Wal-Mart

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Originally Posted by HolyFire

It's a long story, but a local Wal Mart banned me for theft. I was a vendor with Flowers Bakery (Nature's Own, etc.) and I took some stale home as I had 100 times before. The store manager said no all of a sudden. The stale was never in their inventory (pay by scan). The manager, being new, wanted to show off. He said he'd not press charges if I didn't come back to that sorry excuse of a Wal Mart in a podunk Alabama town. I tried to explain I got free bread whenever I wanted, I didn't need to steal, but he had to show the underlemmings how tough he was pimping the white Wal Mart management polo.

Somebody started a forum about Walmart.
Your story reminds me of this thread on that forum.

http://www.walmart-blows.com/forum/v...126a1319c9db4b

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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

In Orlando and in a few other areas where I've been, yes the Walmarts have someone there to check your bag as you leave.

I don't think the Wal-Mart in Waldorf, MD has the bag checker though-- from what I remember.


A lot of people think it's a good idea to try to steal from Wal-Mart because it's so big. So I think they purposely put the cameras in locations so that people can see them and not try to steal.

It's like hiring uniformed security guards for stores and malls-- the idea is not so much to catch people doing wrong as much as it is to deter them from doing wrong in the first place.

I really don't have a problem with all the surveillance equipment. I have a problem with them having all that surveillance AND stopping me from leaving the store before they check my receipt. It is especially bad when they are standing at the door and watch you at the register checking out and then pay for it and still ask for your receipt. The check out clerks are going to make sure they get the items checked since it is usually the big items that cannot be bagged that a customer gets stopped for search. Only a moron would go through the checkout trying to steal a large item. It is ridiculous.

Even the uniformed police at the mall don't stop people and make them pony up all their receipts before they go out the door.

Idk...maybe it is the worker's attitudes. Most of them are not nice about it. They treat you as if you are a potential thief demanding to see your receipt instead of treating you with respect. Maybe that is what irritates me so.

[Cindy]

When Wal Mart came to our little town we thought we were up town..... Now it's a Super center and a horrible place to shop.