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I have a similar story but I was the "weirdo" in that case. I had just started my career as an auditor for one of the "Big 6" (at the time) accounting firms. Being new, I tended to get assigned a lot of inventory observations, because most people dislike them. I was to observe the Hickory Farms store at a mall as they counted their inventory. But they first wanted me to casually observe some of the store operations without disclosing who I was.

So I showed up an hour before they closed and took note of how they greeted customers, etc. Unfortunately, I was also supposed to observe them ringing up a sale. And they had no customers that wanted to buy anything. So I waited around a bit. Then after the 4th time they asked if I needed any help, I decided to observe from across the hallway. Long story short, mall security came up to me and asked me to leave because they had gotten complaints about a suspicious person.

It didn't occur to me until later that I should have just purchased something small.