They should just let you set up a profile on their app with your name and contact info along with an active credit card then you can scan your phone to get the item.
Not only did she find an associate to help but they didn’t sigh and act like they’d rather do ANYTHING in the world other than help you. She got lucky!😂
@@EarlFaulkyeah but someone nicely and awkwardly asking for nail glue and going to get pads I don’t think it’s a reason to sigh in front of them like that, they seem nice.
@@johannaappleforest7482I wasn't at Walmart for long (in the grand scheme of things, 3 years) but I will say some of my best memories are people just genuinely asking for help I.E little old lady in a Rascal, Chinese/Japanese tourists that only have a photo and don't speak my language, or many others genuinely just wanting help that I was happy to provide. What I don't have great memories of is the corporate nonsense that said I should be finding items in a certain time frame (it was the Shipping department, not sure if they still do it but it was basically discount Amazon) and not having access to other important department stuff like magnetic keys and what not, because everything was so departmentilzed. Also people that yell asking where things are from 20 ft away.😅
Yes. The other day, I needed a locked item. Apparently 3 other people needed something from the same case. Did the employee take care of all of us at once while we were all standing at the same case and it was open? No. You find what you need, go to the check out, wait in line, walk back, get the case opened, go back to check out. Every. Single. Person. Individually.
@@basedblackgirl9920 I get how you feel about the whole locked up thing but as someone who used to work as a manager at Walmart it is most certainly not a “few” bad apples that steal. It really depends on the store and what area it is in the city. For my case the Walmart I work at, the theft is so bad we had to literally lock up the MEN’S UNDERWEAR. You read that right FREAKING MEN’S UNDERWEAR. And don’t get me started on jewelry, electronics, and freaking spray paint.
@@nyctophillia2312 LMFAO. I live in the subs and every Walmart I go to they lock up ice cream because some idiot on TikTok decided he was going to lick them and then put them back. I hope you remember that big thing. Him and his friends got charged for it. Idiots.
Or waiting for them to find the one who has the right keys 🙄 one time I got 5 different associates to come over who all had keys, but they didn't have the right set for that case....
Waited for well over a hour and had someone paged at least five times in the hunting/fishing section I finally ended up walking off as someone was coming I ended up leaving and waiting a few days for my local bait shop to open again
Yup. Needed some fabric for a school project and it took a little over half an hour. Another time I just completely gave up for some art supplies that didn't really need to be locked up. Why does fixative need to be locked up?!
@@purplejester33 because apparently in your area fixative is stolen a lot. 🤷♀️ each Walmart locks up different items based on which get stolen the most frequently at an individual location. At mine things like markers and toothpaste are locked up, but if I go to the one 20 minutes away, its entirely different stuff locked up.
*Flashbacks to buying an “adult novelty item” at Walmart, expecting her to just take it out of the case and hand it to me, so we could go to the self checkout and buy it discreetly, only for her to turn around, say “come on y’all!”, walk all the way to the front of the store with us trailing behind, and hand it to a cashier for us to checkout.* I was beet red 😂
I probably would've asked her if she recommended that specific product or another 😂😂if she was trying to make it awkward for ME, SHE wouldve been the one embarrassed! Lol ..I think I know the product you're referring to. My Walmart stopped carrying them because of theft(?)..id find the empty boxes in random places in the store on multiple occasions 🤷♀️
@@cousinbull it’s even worse now, anymore I just order toys online, but my bf went in to buy…..banana protectors 😂 a few weeks ago while I sat in the car since it was just supposed to be a quick trip and I didn’t really want to be seen buying those by someone I know (I still live in the small town I grew up in lol). I waited for 20 minutes, tried to text him, realized his phone was dead, and then just ended up walking in because I remembered I needed jars to can the green beans my great aunt brought me. I found him pacing in front of the locked case. Apparently he had asked them to send someone to unlock it THREE times, and no one had come. Then he realized there were some just sitting on top of the case 😂. He grabbed those and we went to find the jars. I think I’m just gonna start ordering those too. I really wish people wouldn’t steal.
Yeah but if it's like my local Walmart, they will only let you check out at one specific register, that is also the only register that sells alcohol so the line is always long af.
And that's why I stick to Walgreen's or CVS. They still have the annoying lock's on some basic items but at least they don't escort you to the register.
You’re paying soo much more especially at Walgreens. Everytime I go in there I get sticker shock at how much more expensive every thing is. Like, a bottle of alcohol could be $1 at Walmart, and maybe like $3 at Walgreens. And everything is like that. I just got back from Walmart and spent $200 on household supplies and some groceries. That would prob be double almost at Walgreens. I don’t know how you can afford Walgreens, or even so why you’d want to waste money if you can afford it. To me, it’s not a question. But also maybe you’re just used to it. ?
I've always gotten stuff out of the locked displays at Walmart and they've never asked me if I was done shopping or followed me around.....they just give me my cologne and they're like "have a good day!" ......🤔
At my wmart anything out of the beauty/hygiene aisle has to be paid for at a specific register before you go back out the rest of the store. So you have to either get those items last so you can pay once or make 2 transactions. But if you have other items some of the cashiers act like you just kicked their puppy. Like, i'm sorry i needed a nail file at the same time i needed a gallon of milk and trash bags. How dare i?
In our Walmart the whole make up and beauty dept is separated and you have to pay before exiting to finish shopping in the rest of the store. It works pretty well to deter theft and keep the flow going.
My Walmart has one of these two funny thing the half-wall that they use and put items on and use it for shelving that my store holds dildos that perfect child eye level lmao
Mine has it, too. Same problem as above, no one is really there. If they are, they've never actually bothered to tell me to check out before leaving that section. Although tbh, I think employees in stores find me trustworthy. I make sure my stuff is clearly out in the open, try not to put my hands in my pockets or purse until I need my wallet, and make eye contact/smile at employees. I'm not trying to steal, and I want them to know that.
@Kaley Hanson I think it depends on your demographics and same! They don't even lock their makeup etc. I guess we don't have a problem with theft compared to another location. The perks of living In a small town where everybody knows each other.
Helps to keep the flow going? Having to pay for things in multiple places within the same store is stupid and ridiculous. They will waste your time as a massive corporation instead of hiring more staff to keep an eye on things.
as someone who used to be an associate at walmart, i never made customers wait more than a few minutes for me to get there. i would always drop what i was doing and help them as soon as possible. I'd regularly provide information such as "this item will be left at customer service, and all you have to do is ask the associate/cashier at checkout to get it from customer service for you. that way you can finish shopping." I despised how my fellow associates would regularly make customers wait much too long, so most often, i had the keys for my own service area (sporting goods/hardware) and HBA. Trust me, we hate how shit needs to stay locked up.
Then my dear u r the only one... been goin all my life n it never fails. Waiting is the game.. losing patience is the name! Lol I once waited n hr for hlp. N they came all smug like I was keeping them.. oh boy was I unpleased.
Legit, if you make it feel like I'm not trusted as a customer, I don't feel welcome as a customer. Most things I should be buying online anyways, it's already cheaper.
@@seannorris9916 oh yes so many people struggling need nail glue to survive, theft is theft, no matter how you look at it, it is wrong wether you're doing it for food or doing it just to do it. you can't try to excuse theft because it's a lesser evil, and before you try to pull that you've never struggled bullshit I've stolen food from local stores not by choice like all those stealing hair products but because it was either that or starve.
@@moonmanstan you're literally justifying yourself stealing when that's the reason a lot of homeless people steal. Food shelter and clothing are all essential for survival and by stealing Hair products or whatever so they can sell them so they can have a roof over their head for a night. From someone who's actually been homeless before it's a blessing if you have enough for a room shower and a place to lay your head without constant fear. Maybe educate yourself on what homeless people actually go through daily and then maybe you'll understand why people steal. I'm not saying theft is just homeless people but like I've Been saying stop blaming the most vulnerable people.
@@seannorris9916 bro it’s nail glue, absolutely useless for someone trying to survive. How often are steaks and veggies stolen? Imagine defending shoplifters.
This is solely based off what people steal in stores honestly, high ticket theft items get locked up and it can varg based off the location of the store and the area. Some things over a certain price threshold as well. It...doesn't help with theft though mainly because walmart employeed...arent allowed to do anything.
If it's anything like Kroger training, they're told to just report it and do literally nothing and they don't get paid enough to try to stop it and get screamed at for it, even if it saved the item
@@lovelysakurapetalsyt oh no we get fired if we try yo stop it. Or we can. Ita considered a liability. Walmart will not support you if you try to stop someone stealing. They'll likelu fire you to avoid accountability
@@BossMr51 Then sue the hell out of them. There's lots of laws telling that if you get hurt on the job they're liable and you can most likely win a wrongful termination suit
@@lovelysakurapetalsyt they obviously won't list it as that. I mean man they fired me for taking too long in a bathroom and labeled it as me not telling my supervisor i wad going home at a scheduled time. Suing would be nice. But its often not worth it. Especially in states like mine where its. A right to hire right to fire state.
I'm shocked that you found one of the two cashiers working at Walmart. Even more shocked that you found an employee who didn't say " this isn't my section" lol
That's not a cashier That's a sales floor associate, cashiers aren't allowed to leave station. I know this because I spent my 2 months working at walmart as a sales floor associate hiding from the customers 😂
I know it’s annoying when they say that it’s not their section but if it’s not their section, they don’t have keys to open those particular cases. They quite literally can’t help you.
