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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bought a hoodie at American Apparel and they forgot to take the security sensor off; it was hidden under the hood and I didn’t even notice it until weeks or months later when I set off an alarm in a different store. I laughed and asked the sales associates if they could take it off for me, and they did with no questions asked. They still might have thought that I stole the hoodie, but  A) they took the sensor off and we all joked about it and B) I wasn’t for a second embarrassed or ashamed to be caught with the sensor on me; at the time it didn’t really even cross my mind how bad it looked for me. It was only upon reflection later that the thought occurred that it could have gone very very differently and probably would have if I wasn’t white. [/quote]

I bought a deeply discounted item at a Disney store where the cashier radios your description and purchase to the loss prevention officer at the door.  After getting home I found she'd forgotten to remove the RFID and of course by that time I'd thrown away the receipt.  Fortunately my husband was able to remove it because I dont know if I would have taken it back for removal.
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