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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (13 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I just smile and say "no thank you" and keep going. There's nothing they can do unless they actually think you stole something and they don't have the manpower to detain everyone who won't stop for their receipt check.

Note though that doesn't apply to Sam's Club or Costco or similar, if you're a "member" there you agreed to the checks.

[–] assaultpotato 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

They can't detain you even if they think you have stolen, though (from a store policy perspective). There's a reason all these stores train employees "observe don't interfere".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shopkeeper's privilege does exist, many stores simply choose not to exercise it.

[–] assaultpotato 4 points 1 year ago

As I mentioned, "from a store policies perspective". The shrinkage isn't worth the liability and risk for Walmart.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft

Shop keepers privilege can't be used as a reason to detain customers for a receipt check. They don't have "cause" as they did not see the person concealing anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's true! Receipt checks can get lost! I was replying to "They can’t detain you even if they think you have stolen" though. The "can't" is a store policy thing, not a law thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

i really want to get tackled so i can sue

now i always DEMAND that they scan my groceries for me

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