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Wal Mart and their ridiculous practices

#43
bongomania said:
For the guys who posted "X, Y, and Z is Wal-Mart policy" please stop and look and read and notice that other people are posting "Wal-Mart policy" that contradicts yours, and that there is ample evidence in this thread that the Wal-Mart rules vary by region if not even store by store.
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There is no "evidence" of anything regarding WalMart policy in this thread - only anecdotes and personal opinion. My own opinion is based on my having worked as an employee of WalMart and I know from first hand experience that WalMart policy (according to the official WalMart Corporate Training Videos) is to prohibit employees from touching suspected shoplifters. If anyone has actual evidence of WalMart policy that contradicts this in the form of accurate/traceable links I would love to see it.
 
#45
If it is indeed the policy at any Wal-mart, it's clearly a foolish one. As for checking receipts, that doesn't bother me--every Best Buy I've been in lately does it, and it only takes a couple seconds.

The nearest Wal-mart is 6 miles away from me--there are scores of closer stores in the city. I haven't set foot in one in probably 6 years, and I certainly don't miss it.
 
#46
hbarcat said:
There is no "evidence" of anything regarding WalMart policy in this thread - only anecdotes and personal opinion.
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Your personal opinion is based on what you were told by a representative of Walmart and the OP's personal opinion was based of what he was told by a representative of Walmart. Both are evidence of Walmart policy (in all senses of the word) as they both evidence what you were told by Walmart. Any argument that we should accept your evidence and reject the OPs is based purely on the reliability of the person giving it. Both of you could be telling the truth, both could by lying, or either one of you could be lying.

cassanova said:
Any who, while in the office I was told that this Wal Mart has a hands on policy.
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hbarcat said:
This policy is taught to all WalMart employees and they are tested on it (among other things such as safety, employee rights, customer service etc..) as part of their training procedure before they begin working the floor.
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#47
Personally, I'd be very highly surprised if this was "official " policy. I honestly don't think it is. Given the repeated stories I've heard of just this sort of thing happening though, I'm wondering if individual store managers and whatnot take it upon themselves to redefine store policy on a locational basis.
I also wonder if some of this is not just urban legend...
 
#48
A couple of quotes from a security forum about working at Walmart:

The vast majority of my LP experience comes from working at Walmart, and I absolutely loved it.

There is no hands-off policy in effect. You're expected to go hands on. There's also no pursuit policy at all, so you do what you feel comfortable doing. Additionally, you're allowed to use handcuffs (even in Canada, where private contract security cannot).
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It's a good company to work for over all. No hands-off policy. If you have your 4 elements, make the stop, within reason anyway..
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Source: http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/showthread.php?p=77461

Wal-Mart officials say company policy states that security guards must see a suspect hide an item and walk past the registers to the front door before a minimum of two guards can confront the suspect.

Next, the guard must ask the suspect to return the stolen item.

If a suspect tries to flee, handcuffs can be used for restraint.

Jessica Moser, a corporate spokeswoman, said that although shoplifting policies vary from store to store, under no circumstances do any of the policies allow guards to kick a suspect.
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Two statements that handcuffs can be used for restraint. I don't know if that counts as "hands off" or not, but I'd suggest not.
 
#49
mike_v_s said:
a) You missed something. Again. b) Why do people always feel the need to announce this? It's like saying "not only do I not have the capacity to scroll past an opinion I historically read into and take too seriously, I'm gonna let that guy know that I think he's a douchbag and that I won't read any possible injection of logic or levity he might have to anything from here on out." You might as well just post a picture of yourself with your fingers in your ears and yelling "you're a douche bag, I can't hear you, you're a douche bag, I can't hear you, I'm wearing a dunce cap and putting myself in the corner where the pictures are pretty."

Since h-cat is now burying his head in the sand, could someone please enlighten me as to what he found so offensive? Are they his diapers? Not likely. I guess it's possible that he lets his kids roam nomadically in the wal-Mart parking lot, but I said fatherless kids, so I'm obviously not referencing any of his. Plus, I'm not even sure of his marital/child status. I guess it's most likely that he's guilty of leaving his shoppoing cart on the obstacle course or likes to release newspapers into the wild while there? If that's the case...no apologies. Walk the extra 12 feet and put it where it belongs.

Anyone? I didn't even get into the fact that there's about one full set fo teeth for every three people and about as many baths.

Mike
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Quoted so it can be seen by those who need to see it.

