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Liberal_in_LA
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:05 PM Original message |
Calm man buys TV at Walmart and successfully avoids receipt checking at door |
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Jamastiene
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Here, you need something to go with that drink |
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Jamastiene
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Mon Mar-14-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
330. I honestly thought it was an Onion piece. |
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CBGLuthier
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. god bless him. |
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fascisthunter
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. BJ's have this gross policy too |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. BJs is a membership store and you agree to the check as part of membership |
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TheCowsCameHome
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
66. Probably because purchases aren't bagged. |
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Ikonoklast
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
115. Me either. |
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winstars
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #115 |
135. Late, but "That's what I said" nt. |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. When asked for my receipt, I always say... |
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KansDem
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like Tony has a future with TSA |
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Dappleganger
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. This man understands that our freedom and rights are slowly being chipped away |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You have got to be... |
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MineralMan
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Much ado over nothing. When I hand carry an item like that out |
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Modern_Matthew
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Agreed. Thieves do grab TVs and walk out the door like nothing is wrong. They have to check. |
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MineralMan
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Yup. I used to have a retail shop. Lots of stuff walked out the door |
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orleans
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
324. why can't they put a piece of marked tape on the box to show that |
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Liquorice
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
108. I had a Walmart checker ask to see my receipt when my purchases |
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MH1
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
264. agreed. I do the same, and it's simple enough. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, letting your workers believe that receipt checking is mandatory is stupid and petty. |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Do you really think the receipt checker... |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The latter...the store can not force a receipt check without prior agreement |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. LPO? n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Loss prevention officer...which is what they like to be called |
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dionysus
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
123. what a hero, getting some minimum wage workers fired! you are the wind, beneath my wingsssss... |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. What makes you think the LPOs are minimum wage? |
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Ignis
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #123 |
144. So allowing a minimum wage worker to assault him would be better? |
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unapatriciated
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #123 |
243. many Loss prevention officers get their kicks from harassing people |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #243 |
246. Now you are presenting a totally different issue.... |
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unapatriciated
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #246 |
249. No, it is the same issue that Progressive Professor stated and you laughed at. |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #249 |
272. "no one is advocating anyone being harassed like your son" |
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Exilednight
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #272 |
306. It's against the law in most states for an LPO to stop anyone without probable cause. As soon as |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #306 |
307. Wrong... |
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Exilednight
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #307 |
308. Once you start with reasonable grounds, if they physically detain you it comes probable cause. n/t |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #308 |
309. Please prove that....n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #307 |
312. You are correct, but there are limitations and there can be repercussions |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. The store has no right to detain customers who decline the request. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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liberalhistorian
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. If I've paid for something and am leaving the store, |
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Ignis
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
82. "do you claim the store has no right to check receipts?" |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Dude... |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #83 |
112. Shopkeepers Privilege, despite your false contention, certainly does not |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #112 |
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Ignis
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #83 |
140. Ahh, so these are just laws you've made up in your |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Well, thank the stars we have you to... |
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Ignis
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. So, to be clear. you support the right of greeters to assault other citizens? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #145 |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #149 |
159. That's what the Wal-Mart "assaulter" is for. |
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HCE SuiGeneris
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
315. You are amazing. |
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tabasco
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Sit boy! |
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LanternWaste
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. I imagine that applies |
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tabasco
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. LOL! |
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Ignis
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
146. How is the loss prevention of a private store the same as public safety? |
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LanternWaste
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #146 |
213. They are both the same part and parcel |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
70. lol |
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Mybrokenchains
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. i usually keep a pocket full of confetti for these instances... |
