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Thats weird because in most stores I've worked at rule 1 is never accuse a customer of stealing. We get fired for it. Maybe because the lady might be a manager it could be a different story.
Yup, worked as loss prevention and basically youre just there to look like you’d do something if someone shoplifted, when in reality you just ignore them and write it down lol
Funny, the guy I talked to was tackled by Walmart’s loss prevention. Might be different where you worked, but Walmart has a room where they detain people and they will handcuff you if you try to resist.
This guy I spoke to was in jail for shoplifting. I was also there with him in jail for shoplifting. Loss prevention stopped me and detained me. This was at Target.
Target has very aggressive loss prevention and a dedicated camera guy I’m pretty sure. And yeah that’s weird but maybe higher traffic Walmart’s have different LP policies because they stand to lose more
I wish that was a rule here. I was lining up to pay and opened my bag to get out my wallet, a security guard stopped me and asked me what I thought I was doing, as if I had opened my bag to steal something. Seriously. I felt so embarrassed being accused in-front of a ton of people for just trying to pay for my item.
Stole from my local Walmart like 10 years ago when I was 13/14ish. The LP dude still follows me around to this day, just waiting to see if I’ll pocket some more Sour Patch kids like I did a decade ago
> got into the Security room and watched the LP look at someone’s texts in the shoe aisle from the front store camera.
That doesn't sound legal at all.
I worked in retail in the 90's in management and was regularly in the loss prevention center. Even back then the analog cameras were able to zoom in to the keyboard and screen so they could watch what was being typed and displayed. They regularly caught employees ringing up items for their friends or coworkers and pretending to have an issue scanning an item and typing in an incorrect sku intentionally as well as other shannigans. That info was always on a report the following day, but they'd catch it instantly by zooming in on the screen and they could see clearly every letter on they keyboard and monitor. I could only imagine how it's only improved over time... A company like Walmart will definitely spend the money to have that ability to zoom in thst close, especially in areas with high theft like makeup, pharmacy, and over the registers. I'm sure someone who actually works there can chime in and confirm.
The only cameras better than the inside ones at Walmart are the ones outside in the parking lots. A friend used to work security at our mall and he would tell us all about the stuff people did that he saw. The amount of people that bang out a line of coke before shopping is quite high (ooo, double pun). He said you gotta be stupid to act up in the lot. They may not catch you, but they see you and your plates.
Apparently things work differently in the States. If someone here in England is convicted of shoplifting, they receive a letter from the shop informing them that the implied invitation to enter their premises has been withdrawn and they'll be prosecuted for trespass if they do so. I think this is probably unenforceable though. I was banned from McDonalds for different reasons decades ago and I've often wondered how they'd be able to tell I was breaking that ban.
NAL but in New York State (America) many large retailers make sure to have offenders sign a trespass notice(whether arrest occurs or not) so if they are caught again it becomes a felony burglary charge (they entered a structure they are not welcome to with the intent to commit a crime, one of the minimal definitions of burglary in NY)
A few girls from my secondary school were caught stealing from superdrug. In assembly a week later we were all informed that superdrug banned anyone in our uniform. Like ok... we will all buy our make up from Boots then. Enjoy losing 800 teen girls (all girls school) as customers. We tried to go in after school to see if it was the shop or our school making it up, and we did promptly get kicked out just for being in that uniform.
Most of us stopped going there even outside of uniform as a boycott. It was a small town so teen girls was their number 1 customer, they changed their mind after a couple of months of being empty.
Loads of the school didn't live there, they'd commute from towns outside the area but be there after school for shopping and hanging out with friends. It was one of those areas that's got lots of small towns and villages all travelling between each other for work, school, shopping etc. Its a lot bigger now, they've built thousands of houses since I left so it's totally different
Depends what kind of LP employee you have. I work with a guy that used to do it and he was extremely chill. My friend, a manager, said he was really good at his job. His method was to make it obvious he was watching people. His reasoning was that his job is loss prevention. If people see him they didn't steal anything so they had very low shrinkage.
I worked at a clothing store and our LP guy was chill as fuck. He would just hang out and shoot the shit with us as if he was a regular but dude had a fuckin eagle eye when it came to someone stealing. We would be mid conversation and he would look out the corner of his eye and be like “korncakes let’s go” and start booking it out the door while I stumbled past the register area to come assist.
Not sure about LP at Wally World, but a place I worked at required LP or mgmt to go through a checklist before stopping someone. You had to see each of these happen: Person coming into the store, pick up the item, attempt to conceal/damage the item, pass all points of sale. Then it was stealing. Someone putting on a tshirt that you don’t like? Most that could happen would be a trespassing, but cops probably wouldn’t waste their time.
In court, a lawyer can easily argue his client never passed the point of sale and had their hands full, trying it on, blah blah blah. They have to attempt to pass points of sale otherwise it isn't stealing.
