This idiot "spokesman" should have his/her paycheck garnished until the amount is satisfied.
As a part-time Walmart associate it's obvious to me that neither of you have been across the register from a 300 pounder and her teen sons when her card was denied. The sense of entitlement is like nothing you've seen from behind your keyboards. To my thinking the folks at Walmart avoided a riot by letting them pass.
Also, the "crack management staff" (including the spokesman) has no authority to override the state laws and computers that accept or decline the transactions. Doing so would have put the company in the unenviable position of having to publicly explain why they committed such a "racist" act AND violated state laws in the process. That's a lot to expect of a small town retail manager.
I know it's easy and fashionable to bash Walmart whenever it's convenient but you should know that because of what Walmart is they (we) have become a focal point for the culture wars and you'd do well to put yourself in their shoes before you spout off behind the comfort of your computer.
There are no state laws, yet, forcing companies to hand out free food I am aware of. If there was, leftists would crash the system on a regular basis.
Quite possible. Leaving your sh**ty little comment about my keyboard aside, I hadn't thought of it from that angle, and I probably should have after seeing the video of the guy who popped a female clerk in the chops because she wouldn't sell him a cigar at a 41 cent discount. This bunch would have wrecked the store.
The best course probably would have been to just close the whole damned store, but that probably would have caused a riot too. Hard to say, because I just work these keyboard things for a living.
I was at a grocery store Saturday when the EBT system went down across several states. Some black woman was screaming at the top of her lungs at the clerks until the manager came out and told her to leave.
She was too dumb to understand it had nothing to do with the store or her, her gubmint cheeze was denied because of a glitch during a backup of the system.
Oh, and I think she could have went about a month without eating and would have been in no danger from her size.
It was instructive how rapidly people can turn into animals.
Yup. I'd suspect that they would have been in a lot more trouble if they'd attempted to do anything to limit what was going on. I saw upthread that some folks were saying that Walmart should eat the loss. I fail to understand how that could be. If I overspend on my cards and can't pay it, the retailers don't take the bath, the card issuer does.
Also, I'd like to point out that the state knows the identity of every single person who stole this merchandise. Their cards should be cut off until they come in to make payment plans to pay for what they stole.