Stop showing your receipt

[spat]

There are a lot of ways that our rights are being trampled, I just don't see this as one of them.

It's a minor inconvenience that the store has every right *to ask* (they can't demand compliance, but they can ask, and that's all they are doing).

So, either deal with their annoying quirk, or shop elsewhere.

If it's annoying enough to enough people they will stop. If not (or their competitors have more annoying quirks) it won't.

I'm not going to worry about it, and I'm certainly not going to take my annoyance out on the poor greeter.
Call up corporate to complain if you want to make a difference, but being rude to the greeter accomplishes nothing.

 

[tirwin1]

First world problems.

 

[BDinPutnam]

I see too much of two things these days.

1. Everyone is out to trigger as many people as possible.

2. Everyone gets triggered way too easily.

 

[nortatoga]

Do any of you realize that this is done so the like's of Rev. Al Sharpton can't have a protest/sit-in that his people are being profiled! "Store policy we ask everyone! " Just like when I buy beer I get proofed at 61 years of age. Don't sweat the small stuff!

 

[prambo]

Right...and had anybody watched the video, he mentions this.

He also mentions the big ticket items and how they are stolen by the employees.

Their store, their rules. My property, as the moment of sale/ My rules. Just keep walking.

^^^^^^
This!

This is where the big losses come.

I worked at Walmart for a year - it's where I met Mrs. prambo - best thing I got at Walmart EVER!

During the prep for Christmas, there was a new gaming system coming out (forget which, it was 2010) that wouldn't be available until "Back Friday". They were kept under managerial lock-and-key.

Mrs. prambo was "zoning" a clothing rack somewhere and buried near the center, totally hidden by clothing, was one of these gaming systems.

Called the store manager, it was collected, and the story ends there....

 

[2WheelGnnr]

Personally, no skin of my a$$ if they want to rumage through my receipt / cart...I paid for all my crap.......

 

[Darth]

Personally, no skin of my a$$ if they want to rumage through my receipt / cart...I paid for all my crap.......

Did you pay for your cell phone in the store?

 

[stokes]

Didnt watch the video,but I've been walking past those receipt checkers at Home Depot for years.I've never been asked at Walmart or Lowes.When they ask at Home Depot,I wave it at them as I keep walking,if they want to follow me out as they look at it,fine,but I never break stride as I exit.If they are checking someone elses receipt I walk around them and keep going.I dont like to have to stop as I'm leaving,especially as I leave Home Depot because I always walk out of there pissed off and cursing about what a shit store this is.They usually ignore me as I leave.

 

[Blimey]

Back in the day I've left walmart twice. One time a guy screamed at me I kept walking and he gave up. THe second time I deliberately ignored him for a while until he grabbed the car (some old guy I felt sorry for him). i gave it to him and kept walking.

it just pisses people off and i feel bad for geriatrics who are "enforcing" these stupid rules.

Walmart in my area seems to have given up on this annoyance a long time ago.

 

[Blimey]

.If they are checking someone elses receipt I walk around them and keep going.

Oh yeah hell yeah. How much of a sheep do you have to be to stand in the receipt check line up? F that.

 

[Marine Cpl]

All Walmarts are different. Some only ask for a receipt for unbagged items. Some ask all the time. Some have a cop at the door next to the greeter. Some have absolutely nobody that checks your receipt and instead just says, “Welcome to Walmart.”

But regardless, anyone who makes a 75 year old person’s job a nightmare who’s job is to check the receipt of a person who CHOSE to shop there is a pussy asshole. They would not do that if the Greeter was a cop who could trespass them.

They only do it because they know that by the time the cops are called for the trespass, they will be long gone.

 

[GOPerfect]

All Walmarts are different. Some only ask for a receipt for unbagged items. Some ask all the time. Some have a cop at the door next to the greeter. Some have absolutely nobody that checks your receipt and instead just says, “Welcome to Walmart.”

But regardless, anyone who makes a 75 year old person’s job a nightmare who’s job is to check the receipt of a person who CHOSE to shop there is a pussy asshole. They would not do that if the Greeter was a cop who could trespass them.

