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I once had a Walmart employee follow me out of the building and start banging on my window screaming at me they're calling the cops
Why?
I, while using a cane in one hand and the other occupied by a bag of dog food that was making me regret not waiting for a scooter, didn't stop to chat with the old woman who was arbitrarily checking people's receipts.
I told him he's lucky I'm more level headed than most of my neighbors, because he would have been shot the moment he banged on glass and yelled, but if they want my receipt they can go watch the fucking cameras because I have somewhere to be.
Could I have handled it more calmly and with more understanding? Probably. But if you follow me out into the parking lot and start screaming at me, consider all respect lost, all decency dropped. You get back what you came in with.
Literally, the only reason I even went to Walmart is because the pet store I get the good food from had their registers all crash and wouldn't start back up.
Since when did Walmart check receipts anyway?
When that guy gets maced or tasered, I would happily laugh in his face and tell him he deserved it.
How did the thought "I should follow this lone woman out to her car in the dark" pass through his mind...
Not saying it is right, but shopkeepers can legally detain customers long enough to figure out if a theft happened. They have to have a reason to suspect it, though.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopkeeper's_privilege
Loss prevention can, random cashiers cannot.
Fuck em anyway, I pay for my shit and unless it’s a real cop who might shoot me if I twitch funny, I ain’t stopping for shit.
If they don’t want to pay for cashiers, they can deal with people stealing shit. Walmart especially is a corp on welfare, they have the most employees receiving food stamps and Medicaid than any other company. I don’t really care if the government subsidized megacorp loses money every year, they aren’t providing worthwhile jobs anyway.
It doesn't matter what Walmart or anyone except Costco (part of membership contract) and probably Sam's club (contract again) says. Once you've purchased it they have NO legal right to inspect and you have NO legal obligations to stop. That being said I know the folks doing that job are not assholes so I will politely refuse and wish them a nice day.
In DC they they have the same type of legal witness called special police. Once one tried to stop me and I refused saying , "Call the police if you think I stole something" and kept going.
I'm not going to be harassed by employees after I've legally purchased profucts.
Please note if you are planning on running a scam or sneaking shit out, don't draw attention to yourself. One law at a time is the rule.