Russian GirlsShopping Western-Style
Fortunately new (for St. Petersburg) generation shops are adapting to the usual and logical one stop standard of shopping i.e. pickup your goods and pay on the way out.
However each and every customer is looked upon as a potential thief and watched by the store staff to the extent of being stalked around the aisles (of smaller establishments).
Lockers
To further quash any kleptomaniac tendencies, numbered lockers
are often provided for handbags and any other item that resembles a bag.
These key-operated lockers, found at shop entrances, are used to securely confine any items that may potentially conceal shelf products.
Place any bags inside, lock the door and take the key - usual attached to a giant fob.
Upon exiting - empty the locker, leaving the key in the lock just as
you found it.