Alabama woman falsely accused of shoplifting awarded $2.1 million in Walmart settlement
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- Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2021
- CBS affiliate WKRG-TV's Bill Riales reports on a case revealing the retail giant's pattern of false accusations followed by attempts to collect money from victims.
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Imagine trying to extort $200 and end up paying $2.1M. Way to go Walmart, keep it up!
LOL
Big L 😂
Bittersweet luck for the lady
Time to go to Walmart
She stole the items. And she blames it on a malfunction.
This woman deserves every dollar, I don't think these companies realize how serious criminal charges affect our everyday lives as normal law abiding citizens.
Oh they do, that's why they think they can get away with this
I wouldn’t say she deserves THAT much but she does deserve some compensation for her time.
$2.1 million is WAY too much but I get it, "they're" trying to send a message to Walmart. Wish I could've been the person falsely accused if the award was going to be THAT large.
@@sthr2110 it should be spread out among all of the victims. And it would be too little. Walmart didn’t even bother to show up in court. Straight bullying and intimidation to extort money. If you ask me, forget the money, put someone in jail.
@@Bengeance NO. She deserved compensation for having her EMPLOYMENT RUINED.
They made $314 million and only had to pay out $2.1 million, sounds like they have zero incentive to change.
What are you talking about it is more than fair for her. Why would they pay anything else
@@officialflorint It's called punitive damages, you should google that so you can comprehend my statement.
@@officialflorint i think you missed the point of what was said. He never said anything about her. He said Walmart makes 314 million. Only had to pay someone 2.1 million. Walmart was not really affected by this, so they'll probably continue harassing people like how she was
The point of courts isn't revenge, but reconciliation. If she's properly compensated, it doesn't matter that the fine isn't huge to the company. It's not about driving the company into the ground.
It’s just a cost of doing business for them.
That’s the best ad for walmart ever.
“If you shop at walmart, you may win $2.1M”
Did you watch the same video I did? Why would anyone want to shop at a business that could potentially accuse you of a crime you didn’t commit. Resulting in you getting arrested, having your reputation damaged, and being extorted for more money than you “supposedly stole from them.” does not seem like something I’d want to risk.😅
@@alex_enbeeI think they're just talking about the specific line they quoted
Man, ive been accused of stealing multiple times, but I always cleared things up before charges were placed. I should have let them file charges against me 🤦🏽♂️
@@alex_enbeeBecause I could win 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!
I'm so glad she fought this. Walmart really needs to stop harassing innocent people. Quick story time for anyone who cares: once I was at walmart, It was pretty late, maybe around 8:30pm. I was there with my husband and we were shopping for back to school items. I had lots of pencils, paper, and backpacks and such. I also grabbed a few groceries and some dog food. Needless to say, my cart was full. I went to the registers and tried to find one that was open with a person at the register. But there wasn't anyone working registers. It was only self checkout options. My husband walked over to customer service and asked if anyone would be able to open the register to help us out because there wasn't enough room on the side of the self checkouts to place our items after scanning them. The manager yelled at him instantly! Like for no reason! He was very kind when asking, just curious if anyone could help us out. But she was so angry that he even asked. She said no, if you want to shop here you need to go through self checkout. Well my husband wasn't happy about that, but bit his tongue because we needed to get home. All of a sudden as we're scanning each and every individual item, we run out of room on the side of the register. So instead we started putting items into the top of the basket area. Well that was a red flag because then the worker kept telling us we were missing items. Needless to say it was a huge mess. I hated every bit of it. I wanted to put it back but my kids needed it very soon. I wanted to grab another basket, but they were out in the parking lot, and I wanted to use bags but they were out in the whole store. I just hated how I felt like i was working there and doing their jobs temporarily. Workers standing around everywhere! I hate walmart. 😒 anyways thanks for reading! Lol
That's crap! I don't like walmart either and I've never been treated like that, heard it a lot. We have a small town wally's though so it wouldn't be very productive to treat people like that.
Yikes, what an awful experience.
Yikes I’ve always hated Walmart since I was a child and since I’ve grown up I’ve gone there less than 5 times in my adult life the energy there is so chaotic and low I can’t ignore it I don’t judge who shops there or works there but I’m so sensitive to energy it’s unbearable for me
I hate it too and don’t shop there but it seems they harass the people that don’t shoplift and let the shoplifters out the door no problem.
Wow I live in Nicaragua and I hate it too. I thought that only happened here. 😳They're very rude.
I was accused of stealing a bottle of water once at a Macy's. I asked them to provide evidence which they said they had but could not produce so they dropped it and let me go. It still pisses me off almost 15 years later that I was accused of something I did not do. I'm glad this woman got justice.
Don't hold grudges. It's bad it will just make your life miserable, and you will bring these bad thoughts, memories upon your kids. They don't deserve that. Yes, it was wrong they shouldn't have accused you, but that was the past. nothing is gonna change. Now, carry on and live your life, be happy.
My mom got fired from Macy's in the early 2000's because they said she stole a candy bar. A CANDY BAR. She had the receipt but it didn't matter.
@Mama McFreeman That's horrible, not to mention so embarrassing to be falsely accused of stealing. Just don't ever step foot in their stores or shop there ever again. I stopped shopping at Macy's many years ago because their clothing and other items are so incredibly overpriced and the quality of the clothing got incredibly cheap. Chin up!
Imagine being mad over something so trivial for almost 15 years!! Your life must be terrible!!! LMFAO the world is full of losers
Macy’s sells water? Lol
To anyone reading this: Wal mart employees cannot physically detain you. If you are in the right, just keep walking. They legally have no right to touch you. They are not the police. If the police show up, obviously cooperate, but I've read too many comments on this video about Wal mart not allowing people to leave that haven't done anything wrong. You don't have to listen to them when they tell you to go into that theft room. They aren't your parents, the police, or anyone with any authority over you.
this is false
Shopkeeper's privilege
Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.
@@gentleusurper4778 my privilege to flip the accuser off and be on my way. What kind of little bi**h would listen to a Walmart employee trying to stop them, if they hadn't done anything wrong. More reason not to listen if they had, actually...
@@gentleusurper4778 Shopkeeper's privilege is a 4th amendment violation. And even if the police wrongfully arrest you for "robbery" because you defend yourself against an aggressive asset protection associate or third-party security guard, the D.A. always drops the charge since it's not a real robbery. That's why the police hate prosecutors, because some of these prosecutors actually know the law and don't always accept the arrest.
@@arturocamaney9235 Good if no crime is found. Stores should have the right to protect their property (within reason) though.
My sister was falsely accused of stealing from Target 🎯 and it has truly damaged her image and name in so many ways. I have watched you tell what happened to you at Walmart. You deserve what you got from them because they are quick to say someone is stealing from their company.