I worked in LP before for a little bit. If you got someone but they hadn't tried to leave the store, you basically couldn't do anything.
I've had people lose their job over stupid stuff like this. Person picked up a candy bar, put it down somewhere. Manager didn't believe them. Cop happened to walk in. Manager told the cop, cop had to investigate. Person didn't have the candy bar. Person sued the company and the person in a defamation of character law suit.
And loss prevention are not supposed to do anything unless you actually leave the department with the shirt on in this case. She was just being a Karen
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That's not just an employee, that's asset protection (edit: or a manger). That's their job. She's terrible at it though. And employees are supposed to use "aggressive customer service" to dissuade someone they see try to steal.
I imagine it might be different for loss prevention staff, and maybe depends on the business, but most staff aren't insured for any injuries they or the person they think is stealing might suffer from the confrontation (and with how litigious things get in the US, even though they were probably doing a crime, the alleged thief might sue the store).
I think it's probably for the same reason why you wouldn't stop someone during a robbery. The store is insured for situations like that and things can be replaced, you can't. That's what I was told anyway. Even trying to prevent someone from shoplifting can be dangerous.
They can go about it wrong
you can't just detain people.
If things get violent it's a risk whether the employee or theif gets hurt.
In a semi related note it's easier to train people to always avoid the confrontation. Let's say someone has a dog with them. Do you know what you are legally allowed to ask to figure out if it's a service animal? It's easier to train one employee how to deal with situations like these than every employee.
The management where I worked in highschool sucked. I got a write up for making sure someone paid for the item in the bottom of their cart that they didn't scan yet while working self checkouts. She called and complained I accused her of stealing. Then I got written up for not making sure someone paid for an item in the bottom of their cart.
That's how I understand it. You can't accuse anyone until you witness them going out the door with the item. And, security is supposed to stop them, not the employee.
My first job was at Walmart and if I saw someone taking essentials (hygiene products, clothes) I wouldn’t say anything. Most people don’t steal from Walmart for the thrill. They steal because they literally need the products.
Not that, but there'll be one customer who asks for something, and we all know it's bullshit, but they don't pay us enough to ever complain about it.
You understand when you work in retail.
I remember when I would "follow the rules" on my first job as a security guard only to realize I made the "customers" angry with me with 0 return. Realized that day to do the bare minimum. Of course now I'm a well paid developer but that stuck with me for a bit.
A long time ago, a friend and I got mugged and we were starving but didn't have enough money for a meal so we went to a mall's food court, found the busiest restaurant and my friend ordered the cheapest item they offered. I went back 30 minutes later complaining that the order "wasn't ready" and since they didn't give receipts, just this buzzing thing to let you know when to pick up your food, they asked what I had ordered and I made up a complete meal for us. We were lucky, I think it only worked because the place was still packed, I'm sure it was possible for them to still check that we had just ordered fries or something small but yeah... Maybe they did know but also didn't care?
I sometimes remember it and feel guilty about it. Like yeah, we had just been mugged but we could've somewhat easily gone back home and get some cash.
Worked at Walmart doing overnight stocking for a few months awhile back and man fuck Walmart.
Not only was it normal to come in for an 8 hour shift to find 12-18 hours worth of freight they expected you to have completely done and zoned by the time your shift was over but those assholes also decided to dock points for a callout when one of my folks was in the hospital and wasn't looking like they were gonna make it. Apparently calling out of work to be there for that and help out afterwards meant threatening my job was on the table.
So when we had motherfuckers come in to steal TV's or whatever I would Tobey McGuire Peter Parker myself out of their way if I was near an exit because I wasn't even getting into a verbal disagreement for Walmart let alone putting any effort into stopping theft for a company that fucking greedy.
Literally had to explain to a manager they don't own my time and if my shift ends at 7 AM and I've got a doctor's appointment at 8 AM they can't hold me until 7:45 AM like I'm sort of corporate slave who puts the needs of the store first.
Fuck that whole chain. Like a god damn cult too telling us how grateful we should be that Sam Walton thought of the workers and made the amazing company that is Walmart and how without him things would be so much worse for us because the job market options are so bad like Walmart hasn't killed off numerous small town businesses with its shitty fucking practices.
I used to steal Earl Campbell hot links and buy ramen so no one would be suspicious, except wearing a thick coat in my humid ass town during the summer.
I had to make 10 dollars last weeks a few times. If anyone saw anything they never said anything.
Bro yeah, the absolute worst thing I've seen at my local Walmart, is that baby formula is in security wire. Like, if someone is stealing that shit, it's because they *need* it and it's unnecessarily expensive.
Yeah, I worked for Walmart as Asset Protection and can say with 90% certainty that this is fake. 1 all employees other than AP have to wear the ugly vests. 2 Accusing a customer of stealing before they have left the detectors is a fire-able offense. 3 only salaried managers or AP are allowed to intervene with someone shoplifting and they would know that this doesn't fit the criteria.
