Walmart Bans Loyal Customer for Life for Taking Advantage of Store Policy

[Teelie]

I assumed there was more to the story than there was on the surface and there is. Now I feel conflicted between defending WalMart and also decrying their corporate policy of screwing over the planet one discount at a time.

 

[Tanin]

There would be less controversy if Wal-Mart just locked their doors. Wait for him to knock on them, then shoot him in the face.

 

[smashmode]

Stay classy Walmart

Ok I keep on seeing this incorrect headline, but if you actually read the story it seems like he was banned for threatening/intimidating an employee.

Obviously this headline is much sexier, but still

 

[Siby]

Not that I'm a huge fan of Wal-Mart at all, but read the fine print on this article. He wasn't banned for the price-match policy at all --- he was banned for physically threatening a sales clerk, pure and simple.

And if anybody gives a crap, there's a long-winded debate in a very obscure rasslin' board dating back almost a decade that claims that this Joe Cantrell, a former California wrestler, has been guilty of every kind of con game under the sun over the years. I won't even post the link unless anybody even gives a rat's ass.

I hate Wally World as much as the next guy, but the bottom line on this story is that a pro con artist probably got exactly what was coming to him after he tried to bully his way through a sales clerk.

That's what I got out of the article. I was confused at all the Walmart hate based on the circumstance of this story. lol

I really don't care if you hate or love Walmart but it should at least be based on reason. I find it interesting that people give the banned guy the benefit of the doubt but won't afford the clerk the same courtesy for rejecting the price match.

 

[Mike_D202]

Ok I keep on seeing this incorrect headline, but if you actually read the story it seems like he was banned for threatening/intimidating an employee.

Obviously this headline is much sexier, but still

DJ should work for Fox News.

 

[smashmode]

That's what I got out of the article. I was confused at all the Walmart hate based on the circumstance of this story. lol

I really don't care if you hate or love Walmart but it should at least be based on reason. I find it interesting that people give the banned guy the benefit of the doubt but won't afford the clerk the same courtesy for rejecting the price match.

Its because people don't read the entire article, they see the headline, read the first paragraph and off they go.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

This doesn't surprise me. Most of the Wal-Mart employees in my area are miserable. It's like it required to be rude if you want to work there.

 

[Teelie]

DJ should work for Fox News.

Why? He reports on stuff that at least has some basis in reality.

 

[Mike_D202]

Why? He reports on stuff that at least has some basis in reality.

 

[PalmerTheThing]

Wal-Fail

Like talk about being a peener for no reason. You say you can price match? So friggan price match aha.

Even though he looks like a regular on a Walmart freak website, I do 100% take his side on this case.

 

[Ant-manic]

how can we trust this crying loyal customer? he made his living from a pretend sport. t:

 

[Xeno]

I assumed there was more to the story than there was on the surface and there is. Now I feel conflicted between defending WalMart and also decrying their corporate policy of screwing over the planet one discount at a time.

It's a "he said/he said" thing, with the store employee claiming intimidation and the customer saying that is not what happened. Unless there is security video of the incident or reliable witnesses, that's all there is to go on.

 

[Warhammer]

So how does one get permabanned from Wal-Mart? Seriously, how is that regulated?

 

[Tropico]

I doubt very much that could happen. The only way I could see it happening is if he uses a credit card and it flags something (which I still doubt exists or that this particular company would invest in it). Even then, I bet he can go to a Wal-Mart in the next state or even the next town and he'll get in. If people who have actually shoplifted at the stores can do so repeatedly or at different locations after getting caught and convicted can do it, I'm sure he can too. I mean, as long as he doesn't go to the store he goes to EVERYDAY, TWICE A DAY where everyone on every shift (okay, maybe not the overnight crew) has to know the guy already. It's just more sensationalism like the rest of the article.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

Is there no rule where people must actually read the article before commenting here?

No? There certainly should be.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Ok I keep on seeing this incorrect headline, but if you actually read the story it seems like he was banned for threatening/intimidating an employee.

Obviously this headline is much sexier, but still

I read every article before I post it, he says that isn't what happened.

 

[Tropico]

Is there no rule where people must actually read the article before commenting here?

No? There certainly should be.

You must be unfamiliar with how message boa...anything involving reading...works.