She should sue and ask for video. She could get paid as well.
lol, how did it damage her name?
This is why no parent, authority figure or employer should be judgmental about arrests. This isn't fair
@@bertrandlewis4906 yeah unless it's a place like a school and they're violent or sexual charges, it shouldn't matter. Especially for drug charges
@@DellikkilleDbecause people will know who she is. Both her image and her name. Especially the people she surrounds herself with. It’s not a good feeling.
Glad she fought it and received a great reward for the harassment.
A few years back, went to Walmart and bought groceries. Mind you, I checked out at the register, right by the door. As I was leaving, greeter asked for receipt. I was thinking really, you seen me at register and cashier rung me up. I had bought a hair clipper and supposibly wasn't on receipt. I told her it was and to check. Long story short, I made her take my bags to the register, take everything out and check it off one by one. She said " she didn't have to".
I told her " you insinuating I took something, so YOU ARE going to check off everything ". She did and everything was on my receipt.
Two can play their game.
Love this
Great idea. I'd take it a step further and had her walk me to customer service to get my money back and have her explain to the person working at customer service why I was returning everything. I'm not a Karen but test me and I'll be the Karen
@@iwatchtrashtv213 exactly
I applaud this behavior 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@iwatchtrashtv213 that's a great ideal and even better.
So she was arrested and had to go to court over a measly $40 worth of groceries and no one representing Walmart even showed up? 🤯 AND THEN they tried to get her to pay them $200 for them to basically stop harassing her with letters?! Damn…no wonder walmart attracts all the crazy people 😭 you are who you attract 🤡
More people need to hear that! You are what you attract.
Love 😆love your reply lol 😆😂🤣😆
I hate Walmart. Some stuff is cheaper than other places, unfortunately.
Lmao you're just repeating crap you heard. That's not actually true.
Some people can only afford Walmart. Stop judging people, calling them crazy and clowns because they don't have as much money to spend as you do.
I remember being accused of shoplifting when I was 19 years old in 2014. I was at the mall with my friends, I was looking around at things and wasn’t planning on buying anything because I was waiting on my friends to finish up. This employee was following me around and I saw she was just steering at me and just watching my every move. I continued to look around and see what they had. I told my friends that the employee is following me around for some reason and they said just ignore her because you are not doing anything wrong. After a while I finally went up to her and I asked her, is there a problem ma’am and her response was ya you are the problem and I said what did I do wrong, I am just walking around looking at your store that’s all.
She said I know you stole and I said why would I ever steal. She just kept saying that I will call the police on you for stealing items here and I emptied out my purse and pockets. I said this is everything that is in my purse and pockets. Her response was ok you can go, I asked her don’t you owe me something and she said have a nice day. I told her that aren’t you going to apologize to me for accusing me of stealing and she said No goodbye.
I had a crowd around me because I yelled out that the woman accused me of stealing and she won’t apologize to me for that. The manager came out and asked what’s the problem and I explained to him what happened and I demanded that the employee should be fired from her position because you don’t just accuse someone of shoplifting just of how they look. I never got an apology from the manager of the store and I never went back there again.
There’s a lot of rude people out there that will accuse you of stealing and it’s just so frustrating and wrong.
Why are you flipping out at someone doing their job? And then expect them to apologize to you when you got up in their face for it?
She was wrong to assert "that you were the problem" and to accuse you of stealing without seeing you doing it but you fit a profile of age and behaviour that made her think that is what you were doing and with limited view may have thought she saw you put something in your bag.
"I obviously wasn't stealing"
Not so much.. people randomly walking around a store, "looking" at everything, picking stuff up, putting it back but not buying anything/much are often watched for shoplifting.
It's a common trait among young / inexperienced shoplifters.
That and splitting off from the group you were with is also a common tactic..
Either because the group is distracting the workers or the lone person doesn't want the group to know what they are doing.
Put it this way, If you worked in a restaraunt and see a group of college / highschool kids comming in, being a lil rowdy, making a mess on the table playing with salt etc and typically oblivious to their surroundings and not actually buying anything much, maybe 2 drinks for the whole table, teen stuff, are you going to be thinking "these guys are totally fine and aren't going to cause any problems whatsoever" or "I'm gonna keep my eye on them, they seem like they might be trouble"?
Then 1 of them confronts you for looking at them. How would you react?
@@dzzope
I was very mad and I had to be mad.
I had the right to do that and she never once apologized to me.
I was in the right and she was in the wrong.
She wasn’t doing her job right at all because a good employee doesn’t follow you around like that and just accuse you of shoplifting.
Walmart has a lot of nerve to send these demand letters AFTER they caused the case to be dismissed by failing to appear in court.
Geez, they got a whole scam going on, don't they? They never thought she really stole anything. They just wanted to put her in a position to extort her. Disgusting. I'm glad she fought it and won.
It seems like these things are now being uncovered during the pandemic. The same thing haopened recently to one of thise huge car rental companies.
"They never thought she really stole anything" that's ridiculous to claim. The security guy at the store probably F up, or genuinely thought she did steal, and her data ended up in a pool of people that actually did shoplift, in a corporation with thousands of stores across the us.
@@mesteme If that's the case then Walmart's system has failures at basically every level and the working class is paying the price (as usual). If you ask me, the intent doesn't really matter when the outcome is affecting millions of people.
@@TheStabbyCyclist "they got a whole scam going on, don't they?" OP is basically claiming that Walmart HQ has devised a conspiracy to scam innocent people into litigation. How about we try to be serious ok?
@@mesteme but thats exactly what they've done. No doubt to offset losses from ACTUAL shoplifting
You can't be that naive...
Went thru the Walmart check out and the cashier kept insisting that I need to pay for a tommy Hilfiger coat (edit: no it wasn't expensive) my son wore inside the building and took off and was holding. Even after my son told her it was his coat she was still giving me a hard time until I explained to her (and showed her the tag and logo) that Walmart does not sell Tommy Hilfiger and that I bought this coat online. Ridiculous and embarrassing. I've never stolen anything in my life.
You stole my time reading that
hahahaha fascinating story
seriously i enjoyed alot.....
Next time Walmart accuses someone of stealing yeezys 🤣
@@jonpendragon2066 you gave your time reading it 🥴🥴😂😂
i would’ve paid to see the dumb look on her face when she realized
That woman had such a peaceful demeanor
ya she just got 2 mill
Thank you for posting this story and a huge THANK YOU! to Mrs. Nurse for choosing to fight it and holding WalMart accountable for their actions. It's time that the $3.14Mil "stolen" by WalMart be returned to all of the individuals who also suffered such abusive tactics.
I. AGREE. COMPLETELY. 💯
90 percent minorities.
They actually made $314million.