Young, old, hot, ugly, white or not, handicapped, person in a wheelchair.... And so on, I treat everyone the same. I am an asshole. Very rarely am I nice to those outside my circle.

 

[prambo]

Forgot this incident...it happened to me, IIRC, in the Malone, NY Walmart.

I usually stay out of Walmart stores unless I'm weirdo watching (awful when I pass a mirror and realize the weirdo is me! )

Regardless, this old guy is in the area where the greeters/checkers stand on the way out. He's got a little table and a couple of electronic devices. He scans the receipt with one and feeds the data into another, and that's it.

But I do know that Walmart crosses over purchases made in the store with your online account. Thus, things you've never bought online end up in the "Reorder Items" section on your Walmart page. Don't know what happens if you use cash in the store, because I just don't remember what I pay with all the time.

 

[Marine Cpl]

Young, old, hot, ugly, white or not, handicapped, person in a wheelchair.... And so on, I treat everyone the same. I am an asshole. Very rarely am I nice to those outside my circle.

No offense. If everyone treated everyone else with scorn, what would society be like? Just telling it like it is.

Our country is the way it is because of how people treat each other.

If you go to a small town in Norway for example, you wouldn’t fit in and destroy their way of life.

 

[prambo]

Young, old, hot, ugly, white or not, handicapped, person in a wheelchair.... And so on, I treat everyone the same. I am an asshole. Very rarely am I nice to those outside my circle.

Pretty much the same with Mrs. prambo and myself. Don't go out of my to be nasty, but I just don't give a flying fuck what most people's problems are. I ignore virtually everyone, but make sure I know where they are and make a threat assessment on virtually everyone.

Too many scammers and shitweasels in the world. I have barely enough time to keep my own shit wired tight, let alone some scruffy mook.

 

[GOPerfect]

No offense. If everyone treated everyone else with scorn, what would society be like? Just telling it like it is.

Our country is the way it is because of how people treat each other.

If you go to a small town in Norway for example, you wouldn’t fit in and destroy their way of life.

I used to be nice, society in the US has assisted me in becoming a full time asshole.

The last time I was in Norway, I treated everyone quite well. Every time I have been to Scandinavia, all people have been wonderful; not like our once great Country.

I think it is all about demographics.

 

[Bigfoot]

Today I only had bags in my cart. As usual the greeter just said have a nice day as I walked by.
That's usually how it goes there if I only have bags and no big items that will not fit in a bag.
Like a big box of beer, Big bag of dog food... etc.

You know what pisses me off at walmart? Not so much the greeters. It's when I have to show proof of age when I purchase, WD-40, Spray Paint, Super Glue, Brake Cleaner, etc. But same as always I do not give the self check out
attendant an attitude... They do not make up the stupid rules.

 

[Bigfoot]

@GOPerfect makes some good points.

IMO Society has changed over the years here in the USA.
For me it gets harder and harder to be polite and courteous toward other people in today's environment.

Sometimes I just get tired of taking the high road when I am surrounded my morons.
And I find myself taking the high road less and less as years goes by.

I have come to hate people... That has not always been the case.
But times have changed.

When I am in the city of Batavia most people act like assholes...
When I go to the corner store near me in semi rural Alabama NY. Most people are polite and show some manners.

So yeah, demographics plays a part.

 

[Marine Cpl]

I used to be nice, society in the US has assisted me in becoming a full time asshole.

The last time I was in Norway, I treated everyone quite well. Every time I have been to Scandinavia, all people have been wonderful; not like our once great Country.

I think it is all about demographics.

@GOPerfect makes some good points.

IMO Society has changed over the years here in the USA.
For me it gets harder and harder to be polite and courteous toward other people in today's environment.

Sometimes I just get tired of taking the high road when I am surrounded my morons.
And I find myself taking the high road less and less as years goes by.

I have come to hate people... That has not always been the case.
But times have changed.

When I am in the city of Batavia most people act like assholes...
When I go to the corner store near me in semi rural Alabama NY. Most people are polite and show some manners.

