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(The situation does not match any of your categories, so I put it in the least wrong section.)
About two months ago, a security guard at Safeway told me that his partner (who was not there at the time), told him that I got "caught stealing" and that I was banned from Safeway. He did not say how many years the ban lasted, but he did say that he worked Tuesday through Saturday nights and I could come the other times. (It seems weird that he would tell me to come when he was not working). I offered to give him my ID card so he could see that Safeway did not issue me a Civil Demand Letter, and Safeway never caught me stealing. (Maybe someone that looked just like me got caught stealing. - "wrongful accusation, mistaken identity"). He refused my ID card. I asked if I could please look at the videotape. He told me he was not required to show me the videotape. He told me "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone." There is no way to prove that you did *not* get caught stealing. Shoplifting is not on my rap sheet. I have never gotten arrested, sent to jail, convicted, or anything like that.
I do not have a car, and after work, going to a different Safeway takes too much time/cash/energy.
The security guard did not care or believe that I correctly told him that I did not get caught stealing from Safeway. I did not do anything in Safeway except getting the merchandise, paying, and the bathroom. I did not bother anyone, or do anything illegal, or do anything that could easily be confused as shoplifting.
What, if anything, could I do about the ban?
Thank you very much.
About two months ago, a security guard at Safeway told me that his partner (who was not there at the time), told him that I got "caught stealing" and that I was banned from Safeway. He did not say how many years the ban lasted, but he did say that he worked Tuesday through Saturday nights and I could come the other times. (It seems weird that he would tell me to come when he was not working). I offered to give him my ID card so he could see that Safeway did not issue me a Civil Demand Letter, and Safeway never caught me stealing. (Maybe someone that looked just like me got caught stealing. - "wrongful accusation, mistaken identity"). He refused my ID card. I asked if I could please look at the videotape. He told me he was not required to show me the videotape. He told me "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone." There is no way to prove that you did *not* get caught stealing. Shoplifting is not on my rap sheet. I have never gotten arrested, sent to jail, convicted, or anything like that.
I do not have a car, and after work, going to a different Safeway takes too much time/cash/energy.
The security guard did not care or believe that I correctly told him that I did not get caught stealing from Safeway. I did not do anything in Safeway except getting the merchandise, paying, and the bathroom. I did not bother anyone, or do anything illegal, or do anything that could easily be confused as shoplifting.
What, if anything, could I do about the ban?
Thank you very much.