Walmart won't enforce its own rules on mask-wearing because it fears staff could be attacked

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

by shoppers angry at being challenged

Shoppers who refuse to wear a face mask to visit Walmart will still be served, as the company seeks to protect its staff from "a physical confrontation," according to a CNN report.

Walmart had announced that as of July 20, face masks would be compulsory for all but those whose medical conditions prevent it, as Business Insider's Hayley Peterson reported. At least 27 other retailers have recently required the same thing.

However, a training video seen by CNN tells management to let people who refuse to wear a mask "continue to shop."

Home Depot, Lowe's, CVS, and Walgreens have also said they'll serve customers without masks, CNN reported.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-wont-enforce-its-own-rules-on-mask-wearing-because-it-fears-staff-could-be-attacked-by-shoppers-angry-at-being-challenged/ar-BB17d7RQ?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=DELLDHP

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. So Walmart employees don't deserve police protection??? n/t

[Mariana]

2. Hire security guards to enforce it, you cheap bastards. nt

[crickets]

23. Exactly. Otherwise, what's the point? nt

[Iliyah]

3. Than the USA will have a much slower curving rate . .

employees will be subject to COVID-19 and possible shut downs ……….

There is no ending to stupidity which come from the top and trickles down.

[dalton99a]

4. Voluntary compliance by businesses is bullshit.

[Sherman A1]

13. Agreed

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask, No Service. Simple as that.

[Thekaspervote]

19. Yup.. put a lock on the door...only opened when the shopper is masked

[SheltieLover]

20. This!👆

Maybe maggots should be charged with attempted murder for not masking up! 🤬

[Hekate]

5. Which is why we need laws and fines. Existing laws only come into use when harm has already...

...been done, like the salespeople who have been brutally assaulted and sometimes killed.

We are in a public health emergency. The time for shilly-shallying and coddling is over.

[Runningdawg]

6. Tulsa has a mandatory mask order in effect

and I happened to be out and about as church let out today. I passed 3, all with large groups of people congregating in the parking lots - not a mask in sight. QT (convenience store chain) has been better, but even their enforcement is not consistent. My MIL asked a lady behind her in line for the ATM to please give her 6ft, the lady went OFF. The guard @ 10ft away, stood there and looked at them. My MIL left and went to another ATM.

[CanonRay]

7. So hire security you cheap fucks

[sop]

8. The cops will shoot you if you're reported carrying a toy rifle inside Walmart (and you're black),

but endangering others' lives by not wearing a mask is ok. Trump should send his goons to uphold the law and protect the public.

[Mosby]

9. It's the same at Target

Employees are not even allowed to ask a customer to put on a mask.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Local Walmart has only 1 entrance/exit open

They have an employee outside to enforce mask wearing before customers even enter the store.

[lame54]

11. Many customers think that...

It is the job of the clerks to make the customers wear masks

A Governors mandate does not deputize the employees

Corps side with customer complaints and fire employees to save face

[customerserviceguy]

26. I sympathize with the store employees

I know what it's like to get the blowback from customers on company policies they disagree with, no matter how reasonable those policies are. Hopefully, the anti-maskers will just give it to each other.

[Tanuki]

12. Yet somehow they manage to enforce rules against shoplifting,

even though that also places staff at risk of being "attacked by shoppers angry at being challenged."

[dalton99a]

15. +1

[theaocp]

17. Fucking A n/t

[stopdiggin]

18. and "no shirt, no shoes .."

No smoking, no spitting. No foul language. No public urination. (in fact, many of these stores DO have security that are already trained for these situations, and are perfectly capable of handling hissy fits -- and anything more complicated than that is a trespass violation to be handled by LE.)

This is a failure of corporate will. Nothing more -- nothing less.

[NYC Liberal]

24. Do they? Pretty much every retail store does not allow staff to confront shoplifters

for the exact same reason. It’s a huge safety and liability issue. I’d be surprised if Walmart’s policy was otherwise because they’d be risking major lawsuits if an employee was injured confronting a shoplifter.

[ooky]

14. A lot of bouncers are out of work.

Walmart should hire them. Regular employees are not bouncers.

This should not be that hard.

[LizBeth]

16. I think what we have seen, it is a very legit reaction. Like do not going after someone stealing.

I would be considering that as an employer myself. And because I do not want employees. Not my liability.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. The Two Near Me Are Enforcing It

They're putting bigger employees at the door and walking the floor.
I've seen with my own eyes a guy get kicked out.
Must be up to store management how assertive they want to be.

[luv2fly]

27. It sucks to be big

Big employees in lots of fields get the shit tasks when it comes to the potential for confrontation with other humans.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. I Can Believe It

But, it probably does make the dumbasses think twice about starting something.
Bruce Lee could have done it, but there would be 10 fights every day.
The size is a likely deterrent.

[Smilo]

22. Remember when a baker

sued because he turned away a gay couple just because he was a homophobic cretin & won?

So by that standard surely "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" or the "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service" is more than enough to get the cretins out of stores.

[Bayard]

25. Dollar General

There are 2 in my area of KY. If I have to go out for essentials, sometimes I go there for TP, paper towels, and stevia (yes, they have it). Last month I was in one, where the cashier was wearing his mask down under his nose. I pointed out that didn't do the job. He quickly pulled it back in place.

I was at the other one last Fri. Same thing, cashier with mask hanging around her neck. I said, that's not helping anyone. She said--yeah--and kept right on at the cash register. When I called DG corporate to complain, they put me on hold for 10 minutes, and I finally gave up.

Most of the people I see now if I do go out, are wearing masks here. But there's still a few that say they're too hot, uncomfortable, or think they're immortal. My husband works with a guy that says--masks are about as useless as our governor. (you know--Gov. Beshear that has kept our state at one of the lowest rates, but is getting sued for the mask mandate. Including by the idiot AG.)

[Ms. Toad]

31. The one in my area is not even making an effort.

Two unmasked shoppers paraded right in - fully expecting no one to challenge them. They weren't challenged, and when I asked the cashier why she didn't say anything to them, she told me they were not allowed to say anything to them.

Report to health department; complaint to Dollar General corporate office informing them I won't be back until they start enforcing the mask rule.

[MichMan]

29. California grocery store worker was suspended after pepper-spraying a customer

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213810191

[sinkingfeeling]

30. They have security people manning the doors in Arkansas.