There’s just something so satisfying about seeing corporate giants be forced to give millions of their wages to hardworking middle class citizens. Glad justice was served.
But the bigger problem is that they collected millions and only have to pay back chump change. Same as drug companies that collect billions but then get sued for millions. Just like a casino, they play the odds and become the winners.
Walmart workers are essential workers, yet they get paid in a way where the tax payer has to foot the bill because the owners are a bunch of greedy scumbags (aka walmart workers cost tax payer money in the form of welfare). Walmart still won and these little payouts are just a slap on the wrist for them. End of the day the only way true justice can be served is when we force employers to pay employees in a way that scales off of the roi the employee provides (instead of the minimum the employer can get away with). Ideally 50% of the roi an employee provides should go to the employee. That will never happen so in reality this is the smallest of wins. This isn't even a slap on the wrist for walmart really.
The problem is the corporate legal department will keep that case in litigation for the next 10 years. She'll be lucky to actually see any of that money.
You’re correct, but this just a small price for them to pay.
There is nothing really satisfying about it - it just means higher prices filtered back to the customer.
When I was a kid, Walmart accused me of stealing a toy I brought with me from home. Cops were called immediately. My dad said, prove that this particular toy is sold in your store. The manager even tried to get the cops to arrest my dad for asking. The cop went off on the store manager and asked if they sold that particular toy, manager eventually said no. We never sued them, but after seeing this video I wish we did.
How much would you sue them for, and why? Embarrassment? fair enough..but where does embarrassment end and greed begin? That's where this case went haywire.
@@adotintheshark4848 you can sue for anything
@@adotintheshark4848 yes but if you don't sue them, they'll continue to do similar things to other customers. So you're helping yourself n others.
@@adotintheshark4848 Sue for harrassment.
@@adotintheshark4848 Wow, I'm really sorry. Something happened to me as a young teen at a flea market. I had my money in my pants pocket so I'd put my hand in my pocket to check it was still there (I'm female but wasn't carrying a purse) A woman approached stating "excuse me but I believe you have one of my sterling silver rings in your pocket." I stood there stunned. I had not taken a ring. My mother let her have it and she backed away, probably forever convinced I HAD stollen a ring. I get it, people steal. But I didn't.
F WALMART. Their BS self checkout SUCKS.
For walmart that's not even a drop in the bucket. But for this lady this is life changing. Happy for her. Live well happy and safe
it’s the “when no one from Walmart showed up to court” for me
How about this,
Don't steal ?
@@fredgervinm.p.3315How about to extort from innocent victims.
@@fredgervinm.p.3315 did you watch the video?... She didn't steal...
@@fredgervinm.p.3315are you stupid?
They knew they would have to pay and were wrong , it’s sad
I was accused of stealing food when I worked at the target pizza hut. They said there was video of it. I asked to see the video and he changed the subject. I was blindsided by this so I forgot about pushing the issue. I had a coworker who was accused of giving too much change back to a customer, $100. She's been in retail for literally decades so she couldn't believe it. She asked to see the video of it and the manager refused. Why is that allowed? If we're being accused of something so bad that we're getting fired for it shouldn't we be allowed to see their proof?
Cause u do not follow thru. Then you continue to work there and do not sue.
You have every right to see evidence against you in the court of law. However. That wasn't the court of law but a private property. Follow through to all the way up into the court and they will cave, but that is after they've arrested you for theft charges and a mark on your permanent record.
My wife was accused of stealing when she was in high school working at a local grocery store. They said her drawer was $100 short. The drawers are counted by a manager alone in a locked office so there was no way she could dispute it. She was fired, but not charged. A few months later that same manager was fired for stealing.
@@johnjr757 her parents should had taken care of that incident for her
@@ertfgghhhh She was 18 at the time
One time I was in Walmart and was basically forced to use self check out, though I had hundreds of dollars of groceries. My wife was home and I was with my one-year old. As I am ringing each individual item, my one-year old kept grabbing the bags and crying as I placed them back in the cart. I had to double check twice as I was so scared that I missed an item in confusion and distress. If I was able to go to an actual cashier, this transaction would’ve been so much easier.
Wal-mart is just terribly ran. I used self check out and had tons of problems but thought I paid. When I got home I noticed on my bank account I didn't. So I called a help number on their website so I could pay. The guy had no idea how to proceed. Told me to call the store. I called the store. No one knew what to do. Got transferred and put on hold and eventually disconnected. Called back 3 times on different days before I just gave up on trying to force them to take my money. Wal-mart has no right to sue people for stealing when their systems are garbage. We aren't your employee.
I got falsely accused of stealing a chair from Walmart. I had the receipt. Even though I showed it to the guy at the door they thought I walked out with it got my license plate and all of a sudden I get this letter in the mail to appear in court. I had to miss work went in and showed the judge my receipt. The judge shook his head and apologized to me and that Walmart waisted everybody’s time. I hate Walmart
Hope you sued.
Sue
Sue.. Take a part of the 314 million dollars they've been extorting innocent people of.
@@animesenpai1163 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sueing can actually be worse than just proving your innocence and leaving it at that.
It costs time, a lot of money, and you're guaranteed anything.
It's one of the worse feelings when you are accused of stealing and you know you are not a thief. To deliberately accuse honest people of stealing so they can profit is down right evil! The same thing goes for people who spread lies that you are a thief simply because they don't like you. Evil!
Oh my god... soo so true... 😣👌🏻
The Walton family that are the owners of Walmart, have more money than 1/3 of Americans put together, having a food drive for associates around Thanksgiving time is playing it cheap, they don't even give decent medical coverage for the associates. that's not only evil it should be criminal, but they of course get away with that.
@@duran007fan5 Walmart has been a publicly traded company since 1974. I'm not sure how much stock the surviving Waltons own today. I don't think any of the family are involved in running the business.
Evil? Ehh dishonest
Yea many years ago I ended up beating up a guy I considered one of my best friends bc he accused me of stealing money out of his room along with his ps2 and some games. I told him several times it wasn't me but he insisted it was bc I was the only one besides his fiance who knew where the extra key was hidden. He swung on me so I did what I had to. I never talked to him again but through friends I learned it was his fiance who took the stuff and later she took several thousand from him and bounced. He tried sending messages to me apologizing but I don't need people like that in my life. A true friend would at least give you the benefit of the doubt and look at alternate possibilities. There is nothing worse than being accused of something so sleezy when you didn't do it.
Every time I go to Walmart, when I am at self check out, the employees always swarm to where I’m checking out and they always watch me like a dang hawk 😡 I’ve spent thousands and thousands of dollars in that place and I have NEVER stolen one thing from them!!! They need to get their cashiers back in there and do the checking out process if they are going to accuse and insinuate!!! I despise Walmart, I really do!!!
ikr what the point if there just going to stand there anyways!
