Tomahawk wrote:
My take on this is that since Walmart and other stores are owned by actual people, not the government, I am a guest in their stores. If they want to look at my receipt at the door, it's their perogative. It's just another check after the cashier rings me up.
I know it's just for show, heck, these checkers rarely even read the receipt or look in the bag; they just go through the motions to keep honest people honest. They aren't "tracking" me or keeping a record of any kind. Usually they cannot do anything to you if you ignore them, but it's not my store so I play nice. I have no right to act the ass on someone else's property; if I don't like how they run their store I can shop somewhere else, which is my right.
Now, if these were government employees overstepping their authority, then by all means I support you blowing them off with an air of contempt.
The problem with your analogy is that you ignore what is really happening. If you were invited to someone's house for dinner or a holiday party (as much advertising as these stores do, you
are being invited), and as you left they insisted on searching your personal belongings to ensure you didn't steal any silverware, do you really think you'd be OK with that?
The only fact that has any bearing is that
you own the stuff you just bought, and unless they have RAS that you have committed a crime, they cross the line when they ask to search you for stolen merchandise.
There is no difference between walking out of a store, walking in front of your house on a sidewalk, sitting in your car at a stoplight, without RAS, nobody has the right to search your person.
TFred