BTW, arn't you assuming he called you a douchebag? Maybe he was saying you were a "delightful-bag" or a "daring-bag" or some other, not insulting and possibly disrespectful kind of bag! :)
 
#50
hbarcat said:
WalMart policy prohibits touching suspected shoplifters or even being confrontational with them. All they are permitted to do is call the police to have them deal with it.



Hello, is this thing on? . . . . :hmm:
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There seems to be some discrepancy between what you posted and what the OP is stating then. I'm simply reacting to the OP. I didn't read every post in this thread before I posted, just like 2 or 3.
 
#51
Mark Latimour said:
BTW, arn't you assuming he called you a douchebag? Maybe he was saying you were a "delightful-bag" or a "daring-bag" or some other, not insulting and possibly disrespectful kind of bag! :)
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Holy Crap with 2 capital letters, you're right. Perhaps "daffodil" bag? He might be a huge fan of flowers. After some thought, I decided that my response was a bit wordy and maybe THAT was what offended him. In that case, he probably meant Discourse-Bag. I'll edit my post to reflect his likely intent.

I hope some people appreciate how much restraint is being exercised here.

Mike
 
#53
MJ5150 said:
Maybe the guy didn't like the sweeping generalisms? Felt you were stereotyping? I dunno for sure.

-Mike
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Maybe. Maybe he missed the obvious joke complete with an obstacle course. I even editted out the bit about the heaping pile of elephant crap and the parking lot with a different zip code because I thought it would be too over the top. I guess sometimes you have to draw with the big crayons.

Mike
 
#57
NJL said:
as well, in Texas, any person in a home or place of business (people authorized to do so) would just have to ask you to leave, if you don't, you can be arrested for Criminal Trespass. :)

just my two pesos..
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Exactly. It's private property, and anyone can be refused service or entry as long as it's not based on something that's considered a federal offense, such as discrimination based on sex, religion, ethnicity, etc.
 
#58
mike_v_s said:
a) You missed something. Again. b) Why do people always feel the need to announce this? It's like saying "not only do I not have the capacity to scroll past an opinion I historically read into and take too seriously, I'm gonna let that guy know that I think he's a discourse bag and that I won't read any possible injection of logic or levity he might have to anything from here on out." You might as well just post a picture of yourself with your fingers in your ears and yelling "you're a discourse bag, I can't hear you, you're a discourse bag, I can't hear you, I'm wearing a dunce cap and putting myself in the corner where the pictures are pretty."

Since h-cat is now burying his head in the sand, could someone please enlighten me as to what he found so offensive? Are they his diapers? Not likely. I guess it's possible that he lets his kids roam nomadically in the wal-Mart parking lot, but I said fatherless kids, so I'm obviously not referencing any of his. Plus, I'm not even sure of his marital/child status. I guess it's most likely that he's guilty of leaving his shoppoing cart on the obstacle course or likes to release newspapers into the wild while there? If that's the case...no apologies. Walk the extra 12 feet and put it where it belongs.

Anyone? I didn't even get into the fact that there's about one full set fo teeth for every three people and about as many baths.

Mike
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Quoted for the sheer love of it. You can't get away with calling the King of Zing a d-bag. It's been clearly established that he comes from a long line of a-bags. In fact, in his family, they don't say babies look "cute", (they are royalty afterall), instead they bless the birth with backhanded compliments. Ah, looking at the little one. She definitely doesn't look like she got hit in the face with a sack of a-holes. The King of Zing comes from a long line of a-bags. If his zing bites and stings a little bit, then consider yourself the recipient of a good one. Or you can take the low road, which is to get butthurt, announce the world that you're ignoring them, and taking your toys home.
 
#59
The moral of the story here is to not shop there. Walmart offers you low prices at the sacrifice of even more quality. I will tell you these facts:

Walmart sells video games of which the discs are made in mexico and will not work in 6 months or damage very quickly through normal use. Try buying one and exchanging it somewhere else the barcodes are different. You saved 6 cents on a game and they saved 5 to 6 bucks on you.

Walmart also sells low quality food. An example would be to buy your favorite Campbells chunky soup at Walmart, then get it somewhere else. The Walmart soup will splash into your bowl because it is watered down, lesser quality product.

Walmart sell black and decker tools made with lower quality components then the Sears black and decker tools of the same model.

Same with any and all electronics.

Why shop at this place that rips off the American consumer then tells us how wonderful they are. They are not a company that represents America in a positive way.

You get what you pay for.
 

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