Seems to me it's the customer disturbing the peace who needs to leave, not the one quietly & peacefully going about her day.
Much agreed. I don't understand the reasoning either. I mean, look at it this way: Basically the manager in a situation like this is trying to placate the customer who is acting like a moron by asking the other
customer to leave or take the gun outside under the premise that the manager is worried about the concerns of the one expressing the complaint.
I stress that the gun owner is a customer just as much as the whiner is. Why do they always seek to comfort the whiner at the expense of the gun owner and not the other way around? Either way, both are customers and to the extent of store policy, both have every right to be there.
My dream conversation would go something like this:
Whiner: "Eeek! He's got a gun! Mr manager do something!"
Manager: "Well Mrs whiner, he's obviously not doing anything illegal, he's just shopping like you are"
Whiner: "but....he's got a gun! Do something or I'll never come here again!"
Manager: "Sorry Mrs Whiner, but he has every right to be here as you do. If you choose not to shop here anymore, well I guess that's your decision. I'm not going to ask him to leave unless he does anything wrong, as I would treat any customer"
Whiner: "but.....but....but...."
Manager: "Is there anything else I can do for you today?"
Whiner: "but.....he' got a gun, I'm calling 911!"
Manager: "There's no need ma'am, there's no crime being committed here at all"
Whiner: "I want to talk with your supervisor!"
Manager: "At this point, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You're causing a scene where it's not warranted and disrupting other shoppers. Please exit the store or I will call the police. Mr Gun-dude, I'm sorry for the inconvenience..."
Whiner: "But.....but...."
Manager: "I'm sorry ma'am, please leave."
Yet, it never seems to work out like that does it? Odd how spineless managers always seem to want to ask the gun owner to leave, thinking somehow he saved a customer, never realizing that the gun carrier is a customer too. In their minds, I reckon it's worth the sacrifice.
Disclaimer: I only use certain indications of stereotypical characters due to a very unimaginative mind. Feel free to insert your versions of the basic characters portrayed in the previous scenario replacing feminine and masculine assignments at your leisure to better illustrate the story and to satisfy any politically incorrect usage that may offend the easily offended