Woman Banned For Life From Wal-Mart

Local 6 News ^ | 26 July 07 | None

[DungeonMaster]

She should meet a grade school class mate of mine (true story!), “Michael Hunt”. Seriously. You need to say “Michael”, not “Mike” in polite company.

I swear I almost added to my post "Is her dad's name Mike Hunt"? Good ole Porky's.

Ever hear Bart Simpson call Mo's bar asking for people like "Amanda Hugankiss". So Mo is yelling "I need Amanda Hugankiss!" at the top of his lungs.

[PAR35]

I’ll bet her husband and the father of the three children is livid!

Possible typo. Probably should be 'fathers' ... 'are'

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

< Phony Hillarisque Dialect > When you take it from da Man, it's not stealing, you know what I'm talking about?! < /Phony Hillarisque Dialect >

Lemme hear y'all brothers, itz "REP-PAR-RATE-SHUNS!" I'm talkin' "REP-PAR-RATE-SHUNS!"

[KoRn]

"I’ll bet her husband and the father of the three children is livid!"

Which father? :p

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Can’t say I disagree with Wal-Mart banning her, however, I just wonder if it’s legal to do that before she has had her day in court?

She signed an affidavit agreeing to stay out of WAL*MART. Then they had her arrested. I like their style. WAL*MART is a private business, they can ban anyone they like. The onus is on her to prove they are acting illegally.

[GFritsch]

“I’m not noways tard!”

[agrace]

And on camera too. They no doubt have the self check lanes monitored uninterrupted, and zoom in on products scanned (or in this case, NOT scanned) all day long. It would be ridiculously easy to bust someone stealing at the self check register.

[OB1kNOb]

I watched a similar incident a few weeks ago in Wal-Mart except the druggy-looking couple with 2 young kids apparently got away scott free. They wheel up to a self-serve check out with a buggy loaded down with everything. The Wal-Mart supervisor was at her post (supposedly watching over the self-serve counters) within 10 feet of them. She even asked them if they needed help 2 times.

Anyway, they would have 2 or 3 of a single item, mostly things that didn't weigh much in their hand, scan one or two of them and then put all of them in the bag. Next they would scan a heavy item and put it in the bag. This kept the weight sensors from sensing the light-weight items that didn't get scanned. I saw them do it for I don't know how many items.

I kept waiting for a Wal-Mart security person to meet them after they finished their tally, but I saw them walk right out the door. They did it right under the employee's nose. Amazing. Surely Wal-Mart is aware of this practice and to watch for it. Surely.

[agrace]

You’re on FR during a meeting? LOL

[radiohead]

When I grow up I want to be a loss-prevention officer in the loss-prevention army!
This is my walkie-talkie.There are many like it but this one is mine.

LOL! I am the mother of a former loss-prevention officer at Target. I'm proud, I tell you, proud of my son's service.

[Gabz]

It would be ridiculously easy to bust someone stealing at the self check register.

Not always.

My husband repairs the self-checkouts and had his blackberry stolen while fixing one last week.

[Graybeard58]

Banning is standard procedure when a thief is caught.

[Smittie]

I’ll bet her husband and the father of the three children is livid!

I'm sure you meant her boyfriend and the fathers of the three children are livid!

[agrace]

Oh my, that stinks.

What I meant was, if an actual purchase is taking place and LP is monitoring the register (they have monitors that show the transaction as it is being scanned, just like the registers do on the floor) and watching the customer bag her items, it would be pretty simple to tell if she were scanning everything she bagged.

[VaBthang4]

That was a real Man of God she was running with.

[Lucky9teen]

I’ll bet her husband boyfriend and the father's of the three children are livid!

There...fixed it... ;)

[vox_freedom]

Sure it isn't fathers' ?
[notice the apostrophe is in a different place to suggest more than one...]

[Clam Digger]

Pretty bad at math to face the amount of trouble she’s in for a couple days pay at work.

[Lucky9teen]