i am not a shop lifter!!

[mullein3]

yesterday i went to holland and barratt i go every month and spend about �40 i walk round and get what i want and mr m stands by the door and comes and pays when i have finished ..so the lady came from behind the till and asked me did i need help so i said no..well i have an advanced herbalist diploma and know more than her..so i carried on shopping i went round the corner of an aisle and she appeared again so she asked again so i said no i told mr m to come and pay and we escaped..mr m is black and was carrying a large bag..he is also a police officer..well he said" she thinks you were shop lifting because of me..!!! their were 3 others in the shop none of them had a shopping basket like me and one person had a coat on with big pockets!!so why wasnt they hounded..i have made a complaint about it as i like to look round the shop..and i didnt buy as much as usual as i was being hounded..i have never stolen anything and i was well dressed and i didnt have pockets or bags to put whatever this silly cow thought i may pinch!! she looked at mr m and put us in a catagory she must have thought mr m large bag was to put all the stuff we pinched in..i am most cross and expect an apology at least!! do any others on here hate being followed round a store?? does it put you off? i am not going back i shall look on the internet for other vitamin supplyiers..

[khana]

I appreciate its not very nice being followed around a shop and it does make you feel self concious, but I'd rather a shop assistant asking me if I needed help all the time then ignoring me - thats really annoying.

I dont think you are going to have much joy with your complaint as its impossible to prove anything, there were no accusations made by the shop assistant. At the end of the day she will just say she was doing her job.

Maybe its time to rise above it all and take the moral higher ground.

[mullein3]

kazza..you are quite entitled to your opinion and i respect that..but you were not their she knew mr m was with me as the till is by the door and the way she spoke to me was very unpleasant..and she looked ridiculouse running up and down aisles..i dont mind being watched as i have nothing to hide..and i too have to pay higher prices due to shop lifters..i hate thieves....she will also remember as when she asked me if i wanted to buy a magazine at the till i didnt answer her and she started to become flustered also i had picked up some dummy boxes by accident and she had to go and get the proper ones..if i ever go in their again and i may i will have a few words to say to her before i start shopping as she wont treat me like that twice!! it was just a shock to me at the time as someone thinking i was going to steal something would never occur to me in my wildest dreams as i am so honest..i am not one of lifes doormats i answer to no one except myself..not even mr m !!

[mullein3]

well i have recieved an e mail from h&b they are very sorry ..they have spoken to this assistant and she admits she was over zealouse..so she is going to recieve a written warning by the area manager..i shall definately go in again just to smirk at her....they did say they have had problems which is fair enough ..but at the end of the day she wasnt harassing anyone else..no one picks on me and gets away with it ..and if it ever happens again i shall complain again..

[mullein3]

and as an after thought i have also complained about the other assistant in the shop that was having a social conversation with her friend at the back of the shop..so thats told them..if any one reads this you should allways complain if you think you have been mistreated or have purchased shoddy goods..i was given a �1000 hoover once and free carpets to keep me quiet..and sainsburys have given me quite a lot of vouchers over the years..it doesnt pay to sit back and let people walk over you..

[b13thy]

mullein3, don't you think that going in again 'just to smirk at her' is obscenely childish. Yes, she may have been being over zealous but she was just doing her job.

[loulee89]

As a 16 year old, i get catergorised into being a trouble maker whos out to shoplift. Especially in places like boots and superdrug, i always get followed. I would never dream of stealing anything. People always assume that because i either want to impress someone, or because i dont have the money, im going to steal. This is very untrue...especially seeing as i spend the majority of my money on cosmetics, some of which are not at all cheap. I hate how people sterotype!!

[mullein3]

b1 3thy..maybe it is a bit childish to do that..its just my sense of humour rearing its head..anyway one of the posts on here gave me the name of another company and they have allready sent me abrochure and they are a lot cheaper so i may give them a whirl..they are not the only shop on earth..i remember back when my daughter used to go to superdrug she is mixed race and this asian shop assistant in their kept following her..so i went down and as ked her if she had a problem and she was flustered and denied it..anyway she still kept doing it so we complained and they gave the daughter some vouchers..my daughter was only about 15 at the time and she liked looking round at the make up like all the young girls..at the end of the day if you cant look then you cant see what they have to sell...

[kazza12345]

well im glad its all resolved for you, but i still think it's a bit contradictory to accuse some one of leaping to huge wrong clonclusions while you are jumping to huge conclusions about them. I am aware my other answers seemed a little strong in tone.

[mullein3]

kazza its okay...it may have been because of mr m or it may have been the giant size bag he was carrying ..what ever..they have cctv in the shop so they couldnt deny it..any way i have recieved another e mail from them today saying this situation will not occur again if i return to the shop..so thats that i guess..

[tamiya]

hi mr m should have briefed it and made the shop assistant look stupid

[mullein3]

I havnt been back in i get my vitamins off the internet now they can keep their stuff...they have lost a good customer..anyway the ones i use on the internet are cheaper so i am saving money..