As a security guard for walmart in Colorado, I understand this problem. I hate having to track them down but at the same time, I understand why. The one I work at has a homeless issue and there's a drug rehab facility next to it so stealing and violence is a big issue at the store. In colorado, you can steal up to 1k before you get arrested. So to ensure they don't lose money, us guards walk around and check the cases and they lock high profit items like cosmetics and eletronics. Even toys are locked. You're lucky to walk in, get everything you want/need WITHOUT needing something unlocked. Heck, even most of the food has shelving eith alarm systems in it so when you leave it open too long, a siren goes off on it. Awkward for those who likes to stock pile and such..
Walmart has enough money to buy every homeless person in America (assuming there’s 600,000 which is rounded way up from the most recent data) a 500k home and still keep 268 billion, 767 million of their profits from 2021. They are literally not going to lose money from unlocked nail glue.
@@zellynmermaid9326 individual Walmart stores can shut down if they're losing too much money. Take Walgreens for example. In San Francisco, a bunch of Walgreens had to shut down because of the law that was passed that's basically the same thing OP is talking about. Walgreens Is also a multi billion dollar chain, but that doesn't matter when an individual Walgreens store isn't turning a profit. It's understandable for stores of any sort to do this because they don't want to shut down. Not only does it hurt the owner, and the employees, it hurts just normal people who have to travel further just to get groceries. My Walmart is just one of two stores out in my town, but the other store is strictly grocery. If I needed to shop at Walmart, and my Walmart closed down? I'd have to go all the way to the next town over, wasting time and gas. I understand your obvious distaste for the company, but you're not looking at the whole picture.
@anoel I am assuming we may work at different retail work jobs? I know what my store policy is, i hate having to put dumb security tags on frickin nail clippers that cost $2.
@anoel products that have been consistently lifted or are suspect to a steal will be tagged, wrapped, or box to prevent theft. It’s not that “nail adhesive” is the #1 product stolen but I generalized that items like that are tagged if they have a high rate of petty theft linked to them. I like to mention this as often as I can because it’s an issue that should be addressed
And that is why most people shop online now because of people like them 😢 whenever I need something but know it’s locked up I just order from Walmart app and do same day delivery so I don’t have to go through the struggles of finding people
Its not like this everywhere - where I live in Virginia, hardly any of the small cosmetics were locked up. Then I went to visit family in Seattle, WA, and nearly ALL the cosmetics were locked up!
Target price matches with a LOT of stores. All you have to do is show the cashier Walmarts price on your phone and they do it right there. It's a piece of cake. Sometimes targets website price is less than in store and they do that too. I figured it out because I needed special batteries so I looked online to make sure the store has them in stock. The batteries were 5.99 online and 18.00 in store. I said something and they opened a huge binder full of the stores they will price match with. It has saved me hundreds at this point.
I learned to go to a different location. There’s a Neighborhood Walmart that mainly has food that doesn’t lock up razors and shaving cream. It’s the same distance in a different direction. They probably lock up something else though
Most of this issue is caused because: ✨Tʜᴇғᴛ✨ When an item get stolen often or has a high probability of getting stolen (i.e: Electronics, expensive stuff, or small thing than can go unnoticed) they put a lock on it. While it might be annoying at least the product is there. As a person who worked in retail. This is the biggest thing to help businesses not loose money and help find thieves. While it might be annoying please be understanding and nice to the employees. Trust me. We hate this as much as you do but managers and corporate makes us do this
People don’t care that it’s locked. People ca re that they can’t find employees, and when they do, they have to wait half an hour to actually get their help.
@@romangrayson6826 idk anyone who shops at Walmart anymore. I shop at small family owned pet stores for my pups/cats/lizard/bird’s food. I shop at small grocery stores that have local foods. I buy my eggs from a little family farm behind my house. I cannot stand these disgusting companies anymore. 🤢
@@-MaryPoppins- should have specify big companies or small companies, because you are just shopping at small companies, and not big companies. Saying every companies are disgusting included your local pet store and farm as well. Yes, they are companies too, small one.
@@romangrayson6826 those thief grabbed over 100,000$ every day or week in most stores. Do the math, so yes it affect not only the companies but the community as well. Too many thief->store close (even big or small stores)-> people in community have to drive miles just to get groceries and unemployment. In a long run, it will affect everyone.
Whatever is locked up at walmart that’s inexpensive is the highest stolen item at that store including body sprays phone cases and makeup products. Different walmarts have different items locked up depending on what gets stolen the most in that area. Ive even seen ethnic hair care locked behind glass doors in certain walmart stores and even pads and tampons in others. Theft also increases the price and hurts the employees who depend on their bonuses every quarter. The more stuff stolen the less the bonus payout is. Sometimes we got nothing because of theft and accidents
Honestly it sucks that employees get in trouble for things that get stolen then if they try to tell a manager, managers get mad especially if they didn't see see anything
As a Walmart employee, I totally understand how uncomfortable and irritating this is, however we DO have to take locked items to the register; however, in my store, we just tell you what register it will be at, leave your description with the cashier and move on. It also bothers me when someone needs help with this and I don't have the keys. I feel so bad about having to ALSO hunt down another employee and make people wait even longer. That said, what items are locked often depends on what gets stolen the most and that changes store to store.
What's annoying is if I'm stocking pets and a customer asks me to open the razors or video games or ammo. It's like, what in the world makes you think I would have the keys to departments nowhere near where I'm working?
@@traj07 Your comment is a perfect candidate for the “Five Why’s Analysis”. Start with the question “Why did a customer ask an employee in the pets section to unlock razor blades for them?” Take that answer an ask create another why question. Continue until you’ve asked why five times, or you’ve reached the root cause and asking why is no longer effective. You might be surprised that the answer to your question really has nothing to do with the customer, and everything to do with Store Management. Just some food for thought.
@@traj07 probably because the customer doesn't know any employees and just went for the closest one. It's not their job to know who works where. And as long as they're polite, it really shouldn't be a problem.
I know it’s annoying, but they only lock things up because they’re the items that people steal most frequently. A Walmart on the bad side of town in the city I live in just shut down entirely due to the amount of theft.
Thats very true my cousin works at Walgreens on 14 street and they deal with a lot if theft so because of that they are closing. The Walgreens I work at everyday someone stealing something and sometimes it's the stupidest things they steal.
@@gurneyqueen5782 You have every right to do that, same as the stores have every right to put theft prevention methods in place. Not sure why you’re so hostile about it.
I remember on the West side of town the community leaders were complaining about the lack of a supper market so their people didn't have to go to other neighborhoods to shop. Well they got their wish and a company built one. As it turned out the local people treated it as a free food outlet and before to long it was gone. They took the building down and dug up the foundation because it soon became a homeless hangout.
People really out here stealing nail glue from Walmart ? It’s hella cheap in there if you can’t afford nail glue then you shouldn’t be doing your nails
If Walmart gets me a locked item they normally put in a box that’s locked with an alarm if you try to leave with it. And yeah every Walmart locks up different items depending on what is stolen most of the time. Most stores do this - I work at a hardware store we lock up tools and customers take it offensive when we wanna walk a 100 dollar tool to the cashiers desk instead of allowing them to walk around with it
Your perspective on self love is so profound & so helpful. It’s common to hear people preach accepting every single thing about yourself the good and bad, but it can get fuzzy when it comes to self destructive tendencies. The way you look at it makes so much more sense 💛
Locked up items are stolen the most and tbh ive worked there and the last thing i want to do is go around unlocking stuff for people either. Its annoying for both people. Esp those who don't understand that I cant just hand over an item like it isn't locked up for a reason lol. Ill lose my job unless I take it to check or follow you up there.
@@DanJanucik I was raised not to steal, but if you want that eventual felony to your name because they brought a successful case against, that's on you man
@@hopperstreams4487 I don't shoplift, and I think you'd have to be morally bankrupt to steal from a small store. Walmart preys on poor people far more than petty shoplifters do. They literally encourage full-time workers to use welfare programs to complement their pay as living is still unaffordable. Walmart puts local stores out of business that usually treat their workers better.
Yes. We lock them because people can't stop stealing them. Also at the Walmart I work at, we just put the item over at customer service, then the customer can go over there and pick it up then proceed to check out. Assuming the item is over a certain price.
I love that I work at a small store we would've just informed you that we were taking the item to the front checkout usually the smoke shack and you let them know when you're ready
The associate just handed the lip balm to me after unlocking it. She had a huge cart full of stuff she was stocking sis was busy. Management is very toxic when their workers aren't stocking fast enough yet they make them waste their time on this crap.
Blame the people stealing. Notice how they never lock up the food… maybe it’s because they’re ok with stealing food. But you won’t die without stealing an Optimus Prime Lego set.
Yeah, half the time I’ll just hand the item to the customer. The “employee” in the video is likely a new hire who still gives a flying fudge about getting in trouble.
Some managers can be cruel unfortunately. They can't punish an employee for putting the customer first. She really should have taken the item to a register.
Each Walmart is different items that are locked up in the Walmart in my town are unlocked in a different Walmart they say it’s because of people stealing the stuff. But I still haven’t seen them lock up the toys. I find empty you packages all over the toy aisle and other parts of the store. I also don’t see them locking up the energy drinks despite people drinking them and hiding the empty cans all over.
Yeah my Walmart has to lock up pretty much everything (including the razors and even cheap razor blade replacements). I've walked into restrooms with people changing into their stolen clothes, seen people changing out in the open- Walmarts are wild. I understand why they do it but man it's a pain on both ends lolol, especially when you're an employee and the customer says they're ready to choose and checkout but then they're not. Or when they ask "I can't take it with me?" 😐 Sometimes though I used to give them the cheap stuff or personal care items and let them walk off with it before going back to my department. The high dollar stuff always stayed with me (like no Susan, you're not gonna walk around with this laptop).
