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She walked through the first set of automated sliding doors, no problem. Then, Lorraine Young found herself stranded in the vestibule of Tantallon Superstore with $106.35 worth of groceries.Within a few seconds, a man showed up beside her. At first, she thought the employee was there to help. Young was agitated and asked the man what was wrong with her cart.
She said the employee ignored her question and only wanted to see her receipt. The first time he asked, it didn’t register.“Then it hit me," said Young."I thought, oh my God. He’s accusing me of stealing my groceries.Young fell victim to an Atlantic Superstore anti-theft grocery cart. "It was just so humiliating," said Young, who's 61 years old and had both her hips replaced a year ago.
But Young isn't convinced what happened to her was accidental. SaltWire spoke to an employee at the Tantallon Superstore who showed us a fob-like device with two buttons that lock and unlock a cart. The woman said the device is rarely used to stop a cart. Typically, carts are locked after being triggered by the store's alarm system, she said.
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