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37. My grandmother taught me that one

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Reply #36)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:11 PM

Nov 2012

She was kind of Yoda-ish in her later years, but I did love her a lot.

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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

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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