I ride a motorcycle as my only means of transportation. Which means I carry a backpack if I'm running errands. I walk in wearing my backpack and grab a basket. Then I'm told I have to leave my backpack at the front. I'm not a teenager or some punk trying to shoplift. I'm in my mid thirties. I would think the action of me grabbing a basket would show I'm a paying customer. I'm not going to leave my belongings in the care of a stranger. I say "Then you're going to lose a customer because I'm not doing that." Then two employees say "That's fine." I put the basket back and left. I wear a backpack into other businesses all the time and NEVER had an issue. Including other Dollar Trees. Would they make my wife or any woman leave her purse at the front?