@@blooperworldorder Depends on the store you go to.The other Walmart stores near the store nearest to me don't have nearly as many locked items as my main store. If I travel 40 minutes out to another store, they don't even have anything locked up (besides laptops and the really really pricey tech stuff). Edit: Forgot to talk about the taking the items with you. Letting someone walk around with an item gives you a 50/50 chance that they might steal it anyway, so to minimize this risk, my main store either has you check it out Electronics (for electronics), the pharmacy (for pricey personal care stuff), or drops it off at a cashier once the person is ready to check out (if it's a pricey item from another department). People just steal too much to be trusted at my main store apparently lol.
Someone legit asked that to me and I replied, "There would be no point to keep the merchandise locked if I gave it to you now. If you want to purchase it, the cashier at register 6 will have it." They replied, "That sucks." "I know. The thieves are ruining it for all of us."
Yep, it's why in invested in a straight razor. I save hundreds of dollars every year not having to buy those disposable blades and alot of time not having to find people to unlock them for purchase
The secret was because it was causing shrinkage with the products being stolen so they had to lock up those simple items. It causes shrinkage for inventory In November
Yup! They do this to cheap ass sexual items too. Its like, instead of making a discreet way to buy, you just lock them so people don’t steal them to avoid the embarassment. Some bezos ass shit.
As a cashier I can guarantee you we do not care. After checking you out there are a lot more costumers so I am not gonna remember you and even if I remember why should I judge you for stuff I have to buy too? Also buying sexual items like condoms, lube and co. should not be embarrising, it's a stigma that should not exist because you are being cautious.
@@Staronat I don't care about people judging me or not. I don't want a stranger involved in intimate topics about myself especially when they can see my face. That's not the point though. They are locking them because people out there right now feel this stigma and steal the items as a result and instead of promoting a world where it's not a problem or finding a more discreet solution, they just lock em up and let the people deal with it. That's the fucked up part.
I worked in retail and the only things we locked up are the things that were being stolen at a very high-volume regardless of price. So if a thief came in and stole a bunch of cheep laundry detergent that cheep two dollar laundry detergent would be locked up the next day. Condoms are very high theft item everywhere because they are easy to hide in the pocket. People don't steal them out of embarrassment - people steal because they are already shity humans with low morals. If the condoms weren't being stolen to begin with - they wouldn't be even locked up. Now you know - something is only locked up because people are stealing it.
My hometown wal-mart doesent even lock the games. I love living in a small town full of decent people. Now im near baltimore and the wal-mart here is like a maximum security prison.....go figure🙄
Nope im out in the burbs in a mostly white republican county like 30 min. From baltimore and its like that here. I like when its just a lock to keep from sliding it off the metal thing. I just tear or cut it off. Also got a magnet thing a friend made for the dvds and games. Dont use it anymore but i do still ignore the hanger locks just for sanitys sake. Its impossible to find the one fucking person apparently that holds the key. I swear they just fuck with us.
Unless it’s something I absolutely need, I usually don’t get things that are locked up because my anxiety is so bad I can’t ask any associates lol It’s pretty inconvenient
Walmart had to lock things up since so many people has been stealing things, it got out of control and people stole a lot of things. Now every time I go to Walmart to get something in the hair section I need to tell someone to unlock things it's pretty annoying ngl.
We just had a Walmart on a bad side of town literally shut down because there was so much theft. It seems silly but unfortunately that’s the way this world is going.
@@nikkistowell1679 a year in smaller stores in the larger supercenters it can be about 6 months and have even more then 1-3 million in theft loss, I work in management, and last year in theft out of all Walmarts in the US we lost 1.2 billion in theft, it's a lot bigger issue then people realize.
i tried to buy a perfume for my boyfriend, i stood there for around an hour. every passing employee i’d ask if they could help and they said no they’d grab someone. And of course the second i left was the second they came but at that point i was just tired and found a better price where it wasn’t locked up anyways
I went in to buy 3 things: nail clippers, a flashlight, and batteries. All 3 were in separate locked cabinets. I waited about 15 minutes for each cabinet to be opened, and then waited in the long checkout line; about an hour total. I'm done with Walmart.
Well yeah. The demographic... I worked at a store that was on the border of a rich neighborhood and not so rich. BOTH neighborhoods had a lot of crime. The low end because they're entitled tw@ts and the high end because they're bored tw@ts. Both sides love their meth, fentanyl, and cocktails of drugs. Cops found a meth lab in the rich side a couple years ago and a sex trafficking ring in the low end even further back. It was around the time blackberry phones were popular.
Razors are locked up at our Walmart in the cosmetic section that is walled off with only one way in or out. Needless to say I buy razors on Amazon now.
Yeah and then when you get to the checkout you need an associate to scan half the items because everything is age-restricted. It's frustrating as hell but it's not as bad as HEB in Texas. Their scanners are poor and everything has to be checked because they have a weighted platform. If you remove anything from the small weighted platform you have to put it back.
This is why I like Kroger's way of doing stuff a little better, mostly with alcohol but it can still be used on other stuff. Just get an alarm cap you can't pry off but with a tool only sold to the store that will beep until brought back into the store, and then they can have the cashier take it off when they pay
I love kroger nothing locked up but the booze and non food items are at the front of the store with the bank next to it so I'm sure people will most likely see you
If people stopped stealing all this crap it wouldn't be locked up. Police aren't charging people with petty crimes and the thieves have nothing to fear.
As an associate, I don’t have keys on me, so when I get asked to unlock something, I have to search all throughout the store for someone, but when I finally get someone and go back to the customer, they’re gone. After a year of that, I could no longer deal with rude customers and bad customer service, so now I only work in the backroom. Made good friends with my coworkers back there and am a lot happier
Because California loves to get bent over and screwed by thieves. They raised the limit for felony theft, and most DA’s and police won’t prosecute misdemeanor stealing. Because stealing a pack of gum and a 40 inch TV is the same punishment.
It's locked up cause of theft and the cashier has to check you out immediately as not to waste time relocking up the item and as not to waste time on the customer forgetting the item at the registers alot of customers will ask for items with either no intention of buying them. Typically customers will just buy the item and keep it in a bag with the receipt ad they get their other items
What I tell people is: I need to walk you to the checkout for this item, HOWEVER after this is checked out you're free to keep shopping, just keep the item and receipt together. I really don't want to have to follow people around as they shop, and I have lots of work to do so... it's a pretty handy method most of the time
The Walmart near me has a button you press so an employee will come. I stopped several employees as they walked past me and they all said someone would come. After 30min of waiting I left and never came back.
its really like that😭 i swear i've only met ONE helpful walmart employee and i'm 99% sure its bc she was a young girl near my age😭 the older employees never want to help😭
where i live ive never seen things locked like this. instead anything thats expencive or whatever are locked inside clear boxes with built in alarms if you dont remove the box before leaving the shop. so you can just put the item in your basket or trolley and carry on shopping as normal, then when you get to checkout they open the box and give you the product inside, so much more efficient.
If people didn’t steal simple items like that I’m sure they wouldn’t have to. Any items that are locked up in retail are high theft and or high priced.
the hardest things to believe about this are a foods associate having an Alpha key and that they didn't just say they're bringing the item to the service desk or the register with cigarettes (the one that's required to be open).
As someone who works in a shop that does lock things (I work in a stationery shop, some of our pens are expensive) it’s so awkward to just have to stand around. Usually what we’ll do is take it to the till and wait for the customer is finished with the rest of their browsing before we check everything out. Saves the awkward lingering and the pressure in the customer.
They lock up the stuff that ppl steal the most. If ppl would quit being dirtbags , that steal everything then Walmart wouldn't have to lock up stuff. Blame the shoplifters not the store.
@@mcrose9067 some people suffer with kleptomaina..obviously that doesn't make the stealing ok but it's just a compulsive disorder to steal, and from what I understand it's usually the cheep or random things the person doesn't need
@@my_nurodivergent_life_vlog9714 and what? Companies should just allow shoplifters to steal because they might be a klepto? I don't even know the point of your comment is.
Knowing that I'm literally buying it, I just rip it off the thing and head to self check out since there's NEVER any cashiers/real people to check me out.
They also have you waiting for at least 10 minutes , until an available associate can come unlock it for you. Even baby products. Loss and Prevention at its finest.
I used to work at walmart as a stocker and I can vouch that only a few employees have keys to anything locked. Even then, every lock is different so you have to hunt down the exact associate to help a customer. There was a day where they weren't at work so I had to cut the item down off the hook for the customer just so I could help them. Walmart is awful and please keep in mind that the associates are treated awful by management and are almost never given the proper resources to do their job and help customers like they should.
@@lapapa7089 Even if you live in one they still lock some up. I live in a nice neighborhood but they still lock some of their stuff up because of teens and homeless people lurking around.
FYI those locks slide off the rod hanger if you pull and twist back and forth. I’m a introvert and hate interacting with humans so I unlock things myself
They forgot the moment where the customer seems to ALWAYS stops the associates walking around the store like headless chicken to fulfill online orders for razors and such as if they also have a key (which we never do)
How are people suppose to know that though? Ive never worked at a walmart, and your shirt says you work in this store. Not the workers fault, but not the customers either
i worked in produce, often doing the work of three people by myself, and frequently got people asking me to unlock the video game case in electronics all the way on the other side of the store. it's like... friend, I'm sorry that the one person with the key is on his lunch, but I'm elbow deep in potatoes here, why am I the one you're asking? i can clearly see three other blue vests who aren't kneeling in a potato cart, please go bother one of them, i cannot help you, even if i had the time I'm sorry!
definitely not the customers fault for not knowing. I feel like it's corporate's fault, because we all wear the same nametag and vest even though OGP (online grocery pickup) is quite literally the most disconnected department out of the entire store. Would be nice if corporate gave the department something to help differentiate that one department from everyone else
I feel this way when I got to the video game section and I have to ask an associate to unlock the case. What they should do is have a panel showing the games available for purchase at that store and have the case behind the counter so an associate doesn’t have to leave their counter to get a game. It would make less work for the associate and would save some time so they can help the next person.