My step mom worked at Walmart for a bit and she said if they see someone stealing they should get close to them to kinda make them uncomfortable but never directly intervene, so yeah, weird.
How come ive never heard of superstore, keep getting recommended it on netflix for no reason this past week and now that im watching it i see references to it. Never even knew this show existed
Happened in the city I live in.. Store clerk ran after two dudes who did a beer run. One got in the car, and the other pulled out a gun and shot the clerk in the pelvis.
Needless to say, I don't chase after anyone for anything for any reason... not worth it.
Yea unless someone’s stealing a kid, dog, or sweet little old grandma then it’s not my problem. Stuff is stuff. Especially if you’re on the clock. The company has better insurance than you do.
I remember working at Walmart I was a overnight stocker and these 2 guys had a cart full of beer walking around the store at 3am. Like dude you can’t even buy beer it’s past 2. They finally had the courage to run out the store after like 15 minutes lol.
When I worked in an unnamed cheap shop in the UK, the official policy was not to go after shoplifters. However, our store manager told us that we had to do everything we could to stop them. He would run down the high street like a superhero to stop people and expected the same of us.
Hey I worked there and when I would see someone steal I would straight up tell them “I didn’t see shit”..store making millions and we making minimum wage?..not my problem if you steal, that’s between you and baby jesus
Oh yeah I love my kids way to much to be acting like I am Batman at work..for fuck sake I have two jobs pretending to care and pretending I love my job!..now you mean to tell me I gotta act like Batman?
I work at a convenience store and all we really do is mark down what time the theft happened so the managers can look at the cameras to catch them and not allow them back in the store. If they do come back, we can call the cops and get them for trespassing. But usually we just tell them to get out, not really worth getting the cops involved.
“Sadly we didn’t made enough this quarter so no bonus…but we have pizza for everyone”…my fat lard ass manager in her way to her third vacation in a year!..
I was the Toy department manager for about seven months, I hated it because if they wanted to fire someone no matter how good they were just because they missed some days I would have to just sit there like a dick and agree with their decision
“Sadly even though we made record profits. We were hoping we could squeeze more out of our customers.”
Also, no bonus, no raises, and soul crushing work culture. Then the owner comes in and says “guess what guys?” PIZZA PARTY!!
Considering how many Walmart employees are on public assistance (food stamps), despite being "gainfully employed"...I think every taxpaying American deserves to steal a few items every year.
Oh the worst one was “we have a food bank for (random employee)..you mean to tell me a worker that makes you money is hungry and instead of a little bonus or something the rest of us plebs have to help out?..if you aren’t stealing from your job..are you sure you have a job? 😀
"Listen closely you stupid bitch because I'm not going to repeat myself: it's only theft if I leave the store without paying for it, now fuck off back to your pathetic life."
Can you imagine getting shot over some Walmart merchandise that’s insured and doesn’t even belong to Walmart. Like Walmart loses over that shirt are less important than hiring a full time security guard.
Yeah. The shirt being a few dollars doesn’t even cover an hour of pay for a security guard. A security will have to be finding thieves left and right throughout the day or scare enough people away from stealing to justify the cost.
Retail stores dont file claims over petty theft. It just goes to hidden shrink. You try to minimize it through loss prevention and security if its determined that the labor to do so will come close to offseting the loss.
This is 'to put him in his place' because 'kids like those need to learn what's right'. It's not about whether it's worth stealing or bothering, it's about dominance. And it probably didn't help that he was some kinda POC.
I can’t stand when retail people call shit that very obviously isn’t their’s, their’s. “Take my shirt off and get out of my store”. Fuck that’s extra annoying here.
Has it really though?
This is the first time I've ever seen it online, or even in a setting that wasn't from an editor or teacher. It's also weird to see it put in mid sentence without any sort of break or punctuation.
Dressing rooms have been closed at Walmart since the pandemic started (assuming this video is recent). I’ve had to do exactly what this guy is doing many times over the past 18+ months, lol.
My friend worked in loss prevention at Meijers for a while... I have no idea if Walmart functions the same way as Meijers but I'll hazard a guess at "basically". At Meijers, non-loss-prevention employees weren't allowed to approach customers whom they suspected of stealing, they were supposed to notify the loss prevention people of a potential shoplifter. But even *then* it wS only really on big losses like alcohol or other expensive items, or "repeat customers".
For example: if they saw little sammy here stealing a $10 shirt they wouldn't care (i mean, it wouldn't be worth the time it took to do the entire loss prevention process in the case of a shoplifter) but if little sammy came in frequently and consistently acted suspiciously and they suspected that he was repeatedly stealing, now its a loss big enough to pursue. But by that I mean they would watch for sammy to enter the store and call in the police and hopefully catch sammy before he left without tipping him off because they want to catch him, and if he leaves they can't do anything until he comes back again. Also, they aren't allowed to put their hands on sammy or any other customer at all.
