On Friday the 13th, January my boyfriend, his friend and i went to best buy because his friend wanted to. We were in best buy for approximately 30 minutes. I asked my boyfriend when we could leave because i was anxious to leave the store because i personally don't find it appealing. He asked his friend if he was done shopping and if we could go somewhere else because we were bored out of our minds. His friend said ok but as we neared the door he stopped, a celine dion CD caught my eye (the older one with the "titanic" song on it) and i picked it up, chuckled a little and showed it to my boyfriend. I said, "my dad has this CD, isn't that funny?" i thought it was funny that a man would have a celine dion CD so i started laughing. Then i heard a man say, "ok guys let's go" i looked up kind of confused and hear my boyfriend's friend say, "oh crap!" i looked at my boyfriend confused about what was happening so i asked him. My boyfriend replied with, "i think he was stealing something" my boyfriend and i stood their in the same spot kind of stunned that his friend was shoplifting.
We watched his friend and the manager walk away together. As we were contemplating on what to do, leave or stay (we were his ride) the same best buy manager came back. He said, "did you not understand me?" i want all of you to come with me. I was shocked, so i started panacking because i had done nothing wrong. I was scared that they thought i was shoplifting or something. As i followed the man to this secluded interragation room my heart was pounding. I began to explain to the man that i wasnt shoplifting but he told me that i was a liar and to shut up. He said that he saw me laughing therefore i was in on it. I tried to explain why i was laughing but he kept calling me a liar. Then he said ok well it's all on the tape. So i said i wanted to see the tape but everytime i asked he wouldn't let me for some reason. He called the cops and this is when i began to worry.
I kept asking if my boyfriend and i could leave because we were innocent they said no because we were shoplifters as well. When they brought us into the interragation room it was about 8:45 PM. We waited for the cop to show up which i thought wouldn't take long at all. Not just that but i knew once the cop showed up then they would search me and relize i was innocent. At this moment i didn't realize everything i was about to endure. The entire time in the room i kept asking over and over again when i could leave, and they made me fill out paper work saying if i were to even ENTER THE PARKING LOT I WOULD BE ARRESTED! I signed it hoping they would let me leave however they didnt. Finally TWO HOURS LATER the cop showed up, at about 11:00 PM. I was tired, cold, hungry, embarrassed and just wanted to go home.
The cop came in the room and started verbally abusing us. He was cussing at us saying and i quote him, "i should just throw your ass in jail!" Now remember this is a cop, a role model, authority figure, someone we should look up to and respect, and here he was cussing at us! He started to search my boyfriend asking him questions. He touched my boyfriend in his groin are from behind and i thought personnaly that was taking it TO FAR! Then the cop told me to stand up and take off my jacket so i did because i knew i was innocent and had NOTHING ON ME. He searched the pockets and then threw it back to me (he should've handed it to me) then he told me to turn around, i was confused but i did it any way. The cop then told me to lift up my shirt i was so scared i looked at my boyfriend worried and mouthed to him, "what the hell?" then the cop ordered me to sit down i began to put my jacket on, still standing up and he said didnt i tell you to sit down! So i did, scared.
He stared at my purse and then decided to search it was well he founf a small bag that i kept hydroxycut in, a dietary supplement. He looked at it and thought it was drugs but the pill clearly states hydroxycut on it. Then he found a ring the lights up, therefore i had an area for a batter. He took it appart and said you know people store drugs in hear? Then he accused my boyfriend and i of doing drugs as well as stealing because my boyfriend had a flashlight in his pocket which was apparently according to the cop, "held for storing drugs as well" he said we couldn't leave unless our parent came so i called my dad on my cell phone. When my dad asked what was wrong i told him it was a long story and i would explain later. The cop then took my phone away and told my dad i was caught shoplifting. I was so embarrassed because I WASNT! Finally my dad came.
I got home at about midnight and my mom asked why i got home so late. I explained the story and she was very angry that they HELD ME AGAINST MY WILL (which is kidnapping) and they WRONGFULY ACCUSSED ME! So she called them the next day. The manager who accused me answered the phone and told my mom, "the door was wide open, she could have left at ANY time, your daughters a liar." THE DOOR WAS NOT WIDE OPEN, IN FACT HE WAS STANDING THERE THE ENTIRE TIME! Blocking the door. I know that best buy technically didnt rip me off but in a way they did and i just wanted it to be known that they held me in captivity and then lied about it. I was wrongfully accused and this WILL NOT GO UNSPOKEN FOR!
I will do anything to make sure the world knows about all the rules they broke. Again they held me in captivity for TWO AND A HALF HOURS! It clearly states in merchants privlages that their are 6 rules to be followed and let me just say best buy broke the rule at number 3, watch the possible shoplifter conceal the merchandise, i didnt conceal ANY merchandise. You would think that after they saw nothing on me they would have appologized. Now i am ending this report with one thing... Dont you think its kind of funny that there are cameras in the store to watch people shoplift and break the law however, ther AREN'T any cameras in the interragation room where they can see them break the law by violating my civil rights? There was no video camera to show that they were falsly accusing me of doing drugs, shoplifting, and cursing at me for 2 and a half hours!
Olivia
Lago Vista, Texas
U.S.A.
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