Things are so desperate for supermarkets they now have to falsely accuse customers of stealing and then blackmail them by demanding money to go away. In many civilised countries this is called extortion and its a statutory offence. Im glad you sued and I hope anyone who's also had a similar experience sues these frauds out of existence
Dang. 2.1 million dollars goes a heckuva lot further than 2.1 dollars. I'm glad she got the bigger award.
Walmart going to litigate until it's thrown out or decreased significantly.
2.1 is nothing compared to how much they profited harassing ppl
Yeah she going to have fun paying those high baller taxes and thats after she pays her lawyers.
@@BWSeraph she has to pay taxes on that settlement?
Lawyers will get most of the money don't you know? That's our system.
I was falsely accused once and it was beyond humiliating. I was a teenager and went to walk into a dressing room at a clothing store. The employee saw an empty hanger on the floor and accused me of somehow magically throwing the hanger in there and stealing clothing. I had no purse. Only shorts and a tank top, wallet in my pocket. I had to spin around and show them I didn’t have anything then they demanded I paid. I didn’t and walked out humiliated. I WISH I would have sued them. I was a teen and had no clue I could. But good on this lady.
Did you ask her if she was having a schizophrenic meltdown?
only way you'd be able to sue is if they had you arrested and harassed you for money for what wasn't stolen.
@@Yzzami come to think of it now that I replay the scenario there’s a good chance she was unwell
When i was a teen, i was at wilson leathers in the mall, and yes, this was the 90's. Regardless, i saw a coworker of mine, so i went over to greet him. Before i could, he was accosted by the sales associate & accused of shoplifting. He hadn't been. 😕
That's just stuck with me, ya know, shopping while being black?! Ugh...!
@@johrathbun Sorry that happened to you!
Good for her!!!! I was at Walmart once, and used Walmart Pay on my iPhone, and some employee ran over like I stole something. Good for this woman! Her verdict is healing for me!!!!!
Oh man that is heartbreaking 😢
I've worked as an Asset Protection Associate for Wal-Mart before. And let me tell you that the training for that job is very lacking and communication is terrible. I was AP for about 4 months and I stepped down. You wouldn't believe how much of Wal-Mart's AP Associates love causing trouble and ruining people's lives for a simple mistake. I'm glad this lady fought back and won.
How much do they make?
@@who_neenah1114 $12 hour
@@pazuzuxx isn’t Walmart $15 globally now?
I stole panties at Publix and even told them I did it but they later on accused me of not stealing and let me go. I’m gonna file a lawsuit against them.
@@pazuzuxx minimum wage at Walmart is $15, but Asset Protection isn't minimum wage.
Walmart falsely accused me of stealing also when I was 18 years old.. they took me into a back room and interrogated me.. told me they had me on video stealing and that I was going to jail.. Wouldn’t let me call anyone.. I kept asking to see the video and they refused to show it to me.. I was absolutely traumatized
Wow, then what happen? It cant end there, how did you leave?
@@jackieeeap2 same happened to me and they just let me go and apologized.
Jesus loves you all so very much!😊❤
I was accused of stealing $1 tweezers from CVS. When I told them to show me video they refused, when I told them to search me they said, "you know we can't do that." But they sure did make me seem like a thief and embarrass me in front of everyone over a $1 pair of tweezers I never stole. It still pisses me off ever time I think about it.
Same happened to me.I had a 150dollar gift card in my pocket. they let me leave and then put a warrant out for my arrest 4months later and is still on my record now.
They stopped her for $40 worth of junk but can't do anything about the thugs walking right out the door with a full cart of tvs?????
You are my Hero lBlessing for you and your family
Happend to me in Walmart, I was stopped at the door and was accused of stealing, made me take everything out I showed them my receipt and they said it was a 99 cents ítem. Double checked and there it was .99c PAID, all this in front of people and while my kids were criying thinking their parents were thiefs. The whole thing felt like an eternity to me. And at the end the lady didn't even apologized. Very humiliating for my husband and I, and traumatic for my kids.
They can’t hold you against your will. You should’ve called police and sued.
Traumatic? Whats traumatic about checking your stuff twice?
don't shop at Walmart
@@hildaamethyst528 Police won't do anything, if anything they'll side with the Walmart employees
That is so aweful
Sorry you and your family had to deal with this,.it makes me want to boycott the company
Good for her!!! I'm an ex Walmart employee fired for "shoplifting. " I worked in Produce and we threw so much product in the garbage that didn't need to be disposed of. I made the mistake of eating some of the fruit that was meant to go to trash. They not only fired me, but sent me that letter to try and get me to pay them $100 to settle the case. I disputed, ironically due to no job, and they dropped it. Very humiliating. I'm proud of this lady and hope she gets her settlement.
that's horrendous! sorry to hear that. i hope you find a much better employer.
Usually it doesn't go to the trash it goes to the compost bin which is collected by the third party who we provide it to, with that being said I do think the situation you went through is sh*tty and I'm sorry to hear it.
Who is this 3rd party that collects the food products?
@@tylerdurden9748 farmers I guess, all I know is that we throw it in separate bins and the same thing applies to meat. Probably gets made into pig food and soil.
Grazing?
2.1 million is a joke. Let's be real. People who get paralysed in vehicle accidents get less money or injured at work. God the legal system is a joke.
God bless you lady happy for you
I was awarded $127k in a private settlement from Sears many years ago for something similar- a Sears employee actually tackled me! Im happy to see she's been properly awarded bc you DEFINITELY get PTSD when you're arrested falsely. Happy for this family!!!
Omg im so sorry that happened to you, that sounds awful. I was tackled by a security guard once, with my 1 year old in my arms, at my brothers 5th grade graduation because I didn’t realize they needed us to sign in at the office (the buildings were so far apart and had separate entrances). It was really traumatic and I complained to the school and the campus police and no one cared at all and felt they were justified. I wish I had gone to the media but I was so young and naive and really thought I’d get a phone call back. 🙄
I’m sorry this happened to you but African Americans get arrested falsely on a daily basis so imagine how much PTSD we go through
@@BlackHairandSkinCare yea right
@@BlackHairandSkinCare
Oh, GTFOH
@Lindsay Caitlin
Were you playing football at the time?
How about that terrible company hires enough employees to work all of the registers. They can definitely afford it but they are to greedy. Best way to fight back is shopping anywhere else
The problem with shopping elsewhere is there is no other place to shop in some towns. Walmart has a monopoly in alot of cities. Also, most other places are also corporate owned and ran.
I AGREE,, WALMART IS A FREAKING JOKE!!
@@jerryspann8713 Yes but they can shop online. Amazon has more stuff then Walmart.