Well that's not surprising, theives are literally just walking out with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in California that what you guys get for being a loser unemployed Democrat state
The truth is that if less teenage girls would shoplift items like that they wouldn't be locked up. The best way to throw it to Walmart if you don't like this is to buy your glue or whatever elsewhere.
All the stores are doing it to tooth paste, nail polish, and other stuff cause people are finding ways to harm them selves with these products or steal them. So they are locking them up. Where I live the locked up toothpaste, razors, and for some reason they where talking about locking Halloween candy idk why
It's because people steal. We wouldn't have to do it if people acted and did what they're supposed to. I don't feel bad for our stuff locked up. On top of that you have to understand that some of our stores have limited staff due to covid. On top of that only certain associates can unlock items because that's what Walmart decided. As cashier's even if we aren't busy we don't get keys or some of the front people. It's the department head usually who has keys and if they disappear or don't respond it's not other employees fault.
While they have no value until purchased, locking these up is done for good reason. A thief doesn't need to steal the actual card to steal the money that may be on a card. All that's needed is the number on the back of the card (not even the scratch off portion). With that number, they can check online to see if money has been added to a card and once it has, they can redeem it, resulting in the intended recipient getting nothing. There have been warnings about this type of theft for well over 10 years now. In this case, thieves aren't really stealing from the store, they're stealing from the purchaser.
Thats probably because teens and even some adults but mostly teens from my experience steal the inactivated cards and theb turn around and try to sell them saying it was a gift or some other excuse to suggest it's valid and active and they are just trying to sell it. I have seen kids get hundreds of dollars this way before people figure it out and start warning everyone they know u til it's practically Impossible for him to sell anymore.
I feel your pain. I absolutely hate having everything locked up these days. I went to the Walmart by my house to get socks and they were locked up. Ain't nobody got time for that.
The most use my pocket knife gets is cutting the packaging to remove the item with no employees needed. Sometimes you get weird looks but time is the one thing you can not get back!
Here in Australia, thanks to SOME PEOPLE, you now almost get interrogated if you want to buy certain types of cold and flu medications. Particularly anything containing Pseudoephedrine. A chemist asked me, whilst I had a fever, flushed face and adding 'D's on the end of almost all words because I was so congested, why I needed this medication. I said that I was sick. He then asked how long I'd be taking it, I got so annoyed that I reached down and grabbed a packet of neurofen and said "I'll just get these then and wash them down with some Jaggermeister" paid and walked out. Damn junkies!
I can’t speak the same for mine. I live in a nice neighborhood but they still lock some stuff up because teens like to go steal stuff and homeless people lurk around. 😮💨
This doesn't really happen. I can see if it's a $20 item but the real reason they lock it up is to limit the amount people can take at one time. If it were unlocked then the whole row can be removed and shoved into a backpack. $15 dollar rule. If the total amount they was is below $15 give it to the customer. Above that amount, walk it to a register.
As someone who works at Walmart trust me we hate it just as much. Most times it’s only certain associates and managers who have a key and we can never find them.
I remember asking a employee to get around $800 worth of tools out of a locked shelf and after that I walk around the shop with them for about half of hour trying to find other stuff
What a miracle? She actually found an associate to unlock that for her.
They be hiding from you when you need help
@@jeffersonvue736 not all have the keys
That’s what I was gonna say! Woah! There are people that work there?!!
They should just let you set up a profile on their app with your name and contact info along with an active credit card then you can scan your phone to get the item.
@@hahashipem._.6294 you missed the joke
The “oh I screwed up! I’ll live with it cuz it’s awkward now” is literally half of my social interactions
Me too
Grow up and do what you need to do fuck the idea of “awkwardness”!
Same honestly
This is extremely easy to fix.
Don't go to Chinamart. Easy
@@thefuckbox3616 Mom???
Not only did she find an associate to help but they didn’t sigh and act like they’d rather do ANYTHING in the world other than help you. She got lucky!😂
Oh u mean they weren’t inconvenienced by doing THEIR JOB
Let me know if you wouldn't be the same after months of dealing with morons. For the record I worked five years retail
@@daniellenard2872 Minimum wage means minimum effort.
@@EarlFaulkyeah but someone nicely and awkwardly asking for nail glue and going to get pads I don’t think it’s a reason to sigh in front of them like that, they seem nice.
@@johannaappleforest7482I wasn't at Walmart for long (in the grand scheme of things, 3 years) but I will say some of my best memories are people just genuinely asking for help I.E little old lady in a Rascal, Chinese/Japanese tourists that only have a photo and don't speak my language, or many others genuinely just wanting help that I was happy to provide. What I don't have great memories of is the corporate nonsense that said I should be finding items in a certain time frame (it was the Shipping department, not sure if they still do it but it was basically discount Amazon) and not having access to other important department stuff like magnetic keys and what not, because everything was so departmentilzed. Also people that yell asking where things are from 20 ft away.😅
This is so true. This just means more people will move progressively more towards internet.
I think that's also the idea as well. That and people are stealing. But it's dumb to lock it up for everyone just because of a few bad apples.
@@jessievecchio how is this cringe? Are you twelve?
Yes. The other day, I needed a locked item. Apparently 3 other people needed something from the same case. Did the employee take care of all of us at once while we were all standing at the same case and it was open? No. You find what you need, go to the check out, wait in line, walk back, get the case opened, go back to check out. Every. Single. Person. Individually.
@@basedblackgirl9920 I get how you feel about the whole locked up thing but as someone who used to work as a manager at Walmart it is most certainly not a “few” bad apples that steal. It really depends on the store and what area it is in the city. For my case the Walmart I work at, the theft is so bad we had to literally lock up the MEN’S UNDERWEAR. You read that right FREAKING MEN’S UNDERWEAR. And don’t get me started on jewelry, electronics, and freaking spray paint.
@@nyctophillia2312 LMFAO. I live in the subs and every Walmart I go to they lock up ice cream because some idiot on TikTok decided he was going to lick them and then put them back. I hope you remember that big thing. Him and his friends got charged for it. Idiots.
The looking for an associate isn’t an issue, it’s the half hour wait till they get there.
Or waiting for them to find the one who has the right keys 🙄 one time I got 5 different associates to come over who all had keys, but they didn't have the right set for that case....
Waited for well over a hour and had someone paged at least five times in the hunting/fishing section I finally ended up walking off as someone was coming I ended up leaving and waiting a few days for my local bait shop to open again
Yup. Needed some fabric for a school project and it took a little over half an hour. Another time I just completely gave up for some art supplies that didn't really need to be locked up. Why does fixative need to be locked up?!
@@purplejester33 because apparently in your area fixative is stolen a lot. 🤷♀️ each Walmart locks up different items based on which get stolen the most frequently at an individual location. At mine things like markers and toothpaste are locked up, but if I go to the one 20 minutes away, its entirely different stuff locked up.
@@blueeyedbatman why are people stealing such random things?
*Flashbacks to buying an “adult novelty item” at Walmart, expecting her to just take it out of the case and hand it to me, so we could go to the self checkout and buy it discreetly, only for her to turn around, say “come on y’all!”, walk all the way to the front of the store with us trailing behind, and hand it to a cashier for us to checkout.* I was beet red 😂
I would’ve died
I probably would've asked her if she recommended that specific product or another 😂😂if she was trying to make it awkward for ME, SHE wouldve been the one embarrassed! Lol ..I think I know the product you're referring to. My Walmart stopped carrying them because of theft(?)..id find the empty boxes in random places in the store on multiple occasions 🤷♀️
@@cousinbull it’s even worse now, anymore I just order toys online, but my bf went in to buy…..banana protectors 😂 a few weeks ago while I sat in the car since it was just supposed to be a quick trip and I didn’t really want to be seen buying those by someone I know (I still live in the small town I grew up in lol). I waited for 20 minutes, tried to text him, realized his phone was dead, and then just ended up walking in because I remembered I needed jars to can the green beans my great aunt brought me. I found him pacing in front of the locked case. Apparently he had asked them to send someone to unlock it THREE times, and no one had come. Then he realized there were some just sitting on top of the case 😂. He grabbed those and we went to find the jars. I think I’m just gonna start ordering those too. I really wish people wouldn’t steal.
That’s why you leave it with the cashier and the customer can ask for it when they checkout
That's what a majority of stores do.
Yeah but if it's like my local Walmart, they will only let you check out at one specific register, that is also the only register that sells alcohol so the line is always long af.
Cringe
Exactly what i do
Or just have some common sense and do that last before you leave the store 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
And that's why I stick to Walgreen's or CVS. They still have the annoying lock's on some basic items but at least they don't escort you to the register.
I was once at a cvs where they locked the dove liquid bodywash and I was like ?????
@@lilz it’s only locked up because it’s high theft. People steal body wash and resell at flea markets
You’re paying soo much more especially at Walgreens. Everytime I go in there I get sticker shock at how much more expensive every thing is. Like, a bottle of alcohol could be $1 at Walmart, and maybe like $3 at Walgreens. And everything is like that. I just got back from Walmart and spent $200 on household supplies and some groceries. That would prob be double almost at Walgreens. I don’t know how you can afford Walgreens, or even so why you’d want to waste money if you can afford it. To me, it’s not a question. But also maybe you’re just used to it. ?