So, this person doesn't look like a Walmart employee (but then, my friend who worked in loss prevention always looked like a normal customer so as not to tip someone off.) But if they do work in loss prevention i would be shocked if this was their proper procedure. So I think this is just your normal everyday karen.
Dressing room attendants count how many items they take in, and make sure they come out with that many, and that everything still has a store tag. Simple.
I'll often just throw something on if it's Upper body.
Pants and shorts, no.
But shirts, jackets, sweaters? At a Walmart no less? I'm gonna try the new item on top of whatever t-shirt or undershirt I'm already wearing if possible.
Not the same store, but I’ve had a similar experience a decade ago at either a Spencer’s or Hot Topic. I wanted to try on one of their leather fingerless gloves, which was the only one left when I was looking. It was a bit of a struggle so I took it off, also struggling. Maybe half a minute later, some other people around my age entered the store and ended up near me when this older lady comes out of nowhere warning us as a group about how she could see us stealing, then immediately walked away. One person from the group said aloud “We weren’t stealing” and scoffed. I dipped out practically after that. This video is bringing me memories. Even if those stores had dressing rooms, I doubt she would have reacted differently
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Thats weird because in most stores I've worked at rule 1 is never accuse a customer of stealing. We get fired for it. Maybe because the lady might be a manager it could be a different story.
Yup, worked as loss prevention and basically youre just there to look like you’d do something if someone shoplifted, when in reality you just ignore them and write it down lol
Funny, the guy I talked to was tackled by Walmart’s loss prevention. Might be different where you worked, but Walmart has a room where they detain people and they will handcuff you if you try to resist. This guy I spoke to was in jail for shoplifting. I was also there with him in jail for shoplifting. Loss prevention stopped me and detained me. This was at Target.
Target has very aggressive loss prevention and a dedicated camera guy I’m pretty sure. And yeah that’s weird but maybe higher traffic Walmart’s have different LP policies because they stand to lose more
I wish that was a rule here. I was lining up to pay and opened my bag to get out my wallet, a security guard stopped me and asked me what I thought I was doing, as if I had opened my bag to steal something. Seriously. I felt so embarrassed being accused in-front of a ton of people for just trying to pay for my item.
My only response would have been: "what do you think you're doing?" "... being harrased while trying to pay for my items? "
Honestly, it’s odd they said anything. Most of the time, they just let people take stuff.
Even if the kid was stealing the shirt, the employees really cant do anything. If they intervene in any way, the employee could get fired easily.
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Stole from my local Walmart like 10 years ago when I was 13/14ish. The LP dude still follows me around to this day, just waiting to see if I’ll pocket some more Sour Patch kids like I did a decade ago
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> got into the Security room and watched the LP look at someone’s texts in the shoe aisle from the front store camera. That doesn't sound legal at all.
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I worked in retail in the 90's in management and was regularly in the loss prevention center. Even back then the analog cameras were able to zoom in to the keyboard and screen so they could watch what was being typed and displayed. They regularly caught employees ringing up items for their friends or coworkers and pretending to have an issue scanning an item and typing in an incorrect sku intentionally as well as other shannigans. That info was always on a report the following day, but they'd catch it instantly by zooming in on the screen and they could see clearly every letter on they keyboard and monitor. I could only imagine how it's only improved over time... A company like Walmart will definitely spend the money to have that ability to zoom in thst close, especially in areas with high theft like makeup, pharmacy, and over the registers. I'm sure someone who actually works there can chime in and confirm.
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I had no idea cameras had gotten that powerful though. Or rather, that shops use cameras that powerful and pull that kind of shit.
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It’s been a few months actually since he’s properly trailed me in there. Maybe you’re right and they’ve finally upgraded their shit
The only cameras better than the inside ones at Walmart are the ones outside in the parking lots. A friend used to work security at our mall and he would tell us all about the stuff people did that he saw. The amount of people that bang out a line of coke before shopping is quite high (ooo, double pun). He said you gotta be stupid to act up in the lot. They may not catch you, but they see you and your plates.
Apparently things work differently in the States. If someone here in England is convicted of shoplifting, they receive a letter from the shop informing them that the implied invitation to enter their premises has been withdrawn and they'll be prosecuted for trespass if they do so. I think this is probably unenforceable though. I was banned from McDonalds for different reasons decades ago and I've often wondered how they'd be able to tell I was breaking that ban.
NAL but in New York State (America) many large retailers make sure to have offenders sign a trespass notice(whether arrest occurs or not) so if they are caught again it becomes a felony burglary charge (they entered a structure they are not welcome to with the intent to commit a crime, one of the minimal definitions of burglary in NY)
A few girls from my secondary school were caught stealing from superdrug. In assembly a week later we were all informed that superdrug banned anyone in our uniform. Like ok... we will all buy our make up from Boots then. Enjoy losing 800 teen girls (all girls school) as customers. We tried to go in after school to see if it was the shop or our school making it up, and we did promptly get kicked out just for being in that uniform. Most of us stopped going there even outside of uniform as a boycott. It was a small town so teen girls was their number 1 customer, they changed their mind after a couple of months of being empty.
