[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

I'm kind of surprised the store clerk had an issue with you taking photos of the toy. Most of them seem pretty indifferent to just about everything going on in the stores near me.

I was a bit surprised by it too, being that I was putting it on lay-a-way, and I'm there all the time. There was someone else who was in the aisle with me who gave me a funny look or two, so they possibly told an employee there that I was in the ailse taking pictures (I guess that's suspicious activity these days? Who knows...) as the comment came from out of nowhere as I was setting up the layaway. The employee wasn't rude about it, they just cited company policy. *shrugs shoulders...

I do remember however when I was in retail, I was told to be on the lookout for shoppers who did similar things, as employees from competing retailers would stop by and take pictures of displays and prices...and occasionally, we would be sent to do similar things during big sales. It was pretty silly, but it was considered a form of corporate espionage if you will. Perhaps the policy is an old one from where TRU had competition outside of Target and Walmart (Kaybee Toys for example?) Who knows?

It didn't bother me too much. Most of the time like you said earlier..they tend to just look on indifferently, and in the end, I don't think they really cared as they were getting a future sale out of me anyways. I think they just felt obliged to say something because someone possibly complained or called a "Code Jeffery" on me... (those of you who've worked at TRU know what I'm talking about there...*winks...)