Do you ever feel awkward walking out of a store without making a purchase? (1 Viewer)

[lexus]

I usually do. I feel like the workers there are probably looking at me as I awkwardly walk out without purchasing anything

It happened to me today and I was even trying to go down a different aisle to get to the doors. Pretty sure they still saw me

 

[athenaaa]

I’m always afraid of the theft detector things going off

 

[Ahsoka]

Yeah, I feel very awkward. I’ve bought things I didn’t need in the past to avoid this

 

[StirFriedPanda]

It's their fault for not having something you wanted. My family was poor as a kid so we did a lot of looking and very little buying so it never occurred to me to feel awkward.

 

[Tickita]

Yeah. I avoid their eyes as I leave

 

[lexus]

I’m always afraid of the theft detector things going off

That's what I was afraid of today. I didn't want them thinking I was a thief

 

[athenaaa]

That's what I was afraid of today. I didn't want them thinking I was a thief

Even though I’m 100% not stealing anything that fear goes through my head

 

[ChiaraStar169]

not really, I just answer the employee's offer to ihelp with, "nah, just looking" lol

 

[gone4good]

I do it all the time. Common practice for me

 

[Hoemantic]

Not really. Looking is part of shopping

 

[Pirioca]

Not at all. Why should I purchase something that I can't use?

 

[Selfmate]

nope

 

[kimsguardian]

i used but not anymore since i'm old enough now

 

[motorp77]

Nah not really

 

[Yerichu]

It varies because sometimes I feel like I look like a theft wanting to steal something
But it's sometimes

 

[Park_Jimin]

No I just walk out the door and poof I'm outside

 

[uran]

I feel awkward going to a store overall

 

[Sooyaabean]

Yes, but as a wheelchair user this intensifies when the beeping portals beep because of the metal in my chair hehehe

I once walked out a Guess store without purchasing anything and the dectectors went off, there was sheer panic on the guards and employee their faces until I waved at them to let them know it was me hehehe. We all laughed it off and one of the employees waved back at me after granting me a thumbs up

That was a core memory hehehehehehehe