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Olympian's life is destroyed after she forgot to scan asparagus and ham at Walmart self-checkout
Daily Mail ^ | 9/23/2024 | Laura Parnaby

Posted on 09/24/2024 6:17:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

Police detained the softball coach at the supermarket and found that $67 worth of items, including asparagus and ham, had not been scanned.

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A former Olympian has spoken about how her life was destroyed after she forgot to scan asparagus and ham at a Walmart self-checkout machine.

Pettipiece lost her prestigious job as a result and says her career and reputation have been ruined.

1 posted on 09/24/2024 6:17:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
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Happens to everyone, right, that they “forget” to scan items adding up to $67...


2 posted on 09/24/2024 6:18:20 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Too bad she wasn’t in California where it’s A-OK to steal $950 worth of merchandise each day and no one will do a thing about it...


3 posted on 09/24/2024 6:19:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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I can understand a little about the asparagus, but the ham raises doubts.


4 posted on 09/24/2024 6:20:06 AM PDT by Enterprise
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I forgot to scan a Rolex and a Jaguar... What was I thinking?

Here’s a suggestion... If you’re that forgetful stick to a checkout with an employee doing the scanning. If they forget to scan it, it’s on them... If you forget to scan it... It’s theft, pure and simple.


5 posted on 09/24/2024 6:22:46 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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Can we also talk about what she was ALSO charged for, along with $67 worth of unpaid food?

F this headline.

possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance.

6 posted on 09/24/2024 6:23:24 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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I had it happen to me at our local Food Lion. I scanned every single item I had, but when I looked at the receipt, I noticed there were items missing. I told the clerk, and she said, “ok, just go back through and scan those items again.” I did, and I haven’t used the self-checkout since. I can only imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t checked the receipt and walked towards the door. They could have had me arrested for shoplifting.

Never use the self-checkout.


7 posted on 09/24/2024 6:25:05 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Bon of Babble

Are you a shill for The Mail? Here’s a better excerpt.

“Canadian athlete Meaggan Pettipiece, 48, was arrested on March 28 in Indiana for theft, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance”.

If she truely didn’t mean to steal at least we know why she did and why she was arrested and ruined.


8 posted on 09/24/2024 6:25:22 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

True, but all the charges were dropped.

“The charges have since been dropped, but Pettipiece lost her prestigious job as a result and says her career and reputation have been ruined.

Her downfall began after Walmart security reported that the US college softball coach had failed to scan a couple of food items during a grocery haul at a self-checkout machine.”


9 posted on 09/24/2024 6:25:57 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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I guess I don’t quite understand. You move things from the cart, scan them, and put them into the bags. It’s a three step process.

Ok, so she forgot to scan a few things. I wonder if she left stuff in her cart? Or did she not bag some items? It’s seems that if she were going to forget a step in the process those things would have happened as well.

I figure Walmart also has cameras over all of its self checkout lanes so they could document this woman’s confusion and or distraction. I also wonder if she had confusion or distraction the last few times she went through this lane. That might have led to the folks at Walmart having some “people” on hand to assist her.

Her being an Olympian really has little to do with this.


10 posted on 09/24/2024 6:27:55 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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11 posted on 09/24/2024 6:28:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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About 1/2 the time I use self checkout the stupid bar code is not recognized
And they have to go have an act of Congress to get the price. I hate them.


12 posted on 09/24/2024 6:28:41 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown in)
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13 posted on 09/24/2024 6:28:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Bon of Babble

Kamala’s Inflation is forcing otherwise fine people to cheat and steal.


14 posted on 09/24/2024 6:28:53 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Bon of Babble

Yeah, “forgot”.


15 posted on 09/24/2024 6:28:58 AM PDT by glorgau
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I never use self checkout


16 posted on 09/24/2024 6:29:29 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (RINO going along to get along with)
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To: Bon of Babble

IN fairness, $67 of ham these days is about two slices of country ham.


17 posted on 09/24/2024 6:30:37 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Bon of Babble

The sign at my local WalMart read:
Scan and Go

It didn’t read:
Scan, PAY, and Go


18 posted on 09/24/2024 6:31:21 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Bon of Babble

That must have been one big ass ham for $67.00 dollars


19 posted on 09/24/2024 6:31:44 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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Forgot? Sure.... And she was charged for stuff the police found in her purse!


20 posted on 09/24/2024 6:32:11 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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