No locks required if people could be honest, or live within their means. Never will happen though
@@kyos8462 with rent out growing wages by a staggering amount living within your means is alot harder then it seems
I've always gotten stuff out of the locked displays at Walmart and they've never asked me if I was done shopping or followed me around.....they just give me my cologne and they're like "have a good day!" ......🤔
The one near me in California would just say "it'll be at register (insert number here) just let the cashier know"
i work at walmart and thats what we do. we just give it to you unless it's electronics, but you just pay there qt the electronics counter
At my wmart anything out of the beauty/hygiene aisle has to be paid for at a specific register before you go back out the rest of the store. So you have to either get those items last so you can pay once or make 2 transactions. But if you have other items some of the cashiers act like you just kicked their puppy. Like, i'm sorry i needed a nail file at the same time i needed a gallon of milk and trash bags. How dare i?
The one I go to You have to check out IMMEDIATELY or they'll out it back
@@AB-zr8puthe way I would never shop at Walmart again if the ones in my town did that lol
In our Walmart the whole make up and beauty dept is separated and you have to pay before exiting to finish shopping in the rest of the store. It works pretty well to deter theft and keep the flow going.
My Walmart has one of these two funny thing the half-wall that they use and put items on and use it for shelving that my store holds dildos that perfect child eye level lmao
Wish my store had that. I'm tired of seeing stolen items in that section of the store.
Mine has it, too. Same problem as above, no one is really there. If they are, they've never actually bothered to tell me to check out before leaving that section. Although tbh, I think employees in stores find me trustworthy. I make sure my stuff is clearly out in the open, try not to put my hands in my pockets or purse until I need my wallet, and make eye contact/smile at employees. I'm not trying to steal, and I want them to know that.
@Kaley Hanson I think it depends on your demographics and same! They don't even lock their makeup etc. I guess we don't have a problem with theft compared to another location. The perks of living In a small town where everybody knows each other.
Helps to keep the flow going? Having to pay for things in multiple places within the same store is stupid and ridiculous. They will waste your time as a massive corporation instead of hiring more staff to keep an eye on things.
as someone who used to be an associate at walmart, i never made customers wait more than a few minutes for me to get there. i would always drop what i was doing and help them as soon as possible. I'd regularly provide information such as "this item will be left at customer service, and all you have to do is ask the associate/cashier at checkout to get it from customer service for you. that way you can finish shopping." I despised how my fellow associates would regularly make customers wait much too long, so most often, i had the keys for my own service area (sporting goods/hardware) and HBA. Trust me, we hate how shit needs to stay locked up.
Thank you for not making customers wait half a lifetime 🙏
Talk to your boys at Walmart then mofos go on break when you need something just my experience
@@Clos-yk7hg you can’t be late for a break or you’ll get in trouble . I always make sure to ask someone to help but I go on break
Then my dear u r the only one... been goin all my life n it never fails. Waiting is the game.. losing patience is the name! Lol I once waited n hr for hlp. N they came all smug like I was keeping them.. oh boy was I unpleased.
What did you do ??? There’s literally a customer to help at all times 😂😂where did u get free time ???
Nope no more 😂 it feels so degrading having someone make you feel like you’re stealing. If it’s locked up I’m not shopping there.
That's some hella insecurity thinking they arrange their store just against you :)
Blame your community for them having to lock everything up.
@@lowfatlatte0They never said they lock items up to specifically target them. Do you have literacy skills?
@@bellabunnyyy"make you feel like you're stealing"
Legit, if you make it feel like I'm not trusted as a customer, I don't feel welcome as a customer. Most things I should be buying online anyways, it's already cheaper.
Blame the shoplifters for this situation. Employees don’t exactly love this any more than the legit customers do.
@@seannorris9916 oh yes so many people struggling need nail glue to survive, theft is theft, no matter how you look at it, it is wrong wether you're doing it for food or doing it just to do it. you can't try to excuse theft because it's a lesser evil, and before you try to pull that you've never struggled bullshit I've stolen food from local stores not by choice like all those stealing hair products but because it was either that or starve.
You mean blame the peaceful protesters
@@moonmanstan you're literally justifying yourself stealing when that's the reason a lot of homeless people steal. Food shelter and clothing are all essential for survival and by stealing Hair products or whatever so they can sell them so they can have a roof over their head for a night. From someone who's actually been homeless before it's a blessing if you have enough for a room shower and a place to lay your head without constant fear. Maybe educate yourself on what homeless people actually go through daily and then maybe you'll understand why people steal. I'm not saying theft is just homeless people but like I've Been saying stop blaming the most vulnerable people.
@@moonmanstan and how can you say you've stolen but not by choice? That's a literal contradiction 😆
@@seannorris9916 bro it’s nail glue, absolutely useless for someone trying to survive. How often are steaks and veggies stolen? Imagine defending shoplifters.
This is solely based off what people steal in stores honestly, high ticket theft items get locked up and it can varg based off the location of the store and the area.
Some things over a certain price threshold as well.
It...doesn't help with theft though mainly because walmart employeed...arent allowed to do anything.
If it's anything like Kroger training, they're told to just report it and do literally nothing and they don't get paid enough to try to stop it and get screamed at for it, even if it saved the item
@@lovelysakurapetalsyt oh no we get fired if we try yo stop it. Or we can. Ita considered a liability. Walmart will not support you if you try to stop someone stealing. They'll likelu fire you to avoid accountability
@@BossMr51 Then sue the hell out of them. There's lots of laws telling that if you get hurt on the job they're liable and you can most likely win a wrongful termination suit
@@lovelysakurapetalsyt they obviously won't list it as that. I mean man they fired me for taking too long in a bathroom and labeled it as me not telling my supervisor i wad going home at a scheduled time. Suing would be nice. But its often not worth it. Especially in states like mine where its. A right to hire right to fire state.
Noooooooooooooo really? I woulda never thought they would lock things up so they don’t get stolen, what a willlldddd concept
I'm shocked that you found one of the two cashiers working at Walmart. Even more shocked that you found an employee who didn't say " this isn't my section" lol
That's not a cashier That's a sales floor associate, cashiers aren't allowed to leave station. I know this because I spent my 2 months working at walmart as a sales floor associate hiding from the customers 😂
I know it’s annoying when they say that it’s not their section but if it’s not their section, they don’t have keys to open those particular cases. They quite literally can’t help you.
As a security guard for walmart in Colorado, I understand this problem. I hate having to track them down but at the same time, I understand why. The one I work at has a homeless issue and there's a drug rehab facility next to it so stealing and violence is a big issue at the store. In colorado, you can steal up to 1k before you get arrested. So to ensure they don't lose money, us guards walk around and check the cases and they lock high profit items like cosmetics and eletronics. Even toys are locked. You're lucky to walk in, get everything you want/need WITHOUT needing something unlocked. Heck, even most of the food has shelving eith alarm systems in it so when you leave it open too long, a siren goes off on it. Awkward for those who likes to stock pile and such..
As a Coloradan I approve this message
they locked up the lube and condoms REALLY
@@odinskolnationragnar9528 hey it’s locked up in Cali too and the vibrators the plan b and damn near everything else 😭💀😂
Walmart has enough money to buy every homeless person in America (assuming there’s 600,000 which is rounded way up from the most recent data) a 500k home and still keep 268 billion, 767 million of their profits from 2021. They are literally not going to lose money from unlocked nail glue.
@@zellynmermaid9326 individual Walmart stores can shut down if they're losing too much money. Take Walgreens for example. In San Francisco, a bunch of Walgreens had to shut down because of the law that was passed that's basically the same thing OP is talking about. Walgreens Is also a multi billion dollar chain, but that doesn't matter when an individual Walgreens store isn't turning a profit. It's understandable for stores of any sort to do this because they don't want to shut down. Not only does it hurt the owner, and the employees, it hurts just normal people who have to travel further just to get groceries. My Walmart is just one of two stores out in my town, but the other store is strictly grocery. If I needed to shop at Walmart, and my Walmart closed down? I'd have to go all the way to the next town over, wasting time and gas. I understand your obvious distaste for the company, but you're not looking at the whole picture.
Yeah if they make it that difficult, I am just not shopping there. This is why Amazon is making a mint.
It’s because those items are stolen the most
Or go to family dollar
@anoel I am assuming we may work at different retail work jobs? I know what my store policy is, i hate having to put dumb security tags on frickin nail clippers that cost $2.
@anoel products that have been consistently lifted or are suspect to a steal will be tagged, wrapped, or box to prevent theft. It’s not that “nail adhesive” is the #1 product stolen but I generalized that items like that are tagged if they have a high rate of petty theft linked to them. I like to mention this as often as I can because it’s an issue that should be addressed
Cringe
I've seen two women walk inside Walgreens and literally steal everything of the nail polish sooo I understand why they would lock it up
And that is why most people shop online now because of people like them 😢 whenever I need something but know it’s locked up I just order from Walmart app and do same day delivery so I don’t have to go through the struggles of finding people
Its not like this everywhere - where I live in Virginia, hardly any of the small cosmetics were locked up. Then I went to visit family in Seattle, WA, and nearly ALL the cosmetics were locked up!
They lock items up when people steal. That’s why. Annoying as hell, but it’s part of living in the neighborhood.
Seattle's pretty sketch lately
Aye I work at 2089 we have like everhtjing locked up almost everyone has keys haha
I live in va also , I went to cvs and the freakin dove soap was locked 😂.
