yes that does suck, but I'm sure if you simply explain yourself, they will realize they made a mistake. fire alarms can be stressful

haha, reminds me of a scene from "twitches" (diseny movie).

#4 You're an idiot and you're probably still in grade school. Do you realize that people DO pay attention to fire alarms in other places? Why wouldn't they? Its a fire alarm you ******* idiot. Way to go on calling fake, dumb shit.

that's stupid of the store. i wouldn't let them get away with that. and yes, i'm feeling this is a fake.

If this really happened, defend yourself! They should clearly understand that you weren't trying to steal if there was a fire.

#4- I get people not taking fire alarms seriously in SCHOOL, but in a department store?? Why wouldn't you take it seriously? Anyway, that sounds pretty ridiculous- They really expected you to stop and change shirts BEFORE you evacuated? Wow.

#4: Why wouldn't people pay attention to a fire alarm, in a department store? ******* tool. OP: You should explain to them, and say why I'm sure they'll understand.

No one takes fire alarms seriously unless there's smoke or an explosion or something. It took me twenty minutes to convince my girlfriend to leave her apartment when the alarm went off there. Other people were still leaving too, so it's not just her.

No actually, #4 has a fair point. I work in a mall, and one time the fire alarm went off for a FULL TWENTY MINUTES. When it began going off, everyone people looked around to see what other people were doing. Everyone was waiting for someone else to react. When no one panicked or exited the building, they just went about their shopping totally normally. For twenty minutes, with the alarm buzzing loudly. Even when the announcement went off over the intercom to evacuate, people still were looking around to see what everyone else was doing and some were even mad that they had to leave. Turned out to be a false alarm but still. People are sheep. If a couple people panic and run, they all will. If people are just acting like it's no big deal, they all will. Fact of life.

To everyone calling #4 stupid, I work in a drug store (while going to college and earning a degree in Actuarial Mathematics to anyone who was going to call me unintelligent or uneducated), and we've had several incidents where the fire alarm has gone off. Actually, only a few customers left right away, and even after announcements saying that everyone had to leave, we still had people asking if they really had to leave or attempting to buy things. And OP, really, I agree with most of the other people, talk to a manager. And if they still ban you, try to go over their head, to a district manager or owner or something, depending on the store. An alarm going off would constitute an emergency, and they can't expect people to take the time to change back into their own clothes before leaving in an emergency. If you returned the shirt after everything was cleared, there shouldn't be a problem.