I set off two metal detectors in the mall today,

[imabrat]

but I wasn't stealing, I promise.

I have a titanium rod in my knee, and this is the first time EVER I've set off a metal detector outside the airports. My surgery was 2 years ago, and the only metal detectors I set off were at Philly International, Atlanta, and LAX.

Today, the detectors went off at Old Navy and Rite Aid. Freaked me out at first, but then I thought it was kinda cool.

Have you ever set off a metal detector anywhere? For metal limbs, cell phones, or the 5 finger discount?

 

[wdwllamadancer]

I have set them off sometimes. l am usually carrying items that I am going to buy but I am looking at the table of stuff that is right near the entrance, so I get too close to the door and it goes off.

 

[My Wild Love]

My old phone used to set the detectors off all the time. It used to make me so paranoid.

 

[disneydance]

I've somehow managed to never set one off but that would be a pain?
May I ask what they said about it at the airports?

 

[Babyjustrun]

Now how interesting was that to prove?

My mother used to set them off all the time. When you buy purses and wallets there's generally a security thing that you see inside cd cases (it's like hardcore superglued to it) that people forget to peel off.... yeah it sets off detectors all the time.

 

[marypops!]

When I bought a camera last year, they didn't properly scan something but it didn't set off any detectors until I was on the other side of the shopping centre...Pretty embarrassing when leaving Boots though... I was freaking out when we were leaving because I thought they would have some detectors at the doors of the exit, and I would be told off or something, but there weren't any. Oh, and everything we bought was on the bill, so I don't know what happened.

Those detectors do scare me though. I also get uncomfortable when leaving a shop because I feel like somebody might put one of those tags on me as a prank...

 

[nerdylightbulb]

I thought they made metal detectors so that stuff like that wouldn't set it off. That's kind of ridiculous...

 

[StitchfansJr]

I've been around ten feet away from it..and it went off. Twice. Then the store owner yelled at me for standing "too close"

 

[tower_of_terror_luvr]

I have titanium in my ankle but wish i culd set a detector off but never do

 

[Sparx]

i set off metal detectors all the time. for no reason. i think i have a metal plate in my head. lol.

 

[catycatcat4]

Alot of times when we buy a dvd it will set it off and in aropostel they have a table right by them and if you pick something up it goes off or the stuff you are holding to buy sets it off

 

[Sparx]

when i use the self check out at walmart, and i buy multiples of an object, i just scan the same one however many times. and i never set off the theft detector. does this mean food isn't monitored? i've always wondered.

 

[imabrat]

I've somehow managed to never set one off but that would be a pain?
May I ask what they said about it at the airports?

At the airports I just told them I had my knee replaced, showed them the scar and my doctor's letter, and they put me to the side and wanded me down. Instead of sending me through the machine, they just wanded me down head to toe.

Now how interesting was that to prove?

My mother used to set them off all the time. When you buy purses and wallets there's generally a security thing that you see inside cd cases (it's like hardcore superglued to it) that people forget to peel off.... yeah it sets off detectors all the time.

No one said anything! That's what's freaky. Both stores, no one even glanced at me.

I thought they made metal detectors so that stuff like that wouldn't set it off. That's kind of ridiculous...

That's what I thought too. I'd been in those stores plenty times before and never set anything off. Maybe the mall has a new policy and had to change the detectors? I dunno.

when i use the self check out at walmart, and i buy multiples of an object, i just scan the same one however many times. and i never set off the theft detector. does this mean food isn't monitored? i've always wondered.

They do it in regular check out too. All those items have the same barcode, and I guess the computer just scans the barcode and checks off the number of items left in stock.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

I have a titanium rod in my back. I'm probably gonna set off airport detectors for the rest of my life

 

[life of the party]

yeah. i set off the detector at abercrombie, like, two years ago. apparently, my hollister shorts had some kind of tag in it that your supposed to cut out. of course i didn't but i didn't know it was one of those things that they used to detect shop lifting xD

 

[Babyjustrun]

At the airports I just told them I had my knee replaced, showed them the scar and my doctor's letter, and they put me to the side and wanded me down. Instead of sending me through the machine, they just wanded me down head to toe.