Samuel Louis
Ageee. Good reason to boycott wal mart make a statement that we won’t accept this behavior from a company that has so much money. I know people who work at wal mart. People walk out with big screen TVs and they are not allowed to follow or go after them. Those TVs sure more than cereal and groceries. I’m no going in wal mart. Will do without.
what a beautiful lady. Glad she was able to fight the system and make an impact.
she gonna buy more food
niceeeee Good for you👍💪 I'm sorry you had to go through this but justice has been served❤
You go lady....my own experience at a Walmart some years ago has me on your side. I bought 2 items. One was a Dremel tool. I paid in the check out line but the clerk failed to nullify the theft protection device on the package. When I left the store alarms sounded and "theft protection" woman accosted me near my car. I never realized the alarms were meant for me. I was escorted back into the store where the woman dumped my stuff on the floor right in front of a crowded Friday night checkout crowd. Of course I had the receipt and it showed every item in my bag (2) were paid for. Even then the woman was holding me up from leaving. I finally picked my stuff up and put it back in the bag and demanded to see a store manager, who was even more abusive. I really don't like Walmart and don't understand how they got so big.
That's why I act deaf when I leave the store. If you follow me to my car you're getting punched because I fear for my life.
They got big when Sam Walton was alive and running the company. EVERYTHING was different including Sam's policy of stocking American Made wherever and whenever the products were available. Now they're mostly an outlet for --- Made in China --- They purchase life insurance on their older employees (Greeters) with Wal-Mart as the beneficiary. ('cause it's legal..) Hoping and praying and counting the days. Woohoo! Another Greeter down! We can hire another old and disabled (blank check) citizen.., "Look America! We're compassionate! We hire the old and disabled!" (PR Department) They sided with the Anti-2A/Anti-Gun activists and stopped selling most guns and ammunition... to citizens legally qualified to own, keep, and bear arms. I'm fortunate. There are many other stores with very low prices within 10 miles. I have choices. Many poorer people that have to squeeze every penny don't have the same choices. They're practically and economically forced to spend their small and precious, tight budget funds at Wal-Mart. Or another Evil Entity: Jeff Besos >205.4 Billion on 11-26-2021 --- "But they deliver!" --- (Everything except Blue Origin)
You should have sued everything about that was worth millions. They don’t have a right to grab you or take your stuff, you should have defended yourself.
Political system is bought & payed for by big business. Big businesses don't donate money for nothing. Donations is not the word to use
@@milmex317th Big business is a large part, but any entity with enough money can influence (bribe) politicians, or a Party. I've been a Union member for 2 1/2 decades. Members openly brag about politicians that "are bought and paid for" (Always Dems, btw) It's disgusting. They don't give a Rat's A$$ about anyone -- not a member -- All of the Pro-Uniion BS is just that. Propaganda. Every non-union person in this country is talked about as "the enemy." Don't believe anything they say, especially about being Pro-America. They also commission, pay for, distribute, and openly display calendars celebrating "Great Thinkers".. that are all Marxists. Admittedly, in writing, right on the calendars. They display and distribute "Workers Unite" pamphlets and stickers with the raised fist of The International Socialist Organization... An organization that states right on its website that they are a Marxist organization... Yeah, that's who they're sleeping with.
So happy for her-she took the hard road and fought back-she deserves the money! Never heard of anything that crazy.
this is what we call clean money. Shoplifting accusation is one of the most humiliating things
I had my 3 kids 3yo and under grocery shopping at Walmart few years ago.. I had just finished a 13hr shift serving at work and was already frazzled and tired but I had to get groceries... my kids were sick and grumpy.. the whole trip there was a nightmare... but my 3yo son had grabbed a nerf gun and I didn't notice.. I might have seen it but the fact that it was from the store just didn't register with a crying 3mos old and my 2yo throwing a fit for candy.. I have no criminal history whatsoever.. they treated me like a low down criminal when I handed them my receipt and they saw my 3yo son had the nerf gun that wasn't on my reciept.. I apologized profusely and being sleep deprived.. having a super difficult trip with my kids and hard day at work with my PPD I started bawling like a baby... instead of allowing me to put the toy back they made me pay for it... an 18 dollar toy on a waitress salary for a newly single mom of 3 really caused quite the adjustments to my still not figured out budget.. I struggled with bills for 2 mos after that because when you live paycheck to paycheck like that and still haven't quite gotten the hand of your budget $18 is a lot... Im still super mad about that incident (hence my rant here) and now that I'm financially stable... I shop at target and Meijer only.
Wouldn’t expect anything less from a company that can’t pay their workers a livable wage👍 money hungry fat cats r gunna try doing anything to make money👍
A man sis
A man sis
I'm a white, senior citizen in a nice area of Florida. I rarely shop at Walmart. I *ALWAYS* have my merchandise scanned by a cashier. Last year, as I was walking out, a middle-aged female employee asked me for my receipt. I asked her why she didn't ask the two (30ish minority) men who exited just in front of me for their receipt. She said because she "picked me". Quite the argument ensued, then said she couldn't make me show her my receipt. I certainly was willing to have the police called at this point. I just walked out, like the two men in front of me, who she obviously was afraid to confront. I've had that happen a few times since then at my infrequent Walmart shopped trips. When they ask for my receipt, I say "no", as I keep on pushing my cart through the door.
I'm going to bookmark this video for future reference in case I ever get harassed like this poor, innocent woman. I certainly could use the court's monetary judgment. 😂
so wall mart makes 314 mil. on fraudulent claims and only has to give back 2.1 mil.
and you call that justice.....
This is so crazy! I’m glad she fought it.
Honestly good for her. No one deserves to be harassed!! Harassment is exhausting mentally and physically!
But $2.1m though?
@Mike Morris 🤣🤣🤣
@@cstuartdc I don't love "trickle down economics" but $2.1 million?
@@Victor-tl4dk do you support Walmart from continued extortion on it's customers? Because if they don't keep getting hit in their pockets, that's exactly what will keep happening.
@@mluu510 yes. Read above
Typical Walmart. One associate admitted that they accuse all people who shop their stores of shoplifting. That's why they bully you to produce a receipt. That's why I would encourage everyone to avoid shopping at Walmart.
We'll crap, i don't want to shop at Walmart anymore after hearing about this. That was just terrible!
They accuse wrong people but when its these actual thieves caught on the act/ camera they wont even let their employees go after them. 🤯
Right? I’ve read that Walmart allows sexual harassment and discrimination and if you speak up about it you will be terminated
Yes, this is exactly the case, in the store I worked in years ago. They didn't stop this one man from walking out with a TV. They didn't even call the police.
Exactly! This just happened at a Safeway in San Francisco I went to - a guy supposedly stole something, fought the security guard, and ran off. And I didn’t see *anyone* else who worked at Safeway (or the shopping center) go after him. Nope, he was just standing at a bus stop.