Seattle's always been dangerous/sketchy!
Well it's better to have accidentally gotten the heavy instead of getting the regular when you meant to get the heavy flow ones.
well not necessarily because the heavy would absorb too much, increasing the risk of toxic shock
I've learned to actually pay the few bucks extra to shop at Target.
Target price matches with a LOT of stores. All you have to do is show the cashier Walmarts price on your phone and they do it right there. It's a piece of cake. Sometimes targets website price is less than in store and they do that too. I figured it out because I needed special batteries so I looked online to make sure the store has them in stock. The batteries were 5.99 online and 18.00 in store. I said something and they opened a huge binder full of the stores they will price match with. It has saved me hundreds at this point.
I learned to go to a different location. There’s a Neighborhood Walmart that mainly has food that doesn’t lock up razors and shaving cream. It’s the same distance in a different direction. They probably lock up something else though
Most of this issue is caused because: ✨Tʜᴇғᴛ✨
When an item get stolen often or has a high probability of getting stolen (i.e: Electronics, expensive stuff, or small thing than can go unnoticed) they put a lock on it. While it might be annoying at least the product is there.
As a person who worked in retail. This is the biggest thing to help businesses not loose money and help find thieves. While it might be annoying please be understanding and nice to the employees. Trust me. We hate this as much as you do but managers and corporate makes us do this
People don’t care that it’s locked. People ca re that they can’t find employees, and when they do, they have to wait half an hour to actually get their help.
corporate whining over a little loss in their millions of dollar profits never seems to amaze me
@@romangrayson6826 idk anyone who shops at Walmart anymore. I shop at small family owned pet stores for my pups/cats/lizard/bird’s food. I shop at small grocery stores that have local foods. I buy my eggs from a little family farm behind my house. I cannot stand these disgusting companies anymore. 🤢
@@-MaryPoppins- should have specify big companies or small companies, because you are just shopping at small companies, and not big companies. Saying every companies are disgusting included your local pet store and farm as well. Yes, they are companies too, small one.
@@romangrayson6826 those thief grabbed over 100,000$ every day or week in most stores. Do the math, so yes it affect not only the companies but the community as well. Too many thief->store close (even big or small stores)-> people in community have to drive miles just to get groceries and unemployment. In a long run, it will affect everyone.
Whatever is locked up at walmart that’s inexpensive is the highest stolen item at that store including body sprays phone cases and makeup products. Different walmarts have different items locked up depending on what gets stolen the most in that area. Ive even seen ethnic hair care locked behind glass doors in certain walmart stores and even pads and tampons in others. Theft also increases the price and hurts the employees who depend on their bonuses every quarter. The more stuff stolen the less the bonus payout is. Sometimes we got nothing because of theft and accidents
This is 100% true. I work at walmart we we as associates face punishment for too much theft in our stores
Yeah I work at Walmart this 100% correct fuck the people who steal!!!!
"But they have insurance! Insurance will cover the cost of what i steal so its ok!" Oh fuck off.
Honestly it sucks that employees get in trouble for things that get stolen then if they try to tell a manager, managers get mad especially if they didn't see see anything
Mine is the razors and eyelashes and nail stuff
It's frustrating when stores lock up basic items, but it's necessary to prevent theft. It's a shame that some people ruin it for everyone else.
As a Walmart employee, I totally understand how uncomfortable and irritating this is, however we DO have to take locked items to the register; however, in my store, we just tell you what register it will be at, leave your description with the cashier and move on.
It also bothers me when someone needs help with this and I don't have the keys. I feel so bad about having to ALSO hunt down another employee and make people wait even longer.
That said, what items are locked often depends on what gets stolen the most and that changes store to store.
What's annoying is if I'm stocking pets and a customer asks me to open the razors or video games or ammo. It's like, what in the world makes you think I would have the keys to departments nowhere near where I'm working?
@@traj07 Your comment is a perfect candidate for the “Five Why’s Analysis”. Start with the question “Why did a customer ask an employee in the pets section to unlock razor blades for them?” Take that answer an ask create another why question. Continue until you’ve asked why five times, or you’ve reached the root cause and asking why is no longer effective. You might be surprised that the answer to your question really has nothing to do with the customer, and everything to do with Store Management.
Just some food for thought.
@@traj07 probably because the customer doesn't know any employees and just went for the closest one.
It's not their job to know who works where. And as long as they're polite, it really shouldn't be a problem.
Do all associates carry walkies now? When I worked there we didn't however when I worked at Target we all had them.
@@traj07 Maybe you were the first employee on the floor they saw?
I know it’s annoying, but they only lock things up because they’re the items that people steal most frequently. A Walmart on the bad side of town in the city I live in just shut down entirely due to the amount of theft.
Thats very true my cousin works at Walgreens on 14 street and they deal with a lot if theft so because of that they are closing. The Walgreens I work at everyday someone stealing something and sometimes it's the stupidest things they steal.
I dont give a shit why they do it, if they lock shit up I'm going somewhere else for it
@@gurneyqueen5782 You have every right to do that, same as the stores have every right to put theft prevention methods in place. Not sure why you’re so hostile about it.
@@Amber-kc1gt because they want to steal stuff.
@Kpk8 an inconvenience to corporate maybe, but the employees get absolutely fucked over
I remember on the West side of town the community leaders were complaining about the lack of a supper market so their people didn't have to go to other neighborhoods to shop. Well they got their wish and a company built one. As it turned out the local people treated it as a free food outlet and before to long it was gone. They took the building down and dug up the foundation because it soon became a homeless hangout.
What hellish poverty pit is this?
Wow just wow 😮
Yup, and later on the town will be accused of white flight..and when it comes back, they'll be racist if the store owners are white.
@@phoenixmistertwo8815
Gentrification is always seen as bad lol
@@phoenixmistertwo8815 Well... you know the latest phrase craze:Black lives matter.
Another phrase is: At what cost?
@@LisaNagrathey can also pull the ex-president’s favorite phrase, “not guilty”
Look. As someone who works in retail. We do this because the item is stolen often and it’s just as inconvenient for you as it is for me
I figured as much. I hate that people feel the need to steal 😒
People really out here stealing nail glue from Walmart ? It’s hella cheap in there if you can’t afford nail glue then you shouldn’t be doing your nails
@@lovleyloner1487 people steal it from CVS all the time, we have it locked up too.
@@lovleyloner1487 I wonder if they steal it to huff it for a high . . .
Why not keep it behind a counter that you can buy directly from rather than wasting everyone's time and patience by walking around with the customers?
If Walmart gets me a locked item they normally put in a box that’s locked with an alarm if you try to leave with it. And yeah every Walmart locks up different items depending on what is stolen most of the time. Most stores do this - I work at a hardware store we lock up tools and customers take it offensive when we wanna walk a 100 dollar tool to the cashiers desk instead of allowing them to walk around with it
It would be defeating the purpose if you didn't
You work at Lowe's too?
Oddly enough, my Walmart locks up dog poo bags.
@@grrrlykat9 Some places I've lived, they could go to a park and grab dog poo bags at any trash can.
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Locked up items are stolen the most and tbh ive worked there and the last thing i want to do is go around unlocking stuff for people either. Its annoying for both people. Esp those who don't understand that I cant just hand over an item like it isn't locked up for a reason lol. Ill lose my job unless I take it to check or follow you up there.
I know people who actively justify stealing from Walmart, and then get mad when Walmart runs numbers and locks shit up like this.
So what you're saying is you know bad people
@@lady4191 Yeah, low income. Not here in my state, dude who lives in Texas told me he does it frequently
Feel bad for a megacorporation that underpays its workers?
@@DanJanucik I was raised not to steal, but if you want that eventual felony to your name because they brought a successful case against, that's on you man
@@hopperstreams4487 I don't shoplift, and I think you'd have to be morally bankrupt to steal from a small store. Walmart preys on poor people far more than petty shoplifters do.
They literally encourage full-time workers to use welfare programs to complement their pay as living is still unaffordable. Walmart puts local stores out of business that usually treat their workers better.
Yes. We lock them because people can't stop stealing them. Also at the Walmart I work at, we just put the item over at customer service, then the customer can go over there and pick it up then proceed to check out. Assuming the item is over a certain price.
I love that I work at a small store we would've just informed you that we were taking the item to the front checkout usually the smoke shack and you let them know when you're ready
We do that too!!
Every big store & Walmart I've been to does that, too. Been to many stores across about 5 states and I've never had this experience lmfao
That’s how every establishment I’ve been to does it. Did you know that some stores lock the tampons up too?
2 years nothing 🥴 then I get three comments. wild
The associate just handed the lip balm to me after unlocking it. She had a huge cart full of stuff she was stocking sis was busy. Management is very toxic when their workers aren't stocking fast enough yet they make them waste their time on this crap.
Blame the people stealing. Notice how they never lock up the food… maybe it’s because they’re ok with stealing food.
But you won’t die without stealing an Optimus Prime Lego set.
@@AG-yc7vt it's not even the people's stealing a fault,If they treated theft like a person with common sense would the theft would be diminished .
Yeah, half the time I’ll just hand the item to the customer. The “employee” in the video is likely a new hire who still gives a flying fudge about getting in trouble.
"Lip balm ?"
Some managers can be cruel unfortunately. They can't punish an employee for putting the customer first. She really should have taken the item to a register.
Each Walmart is different items that are locked up in the Walmart in my town are unlocked in a different Walmart they say it’s because of people stealing the stuff. But I still haven’t seen them lock up the toys. I find empty you packages all over the toy aisle and other parts of the store. I also don’t see them locking up the energy drinks despite people drinking them and hiding the empty cans all over.
