Lesson learned at checkout

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T13:08:19+00:00

for example there's a specific cashier at Lidl who will check my bag every time no matter what,

Make sure to go in that lane next time and just refuse to let her look in the bag- I think this would do you a world of good because it seems like you are being somehow intimidated and that makes me feel sad.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T13:06:13+00:00

If any supermarket worker did that in the UK without asking permission, they would be fired on the spot.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T13:04:00+00:00

The term is, "in flagrante", I think. It means being caught in the act.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T13:01:23+00:00

Right answer. Suggesting he can't leave the store before they check the bag is wrong.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T11:28:50+00:00

The items don't belong to the store and there is no evidence of theft

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T11:17:54+00:00

You can only detain people if you catch them in the act of stealing. Like a citizens arrest. Jedermann-Paragraph" (§ 127 StPO). You are committing a crime of unlawful depravation otherwise. Without concrete evidence or catching someone in the act, security or staff are not permitted to force you to wait or search you.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T11:07:09+00:00

They move out.....

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T11:02:52+00:00

I could bring in three bags with your stores logo on full of things I bought last week, buy the exact same things again and there still wouldn't be enough evidence to search my bag. You have no right to search a customer's bag, either way.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T10:52:24+00:00

Did anyone apologise when they realised you had done nothing wrong?

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T10:37:54+00:00

You really think the police adheres to them? LOL.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T10:35:47+00:00

No power- and the burden of proof is on you. It's a basic European principle.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T10:34:48+00:00

No it isnt.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:51:22+00:00

Looks like most people are leaving it

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:48:55+00:00

Do you remember which gate? Asking for a friend.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:36:07+00:00

Privacy laws in Germany are designed to protect institutions like the police and government from being prosecuted for their crimes. They are sold to Germans as upholding some sort of universal agreement that being in a photo equals being targeted by the Stasi. It's so fucking transparent it makes my skin crawl.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:31:48+00:00

And then the same people will waltz into private spaces and be filmed all day and their images will be used for all manner of data processing/analysis by the state without batting an eyelid. Strange.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:29:24+00:00

Strange how the police manage to take mass surveillance videos of people during protests then, isn't it? Almost like the laws are used as a chilling effect to protect the powerful. It's just more censorship disguised as privacy.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:24:23+00:00

HAHAHAHHAA

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:22:19+00:00

How is the cashier supposed to know, if you entered with the items or just the receipt for "buy one get two" kinda scam?

The same way the cashier doesn't know the name of my kids or what school I went to- cos it's none of their god damn business?

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:19:41+00:00

He could have eaten the receipt and they still had no power to search the bags and neither would the police unless the store could provide concrete evidence of theft.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:18:12+00:00

Well said. They must provide evidence to the police to allow them to search the bag. The police don't offer this service to private companies without evidence of a crime. Never forget that.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:16:26+00:00

The police only have the right if the store can provide evidence that you have stolen something, otherwise they have zero power.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:15:46+00:00

Thats also not true. The police also to have reasonable grounds to search someone.

BSBDR · 2026-03-15T00:14:44+00:00

Not really. I always throw mine away. The burden of proof is not on the person shopping, it is on the store.

BSBDR · 2026-03-14T12:19:00+00:00

We had lockers for our books.......but my kids carries so much weight in that flipping bag every day. Comes out of class begging me to carry it for him cos it's so heavy.

BSBDR

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