10-21-2025, 12:46 PM
(10-17-2025, 08:54 PM)ac3r Wrote: I tried to buy a requested gift for someone at Canadian Tire recently, but was told I would have to relinquish control of my own backpack and stuff it into a locker only THEY had the key for in order to shop in their store...to buy a 30 dollar Made in China piece of shit kettle. They've had problems with theft, apparently. What the hell kind of policy is that to treat every customer as a potential thief before they even pick up a basket?
Years ago, I had just had my bike with new panniers and rack stolen, so I acquired another bike but had not equipped it. Anyhow, I rode to the Canadian Tire on Victoria Street to look for something and walked in with an empty backpack. An employee started harassing me about leaving my backpack at the front, but I continued on, ignoring them. Anyhow, I got fed up and left. I was then surrounded by 3 mesomorphs with bodies like Gimli in LOTR who tried to intimidate me into allowing them to search my backpack and threatening me with police involvement. Anyhow, I resisted and left, but I never shopped at that branch again.