Walmart greeter, 69, roughed up by customer (Retired Marine hits back; Video)

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Shopping at WalMart to save money = smart move

Hitting the retired Marine greeter = Dumb move

“Don’t mess with a Marine” ping ;-)

LOL...looks like the old guy did the roughing up to me.

It figures that the “bad persons’” name is Skyler.

LOL...looks like the old guy did the roughing up to me

WalMart will terminate him by weekend.

Why didn’t the numbnut just stop and show his receipt?

Why didn’t the numbnut just stop and show his receipt?

Cause he's a numbnut??

A little misleading at the end. There is no duty to show a receipt. The 5 years is for wailing on the greeter.

Those scanners go off for a lot of reasons other than shoplifting.

Skyler.

Snort.

Why didn’t the numbnut just stop and show his receipt?

The alarm was false and Lowery had a receipt for everything in his bag.

Failing to show the receipt in this case meant the difference between 10 seconds and five years. It would have taken 10 seconds to show the receipt but now he faces up to five years for battery on a person over 65.

Perhaps he felt that he was being "dissed" by this "old white guy" ? You don't talk dat way to a playa......

Exactly!

Too old to be punched in the head by a customer who exception to Bauman's questions.

Does this sentence make any sense? I guess you have to watch the video because this article is so poorly written it takes some real digging to find out what happened. Useless journalist.

The guy went to his car before coming back into the store, the odds are he dumped whatever set off the alarm in the car.

I’ve had a false alarm too at Wally’s. I just showed them my receipt. Usually happens when you buy a CD or DVD and take it to the front counters. They forget to disarm whatever it is that sets off the alarm.

Always pickin’ on the white woman.

Just a GREAT story with GREAT video. Looks like the perp was also parked in the handicapped spot. I'd recommend looking into that and, if so, add that hefty fine too.

Punk.

Good point, and I’d be my house it is what happened.

There’d have just been a greasy smear on the ground if I saw him him an old man. Of course, the old man was probably doing a better job than I would have.

Why not just sentence him to having Bauman beat the hell out of him?

Useless journalist.

As opposed to what?

I have never tripped one of those scanners by accident.

The only time they go off is when you have something on you that either did not get voided properly by the clerk, was from another store, or you stole something.

Walmart constantly check those devices to ensure they are working properly.

Common courtesy is wait until you are cleared to go.

Man named Skyler = douchebag

The alarm was false and Lowery had a receipt for everything in his bag.

Failing to show the receipt in this case meant the difference between 10 seconds and five years.

LOL! To hell with that! He DISSED me!

***Usually happens when you buy a CD or DVD and take it to the front counters.***

I’ve been dinged several times while leaving the store. I show the receipt and go on my way with no problem. It is usually something from the electronic isle that sets off the dinger.

Except when I bought a bag of ice at the counter (Silver City, NM) then picked it up on my way out of the store. No one called me back so I went on my way. I had the receipt ready to show someone but no one showed up.

WTF? People beat up the greeter?

This is what the legendary Bob Grant would refer to as "serving notice upon society."

ML/NJ

I too wuld not have stopped for an alarm-I’d let the store folks call the police if they desired while I go about my business. My right from unreasonable search and seizure applies to the authorities, not a proprietor. Store employees, security or otherwise, may not control my actions w/o my permission, which I nor any reasonable person should not give.

If the store alarm system is not operated properly, that is not my problem. As a law-abiding, moral person, I would not have stolen anything and I check my receipt before leaving a cashier to insure all the items I purchased are on the receipt..

The idiot went way wrong by a) returning to the store for whatever reason, b) assaulting the store employee, even worse since the victim was an elder person-meant to be respected, not assaulted.

WTF? People beat up the greeter? How rude!

In my view, this sort of behavior indicates that the perp is less than a Person....but then again I'm just another one of those "Evil, Right-Wing Etremists" that we all keep hearing about so I'm given to understand that my opinions don't count.

Undoubtedly the perp will make up a claim that he acted in self defense because the greeter was a racist and said "the N-word" to him. Hopefully Florida Justice will not be thwarted by that sort of ruse.

“Too old to be punched in the head by a customer who exception to Bauman’s questions.”

I’m sure that the word ‘took’ is missing. Should be between ‘who’ and ‘exception’...

Makes my day that this punk was arrested and likely will be found guilty. He’ll have a very difficult time finding a decent job for the rest of his pathetic life.

“The guy went to his car before coming back into the store, the odds are he dumped whatever set off the alarm in the car.”

Good point. They should have done a car search. If I’m on the jury Skyler is guilty.

Did they check the car? He went to the car and then came back before attacking the Greeter. How do we know that he did not dump a stolen item in the car and the come back?

After watching the video all I can say is I hope that Skylar isn’t out procreating.

Just a GREAT story with GREAT video. Looks like the perp was also parked in the handicapped spot. I'd recommend looking into that and, if so, add that hefty fine too.

Punk.

I'm delighted that you liked the story :-)

Too bad that all too often follow-up stories are never done....it certainly would be interesting to learn what actually happens to this trash.

Those scanners go off for a lot of reasons other than shoplifting.

You're absolutely right, its happened to me. I immediately turned around and walked back to the self service cashier and ended the problem.......altho there was no problem.

Some people just go thru life with a chip on their shoulder wanting their ass kicked I guess.........Idiots choose WalMart greaters......LOL!

“The alarm was false and Lowery had a receipt for everything in his bag.”

I doubt it. Did they check the parking lot? I bet Skyler ditched whatever he stole.

Did they check the car?

Since it appears that the perp was arrested on the spot on a felony charge, I believe that the standard procedure would be to tow the car to the impound lot after it's been searched.

The details of what, if anything, were found in the car may not have made it into the story for a variety of reasons...the poorly-written article suggests that 'reporter laziness' may well be among them.

Too old to be punched in the head by a customer who exception to Bauman's questions.

Does this sentence make any sense?

Sometimes, when the sentence doesn't make sense, I look for a misprint or an omission. I've also learned to analyze the context in order to arrive at the proper contents when what's in front of me doesn't make sense.

In the context of what was being said, I read that statement as "Too old to be punched in the head by a customer who took exception to Bauman's questions.".

The context is important and it led me to conclude that something was missing from the sentence or statement. A missing word is sometimes what happens when your typing gets ahead of what you're thinking. However, proofreading is a writer's best friend.

Yesss.

notice were ‘numbnuts’ car is parked. Not in the parking lot but in a red zone. He is an idiot looking for trouble.

I noticed that too and wondered what he meant.

Skyler?

What a frigging stupid name.

Thanks for interpreting what the reporter left out. Here's a fun sight about WalCreatures.

Yeah, that site became so popular at work (during the lunch hour, of course) that the corporate firewall was cinched up to block it....

Why do these stories usually have ‘Walmart’ in the headline.... LOL!

LMAO! Ive seen some really wierd critters at wally world over the years...this is my fav shirt...

Manly, I can’t believe your naive enough to believe Skyler didn’t have stolen property on his person. I would bet the farm he threw the goods down in the parking lot before he returned to the store. Stop taking up for these turds.

Why do these stories usually have ‘Walmart’ in the headline.... LOL!

hehe!

And Marines are often involved, as well ;-)

This one from Dec. 15 of this year:

Marine tackles, restrains Walmart greeter's assailant

How low has one sunk to accost an 83 year old Walmart greeter??? One should just hang it all up at that point....hahaha!

Can someone tell me why he would need his license?