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Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief

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From: John A. Weeks III
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:52
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In article <slrnds03mb.bt0.glg@ftupet.ftupet.com>,
 Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:

> >> As for going in the out door,
> >> people do that all the damned time.
> >
> > People shoplift, speed, and sneak into movies all the time.
> > That doesn't make it either right or proper.  When you do
> > something wrong or goofy, you shouldn't be surprised when
> > something even more wrong or more goofy happens in return.
> 
> Let's see.  Shoplifting?  Illegal.  Speeding?  Illegal.  Sneaking into
> the theater?  Illegal.  Going in the out door of a store?  Legal.  You
> get an F in analogy class.

I never said anything about the legality of said actions, just
that they were wrong and not proper.  If it didn't matter which
door you used, then why would they have labels of "IN" and "OUT"?
If you break a rule, you shouldn't be surprised when that rule
has consequences.  In this case, the OP found out what the
consequences are.

-john-

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From: "John A. Weeks III" <john@johnweeks.com>
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,chi.general,mn.general
Subject: Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:52:48 -0600
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