Property News · September 16, 2011

Now it's illegal to write down prices in a Tesco supermarket


I am nearly arrested for the ‘crime’ of doing a price check on some bottles of waterI was almost 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, what are you doing?” he said. I told him I was, well, writing down prices.”You’re not allowed to do 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, 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
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