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22. Was this a case of Wal Mart "May I see your reciept, Sir/M'am...?"

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:33 AM

Nov 2012

"No, you may not."

I'd like more details, however I've heard stories of this happening where overzealous 'greeters' get confrontational over 'reciept checking' at the exits.

We shall see...

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Suspected Walmart Thief Dies after Altercation with Employees [View all] Hissyspit Nov 2012 OP

Had to put a choke hold on him. Otherwise he might have gone on to stealing loaves of bread. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #1

It starts with the bread...but it leads to butter! Ken Burch Nov 2012 #8

Were 2 dvd players worth killing a man for? TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 #2

I had a serious freaking linguistics professor who said that rule only makes sense in terms of patrice Nov 2012 #4

Certainly not, and they weren't worth dying for either slackmaster Nov 2012 #16

Damn, you stole my line! kag Nov 2012 #28

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I cannot put. TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 #36

My grandmother taught me that one slackmaster Nov 2012 #37

He was probably stealing for Christmas presents marshall Nov 2012 #31

That happened here, to a young fellow in a downtown drug store. They crushed him to death patrice Nov 2012 #3

That makes perfect sense ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #5

What is also appalling.... vduhr Nov 2012 #25

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #27

No, if you're at the top the theft goes unpunished in every country, not just the third world. Sirveri Nov 2012 #38

I wasn't limiting it to 3rd World Nations ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #39

Welcome to the "tough on crime" south Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #40

They should've simply given the security camera footage over to the police after the theft. Selatius Nov 2012 #6

Especially since the damn things would've broken down the day after the warranty expired. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #7

Nothing ever happens that way, unless he's on file Ter Nov 2012 #43

When I worked at Target, we were under orders to never interfere with stealing. David__77 Nov 2012 #9

because it's illegal CreekDog Nov 2012 #30

weird, cause when I worked at Walmart WooWooWoo Nov 2012 #10

same here - Maine-ah Nov 2012 #20

I'm surprised ripcord Nov 2012 #11

. blkmusclmachine Nov 2012 #12

There was a story posted here a while back crim son Nov 2012 #13

do you have details of that story ? JI7 Nov 2012 #14

If I am thinking of the same story I think you are off a bit on the response whopis01 Nov 2012 #24

You really don't see the giagantic difference Exultant Democracy Nov 2012 #34

Is Georgia A Stand Your Ground State? DallasNE Nov 2012 #15

Sad story with neither heroes nor true villains slackmaster Nov 2012 #17

I remember reading about other instances like this at Walmart stores cprise Nov 2012 #18

I say wait until the results of the investigation Franker65 Nov 2012 #19

they are trained to only observe and report frylock Nov 2012 #29

Sad. Those 3 employees will spend way more on lawyers Blandocyte Nov 2012 #21

Was this a case of Wal Mart "May I see your reciept, Sir/M'am...?" Earth_First Nov 2012 #22

I saw a "sleeper hold" on television once ... JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2012 #23

I don't know what Walmarts policy is but I would expect it to be similar Drale Nov 2012 #26

The security guard who initially detained the suspect was a contractor. I suspect that when more... slackmaster Nov 2012 #32

well, the suspect is described as "middle aged" Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #42

38 can be middle aged Ter Nov 2012 #44

True...Or he could have been some Army Special Forces type Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #45

Chuck Norris is 72 and can crack a walnut between his buttocks slackmaster Nov 2012 #46

This is horrible and dispicable Sgent Nov 2012 #33

This story was just broadcast on the local Atlanta TV news. RebelOne Nov 2012 #35

what an ugly situation... Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #41