No helmets to be worn in Tesco's

[snorri]

As a generally law abiding citizen who prefers the quiet life, I try to avoid places with security staff as they provide a clear indication that management consider the premises to be a potential trouble spot.

 

[Accy cyclist]

They even sell these "offensive weapons" http://www.tesco.com/direct/ladybug-helmet-girls/452-4603.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=452-4603 themselves! I had a dream last night where some crazed persons ran into Tesco's, grabbed and donned these things than ran amok(!!)

 

[Accy cyclist]

Hell fire look at the killing potential of this http://www.tesco.com/direct/mohican-helmet-boys-redblack/528-3387.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=528-3387 fearsome object(!!!)

 

[MontyVeda]

jobsworth... maybe.
knobsworth... definitely

 

[RoyPSB]

Last time in Tesco's I had my helmet in my hand.

Did they appreciate it. NO !


I got arrested.

Similar thing happended to me in Asda when I presented it at the tills and asked the giril to "roll that back".

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Since our local Waitrose introduced quick check we now have in store security guards. I was recently reduced to waving my partnership card in his face to stop him following me around the store. Apparently my courier bag and my loitering in the spirits section aroused his suspicion.

as to Tesco's... fists, feet, knees, etc., may all be used as offensive weapons. Should these be removed before entering the store?

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Tesco sell helmets though...so are they selling offensive weapons....personally I would have laughed at him and gone elsewhere. In fairness to him though he was probably just obeying orders from his fuhrer

 

[swee'pea99]

He was just doing his job .......
and you have acted like babys throwing all your toys out of the pram.

No he wasn't. His job is security, not acting like a prat.

 

[Sara_H]

I had to drop some papers at court recently. The security guard took my son's helmet off us, telling me it wasn't allowed in the building ( this after stopping us from locking my bike to some street furniture near the entrance and pointing us to some sheffield stands five minutes walk away). When we returned to collect helmet 15 minutes later, he'd left for the day and a 30 minute search ensued for said helmet.
I did think of asking for an explanation of the rationale for the rules, but I doubted that anyone involved would have understood the word.

 

[Linford]

Since our local Waitrose introduced quick check we now have in store security guards. I was recently reduced to waving my partnership card in his face to stop him following me around the store. Apparently my courier bag and my loitering in the spirits section aroused his suspicion.

as to Tesco's... fists, feet, knees, etc., may all be used as offensive weapons. Should these be removed before entering the store?

We have something in common . We could be twins

 

[Linford]

No he wasn't. His job is security, not acting like a prat.

Most seem get involved in security because they don't appear to have the brains to do a regular job.

 

[Primal Scream]

Most seem get involved in security because they don't appear to have the brains to do a regular job.

Linf, I have read some threads where you get some crap thrown at you and thought some of it was a bit ott but after that comment you probably deserve it. Your not related to regulator are you.

 

[Accy cyclist]

We don't know exactly what sort of attitude Accy exhibited to get the reaction he did.

Well to be honest i did mention to him that i was having sight problems, so i felt safer with the "protective helmet" on my head rather than off. When he asked in a scowling fashion "So what's that got do with me, or your eye"? it kind of kicked off from there.

 

[Fab Foodie]

As a wooly hat wearing mixed race cycling secular Jew who, happens to look like a Sikh I could claim membership of more minority groups than you could shake a stick at, I've got better things to do than to fret about being asked to remove a cycling helmet prior to entering a supermarket.

Discrimination is often where you choose to find it.

Jeez vernon, you could have warned-us the photo was coming!
I quickly scrolled-down and you frightened the life out of me
Happy Christmas [Other deities/religious holidays are available].

 

[pablo666]

We need, as white males, to get some all enveloping muslim dress with head and face cover apart from a slit for the eyes and try that in such stores...I wonder how quick they will be to ask for head covering to be removed?