@@hardyjoe4278 What?!
@@hardyjoe4278 policy is only loss prevention can handle. Nobody else able. The reason is because the shoplifters will often fight back or start to run. If the shoplifter gets hit by a car, injures someone else, etc as a result of an employee trying to stop them then the company and employee is at fault.
It's something I had to deal with when I was loss prevention. We used to detain and handcuff shoplifters. But then the industry changed because of the lawsuits out there and varying state laws. Policy then changed where we were only allowed to call police, get a description, and get video or pictures if we could.
It's one big headache, trust me.
I would have been so embarrassed if this happened to me, I probably wouldn’t leave my house for weeks. So glad she won but too bad she had to go through all that humiliation.
Try being cursed for life.
That's why she won.
Keep suing Walmart out of business. Walmart stole from me when the self checkout malfunctioned
BRAVO! Wal-Mart deserve it. They treat their employees & customers awful! I was falsely accused of stealing but I was released because I was innocent was the cashier fault!!. I used to shop there & buy thousands of dollars in every trip, NEVER again I will shop in this rip-off, store.
I worked at Walmart for two years and I was accused of helping a lady steal alcohol at a register I was helping her with because I was “too friendly” according to the asset protection manager. When I asked to see proof, the manager said no and he said he “saw what he saw” and threatened me that if he was my boss I’d be fired and immediately would’ve gone to jail. I quit right on the spot after that as I was fed up with all the micro manage bs I was getting called into the office for. I told that manager if he wanted to threaten me, he needed proof otherwise he was getting reported and one of my co workers ended up reporting him for the same thing and he was fired! Since then, Walmart has been sued 5 times as I am writing this. I’ve also been getting small settlement checks in the Mail over the course after I quit. Never work for this company it’ll save you a lot of stress. My heart goes out to this lady and I’m very glad she won her lawsuit!
They have cameras right? Sorry they treated you that way!
Right on you, walmart is about as ugly of a company as they come.
Psh You probably did
I got a friend who use to work at Walmart and he quit too he was sick of it
E4Fallen: WOW, I had No idea they were THAT bad.
I used to work for Walmart and every week they accused cashiers of stealing every freaking week we’d be called in to get interviewed by the Loss Prevention people.. I remember when my cash drawer was short but I wasn’t the only one on the register, it was during the busy season.. and because their cameras didn’t work.. I was questioned for my whole shift.. I stuck to my truth and they tried to tell me “it’s ok, we know it’s hard times.. you can tell us”… they kept doing that and saying well I have a customer who said this or another employee who saw this.. I was so irritated by their accusations.. after that day… I put in my request to move to over night stocking.. I couldn’t believe the lengths they went to.. it just felt wrong and I couldn’t handle another interrogation.. I would’ve probably beat up the lady in charge..
That’s so horrible !
Sorry you went through that. People are just pure mean evil. Stand your ground! I know we have to protect ourselves, but keep track of everything because only you know the truth ❤️
That was really messed up.
@@jennyrealight1860 rumor has it that you once stole used unwashed panties at Walmart and you even told them you did it but they later on accused you of not stealing and let you go. And now you’re gonna file a lawsuit against them.
@@user-kr8ms9mj3t @John Roberts Rumor has it that you think and talk too much about dirty panties from family members. It is rumored males are not excluded from your list. Dirty family feud.
This is why no one wants to work anymore it's so much easier to just wait it out for an opportunistic lawsuit..
A $2 million judgement against Walmart is like a $2 judgement against the average American. The judgement should have been for $200 million. That's an amount that Walmart would have noticed.
So this is a Walmart practice? Set up random people for scam charges to make more money? Never upon ever am I setting foot inside a Walmart again.
You don't have to set foot in Walmart again. They an online website where you can buy anything you need.
Me neither.... that's a weird store...
I shop walmart because what other store puts disabled people up front, IN PUBLIC, so they can interact with people? Sure Target and others employ them in the back, out of sight, but Walmart lets the disabled feel like they are part of society and not "Hidden" . That is why I shop Walmart
And another thing, Amazon online always wants you to pay more for Prime delivery. Be careful what button you use or you will allow them to charge you extra for prime. These people are the 1 percent screwing us over like Rothchilds and Bezos.
Sure i bet that'll last a month
Wow…. That is crazy…. People need to act and fight back….. CEO makes so much money while stealing peoples money like this? Wow
The lady that owns Walmart is the richest woman on the planet (last I heard, if I'm wrong forgive me). All she cares about is wringing money from people any way she can.
@@ambilaevus7607 you are just spreading lies on the net and ask people to forgive you. Is it so hard to do a fact check before you post? Nothing in your statement is remotely true.
Lawsuits are expensive. They assume you won't fight back. Almost nobody does, so they get away with it.
@@ambilaevus7607 Have you been in touch with reality? The Walmart CEO isn’t close to being richest in the world…
@@timobrien2586 You hit the nail on the head!
There should be a class action lawsuit where everyone gets paid that went through the same crap !
Hey Walmart, I'll happily go through this for 2.1 million. Feel free to falsely accuse me anytime!
This happened to me as well I went to leave and "Loss Prevention" came up to me as I was leaving asking me "where's the shirts you didn't pay for!" They dumped all my bags out and made a mess of all the items I purchased.The had even called the cops ,but they felt stupid because everything was on my receipt! I hadn't taken a thing. They didn't apologize and they didn't attempt to re bag my items. I turned around got a refund and left. They do this kind of stuff ALL the time.
Very smart on your part to push the full sloppy cart too guest services for a full refund
I bet so. Glad you were cleared. Glad you returned the goods. There are many that do rip off stores and get away with it. We live in a crooked world. Peace to you
You would have had a lawsuit for defamation of character and false imprisonment if you had known about your rights. Especially with police there where you could get the police report.
They can't go detaining you and accusing of theft unless absolutely certain. Otherwise legally liable. People get big money from that each year.
I hope Walmart mgmt go to jail for extortion. They’re horrible. Don’t shop at Walmart. Like ever.
1:24 Is this Corporate Fascism? Are Walmart*, Metlife, T-mobile, Spectrum, "Plant Fitness" and others allowing their companies to be used to target innocent Americans based on their political beliefs? The foreign-influenced/controlled criminal network, that extends throughout corporate American, our government, and private society, can track and target innocent Americans, now, 24/7, through surveillance systems that they can readily breach?
Dang, I’m happy for her that she won. That’s terrible this happened to her. Ironically, I’ve had the complete opposite experience. I did grocery pick up one time and ended up with 8 (yes 8) bags of about 3lb candy bags and was only charged for 1. I was super confused because I didn’t order that much. I called them and they said, “oops, enjoy the candy.” I just wish people were always nice.
