I got yelled at today. o_o
There was this woman who was walking around today, and she looked suspicious. She had a huge purse, and it was open. I'm supposed to look for those kinds of things, because someone might be stealing something. I went up to the woman and asked her if she needed some help. She looked at me in a weird way, and shook her head. She wouldn't look at me. I thought that was odd, so, I started inconspiciously following her. She went down aisle two, so I started folding some clothes that was near that aisle. I could see her, but I wasn't actually watching her. Well, I was doing so out of my periphreal vision. She hung around there for awhile, and she then went down aisle three. I moved a bit, so I could still see her, and started folding the other side. She came down aisle three, and she started heading towards the checkout, so I asked if she was ready. She said she wasn't, in the same way that she said she didn't need any help. Then she left cosmetics for awhile. She came back after a few minutes, and I sorta watched her out of the corner of my eye. A few minutes later, she started heading back towards the checkout. I thought maybe she was ready to check out, and I was going to catch her and ring her up if she got in the line, since it was sort of long. She went down the next aisle, though, so I was about to say that I could ring someone up, when she came back.
"DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM," she yells. "No ma'am," I reply. "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT! YOU THINK I'M A THIEF! WELL, I DON'T NEED TO STEAL! I'M RICH! I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A LONG TIME!" To that, I reply "I wasn't following yo-" She cuts me off. "YES YOU WERE! I WATCHED YOU! YOU WERE FOLLOWING ME! EVERY AISLE I WENT DOWN, YOU PEEKED YOUR HEAD DOWN AND WATCHED ME! I SAW YOU!!!" and she goes on for a bit, and walks away. That was really sort of embarassing, because there were so many people around. Really, I was following her, but the way I did it was really quite inconspicious.
With the way she reacted, I would have to say that she probably was going to be doing something. If you're innocent, I really don't think you'd notice the workers around you. At least, that's my opinion. I told one of my managers, and she said that I did nothing wrong. I was in the right. So, if Ms. Thompson gets a call, I'm in the clear.
The rest of my day was really good, though. =D
"DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM," she yells. "No ma'am," I reply. "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT! YOU THINK I'M A THIEF! WELL, I DON'T NEED TO STEAL! I'M RICH! I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR A LONG TIME!" To that, I reply "I wasn't following yo-" She cuts me off. "YES YOU WERE! I WATCHED YOU! YOU WERE FOLLOWING ME! EVERY AISLE I WENT DOWN, YOU PEEKED YOUR HEAD DOWN AND WATCHED ME! I SAW YOU!!!" and she goes on for a bit, and walks away. That was really sort of embarassing, because there were so many people around. Really, I was following her, but the way I did it was really quite inconspicious.
With the way she reacted, I would have to say that she probably was going to be doing something. If you're innocent, I really don't think you'd notice the workers around you. At least, that's my opinion. I told one of my managers, and she said that I did nothing wrong. I was in the right. So, if Ms. Thompson gets a call, I'm in the clear.
The rest of my day was really good, though. =D