[QUOTE=pll;344982 However, I did not see the need to pick an argument with a store manager. They may have been given written policies and, if they have, I'm sure they do not come with explanations for argumentative customers.[/QUOTE]

it just really grates on me when someone says i cant bring my bike in to a place that has no bike rack. i doubt it's policy, i think the mgmt-of-the-day makes up the rule on the spot. i've dealt with it at the post office and the grocery store. i wanted to just park it in a little out-of-the-way place inside while i run in for just a sec. barney fife says no.

i WILL leave my bike outside if i can secure it, but i disagree with the idea that it should be treated like any other vehicle for all the reasons listed here already. and the question i have for the power-drunk mgr is "why" and you get a lot of just plain pitiful excuses.