Lucky you.
A few times, in the self check out, I would start scanning & the scanner didn't pick up the 1st item. They have you on camera from the check out & other directions. So I make sure I scan it again so it shows up. I always wondered that if they checked my receipt I would get in trouble. Also, the platform you put your items on are weighed.
I do notice that if you use a card rather than cash, you are treated with less suspicion.
Similar thing happened to me - I picked up a set of scrubs that was marked 12.99, but showed 2.99 at the register- when I mentioned it to the cashier, she said “I think it’s on sale” I knew it wasn’t, but she was so impatient and went on scanning other stuff and then the minute I put my card in she said “have a nice day!” in that aspartame sweet way they all do. I felt so guilty walking out of there..
That's because you didn't walk inside the store.
IMO food should not be charged that much. Worked at walmart in the grocery department for 5 years. The amount of food that is thrown out that is not even expired yet is staggering. We could feed all the homeless in America and maybe the rest rest of the homeless in the world and still have some left over. But because they are afraid of getting sued everything is thrown away. We really need stricter rules on what can go the court. There are just a LOT of frivolous lawsuits that are just clogging up the courts.
@@swatisri2409 it was on sale if it scanned that price. Happened to me before too, especially with clothes.
I will never shop at Walmart. I feel badly for people who don’t have that choice.
Here to add to the Walmart frustration! After working 2nd shift at my old factory job one night, I went to Walmart to get Gatorade and stuff for lunch break. I checked out at the cash register really close to the exit and it was not busy at all at 11pm. The security at the door could see everything I did but that didn't stop an employee from grabbing my cart, preventing me from leaving, and demanding to see my receipt. Initially I said "you saw me pay for this literally right there" but she wouldn't let go of the cart. I was so freaking tired and hot from work that night that I didn't really argue and had to dig around my pockets and wallet to find the stupid receipt. I sent in a formal complaint on my next day off and the response I got from the manager was "yeah your cart should not have been grabbed like that, but you need to understand that to keep our prices low, precautions need to be taken."
Nothing better than precautions that treat customers like criminals!
Moral of the story is to never step foot in a Walmart again. Their entire business model stinks Take your money elsewhere.
This happened to my dad. He had to get one item from Walmart. The lines were so long he went to the cashier at the garden section. That's when I noticed a lady following us. I told dad and he said he hadn't done anything wrong so we were fine. He went and paid for the item and right before exiting the lady came up and accused him of theft. He produced the one item and recite clearly showing purchase. She refused to listen and forced us to speak with her manager. The manager said she was calling the police so I told them I was gonna call my friend whose mother was a lawyer if they didn't provide actual proof of theft. That stopped them real quick.
Sounds like it was something from the electronics section and you’re not supposed to just take it to the garden section.
@@TheBebe2214 it wasn't an electric item. It was a box of chocolate.
@@TheBebe2214 after reading this that’s your interpretation?! Very poor brain and you seem to lack a logical mind.
I used to fear that this would happen to me. I noticed that employees at the "You check" are working overtime ignoring people to prevent from helping
People who requested help. Now, I don't shop at stores without cashiers.
She deserves every penny of this money. Shame on Walmart for putting this woman through this. This is why I don’t do self-check out at their stores and probably should stop going there altogether.
One time when I was about 18 years old I went through a Wendy’s drive thru and when I pulled up to the window the girl stuck her head out and said “the manager here told me to tell you he knows that was you that came trough and took off without paying earlier, if you come back again he will get the police involved” I was in such shock I told her it wasn’t me but of course no one believed a 18 year old kid. 15years later I still regret not parking my car and going inside that place and making that manager show me the video and apologize after I proved it wasn’t me.
That’s why you don’t give the customer their food til after they’ve paid. Whether you were the one who drove off or not, it still would’ve been Wendy’s fault.
@@ajgerbi yea that’s something that made no sense to me from the moment I drove away, how that could have happened in the first place. But I figured anything is possible maybe the employee left the window open and put the food near it and stepped away for a second and the guy grabbed it and took off. But that kinda irritated me in itself that arguably I was blamed for that employees negligence.
For 2 million $ they can falsely accuse me all day long . I’m glad she was awarded for what they put her through tho .
Lol right
My dad was arrested at Walmart for stealing a can of shoe polish when he walked past the Point of purchase to make a phone call.
“I don’t want anyone else to have to go through this”
Girl, for $2M dollars, I’d go through that!
😂
I had this happen to me at Macy’s. They stopped me at the door and asked to look in my bags. I said, “after you call the police.” They then said, “have a nice day.”
Good thinking!
But by then your fresh and frozen items have thawed.
And they were the last ones on the shelf.
And the shop was closing, so you had to wait another day to make another journey to get your money back that you'd given them in good faith.
Walmart goes after the wrong people while the real shoplifters are cleaning them out. They're guards need better training.
Perhaps the guards are trained to do exactly what they are doing. It is quite lucrative for Walmart, with the exception of this young woman.
Especially since high ticket items are usually insured.
Exactly!!!!
So they made 314 million and gave this woman 2. Profit for them. Completely worth it for them to continue this tactic
Why anyone would waste their hard earned money to shop at this disgraceful store is beyond me.
This EXACT same thing happened to me at Target. They accused me of stealing some granola bars and pasta sauce at the self
-pay isle. I was completely innocent and immediately hired as attorney after being arrested. The police threatening me by telling me they had hours of video of me “acting suspicious”. We finally went to court and after paying thousands of dollars to my attorney to defend me the best he could do was get me 250 hours of community service. They never produced any evidence or video, but the police and prosecutor still wouldn’t budge. I completed my community service and received a letter from the court after fighting to have the arrest removed from my record that there was never any evidence of me shoplifting. I was stunned that this could happen. I live in an affluent area and have heard some of the police and stores “profile” “wealthy soccer moms”. I’m not a “soccer mom” and have my own business that has been deeply impacted by this situation. I’ve lost multiple contracts and am still working on dealing with how this has affected my reputation. It sickens me this goes on.
File a lawsuit immediately
You need to sue for reparations if you got the money for lawyers
@@tpmonster24 Even if you don't have the money, if they take it on contingency. But, another person posting said the lawyers took more than half of the settlement.
in my state (I work in LP) they drop charges if we can't produce video or don't show up as a witness. Sometimes there's actual thieves (like people stealing 20 jugs of tide in one go) and someone in LP loses video by human error and the charges are dropped. I'm surprised to hear so many stories of people who are prosecuted with no witness and no video.
