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Wal-Mart Fires Manager Who Called Police On Black Customer
The Ksbwchannel ^
| 12/14/2005
| cawats
Posted on 12/14/2005 11:43:43 AM PST by CAWats
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa-area Wal-Mart manager who called sheriff's deputies to apprehend a black businessman over a check he found questionable was fired for using "poor judgment," but did not engage in racial profiling, the retail chain said Tuesday.
An internal investigation of the Nov. 23 incident at a Wal-Mart supercenter in Brandon found that the manager, Mark Cornett, violated company procedures when he called the law on Reginald Pitts who presented a $13,600 check to pay for holiday gift cards for his company's employees, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: blackcustomer; fired; merrychristmasmark; midmanagementweenies; police; walmart
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:43:44 AM PST
by
CAWats
To: CAWats
Ih I went to wal mart and wrote a nearly $14,000 check, I bet they'd call the cops on me too.
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:45:57 AM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: CAWats
with all of the gift-card fraud these days, I'd think a purchase such as this would trigger some alarms in a prudent mind.
Tuffshiite is the guy "happens" to be black!
To: CAWats
Sarah Clark, a spokeswoman for the Bentonville, Ark.-based company, said Cornett followed proper procedures in trying to verify Pitts' check, which he could not because a privacy block prohibited access to GAF's bank account. Sounds fishy enough to me. I'd've done the same as the manager.
To: CAWats
He deserved firing.
He could have just refused the check.
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:47:44 AM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: CAWats
he called the law on Reginald Pitts who presented a $13,600 check to pay for holiday gift cards
There has GOT to be more to this.
I was under the impression that is is customary to actually PAY for stuff when you make the purchase.
To: CAWats
Oh, yeah, he gets a $13,600 check that doesn't clear and he called the cops just because the HR manager of the company is black. Sure.
Cornett followed proper procedures in trying to verify Pitts' check, which he could not because a privacy block prohibited access to GAF's bank account.
There had never been a problem previously when Pitts had sent a white employee to pick up the cards.
Was there a privacy block previously?
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:50:03 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
To: Pukin Dog
He could have just refused the checkThere by getting sued for NOT selling to a black man and getting fired for that, too?
8
posted on
12/14/2005 11:51:25 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: CAWats
If you got doubts about the check, you don't accept it. Calling the cops is a bit much without outright evidence of criminality.
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:51:25 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: CAWats
Cornett has a better case than Pitts.
'Course, I'd never pass the bar in a million years.
To: Pukin Dog
He deserved firing. He could have just refused the check.
After reading the article, I'm with you. The least Wal*Mart could have done was call the company to verify that the guy worked for them, or let the company know that they couldn't verify their check with their bank.
11
posted on
12/14/2005 11:53:49 AM PST
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: CAWats
How else was the guy supposed to pay for $13,600 worth of merchandise?
12
posted on
12/14/2005 11:53:55 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Green bean casserole is a culinary curse upon mankind.)
To: Pukin Dog
Agreed. It seems that the HR manager wasn't going anywhere, so the check could be returned, unlike with a usual consumer purchase. It's the whole race angle that gets me.
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:55:03 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
The Manager should have simply refused the check. He didn't need to call the Police. (unless the customer became beligerent, or something).
The Manager messed-up............unless there's more to the story.
To: Rebelbase
How else was the guy supposed to pay for $13,600 worth of merchandise?Wire transfer. Pre-pay.
15
posted on
12/14/2005 11:56:20 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:56:54 AM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: CAWats
"After the incident, GAF bought its employees Target gift cards."
And they probably said "Merry Christmas" on them to boot.
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posted on
12/14/2005 11:57:52 AM PST
by
RouxStir
(Peaceful Muslim?.....The Ultimate Oxymoron.)
To: martin_fierro
Sounds fishy to me, too, but where the manager went wrong was calling the cops. He should simply have told the guy "Sorry, but I cannot accept this check because I cannot confirm the funds in your account. Have a nice day."
To: GrandEagle
The GAF plant called the store and told them this guy was coming with a large check for gifts.
To: CAWats
3 years ago, hubby and I went into Best Buy to purchase several kitchen appliances. The check was over 4k. There was something the manager needed to do to verify the check since it was a large amount. The phone lines were down and they were unable to verify the check through the bank. (We don't use credit cards.) Guess what? no appliances.
I'm white, was that some sort of discrimination?
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