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meow mix
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
73. +rec |
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theaocp
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
127. Excellent! +1 n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
133. Magicians flash paper would work great for that too |
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Fuddnik
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
152. I'll remember that. |
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blueamy66
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
230. like |
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upi402
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Tackle the radical! |
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PCIntern
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yeah, I don't know... |
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Zax2me
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Is this an actual fetish - no show receipt rights? |
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bluestateguy
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I find that practice of recipet checking to be insulting and patronizing |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Why cooperate? |
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CBGLuthier
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bend to Your Corporate Masters' Will Proles |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
93. What "right" is there to walk out of a store with a TV without proving you paid for it? |
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tabasco
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #93 |
166. What right does a store have to accuse you of stealing |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #166 |
173. The store has a right to set rules for customers. Customers can either deal, or shop somewhere else. |
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tabasco
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #173 |
214. LOL! |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #214 |
215. Strike a blow against fascism! |
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Mon Mar-14-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #215 |
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blueamy66
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #173 |
231. Good answer. |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #231 |
235. Oh, please... |
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blueamy66
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #235 |
238. yeah they are |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #238 |
239. Excuse me, but that is absurd... |
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blueamy66
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #239 |
298. whatever |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #238 |
254. Ah, so that's what it's about. Some "minimum wage dirtbag" thinking YOU are a thief. |
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blueamy66
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #254 |
299. Yeah, that's what it is about |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #299 |
300. You are a bipedal, carbon-based organism inside the store, and those have been known to steal. |
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blueamy66
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #300 |
302. can you speak English? |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #302 |
316. And if having that sort of temper tantrum is important to you over such a non-issue |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #231 |
253. I had relatives in the camps, buddy. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 04:50 AM Response to Reply #253 |
329. I'm not a "buddy". K? |
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SDuderstadt
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Mon Mar-14-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #329 |
333. This is satire... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Mon Mar-14-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #329 |
334. Excuse me. As someone who had relatives die in the Holocaust, I absolutely WILL get my "panties in a |
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JohnnyRingo
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. The "associate" at the door learned a valuable lesson. |
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Fuddnik
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
158. Funny thing about Wal-Mart. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
344. He wasn't an "associate" |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Costco is the only store I shop at, that asks |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yeah but as a member part of what you agree too is |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I never mind having them check it.. and I know it's part of their business model |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Sorry didn't mean to imply you objected |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Costco would be the one place I don't mind this at all. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Yes, and even in Costco, you DO maintain your right of refusal. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
90. I love how people are outraged that stores might want to prevent shoplifting. |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #90 |
139. There are any number of ways to effectively do that without door checks |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #139 |
151. Not being a Wal-Mart customer, I wouldn't know. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #90 |
162. And it's simply fasterbettercheaper to intimidate customers at the door... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #162 |
174. You're "intimidated" by having to show someone a reciept? |
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Orsino
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #174 |
216. I think you could see how being detained at the door could be intimidating. n/t |
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GreenStormCloud
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
98. You can get to an exit without going through a checkstand at all of our local WMs. N/T |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Mar-12-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
172. I haven't been in one in years, but when they built the one here |
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GreenStormCloud
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #172 |
200. I have never been in one like that. |
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PurityOfEssence
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. A few reasons why doing this or applauding this is ass-holishness |
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ReggieVeggie
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. "3) It's not a big imposition. Show the damned thing." |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
87. I have to show my reciept at Costco |
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Modern_Matthew
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. +1 Well said, sir. Well said. These people are just as bad as the "Sovereign Citizens" nt |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
280. Ugh. Thanks for reminding me. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
86. +1,000,000,000,000,000 |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. I am a different kind of consumer... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
154. In my experience, 30% of the customer base was really cool- I became friends with lots of them. |
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GreenStormCloud
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
109. Outstanding post! N/T |
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JoeyT
