No pictures please!

So I was in Dolphin Market yesterday and saw that they had a sale on some cookies. The price had been reduced twice. It just caught my eye, got me thinkin', "wonder how much these things cost in the states?" So instead of writing down all the information, I had my cell phone in my hand and snapped a shot so I could check it out online when I got home.

Not two seconds after I took the picture, the manager and another scary looking guy came up to me. The manager got about three inches away from me and said in a creepy tone, "Why are you taking a picture?" I said, "Uhhh, because they are on sale?" I was immediately intimidated by him and had no idea why he was being so confrontational. He told me that I had to delete the picture and that I am not allowed to come in there and take pictures. He stood really close to me and waited until I figured out how to delete it and check out all my other pictures.

What's creepy is, they were WATCHING ME on the security cameras in the back. Then they followed me around to make sure that I didn't take any more pictures. I told the guy I didn't mean to offend him, but he wouldn't say anything to me. It was really pretty fucked up. I was soooo uncomfortable.

When I got home, I did a little research. You are not allowed to take pictures in stores. You are allowed to take pictures of privately owned places only if you are taking them from public property. I had no idea. The dude didn't have to be so scary, he could have been polite about it. So how is it that all these news people can show us hidden camera stuff?? Wouldn't that be against the law too?