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Muyiwah, I want some of what you’re smoking!!

I’ve never believed it was okay to beat up little old ladies! Or big young ladies, for that matter!

So, just to elucidate one more time, it is NOT a state law to show your receipt, it is perfectly legal to say “no thank you” when asked and be on your way. If they want to detain you, they must have probable cause that you have stolen something, but walking out of a store holding a bag in your hand, whilst refusing to show your receipt is NOT probable cause, they must have directly observed you pocketing something and walking out the door.

SO...showing a receipt is a VOLUNTARY action. The store cannot require you to show it, absent a written agreement, as in Costco, where I would show my receipt because the member signs an agreement stating he agrees to show the receipt!

Now, if it IS truly a voluntary action, you have every right to sidestep a line of people showing receipts, because it is VOLUNTARY. It is is if they are presenting departing customers with a survey, and asking customers to fill it out, you have the right to say “No thank you,” to the survey-takers, as well.

So, if one declines to answer a survey, or declines a free sample of jerky, or declines to sign up for a weekly sweepstakes or DECLINES TO SHOW THEIR RECEIPT, all you are doing is declining voluntary actions and sidestepping an action you don’t wish to be involved in. That is NOT line-jumping!

I hope you understand because there’s some fundamental issues involved here, that, if you grasp them, will truly expand your horizons!