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
177. Many of your arguments work against you as well as for you. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
189. very good points nt |
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FedUpWithIt All
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
192. + + + + for point #1 alone. n/t |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
233. It's assholish of retailers to present this as a mandatory step. |
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renate
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
288. two thumbs up! |
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
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MedicalAdmin
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. I agree. We should be required to carry reciepts for everything all the time. |
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SDuderstadt
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Sat Mar-12-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
80. Stupid strawman argument... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
88. No, we should be required to wear clown shoes and eat nothing BUT reciepts |
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AngryOldDem
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. You hear about Wal-mart getting ripped off big time all the time. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Walmart stores give me the creepy crawlies. |
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MilesColtrane
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. I thought this was going to be an Onion article. |
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. A growing number of us do this |
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EFerrari
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Very nice job. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Isn't demanding one's receipt essentially accusing someone of stealing; |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
74. Correct. It is an assumption of guilt. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
155. Yes. Because although you might wish that they know you as an honest upstanding citizen |
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MedicalAdmin
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:35 AM Response to Reply #155 |
184. The presumption of guilt. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:22 AM Response to Reply #184 |
196. When they ask you to pay for your stuff, aren't they presuming your word isn't your fiduciary bond? |
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MedicalAdmin
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #196 |
244. Care to crawl out any farther on the crazy plank? |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #244 |
251. Everything. They should trust you, not make you hand over cash or a credit card. |
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MedicalAdmin
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #251 |
332. You do get that value must be exchanged for ownership to transfer, right? |
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Warren DeMontague
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Mon Mar-14-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #332 |
335. Honestly, this is by far one of the dumbest fucking temper tantrums some people here like to have. |
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MedicalAdmin
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #335 |
346. Rights don't distress me at all. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #346 |
347. I think lionizing self-centered, arrogant dipwads like the "hero" of the OP is goofy, that's why. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #347 |
351. Red light. Green light. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #351 |
352. No, not making any assumptions about you. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #352 |
358. On this point we agree. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Meh. People should learn to pick their battles. Associates put up with enough crap. nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Illegal detention isn't enough for you to stand up? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. You feel threatened by octagenarians with arthritis? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. No, I feel outraged that Walmart can illegally detain people |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. How nice that you've gone and unnecessarily Godwinized this. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
188. It takes you like 2 seconds to show a receipt. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #188 |
198. Why are you making excuses for Walmart breaking the law? |
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #198 |
205. then write Walmart or call the store manager |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #188 |
338. "It takes you like 2 seconds to show proof of citizenship in Arizona." |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #338 |
340. Those aren't remotely comparable situations n/t |
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Mon Mar-14-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #340 |
356. And yet the authoritarian philosophical underpinning is the same. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #356 |
360. "authoritarian philosophical underpinning" |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #360 |
365. Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, dude. Thanks for sharing. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #365 |
367. No, it's more fun to... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Respecting customers and state law is crap, is it? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. People shouldn't be rude to the "associates" but customers shouldn't be treated like crap either. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. There's no battle to pick here. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
179. Meh. People should learn to stand up for their rights. Consumers put up with enough crap. /nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. Walmart can illegally detain people and so few here seem to care |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. They can not illegally detain you and won't if you object...many just acquiesce |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. That is exactly what happened in the article |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
164. Is it illegal to detain in all jurisdictions, |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #164 |
252. Context matters here |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #252 |
262. Thanks ProgressiveProfessor nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. The only reason I will show you the receipt is to return the item |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I like this response. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm not a dick about it, but I don't show reciepts. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. With a few exceptions, even Walmart associates back off |
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #58 |
183. That has certainly been my personal experience. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
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Sat Mar-12-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
62. This is idiotic. What's the big deal? Just show the damn receipt. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
157. It's FASCISM, MAN! |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #157 |
167. We should make t-shirts! |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
63. I have bought many items at Best Buy |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
186. Best buy settled for big $$$$ several times because they had a policy |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'd just add that I've never had my items verified, as in look at receipt look at goods |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