@@auteurfiddler8706 lawyers don’t take half of the money. They have a certain percentage/rate they work on your case. You don’t just go blindly with a lawyer and it’s all in a written retainer. No one even the highest paid lawyer takes 50% of your settlement. That’s not how it works and most likely the person who posted didn’t know what she/he was talking about as that in reality is not possible to charge 50% of the settlement.
I was once accused of shoplifting. I was walking down the aisles I put my hands in my pocket and took them out. I advised management that if they want what's in my pocket they're going to have to contact the police. The police arrived I explained the situation and I made sure I was in view of a camera. I emptied my pockets and there was nothing there. The accusers were shaking just as if they had Parkinson's.
I requested a police report and even got on the phone with the district office during this ordeal and informed everyone that I'm going to sue the pants off the company and get the management fired. Lo and behold I got a huge settlement all the management were fired.
Was it worth it to be a 5 min faux hero?? 🤔
“Hey we need you to come back in this little room with us”
No.
Yet my walmart lets people walk out with TVs
Good for her winning that settlement
The Walmart here now forces everyone to self check out. They “remodeled the floors” by tearing the top off - looks disgusting and feel like I need to shower just by being in the store. We used to go about once a month there and now avoid unless we absolutely have to. This story further convinces me to avoid. Good for her!
Use curbside pickup. That's what I do. My local Walmart is nice inside and out but I haven't been inside in months.
They removed the tile and polished the concrete here too. In some spots, they ground the floor unevenly. I was just there today thinking somebody would trip and sue them, them I came home and saw this video.
It also feels like your being watched no matter what. You have a big tv watching self checkouts. Now I know why my dad doesn’t like going to Walmart. It doesn’t feel normal anymore
@@Sophie.Helenaz this is facts I hate Walmart they have hundreds of cameras watching every move even if your not stealing it makes you uncomfortable they have facial recognition to see if your the same person I hate it so much they just want money and scamming people
Lol no one forced you to go there 🙄
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE! I am glad she sued!
Another reason why I never step foot in that place.
This has happened to me twice at my Wal-Mart, as i left they said "ma'am we saw you take a MAGAZINE and then leave" ( i was waiting for a prescription and hadn't even needed to use the cashier or go near the magazines) I DID tell them due to me having to wait I had brought my own magazine in to read. They proceeded to tell me i needed to go with them and wait for police .... I said ok well i want to see the camera footage of me " taking this magazine", i said go back and watch me enter the store and you'll see it rolled up under my arm as I enter the pharmacy. The look on the girls face was priceless as i said " get a new career"
All the people they’ve collected the $200 from who were innocent should be awarded the same amount of money. It’s not about the money, it’s about the principal. You have to show Walmart that they can’t do this to people or they will pay the consequences. 👏👏👏kudos to that nurse for filing a lawsuit and bringing it to the media👏👏💪
Basically Walmart stole their money.
Problem is by paying it’s an admission of guilt
Sounds like a wal mart skeem
One of the few reasons I hate shopping at Walmart, almost every employee looks down at you from the moment you walk in assuming & thinking the your a potential shoplifter making it uncomfortable to even shop there.
Walmart makes 300 million performing this practice, but only paid 2 million, do you think they will stop
“I don’t want anyone else to go through that again.” Unless they could be awarded $2.1M. Just sayin’. Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊🍾 I’m happy for her.
Stilll a great deal for Walmart. 314 million on the plus side, 2.1M on the minus. Still, a profit of 311.9M in profit. Until punitive damages are higher than the profit of the unlawful practices, companies will continue to do this. It's better than going to the bank.
she won't ever see that 2.1 million. Walmart will keep it tied up in appeal after appeal until she owes her lawyers 2 million in legal fees.
Especially since she didn’t actually do any time
Yeah I would be willing to be falsely accused of stealing $48 of stuff if down the road someone was going to give me a $2.1M check for it.
@Yup Ok there’s also starving children. You’re pointless. 2 million is nothing.
When shopping at Walmart using self-checkout a worker came up and fussed at me over a "small item" she went through my bag and checked everything. The small item was dental floss and was there on the receipt. There was no apology. I think everyone should stop using self-checkout at Walmart. Good for this customer.
Extortion plain and simple.
I am never using self checkout at Walmart. This world scares me.
Moral of the story: Don't shop in Walmart because the store can rob you. If you must, don't use those self-scanner, go to the cashier instead, and recorded the process as a proof of payment.
Man what's wrong in this world!
Those $200 dollars settlement they dare to ask for should be paid by the Walmart to the women, not the other way around!
Just remember, that 314 million dollars Walmart extorted from shoppers goes straight into the pockets of the billionaire class stockholders... and those people are in dire need of new yachts.
Sometimes there are no cashiers and self checkout is the only option but self checkout do give receipts...
I've never used self checkout and never will. I don't know how anyways. Plus my buggy is always full to top. I ain't doing all that..🙄
@@texastwister6988 Self checkout when it first started was meant for people w/a couple items. Now people have a cart full of stuff using self checkout because there are no cashiers. The company (Walmart etc) does not care because they'll save money on hiring cashiers...
@@mikeblaz Yep. I know. Sad
This almost happened to me 2 weeks ago. Called and made a HUGE complaint. Had they arrested me I would have done the same. I brought in returns with no receipt. Returned some...girl took so long looking up each item. Finally I said I will return when there are less folks in line. 20 people behind me watching the new employee struggling. Shopped. When I went to leave I was questioned. I answered..they accused me of having more items in ky bag then on my receipt. Told them not to say that and check first.. pulled out the items...counted them. No apology. Then the returns... omg. They had me go to customer service. Said I would go but I needed to hurry and the guy said, 'No you need to take your time.' That is when I had enough and said, 'No! I need to hurry and PICK.UP.MY.KIDS." Went over to customer service. Another employee said they never saw me there earlier. Said that the dude wasnt even there. He said he was there since 5am...said'you were not at this counter. Described the employees manicure and even had a receipt for the other items. omg It was a mess. Called and complained the moment I left. 5 employees involved but you know when a customer needs help no employees to be found...
Yet other states and retailers are letting people just “steal” and loot?! I’m in GA. I accidentally walked out of a store with a pair of leggings thrown over my arm. I realized this, and rushed back to the store and paid. The employee thanked me, and told me they don’t bother with shoplifting pursuit anymore. It was an outlet mall but still a large chain. Moral is to stay far away from the typical big box stores. If you must use them, wait for the human cashier and keep your receipt. Oh what times we live in 🧐thank God she got a good lawyer.
@Jenete j lmao what walmart did you work at. mine isnt lile this at all.
That's not enough. Not that she deserves more, because she doesn't. But that proportionally tiny chunk of change isn't even enough to be noticed by the Waltons.
Walmart did all this and didn’t even show up in court? Same thing happens in employment law. Companies deny your unemployment claims and then when u push back ghost in court.