I am nearly arrested for the 'crime' of doing a price check on some bottles of waterI was nearly arrested in Tesco this week. My crime? Comparing prices. Evidently,this is such a security issue for Tesco that it wants you booted out of the store. The deputy manager rushed up to me within minutes of my arriving at one of its London supermarkets. The security cameras had spotted me with a pen and paper in hand, noting the prices of goods on the shelves. "Excuse me, or what are you doing?" he said. I told him I was,well, writing down prices."You're not allowed to finish that. It's illegal. Where are you from? Are you from the media?" I don't feel Tesco has any right to demand my employment status, and so I just said: "I'm a private individual,I'm buying some stuff here, and I'm comparing prices."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com