trueforest
New Member
About a month ago I was shopping at a food store, when I had an altercation with a cashier/floor manager. I am 13 years old, and had come from an art gallery, and was dressed in not the nicest clothes obviously, for reasons of paint staining. As I was shopping I noticed a store worker watching my friends and I for quite some time, standing at the end of the rows.
As I was standing in the checkout line of this fairly large supermarket, I noticed the same man watching me from about twenty feet away. As you may imagine, this was becoming a bit bothersome, and I asked him "What?", in response to his stare.
He then repeatedly told me to leave the store. When I asked him why he said he didn't like my attitude, and had supposedly heard me swear when talking to one of my friends. We were not being obnoxious to anyone in the store, nor were we shoplifting. When I persisted in asking him why I had to leave, he told me he would call the police, and told me that if I was not out in five seconds he would proceed in doing so. At this point I do admit my speech may have become laced with some expletives, but I in no way became threatening, and you must remember, this is a grown man, and I am thirteen.
I truly wonder if he had the right to eject me from the store, as I did leave after some protest. He told me if I ever came back into the store, he would call the police, and that a video camera had recorded my face, which he would turn into the police. During our exchange he asked me my name which I refused to give.
What is the legal aspect to this, and also what is the opinion of forum goers?
Thank you for your time.
As I was standing in the checkout line of this fairly large supermarket, I noticed the same man watching me from about twenty feet away. As you may imagine, this was becoming a bit bothersome, and I asked him "What?", in response to his stare.
He then repeatedly told me to leave the store. When I asked him why he said he didn't like my attitude, and had supposedly heard me swear when talking to one of my friends. We were not being obnoxious to anyone in the store, nor were we shoplifting. When I persisted in asking him why I had to leave, he told me he would call the police, and told me that if I was not out in five seconds he would proceed in doing so. At this point I do admit my speech may have become laced with some expletives, but I in no way became threatening, and you must remember, this is a grown man, and I am thirteen.
I truly wonder if he had the right to eject me from the store, as I did leave after some protest. He told me if I ever came back into the store, he would call the police, and that a video camera had recorded my face, which he would turn into the police. During our exchange he asked me my name which I refused to give.
What is the legal aspect to this, and also what is the opinion of forum goers?
Thank you for your time.