So yeah, demographics plays a part.

Agree.

 

[GOPerfect]

Agree.

It actually a shame that we suck so bad here. I see it in full view when I am working the Bills games. Horrible excuses for mankind.

 

[Defilade]

I purchased the goods and now it is personal property. Get a warrant.

 

[Marine Cpl]

I purchased the goods and now it is personal property. Get a warrant.

A private business doesn’t need a warrant on private property since they can never get one since they aren’t the government . You can just leave and never come back if you do not want to abide by the rules of private property just the same as the CEO of Walmart doesn’t have to eat at your restaurant if he or she doesn’t want to abide by your dress code of no tank tops and shoes required.

Private is private and government is government. I don’t know why people are having a hard time with this distinction.

If I own a business that requires you to get your bags searched upon entering and you do not want to submit to the search, than just leave.

 

[GOPerfect]

A private business doesn’t need a warrant on private property since they can never get one since they aren’t the government . You can just leave and never come back if you do not want to abide by the rules of private property just the same as the CEO of Walmart doesn’t have to eat at your restaurant if he or she doesn’t want to abide by your dress code of no tank tops and shoes required.

Private is private and government is government. I don’t know why people are having a hard time with this distinction.

If I own a business that requires you to get your bags searched upon entering and you do not want to submit to the search, than just leave.

Their rules need to be posted

 

[Marine Cpl]

Their rules need to be posted

There’s no law requiring that. Sir. You cannot dine at our fine establishment wearing a bathing suit and no shoes. That’s all that’s required.

 

[Bigfoot]

When I was in walmart earlier today. There was a really good looking woman standing next to me in the pet food isle.
She said to me that she just got a new cat today and is wondering what kind of cat food the cat would like.
She kind of looked like Jennifer Love Hewitt when she was in her prime...

When I was explaining to her that she should go online and do some research about cat food.
So that she could educate herself on what pet food is healthy for her cat......... I was like...















I was trying to be cool about it... But the General rarely listens to my brain.

Meh, these things happen.

 

[Twogunwilly]

"Just following orders."

Don't want to be forced to be a dick and deal with customers equally as displeased by you? Find another job.

Just like when the "security system" goes off. I just keep walking.

I don't stop for the alarm either. However, as soon as I figure out the greeter probably won't stab me or lead me onto a boxcar headed to cornholeos palace, I will entertain them with my receipt and spare the few seconds of my time that I won't remember for long.

 

[Twogunwilly]

When I was in walmart earlier today. There was a really good looking woman standing next to me in the pet food isle.
She said to me that she just got a new cat today and is wondering what kind of cat food the cat would like.

Dude, she was talking about her whispering eye, the proper response is to whip out Mr Happy.

 

[Darth]

I don't stop for the alarm either. However, as soon as I figure out the greeter probably won't stab me or lead me onto a boxcar headed to cornholeos palace, I will entertain them with my receipt and spare the few seconds of my time that I won't remember for long.

Cool.

I'll continue about my day without accusatory time wasting theatre.

 

[Darth]

All Walmarts are different. Some only ask for a receipt for unbagged items. Some ask all the time. Some have a cop at the door next to the greeter. Some have absolutely nobody that checks your receipt and instead just says, “Welcome to Walmart.”

But regardless, anyone who makes a 75 year old person’s job a nightmare who’s job is to check the receipt of a person who CHOSE to shop there is a pussy asshole. They would not do that if the Greeter was a cop who could trespass them.

They only do it because they know that by the time the cops are called for the trespass, they will be long gone.

You are even more wrong if you think I'm more willing to stop for a cop asking for shit from me with no cause.

 

[Darth]

No offense. If everyone treated everyone else with scorn, what would society be like? Just telling it like it is.

Our country is the way it is because of how people treat each other.

If you go to a small town in Norway for example, you wouldn’t fit in and destroy their way of life.

They started the interaction with an accusitiry request. Don't forget that.

Had that not done that, we'd get along just fine.