told to leave my man bag at parcel counter

At about 19:35 I went to pick n pay liquor in Dobsonville , as I entered the store I was permitted to enter and told I'd need to leave my man bag which contains my personal belongings either at the door or at the parcel counter, how does that even make sense, it was not even a gym or travel bag, at the end of the day should I have lost my contents who was going to pay them back, such nonsense is what we constantly have to deal with at these Soweten franchises