I would like to invite you to come to my town store and start putting stuff in your pockets to carry to the checkout, ridiculeous!! With all the baskets and ways to carry merchandise you are going to merely put it in your pocket to carry it to the checkout,bwahahhaha. then you conveniently forget about it, walk out o fthe store, get busted by security and holler "harassment and lawsuit!! Man oh man be glad this is America..jason wrote:It's not theft until the individual leaves the store. I don't believe there is a law against putting items in your pocket to carry up to the register. When I did loss prevention in California 23 years ago, I couldn't stop anyone until they left the store. I had to show they had no intention of paying for the merchandise. I also had to see them steal the merchandise (stuff in their pocket or jacket), out of fear of law suits.
Kroger must only tag certain items. Chicken, for example, wouldn't be tagged.
When I hear the alarm go off, I look around for an employee to see if they want to check. Most people do. Since you didn't hear it, it may have looked more suspicious to them that you didn't stop and look around for an employee.
Just be honest and do the right thing, you won't have a probelm..Just because we have the right to carry does not give us the right to "taunt" anyone .
Just my 2 cents worth .