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jason wrote:How did so many immediately jump to "physical restrainment?" There is no store out there with a policy to do so.

Store employees don't "chase" or "restrain" shoppers. Any that do, will find themselves out of a job for sure.

Perhaps we jumped there because that's what Nitrogen said in his original post:

nitrogen wrote:one of the employees in the store ran up to me at my car, and prevented me from leaving

I would like clarification of how the employee "prevented" him from leaving. In the meantime, it's not a big jump to discuss scenarios in which you're physically blocked from leaving (which constitutes restraint).

Kevin

nitrogen wrote:I didn't hear the machine at the door beep (I have some hearing impairment) but when I was putting my groceries in my car, one of the employees in the store ran up to me at my car, and prevented me from leaving until I "showed my receipt and items".

All the hypothetical discussions seem to have skipped this point: how did the employee prevent you from leaving?