Now you know: he doesn't. As someone mentioned, the Police probably won't be very happy about their little excursion to Interdiscount - but I doubt they'll be pissed at you.

Jeepers, padding you down? I don't think any security guard of a shop is allowed to do that,he doesn't have the authority to put a finger on you.

In that case i would call the police and file a complaint for sexual harassment.

The only reason why I didn't insist on calling the police was that my train left at 4:33 and it was 4:25 when the whole thing happened.

...and you can be happy he didn't touch your balls then?

Compared to your experience and Kamarate, mine is really nothing. Simply Mistake caused by my ignorance... I feel safe again....

Mate, for me this is 'common practice' for any shop.

Even the check out chicks at the supermarket in Oz reserve the right to check your bags.

The thing is, there are bad people who do bad things.... like steal.

So if you've done nothing wrong, and you've got nothing to hide..... relax. It's not personal.

If this hasn't happened to you before, then I can understand the invasion of your personal space, and for this I can sympathise with you, however this is the world we live in now.

If you're a decent bloke (buying gifts for your oldies etc.) then you shouldn't really have too much to worry about.

That's good to hear. Next time you must go out accompanied by an adult.

Which Ochsner Sport? For when i get bored

You sound so dramatic I just don't understand. It's not a big deal, don't be so vain that you think the security guard was only thinking about you. They are protecting us and the shop and even you from people making somewhere unsafe.
You need to take it like a policeman, who moniters what we all do on the street. They're just looking out for us and making sure everything is safe.

That is the issue, they are not policeman.

Some think and act like one doing things only officials are allowed to do , i see them as frustrated people who just get off stopping people for no reason.

It does not give them the right to be rude to customers or invasive in anyway.

Mind you not all of them are bad,i have great respect for security guards standing around in and outside in all weather conditions..but like in every job, some of them are just

I just wonder where Patxi keeps things like pasport, drivers licence etc..

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Fixed that for you!

You're right Joey. I know how people can be when they are wearing a uniform. They can be really rude and obnoxious. They are also really rude in Drinks of The World, and can be mean and ask for ID and stuff unnescersarily when they hear you speaking English.
Its just a part of life.
I guess the people wearing uniform ( like security guards) are used to being treated like poop all day long so in the end they get fed up and are nasty to anyone.

Fixed that for you too!

Exactly, you know Ireland by the looks on your profile, any shopping centre has a team of security guards to keep them little feckers out.

Every bar has more then one pesky bouncer in uniform standing outside deciding who to let in or out.

All forms or people in uniform that think they stand above the law.

In no way should the security guard have been rude to the OP, or to Kamarate, and Peter his guard had no right to frisk him.

People like them ( the wanna be cop guards ) give the good ones a bad name, and that is a shame..

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Which of course is no excuse! I've done my share of crappy jobs where I've been treated like something sub-human, and have been rude to the appropriate people. However, everyone else got a smily, sterling service. (That sounds a bit rude - it's not supposed to).

Yes they certainly do.

And, with that in mind, Just remember, If any of you put a uniform on, or stand behind a wooden counter be polite. It's like people fighting with a keyboard. Pathetic and unescersary.

Guards of shops, not only in Switzerland, HAVE the right to check your bags. That such guards can be rather dull is not new. The simple answer for him would have been "sorry we just do random checks". Which in fact is the truth.

So, if you are asked to open your bag, do so, but in case it is adviseably tell him "sure you can have a look, but let's move a bit to the side". I had such things in various places over the years, and my relaxed attitude in a few cases lead to a relaxed chat with a guard, AND in a case or two even to such a guard providing me useful local info.

Really no reason for embarassment.

The easiest way of course is to offer to leave your 'bags' before you enter the shop, then they won't be as keen to search you on the way out.

No, they cannot. And they can only hold you back if they have good cause to suspect that you have stolen something. The mere refusal to open your bag during a routine check does not entitle them to restrain you in any way.

I always end up locking my bag in, not being able to get it back without help from the infodesk ladies

That is in the electric ones now with a numeric pad and code on it , not the ones with a key..i know how keys work