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17-year-old Walmart employee quits over store intercom: ‘Nobody should work here, ever’
CNBC ^ | December 14, 2018 | Abigail Hess

Posted on 12/15/2018 9:31:10 AM PST by EdnaMode

Some people know how to make an entrance, while others specialize in exits.

On December 6th, 17-year old Jackson Racicot posted a video titled, “How I quit my job today,” on Facebook. As of today, the video has been viewed nearly 300,000 times.

The teen quit his job at the Walmart Grande Prairie Supercentre in Alberta, Canada, by reading a prepared speech into a store-wide intercom system, Insider reports.

“Attention all shoppers, associates and management, I would like to say to all of you today that nobody should work here, ever,” he said over the speakers. “Our managers will make promises and never keep them.”

During his remarks, Racicot noted that he has been working for Walmart for over a year and a half, and calls out his assistant manager for insulting him.

”[Management] will preach to us about how they care about their employees but about a month ago, my boss, assistant manager Cora called me a ‘waste of time,’ and management did nothing.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: alberta; canada; grandprairie; jacksonracicot; racicot; retail; walmart
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Guess he won't be listing Cora as a reference. :P
1 posted on 12/15/2018 9:31:10 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Good for him. On the flip-side he’ll definitely want to bury, to the extent that he can at this point, that he ever worked there. Imagine a prospective employer contacting Walmart for a reference.


2 posted on 12/15/2018 9:33:27 AM PST by TheDandyMan
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To: EdnaMode

17 eh? Lots of jobs suck, but you put your head down do you work and muddle through. When you have a better opportunity, move one — but do it without making a scene. This kid will learn the hard way that no one likes a drama queen.


3 posted on 12/15/2018 9:34:08 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: EdnaMode
my boss, assistant manager Cora called me a ‘waste of time,’ and management did nothing.”

Sounds like Cora had a pretty good read on things.

4 posted on 12/15/2018 9:34:15 AM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: EdnaMode

He is probably just upset they haven’t put him on the board of directors yet. After all he is 17.


5 posted on 12/15/2018 9:34:20 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: EdnaMode

He better have some talent other than complaining because no one will ever hire this weirdo after this stunt.


6 posted on 12/15/2018 9:35:08 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: EdnaMode

Is Cora a female? If so can anyone imagine the political fallout if Cora’s Assistant Manager who was a male said that to her?


7 posted on 12/15/2018 9:36:57 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: EdnaMode
The kid just poisoned the well for any future employment opportunities.

And he was dumb enough to post it on Facebook for the whole world and prospective employers to see.

Hire teenagers while they still know everything.

8 posted on 12/15/2018 9:37:01 AM PST by HotHunt (Reagan was good but TRUMP IS GREAT!)
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To: antidemoncrat
He is probably just upset they haven’t put him on the board of directors yet. After all he is 17.

He sees that someone like Occasional Kotex is in congress in the USA so now everybody feels entitled.

9 posted on 12/15/2018 9:38:12 AM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: TheDandyMan

They won’t remember. My son worked there for a few years, even an employee of the month once. He had to go through an extensive background check recently, and Walmart had no record of him working there.


10 posted on 12/15/2018 9:38:41 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: EdnaMode

Back when US biz cared to hire AMERICANS, I would have called him a snot.

But NOW...??

.......


11 posted on 12/15/2018 9:39:29 AM PST by gaijin
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To: EdnaMode

Ah yes, another snowflake bites the dust.

They probably had the temerity to ask him to work.


12 posted on 12/15/2018 9:40:10 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: EdnaMode

Eh, Canada...


13 posted on 12/15/2018 9:40:16 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: EdnaMode
The teen also claims that Walmart managers attempt to cut costs by reducing full-time associates to part-time workers, something that the behemoth retailer has been accused of in the past. "I'm sick of all the b-------, bogus write-ups and my job," Racicot concluded. "F--- management, f--- this job and f---- Walmart."

The last time I was in a Chinamart, I wanted to grab the PA myself and say, "Why the eff do ya have 15 cash registers yet only 2 are open with huge lines, ya cheap bastards!"

14 posted on 12/15/2018 9:41:00 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Well, at least the Chinese pre-teens who manufacture most of what is sold at Wal-Mart don't have access to any semblance of free speech.

Now that would be disturbing to our freedom-loving, Wal-Mart shoppin,' flag-wavin' ears, wouldn't it!


15 posted on 12/15/2018 9:41:29 AM PST by golux
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To: EdnaMode
the video has been viewed nearly 300,000 times

300,000 people have no interest in hiring him.

16 posted on 12/15/2018 9:41:34 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: EdnaMode

Entertaining, yes, but very childish and unprofessional.
I wouldn’t never hire him. His new employer will certainly find out about this and be put on notice about their new employee. He’s a complainer and will trash you publicly.

I suspect they may keep him as part time or On Call only if not just finding a way to fire him. He is Toxic in Toronto, or whichever Canadian city it is.


17 posted on 12/15/2018 9:42:44 AM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: EdnaMode

The kid had more guts than 99% of adult workers.


18 posted on 12/15/2018 9:44:23 AM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

Perhaps. I guess it depends on how you define “guts”.


19 posted on 12/15/2018 9:51:44 AM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Snowflake Meltdown for this month.

20 posted on 12/15/2018 9:54:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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