Re: OT--No more Sam's Club for me, ever

The Sanity Cruzer wrote:
> "Chris Pisarra" <Chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>
>> I hate Sam's Club.
>>
>> I used to go there to buy things for our store, because the prices
>> were good.  Each and every time, I'd end up getting into an
>> argument with the drone at the door who insisted on looking at,
>> and defacing, my receipt.  I refuse to be a prisoner of the store,
>> and they most certainly may NOT write on my receipt--would the
>> manager let me sit in her office and scribble on her paperwork?
>>
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> 
> When you cash a check, do you take offense when they ask for your
> ID?
> 
> I love Costco.  The other night the door clerk found that the
> cashier had failed to charge me for my 'bale' of toilet paper.  
> Costco would love to eliminate the cost of paying someone (or a
> couple of people) to stand at the door and check receipts. 
> Evidently, they find it cost effective.  It keeps 'shrinkage'
> (theft) down, which in turn keeps my costs, as a customer, down.
> I have never felt any afront from someone looking at my receipt.
> 
> FWIW, it is my understanding that the net income from Costco (we
> don't have Walmart or Sam's near me) comes from the membership
> fees paid by their customers.
> 
> Are you (or would you be) offended when (were) a police officer
> ask to see your driver's license?  After all, he should trust you.
> 
> When I was a grocey clerk and someone told me they were going to
> quit shopping there, I'd tell them, "We're really going to miss
> your pound of hotdogs a week."

The point is that their 'drone' should watch for people bypassing
the checkout registers, not annoying customers who have completed a
transaction.  They can have their security, but I won't let them
annoy me.

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