Wal-Mart employee, Ray Canales, age 18, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a teenage customer inside the store, according to KPRC. The altercation started at about 10:15pm Wednesday night at the Wal-Mart in Pearland, TX. More, inside….
The article says,
Investigators said a 16-year-old male customer got into an argument with the employee over a girl. The teen got upset and punched the employee, detectives said. The employee, 18-year-old Ray Canales, became enraged, pulled out a pocketknife and allegedly stabbed the customer five times about the upper back and face.
The victim was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in serious but stable condition.
Canales was arrested and faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, Canales could face two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.
Hopefully, Wal-Mart enacts a “no-stabbing” policy for its employees.
Wal-Mart Employee Accused Of Stabbing Customer [KPRC] (Thanks to Melinda!)
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That’ll teach em to try and buy more than one Wii at a time.
Or maybe they were arguing over how to pronounce Pearland. (It’s Pear-land, I think).
But a girl? Pfft.
I’m guessing that Wal-Mart had a “no guns policy” up?
Guys fight over girls with guns nowadays.
Stupid people doing stupid things over a girl.
The fact this took place in WallyWorld should not be the focus of the story. Remove WallyWorld from the article and this discussion would not even be on The Consumerist.
Non-story. Move on.
@Rajio: I originally read that as a “no-no-stabbing policy” and thought you meant a policy that forbids the absence of stabbing.
I probably shouldn’t have stayed up until 1 last night playing Super Mario: Lost Levels.
@Jaysyn: Thanks for the tip. I’ll put that on my ‘never to-do list’.
*imagines pencils now being classified as weapons… and keys, and pens, and forks, and the sharp pointy corners on the bottom of toothpaste, and most packages of kids toys…. *
have you every opened a toy and NOT been cut? I bleed every time.
I’d like to point out that many Wal-Mart employees are REQUIRED to carry box cutters. If you work there in any capacity other than as a cashier, it’s likely that Wal-Mart has provided you with a box cutter.
Strangely enough, it’s against Wal-Mart policy to carry any other cutting instrument. Wal-Mart employees are not allowed to carry pocketknives or even boxcutters that weren’t provided by their workplace.
@TinyBug: I think the child would get arrested for driving a car before they get busted for having a butter knife on their car seat ;o)
See, none of this would’ve happened if he showed his receipt…
I just wanna know if Wal-Mart’s taking it seriously…
That’s what he gets for working/shopping at Wal-Mart…
Ah crap guys, all you’ve left me with is “but will he blend?” (hmph)
@RedSonSuperDave: One girl I used to date worked at about eight different FYE’s/Coconuts’s (Coconutii?) (they kept shipping her off to different stores) and ended up losing one of the company-furnished box cutters in her bag. Somehow, it ended up between the lining and outer shell. Good thing she wasn’t planning on taking that bag onto any planes…
@drjayphd: Yeah, it’d help if you’d made sure that you could use the strikethrough tag…
@Kat@Work: “Honestly, WTF. Who packs weapons on the job?”
This really doesn’t come off as humor but I’ll refrain from the comments about carrying a knife(I carry one everyday).
I really don’t like how the news reported this. We are missing most of this story. Did these 2 know each other and fight over the girl or was the employee just hitting on her which led to the fight. Also did the guy just hit him or was he really trying to fight him when the guy pulled the knife? I mean people can throw a punch in anger and back off or they can then try to continue to fight you. It does make a difference. If they guy is trying to fight the employee and he uses the weapon in defence him stabing him might not be as bad. Is he in the wrong? Chances are yes but with so much information missing it is hard to tell.
An example of what I’m talking about would be you shooting an attacker with a gun. One shot might do it but a lot of people will empty the mag. Once then get in the zone for lack of better words they will pretty much go into defensive mode and not stop untill they get pulled off someone or they run out of energy or bullets.
If you show up at my work place while I’m working to punch me in the face over a girl you should be prepared for a face stabbing. =|
I wonder.. do they do any employment pre-screening?
Well, with salaries they pay, the pool of potential employees is bound to include guys like this…
@67alecto: first thing that came to mind, too. Wow, Wal-Mart sure stabs…err, I mean sucks.
Screw it. Fellas, go to Costco.
@cosby:
Completely agree. They fail to provide much information at all on this. If someone was hitting on my woman I wouldn’t take it too kindly. But the interesting part is how he was stabbed in the back.
Since he used excessive force and stabbed multiple times, he is likely to see an attempted murder charge stick. I doubt he could get a job at even Walmart anymore.
Has Homeland Security checked his immigration status yet? He looks Mexican.
( I kid, I kid )
( Sadly they probably have)
obviously you haven’t read my Big Book o’ Reasons not to shop at Walmart – see Reason #499
Probably an illegal alien, hired by Wal-Mart, for their excellent customer service.