> Yep. That's why the clerk might friendly ask to show the inside of the
> backpack/bag and that's also why there often are lockers available (free
> or something like 50 cents) for storing the bag in front of the stores.
> But no clerk or other staff member has ever looked down at me because
> having a backpack. They have always considered me as a real, paying
> customer by default.

Yeh it's pretty common here especially for people on bikes that they use 
a backpack to carry the stuff they bought. In the UK I've never seen 
anyone ask to look inside, although it happened quite often whilst I was 
living in Germany (even just normal shopping bags that you brought 
yourself they wanted to look inside sometimes).

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