Lots of love for 100 year Walmart greeter...

[terry]

HereSince1628  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Nov-29-10 01:36 PM
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Woman arrested after pushing 100-year-old Wal-Mart greeter
   
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By Ryan Haggerty of the Journal Sentinel

A 37-year-old woman was arrested Sunday on allegations of pushing a 100-year-old woman working as a greeter at a Milwaukee Wal-Mart, a police spokeswoman said Monday.

The customer apparently became upset when the greeter tried to make sure she had paid for water bottles as she left the store at 3355 S. 27th St. about 6 p.m., police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said.

The greeter was treated at a hospital and released, Schwartz said. The Milwaukee County district attorney's office is reviewing the case, she said.

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Yes, we are living the good life in Milwaukee.

rogressiveProfessor  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Nov-29-10 01:38 PM
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1. Thank them for their concern and then walk past them
   
there is no requirement in most environments to tolerate them.

Kirk  (158 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Nov-29-10 01:58 PM
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20. Are you saying
   
the customer was within their rights to ignore this woman who was most likely asking to see the sales receipt for the item she was walking out with?

AlabamaLibrul  (612 posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Nov-29-10 05:11 PM
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58. Not only was she within her rights, but **** greeters, generally speaking
   
I shop at my damn walmart every week because there's no other grocery store here that's cheap enough (seriously, I checked) and EVERY TIME I leave that place the old bitty wants to harass me over my receipt, checking every item. I don't even deal with them anymore.

I think it's because I'm not a 90-year old white guy that can barely walk like everyone else that lives here.

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Makes you wonder what name the 37 year woman who assaulted the 100 year greeter uses on DU.

[Evil_Conservative]

Yes, cry about a business making sure you PAID for the items you chose.  I know the DUmmies want everything for free, but Walmart is a business and employs hardworking people that they (Walmart) must pay.  It's not like the wages for the worker's just appear out of someone's ass. 

Our greeter's at our Walmart are very nice and never "harass" us with checking our receipts.  Probably because we make numerous trips to Walmart when the same two greeter's are working.  They know us.

Sam's Club does the same thing.  They stop you at the door and make sure your items purchased on your receipt matches the item number in your cart.  It backs up the door when you're trying to leave, but I'm not in that big of a hurry if I went shopping at Sam's.

[AllosaursRus]

I sure hope one of these asshats gives me crap when I become a Wally World greeter! I have no doubts I will become one, either! The way O'bumbler and his minions have set the country back, I'll be workin' until I'm a 100, too!

I'll knock the snot out of 'em with my cane, then shove the business end up their ass so far they'll think it's a tongue depressor!!

[jukin]

Any leftist asshole had better hope that I am not around when someone bullies an elder.

[Rufus2010]

That leftist would be prepared to get "5 across his lips" if I was a witness.

[Evil_Conservative]

Any leftist asshole had better hope that I am not around when someone bullies an elder.

Agree!

That woman would probably push down her own grandmother.

[thundley4]

The only times the greeter has asked to see a receipt was if there was some box too big to be bagged, or if the alarm goes off.

[Opfor6]

The greeter is just doing their job. Keeping theft from shoplifters keep the prices low, and that is why they shop there. If that one poster can't find another store that is cheaper then try traveling farther. Or just go to a store that marks up the prices to cover for "the poor" that help themselves to what they want for free.

Seems that liberals would naturally want to shop at those kind of places. It's how they want our government to run.

[Freeper]

kas125  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Mon Nov-29-10 02:05 PM
Response to Reply #20
25. Absolutely within her rights! We do not have to show them
   
our receipts and I refuse to do it, too. The last time I was in a Walmart, probably two years ago, I bought two weeks of groceries which included a case of beer. At the door the greeter asked to see my receipt. I said, "what for?" She said it was her job to stop anyone who had an item that was not in a bag and make sure it was paid for. I then asked, "Are you accusing me of being a thief?" She said, "Oh, no, honey, certainly not." Whereupon I said, "Well, okay then." and walked away. I will not ever comply with that request. When I've paid for my items and gotten a receipt, my transaction is over. If they suspect me of wrongdoing, arrest me for shoplifting. If not, leave me the hell alone and stop treating me as if I have done something wrong!

They are such children at DU.
Yes it can be annoying when you get stopped to show a receipt but, you know what I am grown up enough to comply just to make that person's job easier for him or her. I also believe if they do this and stop shoplifting then we all can enjoy the lower prices. Instead of having to pay for 2 or 3 items every time we buy one because some DUmmy got a five finger discount.

it could be worse if Janet and Barry ran wal mart they would grope you upon leaving the store.

