Retail Rent-A-Cop

Retail Rent-A-Cop Current mood: frustrated Category: Life
Okay, so I don't know what it is about me and retail stores but we don't always get along. With that being said I'll go on with the story. I walk into the local K-Mart to see if I can find a costume for Halloween as it's getting pretty close. I really don't like shopping here AT ALL but I'm getting desperate. A certain feeling comes over me just walking down the aisles. I believe it's called depression. Then I hear over the loud speaker "Attention K-Mart shoppers". Ugh, can it get worse? As they finish going over their specials in the K-Mart cafe (ewww) it immediately goes back to the music, which should be a relief right? WRONG, Paula Abdul's Opposites Attract is playing. I make my way to the costumes and pilfer through all the shopping baskets with left over mismatched items. I pick out something and make my way to the register. I pick the shorter line because there's only ONE person ahead of me. Head's up, go to the longer line. Everyone in the longer line left this line because the cashier is slllloooooow and new. Fifteen minutes later I pay for my items, push the cart aside and carry my three heavy bags. As I approach the exit door I am greeted and asked to look at my receipt. I say I was two registers away, I'm carrying K-Mart bags (which means I paid for this crap) and you want to see my receipt? His reply? It's my job mam. Strike 1, mam? Just how old do I look? I drop the bags to the floor in an effort to be dramatic, rummage through my oversize purse and hand him the receipt (with an attitude). He looks at the receipt and the CLOSED bags on the floor and marks my receipt with a black line. I said, "That's your job? To not verify what's in the bag and put a squiggly line through my receipt?" He says, "Have a nice day MAM." I say, you have a great day tagging receipts Rent-a-cop!" I walk to my car angry with myself for stopping at the exit to adhere to his request. In my mind I think what would've happened if I had just walked out and ignored him? Would he have risked his life and his flashlight to jump me in the parking lot to find my receipt so he could put the infamous black line through it? Would he call the real cops and make a citizens arrest until they arrived only to verify that I had indeed paid for all of my items and charge me with???? Yeah, I'll be going back to this store the day after Halloween to purchase the clearance Halloween stuff and I will answer the above questions on November 1st. See you then....