Theft Prevention, Why Did I Get Beeped AT?

[Brandon Martus]

I once had a theft prevention device in my wallet. I don't know if someone was playing a joke on me, or if it was in there since I bought it, but it finally got to me after going off in Best Buy, Rite Aid, CVS, or anywhere else with those systems. It went off as I entered a Rite Aid, and I gave the cashier a look (as in "hey, when it goes off as I leave, don't be overly suspicious"). It went off as I left, nobody was in the store, so I asked if I could run some tests using their security system, and she had no problems. So I emptied my pockets on the counter and finally narrowed it down to my wallet. Once I got into the car, I emptied it out and tucked way deep in one of the folds of the wallet was the tag. I don't know why it never went off at first, maybe the security systems were off or malfunctioning.