Yeah my Walmart has to lock up pretty much everything (including the razors and even cheap razor blade replacements). I've walked into restrooms with people changing into their stolen clothes, seen people changing out in the open- Walmarts are wild.
I understand why they do it but man it's a pain on both ends lolol, especially when you're an employee and the customer says they're ready to choose and checkout but then they're not. Or when they ask "I can't take it with me?" 😐
Sometimes though I used to give them the cheap stuff or personal care items and let them walk off with it before going back to my department. The high dollar stuff always stayed with me (like no Susan, you're not gonna walk around with this laptop).
@@Tramatik48 🤣🤣🤣 lmao k???
wait wtf lol. I've never been to a store where they had to hold the item for you. They always just unlock it and let you take it with you
@@blooperworldorder Depends on the store you go to.The other Walmart stores near the store nearest to me don't have nearly as many locked items as my main store. If I travel 40 minutes out to another store, they don't even have anything locked up (besides laptops and the really really pricey tech stuff).
Edit: Forgot to talk about the taking the items with you.
Letting someone walk around with an item gives you a 50/50 chance that they might steal it anyway, so to minimize this risk, my main store either has you check it out Electronics (for electronics), the pharmacy (for pricey personal care stuff), or drops it off at a cashier once the person is ready to check out (if it's a pricey item from another department). People just steal too much to be trusted at my main store apparently lol.
Someone legit asked that to me and I replied, "There would be no point to keep the merchandise locked if I gave it to you now. If you want to purchase it, the cashier at register 6 will have it."
They replied, "That sucks."
"I know. The thieves are ruining it for all of us."
Yep, it's why in invested in a straight razor. I save hundreds of dollars every year not having to buy those disposable blades and alot of time not having to find people to unlock them for purchase
Don’t blame Walmart blame the idiots that cause them to. Everything will be locked one day soon.
lmao capitalism is failing i love it
@@ouroboro266 education is failing
@@ouroboro266 what’s the alternative? socialism? I’ve had that back in soviets and that one sucked even more
Everything will be locked up, except for the people stealing the goods.
@@ouroboro266 I didn’t know they still had Internet in Venezuela. You still eating zoo animals these days?
The secret was because it was causing shrinkage with the products being stolen so they had to lock up those simple items. It causes shrinkage for inventory In November
Lived overseas for three years, came back to the US couldn’t believe this was a thing. Crazy how far the U.S. has slid down hill.
Yup! They do this to cheap ass sexual items too. Its like, instead of making a discreet way to buy, you just lock them so people don’t steal them to avoid the embarassment. Some bezos ass shit.
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As a cashier I can guarantee you we do not care. After checking you out there are a lot more costumers so I am not gonna remember you and even if I remember why should I judge you for stuff I have to buy too? Also buying sexual items like condoms, lube and co. should not be embarrising, it's a stigma that should not exist because you are being cautious.
@@Staronat I don't care about people judging me or not. I don't want a stranger involved in intimate topics about myself especially when they can see my face. That's not the point though. They are locking them because people out there right now feel this stigma and steal the items as a result and instead of promoting a world where it's not a problem or finding a more discreet solution, they just lock em up and let the people deal with it. That's the fucked up part.
@@Staronat they literally care about nothing but money
I worked in retail and the only things we locked up are the things that were being stolen at a very high-volume regardless of price. So if a thief came in and stole a bunch of cheep laundry detergent that cheep two dollar laundry detergent would be locked up the next day.
Condoms are very high theft item everywhere because they are easy to hide in the pocket. People don't steal them out of embarrassment - people steal because they are already shity humans with low morals.
If the condoms weren't being stolen to begin with - they wouldn't be even locked up.
Now you know - something is only locked up because people are stealing it.
My hometown wal-mart doesent even lock the games. I love living in a small town full of decent people. Now im near baltimore and the wal-mart here is like a maximum security prison.....go figure🙄
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Nope im out in the burbs in a mostly white republican county like 30 min. From baltimore and its like that here. I like when its just a lock to keep from sliding it off the metal thing. I just tear or cut it off. Also got a magnet thing a friend made for the dvds and games. Dont use it anymore but i do still ignore the hanger locks just for sanitys sake. Its impossible to find the one fucking person apparently that holds the key. I swear they just fuck with us.
@@olso8621 😂
Culture and values man
Not to mention how they locked the pregnancy tests and pads/tampons (at least at my Walmart)
I hate that
that’s dumb bruh they are already so expensive they don’t need to make it more difficult for us
@@megan23215 FR
They get stolen. It's to stop that from happening.
Lube and yeast infection medicine as well. Like I need yall to know when I'm dry or too juicy I mean come on
Unless it’s something I absolutely need, I usually don’t get things that are locked up because my anxiety is so bad I can’t ask any associates lol
It’s pretty inconvenient
Same
Buy those things you need from cases online and do store pick up
Glad I live in rural America where we don’t have simple items licked up. Most people work hard and pay for what they need !
Don't worry it'll be happening in your area soon ☹️
Walmart had to lock things up since so many people has been stealing things, it got out of control and people stole a lot of things. Now every time I go to Walmart to get something in the hair section I need to tell someone to unlock things it's pretty annoying ngl.
We just had a Walmart on a bad side of town literally shut down because there was so much theft. It seems silly but unfortunately that’s the way this world is going.
Yes most stores have on average over 1 million dollars in lost revenue due to theft 😬
@@marlaynarenee1362 1m dollars over what course of time? a day? a week? a month? a quarter? a year? a decade?
@@nikkistowell1679 a year in smaller stores in the larger supercenters it can be about 6 months and have even more then 1-3 million in theft loss, I work in management, and last year in theft out of all Walmarts in the US we lost 1.2 billion in theft, it's a lot bigger issue then people realize.
i tried to buy a perfume for my boyfriend, i stood there for around an hour. every passing employee i’d ask if they could help and they said no they’d grab someone. And of course the second i left was the second they came but at that point i was just tired and found a better price where it wasn’t locked up anyways
I went in to buy 3 things: nail clippers, a flashlight, and batteries. All 3 were in separate locked cabinets. I waited about 15 minutes for each cabinet to be opened, and then waited in the long checkout line; about an hour total. I'm done with Walmart.
Walmart in Amish County is so cool they don't even lock the games behind the glass.
Well yeah. The demographic...
I worked at a store that was on the border of a rich neighborhood and not so rich. BOTH neighborhoods had a lot of crime. The low end because they're entitled tw@ts and the high end because they're bored tw@ts. Both sides love their meth, fentanyl, and cocktails of drugs. Cops found a meth lab in the rich side a couple years ago and a sex trafficking ring in the low end even further back. It was around the time blackberry phones were popular.
Razors are locked up at our Walmart in the cosmetic section that is walled off with only one way in or out. Needless to say I buy razors on Amazon now.
You can use a safety razor, provides the perfect shave and its blades are dirt cheap
You can thank the thieves. Notice how none of the Walmarts lock up the food. Leg hair won’t kill you, so no need to steal $100 worth of $2 razors.
My Walmart also walled in the cosmetic area. It's really bottle necked to get in and out now. Almost discourages me from shopping there
I’m the type that cuts the package off the rack instead of waiting half an hour for some disgruntled Walmartian employee to finally show up.
Yeah and then when you get to the checkout you need an associate to scan half the items because everything is age-restricted. It's frustrating as hell but it's not as bad as HEB in Texas. Their scanners are poor and everything has to be checked because they have a weighted platform. If you remove anything from the small weighted platform you have to put it back.
This is why I like Kroger's way of doing stuff a little better, mostly with alcohol but it can still be used on other stuff. Just get an alarm cap you can't pry off but with a tool only sold to the store that will beep until brought back into the store, and then they can have the cashier take it off when they pay
Those “special tools only the store can get” are more often than not just a magnet embedded in some plastic.
The Kroger near me doesn’t even do that. It’s nicer living in a huite neighborhood.
I love kroger nothing locked up but the booze and non food items are at the front of the store with the bank next to it so I'm sure people will most likely see you
If people stopped stealing all this crap it wouldn't be locked up. Police aren't charging people with petty crimes and the thieves have nothing to fear.
As an associate, I don’t have keys on me, so when I get asked to unlock something, I have to search all throughout the store for someone, but when I finally get someone and go back to the customer, they’re gone. After a year of that, I could no longer deal with rude customers and bad customer service, so now I only work in the backroom. Made good friends with my coworkers back there and am a lot happier
I was so surprised to see this when I vacationed in California. Makes me feel unsafe because our makeup aisle aren’t locked in Massachusetts
Because California loves to get bent over and screwed by thieves. They raised the limit for felony theft, and most DA’s and police won’t prosecute misdemeanor stealing. Because stealing a pack of gum and a 40 inch TV is the same punishment.
You probably don't shop in a ghetto neighborhood.
@@AG-yc7vt the makeup is locked up here in Alabama so shut your mouth
It's locked up cause of theft and the cashier has to check you out immediately as not to waste time relocking up the item and as not to waste time on the customer forgetting the item at the registers alot of customers will ask for items with either no intention of buying them. Typically customers will just buy the item and keep it in a bag with the receipt ad they get their other items
What I tell people is: I need to walk you to the checkout for this item, HOWEVER after this is checked out you're free to keep shopping, just keep the item and receipt together.
I really don't want to have to follow people around as they shop, and I have lots of work to do so... it's a pretty handy method most of the time
The Walmart near me has a button you press so an employee will come. I stopped several employees as they walked past me and they all said someone would come. After 30min of waiting I left and never came back.
