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In reply to the discussion: Walmart pressing felony charges against employee who ate ‘multiple’ Oreo cookies [View all]BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)178. I agree with Walmart. If we don't keep order in this country...
...the next thing you know, people will be stealing lives by sending other people to countries that have Weapons of Mass Destruction or
even stealing money from the populace by Imposing laws that are rigged toward the poor like 35.00 for a bounced 2.00 check.
We can't be to careful.
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Walmart pressing felony charges against employee who ate ‘multiple’ Oreo cookies [View all]
phantom power
Feb 2013
OP
A few oreo cookies will sustain a person alot longer than a head of lettuce considering there is far
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#86
So if I am broke and hungry I can go to the bakery and suck the jelly out of all the jelly donuts
Jersey Devil
Feb 2013
#100
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” Some smart dude in India said that.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Feb 2013
#105
When one doesn't get paid well enough to pay bills and eat one must do what they must to survive
Arcanetrance
Feb 2013
#45
Cookies are easy to steal compared to many other items of better nutritional value
Arcanetrance
Feb 2013
#51
But that's my problem we are letting certain groups of people steal without penalty.
Arcanetrance
Feb 2013
#90
No employer anywhere no matter how much they pay in wages would turn the other way
Jersey Devil
Feb 2013
#85
Criminal prosecution is almost universal for employers who catch employees stealing
Jersey Devil
Feb 2013
#117
Stealing isn't right but as our country has proven stealing isn't stealing
Arcanetrance
Feb 2013
#63
I wouldn't like it but I can safely assure you I wouldn't ruin their life over it.
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#182
I would wager that every person ever caught stealing food said they were hungry
Jersey Devil
Feb 2013
#98
The message isn't working. Better wages and benefits work MUCH better at reducing shrinkage.
PA Democrat
Feb 2013
#110
I've never made any such assertion. I simply stated that if reducing shrinkage is the goal
PA Democrat
Feb 2013
#120
Paying for the bag of cookies and being fired would send the message just as clearly.
Gormy Cuss
Feb 2013
#165
Costco's business model has a proven track record. It's not a fluke. Read the article.
PA Democrat
Feb 2013
#118
I once prosecuted a guy who shoplifted a flounder he hid in his undershorts
Jersey Devil
Feb 2013
#72
The OP was about WM. Do you have an issue with that or just theft in general?
R. Daneel Olivaw
Feb 2013
#112
Because Wal-Mart routinely STEALS from their employees by forcing them to work unpaid overtime
PA Democrat
Feb 2013
#170
It is indicative of just how bad things are for those at the lower end of the income spectrum.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Feb 2013
#143
If they are paying them shit wages, they should expect petty theft as a consequence
Major Nikon
Feb 2013
#140
Jaysus Key-rist. They commit fraud, conspiracy and cover-ups in my community
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2013
#2
All it means is that the fine can be greater than a given amount, or the jail term can be a year
Recursion
Feb 2013
#19
private prisons are the reason - in order to get a private prison to take over your state's prison
leftyohiolib
Feb 2013
#13
i just heard of a story about a child in kindergarden being arrested for throwing a tantrum
leftyohiolib
Feb 2013
#18
That's harsh. There should be a penalty for stealing merchandise, but jail time
TwilightGardener
Feb 2013
#5
In the article it says she admitted to stealing from Walmart for years
TexasBushwhacker
Feb 2013
#199
What kind of laws do they have in that state? Unless she stole something more
appleannie1
Feb 2013
#10
An attorney would have told her to say nothing. But, while she may have thought that she was
AnotherMcIntosh
Feb 2013
#179
Agreed. I don't this this federalist system is working very well these days.
Sekhmets Daughter
Feb 2013
#208
And I was in management at a big box store 10 years ago and was making less than 10 an hour
sweetloukillbot
Feb 2013
#233
That's what happened to a family friend who ripped off a Wal-mart for about 10 grand...
Blue_Tires
Feb 2013
#180
I wonder if they call a Walmart Asset Protection Manager a WAPman, and if not why not? n/t
Bossy Monkey
Feb 2013
#132
Some apparent facts about the case that haven't appeared in the discussion...
DreamGypsy
Feb 2013
#136
The gist of many of the arguments made in this thread seems to be that.........
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#139
I wouldn't convict her of theft for eating a cookie, ever. It's absurd and abusive.
reformist2
Feb 2013
#146
I wonder how many of those here in this thread saying, "Yes, it's stealing! Punish it severely!"
Squinch
Feb 2013
#190
How surprising. DU's own gang of right-wing authoritarians here to defend this week's Javert.
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#236
For me, it's that the punishment should fit the crime. IMO, this is total overkill.
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#149
I don't give a shit about that. I just feel for this woman. Walmart can go fuck itself.
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#153
interesting that they bothered to review surveillance video over an open bag of cookies. I worked
Liberal_in_LA
Feb 2013
#197
Walmart's business model -- underpaid workers on food stamps -- is a form of freeriding, i.e. theft
leveymg
Feb 2013
#211
Great. Not only do we subsidize their workers with food stamps ...now we get to pay to have them...
L0oniX
Feb 2013
#232
Indiana Walmart Employee Admits To Stealing A Pack Of Oreos A Week For Four Years
hack89
Feb 2013
#241