Found my "RED LINE"

[rotor]

This whole thread would be more exciting if people would have asked about "if you saw someone stealing from WalMart would you intervene?". Instead it has come down to receipt checking which I guess I will have to do if I use the WalMart App to check out. Out of all the things going on in the country and the world receipt checking is next to my least worrisome issue. I am glad that thieves get caught stealing. I hope WalMart catches all of them. Throw them in jail. After all, I pay more for my items every time a thief succeeds. This is an issue that doesn't red line me. I don't have to go shopping at WalMart if I don't want to. Your choice.

 

[toddnjoyce]

... "if you saw someone stealing from WalMart would you intervene?"..

Hêll no, I wouldn’t unless the dumb fucking thief put me in a situation where I needed to use deadly force.

 

[Axxe55]

**** no, I wouldn’t unless the dumb fucking thief put me in a situation where I needed to use deadly force.

I wouldn't personally intervene either. I'd inform an employee, give them a description and any information and let them handle the problem.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Only if there was a bounty for doing so.

I don't work for wm.

 

[Axxe55]

Only if there was a bounty for doing so.

I don't work for wm.

That's sort of the way I see it too, but informing them does seem like the right thing to do, and my civic duty to the store and the community.

I see thieves as this way. If they are stealing from one person, or a business, and allowed to get away with it, at some point, it could be you or me they are stealing from. They usually keep stealing until they get caught.

 

[sidebite252]

This whole thread would be more exciting if people would have asked about "if you saw someone stealing from WalMart would you intervene?". Instead it has come down to receipt checking which I guess I will have to do if I use the WalMart App to check out. Out of all the things going on in the country and the world receipt checking is next to my least worrisome issue. I am glad that thieves get caught stealing. I hope WalMart catches all of them. Throw them in jail. After all, I pay more for my items every time a thief succeeds. This is an issue that doesn't red line me. I don't have to go shopping at WalMart if I don't want to. Your choice.

I wouldn’t intervene either. Simple theft from Walmart is their problem, not mine.

 

[candcallen]

I see people stealing all the time. Bad habit I guess. Never tell a soul. I dont work there, or anywhere else for that matter, and couldn't care less.

I still tell people, kids usually, they arent any good at stealing and they should quit. I consider it giving back to the community.

 

[rotor]

Interesting commentary from some. People are pissed about receipt checking but not about theft. I personally would not approach a thief although I probably would take a picture if I could and I would notify WM staff. That thief you might help apprehend will be in the parking lot next week burglarizing your car (or worse).

 

[toddnjoyce]

Interesting commentary from some. People are pissed about receipt checking but not about theft. I personally would not approach a thief although I probably would take a picture if I could and I would notify WM staff. That thief you might help apprehend will be in the parking lot next week burglarizing your car (or worse).

That’s a false assumption to make.

 

[TreyG-20]

Walmart is full of crazies. I know because I was one of them. Not a thief just DGAF. No way would I attempt to stop a theft and I'd only inform the employees if it was convenient for me to do so. As in they ask me. Most the time I am just trying to get my shit and get out, so I won't be answering any questions much less show a receipt.

Now if I see someone setting up a meth lab in the electronics section I would likely seek an employee to notify.

I don't go there anymore anyway. Only ever went for ammo and they don't have much of that anymore so **** em.

 

[candcallen]

There is no reason to waste your time by telling employees. They cant do jack about it unless they witness the whole process.

Just stay calm and shop on.

Belittling and making fun of the thief is up to you.

 

[jrbfishn]

I was talking about stealing. I'll edit my post to clarify.

And legally they can check your receipts.

The problem is when that becomes not legal is a thin line which is why most companies have policies erring way to the safe side.

No, they can NOT.
At the point they give it to you, it is now YOUR property, not theirs.
If they have evidence you are stealing, they can basically make a citizen's arrest. They still can not forcibly search you or your property. They can detain you.
When the police show up, IF they can articulate reasonable suspicion, the police can search you. Probable cause and all that.
BUT, they better be right or they open themselves and management up to criminal and civil charges.
Once you pay for it, and they accept payment, they have NO legal right to search it. Suspicion that a crime COULD happen is not legal grounds for a search.


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[TX OMFS]

This is the best thread derailment I've ever created.

 

[Dougw1515]

This is the best thread derailment I've ever created.

Phukin' train wreck of major proportions!

 

[Axxe55]

This is the best thread derailment I've ever created.

Then you will really like this.

 

[Axxe55]

Phukin' train wreck of major proportions!

 

[rotor]

That’s a false assumption to make.

Which one is false?

 

[jrbfishn]

This is the best thread derailment I've ever created.

If you are going to do it, go all the way and do it right.

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[toddnjoyce]

Which one is false?

This one.

...People are pissed about receipt checking but not about theft.

A position on the first is neither causal nor correlative to the other. Also, it assumes exit greeters/receipt checkers are part of a loss prevention strategy, which numerous industry articles state is not the case, when applied equally across the board for all customers.

And this one

...That thief you might help apprehend will be in the parking lot next week burglarizing your car (or worse)...

That assumes the shoplifter will be caught and prosecuted. States have raised the monetary thresholds for felony theft to the point it’s mostly irrelevant any longer, while also reducing the emphasis on, and interventions other than a fine in prosecuting misdemeanor theft.

When It Comes to Misdemeanor Shoplifting, Criminal Justice Has Left the Building

It is clear that retailers can no longer rely solely on criminal justice to impose proven effective sanctions aimed at reducing repeat offenses for shoplifting offenders. [Sponsored]

losspreventionmedia.com

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

I have a fix: If you're a spineless git, do whatever anyone tells you.

If not, fight if unjustly accused.

That is all!