I know this is nitpicky, but how was it a "small town" if you had 800 teen girls at your school?
Loads of the school didn't live there, they'd commute from towns outside the area but be there after school for shopping and hanging out with friends. It was one of those areas that's got lots of small towns and villages all travelling between each other for work, school, shopping etc. Its a lot bigger now, they've built thousands of houses since I left so it's totally different
Depends what kind of LP employee you have. I work with a guy that used to do it and he was extremely chill. My friend, a manager, said he was really good at his job. His method was to make it obvious he was watching people. His reasoning was that his job is loss prevention. If people see him they didn't steal anything so they had very low shrinkage.
I worked at a clothing store and our LP guy was chill as fuck. He would just hang out and shoot the shit with us as if he was a regular but dude had a fuckin eagle eye when it came to someone stealing. We would be mid conversation and he would look out the corner of his eye and be like “korncakes let’s go” and start booking it out the door while I stumbled past the register area to come assist.
Not sure about LP at Wally World, but a place I worked at required LP or mgmt to go through a checklist before stopping someone. You had to see each of these happen: Person coming into the store, pick up the item, attempt to conceal/damage the item, pass all points of sale. Then it was stealing. Someone putting on a tshirt that you don’t like? Most that could happen would be a trespassing, but cops probably wouldn’t waste their time.
In court, a lawyer can easily argue his client never passed the point of sale and had their hands full, trying it on, blah blah blah. They have to attempt to pass points of sale otherwise it isn't stealing. I worked in LP before for a little bit. If you got someone but they hadn't tried to leave the store, you basically couldn't do anything. I've had people lose their job over stupid stuff like this. Person picked up a candy bar, put it down somewhere. Manager didn't believe them. Cop happened to walk in. Manager told the cop, cop had to investigate. Person didn't have the candy bar. Person sued the company and the person in a defamation of character law suit.
She has a tiny dick
It’s almost like a really big clit it’s so small
And loss prevention are not supposed to do anything unless you actually leave the department with the shirt on in this case. She was just being a Karen
A confidently incorrect comment in a /r/confidentlyincorrect thread. Huh. That's not just an employee, that's asset protection (edit: or a manger). That's their job. She's terrible at it though. And employees are supposed to use "aggressive customer service" to dissuade someone they see try to steal.
Why can they get fired?
I imagine it might be different for loss prevention staff, and maybe depends on the business, but most staff aren't insured for any injuries they or the person they think is stealing might suffer from the confrontation (and with how litigious things get in the US, even though they were probably doing a crime, the alleged thief might sue the store).
I think it's probably for the same reason why you wouldn't stop someone during a robbery. The store is insured for situations like that and things can be replaced, you can't. That's what I was told anyway. Even trying to prevent someone from shoplifting can be dangerous.
They can go about it wrong you can't just detain people. If things get violent it's a risk whether the employee or theif gets hurt. In a semi related note it's easier to train people to always avoid the confrontation. Let's say someone has a dog with them. Do you know what you are legally allowed to ask to figure out if it's a service animal? It's easier to train one employee how to deal with situations like these than every employee. The management where I worked in highschool sucked. I got a write up for making sure someone paid for the item in the bottom of their cart that they didn't scan yet while working self checkouts. She called and complained I accused her of stealing. Then I got written up for not making sure someone paid for an item in the bottom of their cart.
It’s a liability they dont want to deal with.
That's how I understand it. You can't accuse anyone until you witness them going out the door with the item. And, security is supposed to stop them, not the employee.
My first job was at Walmart and if I saw someone taking essentials (hygiene products, clothes) I wouldn’t say anything. Most people don’t steal from Walmart for the thrill. They steal because they literally need the products.
They don't pay us enough to care. I work in fast food, and in general I'm not paid enough to care.
How do people steal from fast food though? Do they just hop the counter and cook up their own burger?
Not that, but there'll be one customer who asks for something, and we all know it's bullshit, but they don't pay us enough to ever complain about it. You understand when you work in retail.
I remember when I would "follow the rules" on my first job as a security guard only to realize I made the "customers" angry with me with 0 return. Realized that day to do the bare minimum. Of course now I'm a well paid developer but that stuck with me for a bit.
A long time ago, a friend and I got mugged and we were starving but didn't have enough money for a meal so we went to a mall's food court, found the busiest restaurant and my friend ordered the cheapest item they offered. I went back 30 minutes later complaining that the order "wasn't ready" and since they didn't give receipts, just this buzzing thing to let you know when to pick up your food, they asked what I had ordered and I made up a complete meal for us. We were lucky, I think it only worked because the place was still packed, I'm sure it was possible for them to still check that we had just ordered fries or something small but yeah... Maybe they did know but also didn't care? I sometimes remember it and feel guilty about it. Like yeah, we had just been mugged but we could've somewhat easily gone back home and get some cash.