Reality: the associate say “Nah I don’t work in that department” and keeps bullshitting with another employee
its really like that😭 i swear i've only met ONE helpful walmart employee and i'm 99% sure its bc she was a young girl near my age😭 the older employees never want to help😭
where i live ive never seen things locked like this. instead anything thats expencive or whatever are locked inside clear boxes with built in alarms if you dont remove the box before leaving the shop. so you can just put the item in your basket or trolley and carry on shopping as normal, then when you get to checkout they open the box and give you the product inside, so much more efficient.
If people didn’t steal simple items like that I’m sure they wouldn’t have to. Any items that are locked up in retail are high theft and or high priced.
You forgot to leave the 30-minute wait for the associate why you standing there pushing the button every 10 minutes
*while*
She’s gorgeous OMG
the hardest things to believe about this are a foods associate having an Alpha key and that they didn't just say they're bringing the item to the service desk or the register with cigarettes (the one that's required to be open).
Right. I needed socks once for my daughter. Those were locked up at the store I was at.
You realize that the locked up items are often stolen, they are doing this to lose less money. Blame the people stealing these things
Walmart has no issue making money
@@jalapeno1119 so you propose they should just let people steal?
@@jalapeno1119 yeah that is not how this works. You can't steal stuff and say they make enough money of paying customers.
@@Staronat They do tho. They're a multi billion dollar company. They literally made $548.743 billion in 2020 alone. They're fine.
@@gingko_maple that's irrelevant.
As someone who works in a shop that does lock things (I work in a stationery shop, some of our pens are expensive) it’s so awkward to just have to stand around. Usually what we’ll do is take it to the till and wait for the customer is finished with the rest of their browsing before we check everything out. Saves the awkward lingering and the pressure in the customer.
imagine being at walmart and just watching this girl talk to herself
Like that's out of place for a Walmart
Out of all things, out of EVERYTHING. To keep locked, you pick nail glue.🙂
At my Walmart they lock false eyelashes
They lock up the stuff that ppl steal the most. If ppl would quit being dirtbags , that steal everything then Walmart wouldn't have to lock up stuff. Blame the shoplifters not the store.
@@mcrose9067 some people suffer with kleptomaina..obviously that doesn't make the stealing ok but it's just a compulsive disorder to steal, and from what I understand it's usually the cheep or random things the person doesn't need
@@my_nurodivergent_life_vlog9714 and what? Companies should just allow shoplifters to steal because they might be a klepto? I don't even know the point of your comment is.
@@mcrose9067 no, I'm saying not all shoplifters are dirtbags. Sorry if my comment sounded confusing
Knowing that I'm literally buying it, I just rip it off the thing and head to self check out since there's NEVER any cashiers/real people to check me out.
They also have you waiting for at least 10 minutes , until an available associate can come unlock it for you. Even baby products. Loss and Prevention at its finest.
Fun tip: wiggle the lock left and right and they pull right off the hook. Then wiggle it back on.
Wtf bro!
LOLLLL
@@zzzz11zzzz shhh they're doing something good
@@skitskit333 bruh
They might have you arrested for trying to steal
I used to work at walmart as a stocker and I can vouch that only a few employees have keys to anything locked. Even then, every lock is different so you have to hunt down the exact associate to help a customer. There was a day where they weren't at work so I had to cut the item down off the hook for the customer just so I could help them. Walmart is awful and please keep in mind that the associates are treated awful by management and are almost never given the proper resources to do their job and help customers like they should.
And then they have spray paint unlocked even though they are in glass doors 😂
This is crazy. I've never seen a walmart lock stuff like that
You must live in a real nice neighborhood. Cause Walmart started doing this for certain items about 4-5 years ago.
@@lapapa7089 Even if you live in one they still lock some up.
I live in a nice neighborhood but they still lock some of their stuff up because of teens and homeless people lurking around.
FYI those locks slide off the rod hanger if you pull and twist back and forth.
I’m a introvert and hate interacting with humans so I unlock things myself
They forgot the moment where the customer seems to ALWAYS stops the associates walking around the store like headless chicken to fulfill online orders for razors and such as if they also have a key (which we never do)
How are people suppose to know that though? Ive never worked at a walmart, and your shirt says you work in this store. Not the workers fault, but not the customers either
i worked in produce, often doing the work of three people by myself, and frequently got people asking me to unlock the video game case in electronics all the way on the other side of the store. it's like... friend, I'm sorry that the one person with the key is on his lunch, but I'm elbow deep in potatoes here, why am I the one you're asking? i can clearly see three other blue vests who aren't kneeling in a potato cart, please go bother one of them, i cannot help you, even if i had the time I'm sorry!
definitely not the customers fault for not knowing. I feel like it's corporate's fault, because we all wear the same nametag and vest even though OGP (online grocery pickup) is quite literally the most disconnected department out of the entire store. Would be nice if corporate gave the department something to help differentiate that one department from everyone else
I feel this way when I got to the video game section and I have to ask an associate to unlock the case. What they should do is have a panel showing the games available for purchase at that store and have the case behind the counter so an associate doesn’t have to leave their counter to get a game. It would make less work for the associate and would save some time so they can help the next person.
That's why I prefer delivery or pickup
I’ve only experienced this in Cali bc my hometown doesn’t lock or have associates check you out right away with beauty products 😂
Well that's not surprising, theives are literally just walking out with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in California that what you guys get for being a loser unemployed Democrat state
@@taylorjohnson9321 I don’t even live on the west coast bruh 😂
The truth is that if less teenage girls would shoplift items like that they wouldn't be locked up. The best way to throw it to Walmart if you don't like this is to buy your glue or whatever elsewhere.
All the stores are doing it to tooth paste, nail polish, and other stuff cause people are finding ways to harm them selves with these products or steal them. So they are locking them up. Where I live the locked up toothpaste, razors, and for some reason they where talking about locking Halloween candy idk why
It's because people steal. We wouldn't have to do it if people acted and did what they're supposed to. I don't feel bad for our stuff locked up. On top of that you have to understand that some of our stores have limited staff due to covid. On top of that only certain associates can unlock items because that's what Walmart decided. As cashier's even if we aren't busy we don't get keys or some of the front people. It's the department head usually who has keys and if they disappear or don't respond it's not other employees fault.
The other day, I saw PlayStation and steam gift cards locked up. They're literally just locking cardboard up now. 🤣
That’s nuts. Don’t those have to be activated at the register when they’re purchased?
@@danieldaniels7571 Yep. They have absolutely no value until activated by a cashier. Just cardboard.
While they have no value until purchased, locking these up is done for good reason. A thief doesn't need to steal the actual card to steal the money that may be on a card. All that's needed is the number on the back of the card (not even the scratch off portion). With that number, they can check online to see if money has been added to a card and once it has, they can redeem it, resulting in the intended recipient getting nothing. There have been warnings about this type of theft for well over 10 years now. In this case, thieves aren't really stealing from the store, they're stealing from the purchaser.
Thats probably because teens and even some adults but mostly teens from my experience steal the inactivated cards and theb turn around and try to sell them saying it was a gift or some other excuse to suggest it's valid and active and they are just trying to sell it. I have seen kids get hundreds of dollars this way before people figure it out and start warning everyone they know u til it's practically Impossible for him to sell anymore.
Don't blame the Employees. Blame the Homeless that make themselves welcome to ALL the Products without Paying.. BOo Hoo
I was fully expecting the worker in the grocery section to say sorry that’s not my department and not help you find them.
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Must of grown up in a good neighborhood. Growing up near Detroit this had been our normal for decades.
I love your videos!!!
There so entertaining
I feel your pain. I absolutely hate having everything locked up these days. I went to the Walmart by my house to get socks and they were locked up. Ain't nobody got time for that.
When it happens to me it’s usually “Oh I actually don’t have the key let me grab someone who does” andddddddd I wait forever haha 😂
This is when you go to the knife section and come over and cut the package so u can pull it off without a key. Screw Walmart.
Except the knives are in locked displays lol
@@girtisholland they aren't locked in the stores by me.
The most use my pocket knife gets is cutting the packaging to remove the item with no employees needed. Sometimes you get weird looks but time is the one thing you can not get back!
Here in Australia, thanks to SOME PEOPLE, you now almost get interrogated if you want to buy certain types of cold and flu medications. Particularly anything containing Pseudoephedrine. A chemist asked me, whilst I had a fever, flushed face and adding 'D's on the end of almost all words because I was so congested, why I needed this medication. I said that I was sick. He then asked how long I'd be taking it, I got so annoyed that I reached down and grabbed a packet of neurofen and said "I'll just get these then and wash them down with some Jaggermeister" paid and walked out. Damn junkies!
My Walmart never locks things up. I’ve noticed it’s only the ghetto ones in my area that locks things like that up
I can’t speak the same for mine. I live in a nice neighborhood but they still lock some stuff up because teens like to go steal stuff and homeless people lurk around. 😮💨
This doesn't really happen. I can see if it's a $20 item but the real reason they lock it up is to limit the amount people can take at one time. If it were unlocked then the whole row can be removed and shoved into a backpack. $15 dollar rule. If the total amount they was is below $15 give it to the customer. Above that amount, walk it to a register.
As someone who works at Walmart trust me we hate it just as much. Most times it’s only certain associates and managers who have a key and we can never find them.
I remember asking a employee to get around $800 worth of tools out of a locked shelf and after that I walk around the shop with them for about half of hour trying to find other stuff
Well when you need a locked item, get everything else first and then go get an associate
As a previous associate, we do not care what you are buying, all we care about is making sure it is payed for
When people steal things too often, this is what happens.