One of my family brought a new pair of speakers at the local supermarket. A simple task, apart from one thing... they're paranoid about people stealing electronic goods. Even large goods that you can't exactly hide.*

This means they put two security tags in each box. Or three. Or a dozen. Inevitably, the staff sometimes miss one when you're paying for the product.

So our speakers set off the alarm at the security barrier. After this we...

• Opened the box.
• Removed the speakers.
• Rummaged around for the tag.
• Removed the tag.
• Put the speakers back in the box.
• Handed the tag to a checkout person.
• Went through the security barriers again.

All in full view of the staff. No one asked to see our receipt.

As usual, it's the humans mucking things up. It'd be a lovely security system without them. If I were a security barrier, I'd be crying right now.


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* I suppose you could pretend you're pregnant, but not many unborn babies are square.**

** This is an assumption of course. If your baby was square, let me know. I blame eating too many food cubes.