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About a year ago I was baking on a Sunday afternoon and ran out of flour. As I also needed to pick up a prescription, I ran out to the supermarket. I picked up my prescription and paid for it. I then picked up a bag of flour, went through the cashier and started to leave the store. A young man came up to me and said “Ma’am you have something in your handbag that you haven’t paid for and you will have to come with me.” Well, the kid was young enough to be my grandson and had a huge grin on his face. I followed him (like a lemming) to the customer service desk, but I began screaming at him that never before had I been treated like that. He kept claiming that he saw me put something in my purse near the pharmacy. Yes, I had put my wallet away. I emptied my entire handbag out and then he said “apparently I was mistaken”. Well, I let loose and demanded to see the store manager. The person at the service desk felt so badly for me that she came out from behind the desk and put her arms around me. The “security” kid said that he was going to write his report. At that point, I detained him and told him that he wasn’t going anywhere until the manager arrived. He still had the stupid snicker on his face. When the manager arrived he explained that security was provided by an outside organization and he gave me a phone number to call on Monday morning. The kid who “arrested” me decided to leave at this point – still smiling. I told him that I would have the last laugh when he lost his job. The next morning, bright and early, I was speaking to the owner of the company. When I told him about the incident he told me that he would investigate. He called me back within the hour and told me that this kid had been called for a review the next day. The next day the owner called me back and told me that the kid had been terminated. While I felt badly that he had lost his job, his actions had been totally inappropriate – as he smiled throughout the incident. I guess to compensate me and prevent me from seeking legal action, they sent me a $100.00 gift certificate. Now, that is the craziest thing that has happened to me. Can you just imagine my grandson saying “my Bubbie, the shoplifter”?