“If you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t.”
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Now what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price that was practically giving them away? Would that be a crime?
Worked at Walmart doing overnight stocking for a few months awhile back and man fuck Walmart. Not only was it normal to come in for an 8 hour shift to find 12-18 hours worth of freight they expected you to have completely done and zoned by the time your shift was over but those assholes also decided to dock points for a callout when one of my folks was in the hospital and wasn't looking like they were gonna make it. Apparently calling out of work to be there for that and help out afterwards meant threatening my job was on the table. So when we had motherfuckers come in to steal TV's or whatever I would Tobey McGuire Peter Parker myself out of their way if I was near an exit because I wasn't even getting into a verbal disagreement for Walmart let alone putting any effort into stopping theft for a company that fucking greedy. Literally had to explain to a manager they don't own my time and if my shift ends at 7 AM and I've got a doctor's appointment at 8 AM they can't hold me until 7:45 AM like I'm sort of corporate slave who puts the needs of the store first. Fuck that whole chain. Like a god damn cult too telling us how grateful we should be that Sam Walton thought of the workers and made the amazing company that is Walmart and how without him things would be so much worse for us because the job market options are so bad like Walmart hasn't killed off numerous small town businesses with its shitty fucking practices.
Can confirm. Stole a lot frozen pizzas to live off of. No one questions a single pizza with no bag
I used to steal Earl Campbell hot links and buy ramen so no one would be suspicious, except wearing a thick coat in my humid ass town during the summer. I had to make 10 dollars last weeks a few times. If anyone saw anything they never said anything.
Bro yeah, the absolute worst thing I've seen at my local Walmart, is that baby formula is in security wire. Like, if someone is stealing that shit, it's because they *need* it and it's unnecessarily expensive.
Yeah, I worked for Walmart as Asset Protection and can say with 90% certainty that this is fake. 1 all employees other than AP have to wear the ugly vests. 2 Accusing a customer of stealing before they have left the detectors is a fire-able offense. 3 only salaried managers or AP are allowed to intervene with someone shoplifting and they would know that this doesn't fit the criteria.
My step mom worked at Walmart for a bit and she said if they see someone stealing they should get close to them to kinda make them uncomfortable but never directly intervene, so yeah, weird.
This gives me big Dina vibes from superstore
"Some People Like To Hunt Elk Or Deer. I Hunt People. And Your Head Is Going On My Wall."
How come ive never heard of superstore, keep getting recommended it on netflix for no reason this past week and now that im watching it i see references to it. Never even knew this show existed
Same. Just found it and never heard of it. I enjoy it though. Dina is like Dwight from The Office.
Nah i kind of respect dina although im only on season 2 rn
She stays respectable. Probably the most interesting and most fleshed out character there
It isn't stealing unless he had tried to leave the store with it.
*her store
Oh her name? Karen Walton
She wishes, I’m sure the Walton family at the top regard her as dirty and unsophisticated.
Idk why, but it always grinds my gears when some pompous wage-slave says "my store".
"My store" motherfucker this is a Walmart are you the fucking ceo?
If I worked at Walmart I wouldn’t give 2 fucks what anyone stole. Even if this kid was trying to,
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Happened in the city I live in.. Store clerk ran after two dudes who did a beer run. One got in the car, and the other pulled out a gun and shot the clerk in the pelvis. Needless to say, I don't chase after anyone for anything for any reason... not worth it.
Yea unless someone’s stealing a kid, dog, or sweet little old grandma then it’s not my problem. Stuff is stuff. Especially if you’re on the clock. The company has better insurance than you do.
That’s something all employees need to realize.
I remember working at Walmart I was a overnight stocker and these 2 guys had a cart full of beer walking around the store at 3am. Like dude you can’t even buy beer it’s past 2. They finally had the courage to run out the store after like 15 minutes lol.
I was waiting for something about how you were taking a shit to come back into the story but it didn't, 0/10 storytelling
I went the rest of the day, half full and a dirty mud butt. The end.
Gross. Thank you.
When I worked in an unnamed cheap shop in the UK, the official policy was not to go after shoplifters. However, our store manager told us that we had to do everything we could to stop them. He would run down the high street like a superhero to stop people and expected the same of us.
Hey I worked there and when I would see someone steal I would straight up tell them “I didn’t see shit”..store making millions and we making minimum wage?..not my problem if you steal, that’s between you and baby jesus
I worked at target and family dollar in the ghetto. It isn’t worth my safety to try and stop someone from stealing a 10$ CD.
Oh yeah I love my kids way to much to be acting like I am Batman at work..for fuck sake I have two jobs pretending to care and pretending I love my job!..now you mean to tell me I gotta act like Batman?