68. This is training to allow "authority" to do what they want to you |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
69. Neat story, but I've got a better idea. Don't shop at Wal-Mart |
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Sat Mar-12-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I understand, but we've had this argument here before, many times. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
277. *** SNORT *** |
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Sat Mar-12-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
75. This article brought to you by Jacoby & Meyers. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. How do we find out what states have these laws? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Laws or no laws, if you don't like having your head mashed into the pavement by the police, |
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Sat Mar-12-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
81. Wife: "What did you do today, honey?" |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
84. Another victory against THE MAN!!!! |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. "Now I am starting to fill like the prick the woman near us keeps calling me." |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. His first mistake was walking into the store . . . nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
89. What's the big deal.? Lots of stores besides WM check reciepts. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. The big deal is, people like to have temper tantrums about meaningless shit. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. The Nazis were notorious for making High Def TV purchasers show their reciepts. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. Receipt checker: "Sir, I'll need to check your receipt". |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #92 |
343. and some people like to have temper tantrums over the temper tantrums thrown |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #89 |
105. The big deal is the store has no right to do what they're doing. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Oh, bullshit |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Your position is wrong and you know it. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. Sorry... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Challenge them and find out |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #120 |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. Those that were fired were done in lieu of felony charges |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #137 |
366. If you have this many issues |
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Mon Mar-14-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #366 |
369. Yeah.... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #107 |
136. Deleted message |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Dude... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Do YOU understand that many states have SPECIFIC STATE LAWS prohibiting EXACTLY this behavior? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. I think all Walmart executives should be... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #143 |
148. I understand; you *KNOW* you lost this argument several hours ago and... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #107 |
147. Store policy is not law. Why is that so very, very hard to understand? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #147 |
156. If I had 10 bucks for every goofy fucking strawman argument being floated in this thread |
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
219. I'm sorry you had to slog through retail. That doesn't make policy law. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #219 |
237. Apparently.... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #237 |
256. I do, and neither provides a basis in law for mandatory receipt checks |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #237 |
337. Perhaps you could stop the personal attacks long enough to make your argument. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #337 |
339. Dude... |
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Mon Mar-14-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #339 |
354. Great, please provide proof for "You don't understand XYZ" |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #354 |
361. Dude... |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #361 |
363. "You're an asshole" is also an opinion...AND a personal attack. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #363 |
368. Ooh, clever.... |
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Mon Mar-14-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #219 |
353. One can be within their rights re: the law and still be a flaming butthole. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #353 |
355. Sure, but employees of a private store cannot enforce their policies as law. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #355 |
362. "reindeer games" |
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Mon Mar-14-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #362 |
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
314. Actually I think you would still be retail...not that many strawmen being used |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #147 |
163. Where did I say store policy is.... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #105 |
153. Yes. Having to show your reciept is "discarding your rights". |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #153 |
257. Its a choice, and some choose not to |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
161. Yes! |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #161 |
202. As I said in reply #148... (NT) |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #202 |
204. Yes... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
94. Why would anybody buy anything at FUCKING Wal-Mart? nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
103. Because the prices are low. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #103 |
129. Rich like me . . . if that weren't such a laugh, I'd flag your post . . . nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #129 |
169. Obviously you must have the money to afford higher prices. N/T |
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #169 |
221. Why do you accept the WalMart LIE that their prices are actually lower? |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #221 |
240. It isn't a lie. I have compared the prices, personally. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #240 |
265. You must live in a very small town . . . |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #265 |
297. Population about 2,000. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #94 |
119. Because in quite a few places, there's nowhere else to go |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #119 |
130. You have a point there . . . Hadn't thought of that. nt |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
99. Be make life for that man even harder? Low pay and then jerks harass them. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
100. Is this guy for real? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
101. I don't have a problem with this, not everything is done for some horrible conspiracy |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #101 |
160. All it takes is one of these threads to remind me why I never want another retail job |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #101 |
191. They are check your personal belongings. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:18 AM Response to Reply #191 |
193. i'm sure a lot of people would steal , it's a store he bought the item in |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #193 |
247. It ain't drama, it's law. The clerk physically restrained. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #193 |
359. To refine my answer. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
