Went to the grocery store today (major chain) on my way home from work (I walk to work) to get some flowers, and I walked in and started looking at the flowers (which are right next to the entrance), and I hear someone say something behind me, and it's a security guard. He says, "Your backpack." I say, "Huh?" He says, "Your backpack." I say, "What?" He says "Please check your backpack at the desk."
I get annoyed. I think, he's just some security guard, it's not like he's police or the TSA or anything, and it's not like it's a convention art show. I say, "No. I'm not going to do that." I turn around, ignore him, and look at the flowers again. The security guard apparently walks away. I pick what I want and start walking toward the checkout, and pass another guy visibly annoyed saying "I wear it in here every single day" who then hands his bag to the guy at the desk saying "he said I'm supposed to give this to you."
Anyway, it's pretty insulting to me to be asked to check my bag in a grocery store. What am I, some suspicious-looking teenager? Do people have to check purses too? Briefcases? Huh? There is no way I'm going to check my backpack in a grocery store. Not gonna happen.