Not only have I never been asked to leave a backpack with someone in a grocery store, but I often use it as a shopping bag. Only once did someone had an issue with it, and it was an obviously *****y pathetic lowlife cashier clearly looking to be mean to someone.

You know, Artkansas, I didn't read all of your posts about your town, of course, but if memory serves every one I did read seemed to have been quite negative. Nasty drivers, crime, monopolistic fascist grocery stores. I would seriously consider moving.