104. Who shops at Wal-Mag? |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Senior Citizens on SS as only income,... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #104 |
122. Sometimes they are the only place you have or see traveling on the Interstate |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
110. Same thing happened to me. Although at a bar. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
113. First they came for the receipts, but I did not speak up because I was not a receipt. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. LOL! |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
124. you win the thread. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #113 |
128. You speak the truth. And it seems that there are a lot of people |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #113 |
199. Permission requested to... |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
116. MA law on this |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
121. Enter: "Hi! Welcome to Walmart" Exit: "Are you a thief?" |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #121 |
187. right, and thats after you give them money. fck it |
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Sat Mar-12-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
125. Best solution of all: don't ever shop at WalMart |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
131. You think that's bad, try buing a gun at Wal-Mart |
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Sat Mar-12-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. They will often take TVs or appliances to the curb for you too |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
150. It's a receipt check, not an anal probe |
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Sat Mar-12-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #150 |
165. That will be next. |
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Sat Mar-12-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
168. it's neither heroic nor assholish |
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Sat Mar-12-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
170. Yes, the policy does reduce theft. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:01 AM Response to Reply #170 |
190. It seems some people are too thin skinned or can't be bothered to take a few seconds |
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Sat Mar-12-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
171. I always refuse to show my receipt at store |
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
175. I wonder what the age and other demographics are of the people "outraged" by this practice. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #175 |
176. Amen and amen. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #175 |
178. I'm not exactly outraged. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #178 |
180. Strike a blow against.... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 03:45 AM Response to Reply #178 |
185. I get irritated by it too, and |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #178 |
195. Honestly, that's the one circumstance where I could understand people being pissed. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #195 |
283. From my observation, Walmart does random checks like the TSA. I doubt |
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #175 |
181. It doesn't have to be personal for me to object - just wrong. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #181 |
182. "lack of self-esteem" |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #181 |
194. It takes courage to stand in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square- not to be an asshole in Best Buy. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #194 |
207. So show your receipt. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #207 |
208. "carry your documents" |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #175 |
206. I don't know about age or other demographics, but... |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #175 |
236. You're probably right about age, but not for the reasons you posit. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
197. Walmart could easily force anyone who buys a product to agree to have their receipt checked as a |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
201. Fuck Walmart. |
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MikeW
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
203. perfect example of .... |
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demwing
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #203 |
209. Justification? If Mexicans didn't cross the border illegally |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #209 |
210. Not even comparable n/t |
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MikeW
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #209 |
217. not even relevant to this discussion .. try another forum |
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Sun Mar-13-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #203 |
218. Exactly! |
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demwing
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
211. Why does anyone else care if we object? |
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #211 |
212. So, no one tries to exit without paying? |
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themadstork
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #212 |
222. Why so snippy? |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #222 |
227. Gee, I don't know... |
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themadstork
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #227 |
229. I'm not sure. nt |
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fishwax
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #211 |
304. good question n/t |
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
220. Sincerely surprised by how many liberals support this. I have no problem aligning with teabaggers |
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
223. Why don't Walmart tape a copy of the receipt to the outside of the box? |
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
224. I believe Walmart's illegal detention constitutes the tort of "false imprisonment." |
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
225. For a big item like this, they should just put a big sticker on it that says 'paid' |
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
226. This has got to be the MOST ridiculous fucking thread I've ever read! Did I |
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JeffersonChick
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Sun Mar-13-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
228. And I thought it was just me! |
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Keith Bee
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
232. Bweh? |
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Krakowiak
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Sun Mar-13-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
234. next time someone demands a "link" to back up some claim here on DU |
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AC_Mem
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
241. How hard is it |
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Evoman
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
242. I don't understand why I'm an asshole for not showing receipts. |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #242 |
245. Do you honestly think that... |
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Evoman
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #245 |
248. Would they? |
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SDuderstadt
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #248 |
270. It's showing a receipt.... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #270 |
289. Of course you haven't. Because you comply. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #289 |