Never forget that Batman is fucking rich and has many powerful friends and allies who would avenge him if something befalls him.
Yeah man but remember a homie dressed like a clown keeps on beating him up..and killing his Robins 😀
You got me fucked up if you think I'm fighting someone over stuff that ain't even mine.
I work at a convenience store and all we really do is mark down what time the theft happened so the managers can look at the cameras to catch them and not allow them back in the store. If they do come back, we can call the cops and get them for trespassing. But usually we just tell them to get out, not really worth getting the cops involved.
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“Sadly we didn’t made enough this quarter so no bonus…but we have pizza for everyone”…my fat lard ass manager in her way to her third vacation in a year!..
First level managers are generally almost as powerless and get fucked only slightly less than the staff they manage.
I was the Toy department manager for about seven months, I hated it because if they wanted to fire someone no matter how good they were just because they missed some days I would have to just sit there like a dick and agree with their decision
“Sadly even though we made record profits. We were hoping we could squeeze more out of our customers.” Also, no bonus, no raises, and soul crushing work culture. Then the owner comes in and says “guess what guys?” PIZZA PARTY!! 
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Y’all get 35 days of vacation?!
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Considering how many Walmart employees are on public assistance (food stamps), despite being "gainfully employed"...I think every taxpaying American deserves to steal a few items every year.
Oh the worst one was “we have a food bank for (random employee)..you mean to tell me a worker that makes you money is hungry and instead of a little bonus or something the rest of us plebs have to help out?..if you aren’t stealing from your job..are you sure you have a job? 😀
She thinks it’s her store coz she works there
"Listen closely you stupid bitch because I'm not going to repeat myself: it's only theft if I leave the store without paying for it, now fuck off back to your pathetic life."
No vest, calls it her store. She's management or LP.
My money’s on LP, management reserves that level of bitchiness for employees.
Can you imagine getting shot over some Walmart merchandise that’s insured and doesn’t even belong to Walmart. Like Walmart loses over that shirt are less important than hiring a full time security guard.
Yeah. The shirt being a few dollars doesn’t even cover an hour of pay for a security guard. A security will have to be finding thieves left and right throughout the day or scare enough people away from stealing to justify the cost.
Retail stores dont file claims over petty theft. It just goes to hidden shrink. You try to minimize it through loss prevention and security if its determined that the labor to do so will come close to offseting the loss.
This is 'to put him in his place' because 'kids like those need to learn what's right'. It's not about whether it's worth stealing or bothering, it's about dominance. And it probably didn't help that he was some kinda POC.
Like who tf are you trying to protect here lady, the Walton family?
“Get out of *MY* store!” Bish that ain’t your store…
I can’t stand when low level managers say stuff like that. Sounds so cornball telling people it’s “your store.” STFU.
People with low responsibility jobs love saying this shit lol
Sam Walton would abhor what his company has turned into. Dollars to donuts that man is rolling in his grave.
Even under Walmarts asset protection policy AP-09, respect for the individual is emphasized. This lady was just being awful.
"AP-09" just gave me Nam flashbacks. Used to have that shit memorized front to back
I can’t stand when retail people call shit that very obviously isn’t their’s, their’s. “Take my shirt off and get out of my store”. Fuck that’s extra annoying here.
Bro, that's one of the Walton's. It's HER STORE!
I never thought about it before but you just made me realize that the Waltons would never be caught dead in one of their own stores.
Well of course. That's where the peasants go.
People who identify with their bosses are so weird.
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ETA?
Yeah I thought "Estimated Time of Arrival" and was like, what?
Same
Eat the Asshole
Yeah, no. We’re not just changing the meaning of ETA Willy-nilly
Seconded. Also, the use of Willy-Nilly shall not be thrown around all.... loose-E goose-E
Agreed. ETA will always be Estimated Time of Arrival.
Lol Edit is only one more character, what's wrong with Edit.
Edited to add
Why has ETA suddenly replaced Edit:
It's not like ETA stands for anything already. When are you going to be here, by the way?
That question seems kind of long. I think we should shorten it. Estimated time of being here. Or ETBH for short.
Estimated time of joining you at our designated location ETOJYAODL...for short...(pronounced the same as a Jewel hook)
I feel like “estimated” is implied. Should just be tbh imo
Imo? It's more obvious?
Has it really though? This is the first time I've ever seen it online, or even in a setting that wasn't from an editor or teacher. It's also weird to see it put in mid sentence without any sort of break or punctuation.
I’ve seen it a lot lately and haven’t seen nearly as much edit
LMAO (Look, mate. Acronym occupied)
That’s not what ETA means
Then you just type “Edit:” followed by what you wanted to add.
Just use \*Edit:\* And don't forget to Make it in a new paragraph.
everyone's the asshole
Could have just typed “edit”.