No one said anything! That's what's freaky. Both stores, no one even glanced at me.


That's what I thought too. I'd been in those stores plenty times before and never set anything off. Maybe the mall has a new policy and had to change the detectors? I dunno.


They do it in regular check out too. All those items have the same barcode, and I guess the computer just scans the barcode and checks off the number of items left in stock.

I've never understood barcodes. I mean I know that if it's the same product it has the same SKU. But the strange thing is my dad was once at the grocery store and he was angry because someone would scan the same item more than once instead of scanning each one individually. He then said that's why there's never anything on shelves at that store.
But at my work, we do that or we press 4 @ and then scan it.
I have no idea how it makes a difference.

 

[disney100666]

Sometimes they go off when I'm leaving a store but I don't know why. Sometimes it happens when I didn't even buy anything in that store and I was just leaving.

 

[RabFlmom]

I've never understood barcodes. I mean I know that if it's the same product it has the same SKU. But the strange thing is my dad was once at the grocery store and he was angry because someone would scan the same item more than once instead of scanning each one individually. He then said that's why there's never anything on shelves at that store.
But at my work, we do that or we press 4 @ and then scan it.
I have no idea how it makes a difference.

FYI An example

Sale on 12 pack Coke is 3 -12 pack cokes for $12......

A customer comes up with 2 regular coke and 1 diet coke. If the cashier punches 3@ and scans the diet coke, she is telling the computer she sold 3 diet cokes. The computer subtracts that count from the diet coke on hand and adjusts the on hand in the store . The on hand for diet will be off by 2 and the on hand for regular coke will be off by 2 because 2 left the store with the customer. If this happens a lot the right things won't get reordered on time to keep the store stocked. The computer will reorder diet coke thinking it has sold 3, but will not reorder the regular coke because it thinks the store still has the 2. When the count is off the automatic reorder does not happen when it should. You end up with too many of one product and 0 of the other -meaning shelves can be empty. It is important to scan each item or be very certain they have the same exact UPC if quantity scanning.

 

[Babyjustrun]

FYI An example

Sale on 12 pack Coke is 3 -12 pack cokes for $12......

A customer comes up with 2 regular coke and 1 diet coke. If the cashier punches 3@ and scans the diet coke, she is telling the computer she sold 3 diet cokes. The computer subtracts that count from the diet coke on hand and adjusts the on hand in the store . The on hand for diet will be off by 2 and the on hand for regular coke will be off by 2 because 2 left the store with the customer. If this happens a lot the right things won't get reordered on time to keep the store stocked. The computer will reorder diet coke thinking it has sold 3, but will not reorder the regular coke because it thinks the store still has the 2. When the count is off the automatic reorder does not happen when it should. You end up with too many of one product and 0 of the other -meaning shelves can be empty. It is important to scan each item or be very certain they have the same exact UPC if quantity scanning.

That makes perfect sense, thank you.
I think a cashier isn't doing their job properly if they're scanning something just because it's the same price. Kinda irresponsible and lazy.
I always check the code before I scan it multiple times.
The only time I'm not scanning something properly, would be my PLU's (we sell bulk product) and that's only if my line is long and I know that one kind of peanuts are the same price as another. We generally do our ordering by looking inside the bins and seeing what's in there, not by what's in the system.

 

[Fatphil32]

when i use the self check out at walmart, and i buy multiples of an object, i just scan the same one however many times. and i never set off the theft detector. does this mean food isn't monitored? i've always wondered.

Some stores detectors don't go off unless a certain money limit has been passed. I know Kroger's detectors don't go off unless you have $50 worth of unpaid merchandise on you.