I went to the store the other day and upon checkout, after scanning all of my items, the cashier asked me if I had anything else to scan.  I said "No".  She said "you are all done shopping then?"  Confused I said "yes".  She then asked me "what was in my basket?"  I looked down and there was some shampoo I forgot to put in the belt to be scanned.  "Oh no" I said.  "I missed that one.  Sorry."  She looked at me and gave me a half-assed smile and said "uh huh".  I gave her the item and paid for everything took my stuff and left.  I was embarrassed that I had forgotten the shampoo but was kind of pissed off that the cashier acted like I had forgotten it on purpose. I mean really if I was going to steal something would it be shampoo?  Maybe people do.  I don't know but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing worth stealing.  Nowadays every time you walk into a store you are treated like a like a crook even though you haven't done anything.  All stores now have those big scanners at the door that alert everybody in the vicinity with a loud beeping noise if you leave with something that hasn't had the security tag removed or deactivated.  I always hate that when I buy a video game or a CD or something and the cashier doesn't properly deactivate it and it sets off the alarm when I go to leave.  I use to stop and wait until somebody gives me the go ahead to leave.  Sometimes they will take your item, have you walk pass the scanner and if it doesn't beep give you your stuff back and send you on your way.  It is like getting through an airport just to leave the store.  Do they want to strip search me too?  Pat me down?  Grope me?  It happens so often now I have learned to just keep on walking and ignore the beep.  If there is a security guard there I will stop otherwise I keep walking.  I know I paid and if they want me they can come get me.  I always hate it when those beeps go off and everybody turns to look at me as if they want to get a glimpse of the shoplifter.  It seems like stores are getting worse and worse about deactivating those tags and the beeping happens more and more.  Some stores also have security things in place when you want to try clothes on.  I was at one new store and I wanted to try on some pants but when I went to the dressing room the door was locked.  Some one saw me came over looked at my pants opened the door and then waited for me to come out to lock the door again and then check me out and made sure I had the pants in my hand.  It was quite embarrassing and could have been worse if I had unmentionables in my hand but fortunately I didn't.  Needless to say I never went back to that store.  Another thing is trying to buy a video game.  They keep them all locked up and if you want one you have to have someone, usually a 16 year old kid, unlock them for you and then they make you pay for it at the video game area and you cannot walk through the store with it and do more shopping.  One time I said I wanted to do more shopping and they said they would hold on to the game and I had to ask for it when I was ready to check out and then they would bring it to me.  Little did I know that it would take 10 minutes for someone to bring it to the register when I was ready.  In the meantime I am sure everyone in line was cursing my name for making them wait longer.  I once worked at a department store and I know what a big problem shoplifting is.  Although it seemed like half the people they caught actually worked at the store.  Despite it seems like stores all treat us like suspected thief's the minute we walk in the door even though we haven't done anything.  Whether it be security guards checking your receipt at the door when you leave, annoying beeping machines or locked dressing room doors.  I guess   I have learned to enjoy shopping online.  There are no lines.  Sometimes no taxes.  The selection and prices are usually better.  But best of all, no beeps, no 16 year old kids treating me like a crook and no dressing room cops.