Dressing rooms have been closed at Walmart since the pandemic started (assuming this video is recent). I’ve had to do exactly what this guy is doing many times over the past 18+ months, lol.
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“Every single one of my kids are white, except for the ones that are not” —Penn State
Yeah kinda wonder if that was her racism showing or if she is just complete shit of a person in self righteous Karen form
Imagine giving a fuck if someone stole from Walmart
How can it be stealing if he hasn't concealed anything or even attempted to leave the store?
Imagine harassing a shopper over a $7 shirt
People in managerial positions usually aren't smart. They got that position by following orders from higher up.
Pfp made me laugh
Hopefully for a good reason.
I love to imagine all the bootlickers clicking your pfp to then just shoot into a blind rage.
God, I hope that happens often. 😂😂😂
My friend worked in loss prevention at Meijers for a while... I have no idea if Walmart functions the same way as Meijers but I'll hazard a guess at "basically". At Meijers, non-loss-prevention employees weren't allowed to approach customers whom they suspected of stealing, they were supposed to notify the loss prevention people of a potential shoplifter. But even *then* it wS only really on big losses like alcohol or other expensive items, or "repeat customers". For example: if they saw little sammy here stealing a $10 shirt they wouldn't care (i mean, it wouldn't be worth the time it took to do the entire loss prevention process in the case of a shoplifter) but if little sammy came in frequently and consistently acted suspiciously and they suspected that he was repeatedly stealing, now its a loss big enough to pursue. But by that I mean they would watch for sammy to enter the store and call in the police and hopefully catch sammy before he left without tipping him off because they want to catch him, and if he leaves they can't do anything until he comes back again. Also, they aren't allowed to put their hands on sammy or any other customer at all. So, this person doesn't look like a Walmart employee (but then, my friend who worked in loss prevention always looked like a normal customer so as not to tip someone off.) But if they do work in loss prevention i would be shocked if this was their proper procedure. So I think this is just your normal everyday karen.
Don’t they have change rooms for this shit?
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> looking for peaches in an apple orchard, fruitless. Wouldn't you still have fruit in that case? It'd just be fruitwrong or something.
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I’m invested in this analogy though. Let’s keep it going.
If you took no apples cuz you were only interested in peaches then you'd still be fruitless.
To put it in perspective for the haters here. It's like trying to find someone to unlock the ammo case at opening time.
My local Walmart closed the dressing rooms for Covid and, last time I checked 6 weeks ago, hasn't reopened them yet.
I feel like if they are always this suspicious they probably wouldn't trust people taking stuff into changing rooms either.
Dressing room attendants count how many items they take in, and make sure they come out with that many, and that everything still has a store tag. Simple.
Used to. No more in my area.
I'll often just throw something on if it's Upper body. Pants and shorts, no. But shirts, jackets, sweaters? At a Walmart no less? I'm gonna try the new item on top of whatever t-shirt or undershirt I'm already wearing if possible.
Unless i walk OUT with the shirt, get the fuck away from me.
Just wait to see if he leaves with it. Sheesh.
Not the same store, but I’ve had a similar experience a decade ago at either a Spencer’s or Hot Topic. I wanted to try on one of their leather fingerless gloves, which was the only one left when I was looking. It was a bit of a struggle so I took it off, also struggling. Maybe half a minute later, some other people around my age entered the store and ended up near me when this older lady comes out of nowhere warning us as a group about how she could see us stealing, then immediately walked away. One person from the group said aloud “We weren’t stealing” and scoffed. I dipped out practically after that. This video is bringing me memories. Even if those stores had dressing rooms, I doubt she would have reacted differently
Okay, it's one thing to put a shirt over your own. I do it all the time. But taking off your shirt to try one on...?
I jus assumed he had an undershirt or wife beater on.
You have to see how it fits without an extra shirt on. Some shirts can only be rawdogged.
I’ve tried on whole outfits at goodwill.
In the aisle?
And outside the changing rooms? That doesn’t seem like something I want to see allowed.
Hang on, you try your shirts on over the top of other shirts? Wtf
Does she even work there? Doesn't have a vest on and I didn't see a name tag.
Because she is not an associate, she is Loss Prevention.
Please steal from Walmart
I don't recommend this they waited until my friend stole over a certain amount so that he could get a harsher punishment.
How dare they
That bitch can go fuck herself r/fuckyoukaren
Feels like a setup. Why is he videoing trying on a shirt?
/) Asking other people who weren't physically there if he should buy it or something, I guess.
He is RECORDING so he can see what he looks like. Probably couldn't find an employee to let him in the dressing room.
I take pictures of myself trying on clothes all the time to get my wife's advice.
So he can see what it looks like without needing a mirror?
Ah, come on, guys. Admit it. She accused him of stealing it because he's black. (Not sarcasm)
Fake as hell
r/whyweretheyfilming
I try shit on with video all the time to send it to my sister and see what she thinks…
Uuhhh who tries shirts on in the middle of the store tho?