to show them where he put the cds when they confronted him

[Elvis_IzBack]

yeh i was younger, and i had gum in my mouth, and after a while i went into the sweets corner, but i didnt get anything beause i had no money and i was just waiting for my mother to finish her shopping. Anyway i turned round and sum security guy was staring at me and i gave him a wierd look, but he must of thought it was sneaky or sumthing. So i started walking away and the more i looked worried they'd get curious, but im just like wtf!? He pointed at me to sum other shop assistant probably telling them to watch out for me or sumthing. Grrr i left that shop and didnt cum there for a very long time.

[vampireduster]

yes, yes i do

[emazing]

YES. It gets really annoying after a while. There is this old security guard at Group USA [I went there once when we were going to buy a Mother's Day gift for my mom, and then the man kept following us around and looking very un-friendly. I get nervous too.

[KERP1UNK]

happened to me b4..it sucked..

[demolished]

Damn.... happened again last night.
Me and my friends were kickin' it at the mall last night, walkin around checkin stuff out.
Once again, security guards on our backs! Only two but still.... come on!
Just because of the way we dress!

We were looking through a Knife Gallery, my friend was blabbering something about a knife then my other friend said "Shut up, or else i'm gonna take that knife and shank shank shank you with it"

All of a sudden a deep voice behind us said "Well, if your gonna take it make sure you pay for it first"

*Evil Glares* "..."
"What if I don't want to pay for it?"
"Then some bad stuff is going to happen kid"
*We laugh*
*We leave*

that deep voicer is a d**k. He/she doesnt understand anything from you guys. They are probably old.

[jue]

hahas; ifeel quilty too when i dont buy something. But it is there job.

[shottycakes]

ugh i hate that i really do

[Spirited Away]

Say: "if you're going to follow me around, then you might as well hold all these stuff for me. It'll make you feel better if they're in your hands." Then hands him/her random things you pull off the shelves. Don't get angry, get even.

[EmmalieV]

Wow , I made this topic A WHILE AGO , when my name was still " Emmalie ".


But yeha it still happens.

[soulless727]

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[WrathOfOnigo]

Ah yes. My friend and I were at the mall and we look pretty shady. So these people kept starring at us from a corner of the store.

[The-Mach-Hare]

people make too big of deals out of little things...

tell them to back off or youll get everyone you know not to go there anymore and give them a bad rep

[charanjust4yu]

weird that never happened to me

[PrincessDani91]

Once when I was at this store with my mom the lady that worked at the checkout counter followed me she tried to make it look like she wasn't by looking away when I looked at her and looking at the dresses but I knew what she was up to I think it was because I'm black she didn't do that to anyone else when they came in she acted all preppy*and they were all white*I bet she was racist I've never gone back to that store since that day.

[Jus2s1mp13]

yeah i really hate that..Bug me too.

[xMayleex]

It happens to me, its so annoying. This woman kept on watching me looking at bags which were in a glass cabinet [I'm not going to be able to steal them anyway ]. I was with my sister shopping ages ago, we went in this shop and there was this weird old woman looking at us as if we were illegal immigrants lol.