Won't Miss about Sydney #5: Retail Security

I was pretty surprised to be hassled by security guards leaving a shop when I first got here, asking me to open my bag so they could check I wasn't shoplifting. When there's someone standing sentry at the door to a store you can be pretty sure he'll be stopping everyone leaving and having a look in their bags. I didn't think shoplifting is such a big problem over here. But the hassle of it all has been enough to make me think twice about entering somewhere just to browse if I have a bag on my back.