Mall Baggage Counter

I really like going to SM, why? because they wont let me put my bag on their baggage counter. I mean the moment you go in to SM, they would check your bag at the entrance and you can bring your bag anywhere inside. Unlike on some malls here in Davao, like Victoria Plaza, you would go in, they would check your bag, then when you're inside already and you would like to go to the shoes department, they would check your bag AGAIN!! and will let you leave your bag in their baggage counter. WHAT THE HELL they already check it when I enter, then inside they would check it again?? There is also this rule in Gaisano South that upon entering well they would check your bag, the t-shirt and shoe department are at the 2nd and third floor, to reach their you must take the escalator, now at the escalator the guard will block you if you have a backpack, I was once denied to go up because i have a backpack and the guard lets this woman go up because she only had a handbag( but her hand bag is much much bigger than my puny backpack) damn , tried confronting the guard saying whats the difference between my puny backpack compared to her enormous handbag, the guard just says its their rule, damn that rule. So i had to go find the baggage counter in order to go up, what a stupid rule.