290. Of course it is.... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #242 |
250. Wait...people are actually sticking up for this guy? |
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Sun Mar-13-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #250 |
255. Many do, and the number is growing |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #255 |
258. Many do...shop at smaller stores? |
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Evoman
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #258 |
261. He's no hero. But he is a law abiding citizen. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #261 |
263. He is, technically, a law-abiding citizen, yes. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #263 |
266. So.... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #266 |
269. I think if I were writing the law, I would contend that the store should... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #269 |
274. I just can't help but think a law like that is ripe for abuse. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #274 |
276. It would have to be very carefully worded, there's no doubt about that. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #276 |
279. Still not convinced. |
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themadstork
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #269 |
294. I don't understand what you mean |
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Mon Mar-14-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #294 |
350. Either, really. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #255 |
260. Yeah, why not just be good germans and do as we're told.. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #250 |
259. Well, I suppose if you have a problem with it, you can always try to have the law changed. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #259 |
267. No, that's fair enough. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #267 |
271. I suppose they could stop having cashiers "in the back", |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #271 |
275. Yeah, its one of those annoying cases where theory and practice collide... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #275 |
278. Oh, I understand that. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #275 |
282. The problem with the "store design" solution is that... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #282 |
286. Well, the point is that there are ways of dealing with this. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #286 |
287. And even if they did stop criminals, without evidence of a crime, they can't do anything anyways. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #271 |
281. Design the store in a way the people who buy something have no choice but to leave through a... |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #250 |
295. I wouldn't be against changing the law, |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
268. If you don't like the store policy, shop somewhere else. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #268 |
273. What if the store policy was discriminatory? |
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Common Sense Party
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #273 |
310. I still wouldn't shop there. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #268 |
305. I see it the other way -- if the store doesn't like the customer's policy, invite him not to return |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
284. I think this is a load of shit, personally |
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Sun Mar-13-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #284 |
285. But that's not the law *now*.. |
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Common Sense Party
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #284 |
311. Since the receipt checkers are often elderly people, I enjoy having |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
291. Was it Charlie Sheen who bought the TeeVee? Wow DU has it's panties in a KNOT over this! |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
292. Simple question: |
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Common Sense Party
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Mon Mar-14-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #292 |
327. "'Cause, like, I pay $18 bucks a year, man...so that gives Costco the |
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Sun Mar-13-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
293. Fer Chris-sakes, take 2 seconds to show a lousy receipt and get on with your life. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #293 |
296. Obviously, we are a facist country |
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Common Sense Party
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Sun Mar-13-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #296 |
313. Sometimes this place makes NO sense. |
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XOKCowboy
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #313 |
320. I hear ya... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Mon Mar-14-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #320 |
336. For some reason, the image of full grown, middle aged men in diapers comes to mind. |
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #293 |
321. the one and only time I was in a Wal-Mart there were 'issues' with this reciept crap |
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SDuderstadt
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #321 |
322. "fucking Nazi"? |
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Common Sense Party
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #322 |
323. Hyperbole runs amok. Of course, it was no 20 minutes. It probably |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #323 |
326. Around these parts |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
301. And then the guy proceeded to Olive Garden where he breast fed his pit bull at the table |
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Sun Mar-13-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
303. Dude is being a dick |
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demwing
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #303 |
341. Why? |
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
317. Big deal. How about not buying from Walmart. A much bigger statement. |
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Pryderi
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
318. why is he shopping at Walmart? n/t |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #318 |
342. What does it matter? |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sun Mar-13-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
319. More Middle Merkin Teabag Style Douchebaggery, imagining itself as a 'fight against tyranny' |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #319 |
325. Not necessarily Teabag douchebaggery, as evidenced by all the DU'ers |
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Mon Mar-14-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #325 |
328. Teabag style, The same mentality that says minimum standards for car mileage |
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Mon Mar-14-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
331. LOL |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
345. I once bought six bags of flavored water at Wal Mart, was made to show receipt |
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Mon Mar-14-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
348. "Calm" passive-aggressives are the worst kind. |
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Mon Mar-14-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
349. Most stores near me in both VA and MD have figured this one out by now |
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Mon Mar-14-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #349 |
370. I have seen that sticker approach used at some WalMarts |
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