[Odin's Hand]

These idiots are always, and only, about bowing up to: children, women with young children, and the elderly.

[JohnnyReb]

It was on the news the other night. A felow had been caught shoplifting in WAL-MART more than once and was barred from going in a WAL-MART anywhere. He loaded a cart with toilet paper and paper towels and a big screen TV and pushed it out the door. The greeter questioned him on the way out and the "merchandize something" (WAL-MART anti-theft) followed him out the store and tried to stop him but he put the TV in his car and left....and left all the paper goods.....they know who he is so I guess they'll pick him up sooner or later......which leaves me with one question....

What was DUmmie stealing?....DUmmie saw a super old lady at the front door and figured it was all you can steal day.

[AllosaursRus]

When I worked at the Home D'Pot, they just let shoplifters skate! They might try and keep them outa the store if they can identify them, but for the most part, they are more afraid of law suits if they get it wrong. One employee stopped a guy from stealing 2 chain saws and got fired for his effort!

[Evil_Conservative]

When I worked at the Home D'Pot, they just let shoplifters skate! They might try and keep them outa the store if they can identify them, but for the most part, they are more afraid of law suits if they get it wrong. One employee stopped a guy from stealing 2 chain saws and got fired for his effort!

He was probably fired because he wasn't suppose to go after the thief in the first place.  I work at Macy's at the fragrance counters, right next to the lower level mall entrance.  I am not allowed to chase someone down for stealing something.  Loss Prevention does that.  If we, as employees, see someone acting suspicious, we just call LP and they send in their "undercover" employees (wearing plain clothes, blending in with shoppers) to observe the potential shoplifter(s).  LP chases down the shoplifters, not me.  And if I were to "play the hero", I could be fired.

[Ballygrl]

I had a greeter ask me for a receipt once at Walmart, I said sure and showed it to them, I had nothing to hide, and I also have to show my receipt at BJ's.

[Ballygrl]

I sure hope one of these asshats gives me crap when I become a Wally World greeter! I have no doubts I will become one, either! The way O'bumbler and his minions have set the country back, I'll be workin' until I'm a 100, too!

I'll knock the snot out of 'em with my cane, then shove the business end up their ass so far they'll think it's a tongue depressor!!

Glad to see you back AllosaursRus, I was worried about you, hope everything is OK.

[diesel driver]

The only times the greeter has asked to see a receipt was if there was some box too big to be bagged, or if the alarm goes off.

Ditto here, and besides, I know all the greeters at our Walmart, but worse(?) yet, THEY ALL KNOW ME! 

[diesel driver]

I sure hope one of these asshats gives me crap when I become a Wally World greeter! I have no doubts I will become one, either! The way O'bumbler and his minions have set the country back, I'll be workin' until I'm a 100, too!

I'll knock the snot out of 'em with my cane, then shove the business end up their ass so far they'll think it's a tongue depressor!!

Where you been, AL?  I missed ya.  Hope everything is OK with you.

Loveyameanit!

[true_blood]

Any leftist asshole had better hope that I am not around when someone bullies an elder.

You said it brother. 

[Opfor6]

Wait a minute, I though something was strange about these posts.

I thought that liberals don't shop at the hated Walmarts?

[diesel driver]

Wait a minute, I though something was strange about these posts.

I thought that liberals don't shop at the hated Walmarts?

Most don't, and since Target entered into a deal with Walmart and Haliburton to build underground detention centers in their new stores, they take their business elsewhere when possible.

Sometimes, it just ain't possible.

[true_blood]

I heard the Walmart CEO made a visit to the White House today. We all know how much unions wanted to make Walmart unionized. Let's hope this didn't happen or is about to happen.

[JohnnyReb]

I heard the Walmart CEO made a visit to the White House today. We all know how much unions wanted to make Walmart unionized. Let's hope this didn't happen or is about to happen.

And that sets an old tune to playing in my head, with slight twist.

"Look for the union thugsters......."

[txradioguy]

and EVERY TIME I leave that place the old bitty wants to harass me over my receipt, checking every item.

It's called loss prevention you dolt!  Because idiots like you from the "gimme gimme" crowd who believe you shouldn't have to pay for anything like to take five finger discounts from grocery stores...they have people like the old woman that was assaulted there to make sure what is on the ticket is what's in your basket.

THAT is why you're able to get your groceries there cheaper than any of the other places you allegedly checked.

[catsmtrods]

Any leftist asshole had better hope that I am not around when someone bullies an elder.

Ditto that! I happen to love the one at my local. He's my uncle so I pity the fool that pulls some shit like that when I'm around.

[mamacags]

Walmart will close every store rather than go union.  Thank God!