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As we’ve already seen today, receipt checking at big box stores can get ugly, but there’s no need for violence. Just ask the 100-year-old greeter at a Wisconsin Walmart who ended up in the hospital yesterday.
The greeter, who clicked over into triple digits last August and who works at the store five days a week, says she was attempting to verify that the water in a customer’s cart had been paid for when things got ugly.
“That’s our job,” she said. “That’s what we’re up there in front for, to watch people going and coming.”
According to reports, the customer, a 37-year-old woman, pushed the greeter, who subsequently fell and hit her head. The greeter was taken to the hospital and the customer was arrested.
The 100-year-old, who was released from the hospital after undergoing a CAT scan, said it’s not uncommon for customers to get testy as they exit: “You get a lot of customers who are not out to hurt you, but they always give you a bad time.”
If stores are going to insist on checking receipts, is it wise to use elderly greeters for that purpose?
Woman arrested after pushing 100-year-old Wal-Mart greeter [JSonline.com]
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Hmm…I’ve often battled with this concept of people throwing a bitch-fest about receipt checking. Personally I don’t mind it because even though it IS my property, I am still on their property.
If all you are going to do is bitch and whine about taking a minute or three for a receipt check, then you REALLY have nothing else going on in your life. If you don’t like it, shop in a store that doesn’t do these checks.
How about people just not be assholes for a change?
It shouldn’t matter who you have checking receipts – there’s no reason anyone should be getting violent, period.
Refusing to show your receipt “because I don’t have to”, is like Don Quixote tilting at windmills. What’s the point? I save acting like an asshole for when it really matters.
Oh come on. I can understand being annoyed, but that is probably the only job left on the planet that this elderly lady can get. There is no harm in showing her the receipt. Allow her to continue to feel useful in twilight twilight years!
If you really don’t want to show your recipt, then wait until the checker is busy with someone else then pass on their blind side. This is what I often do and it works about 98% of the time.
Or you could just stop shopping at Walmart and buy all of your useless junk that you think that you need online.
when i’m trying to leave with a screaming 8 mo. old baby and a 3 yr old with the attention span of a fart the last thing I need to do is stop so you can double check my receipt….thats what the scanners are there for. HOWEVER pushing an elderly woman is absurd and that woman should be exiled…OR she could just apologize and state she was under stress yadda yadda yadda.
I put my receipts in my wallet at the counter, so I don’t lose them; I might need to return something and I always verify my CC bill against receipts – every time! I seldom get stopped where I shop, but if I do, I have to take the time to get the receipt out and hold up the line. Other customers behind get upset. They should set the check-out lanes up so that you don’t need to stop and be frisked on the way out.
Usually these elderly people just want someone to talk to. If I know them personally, I might want to stop and talk, but they are doing a job and aren’t supposed to be chit chatting. Many of these individuals in our area are so disabled that they couldn’t tussle with your cart or you. I just don’t get the greeter idea.
Is it wise to use 100 year olds as receipt checkers? How about this instead, how about you don’t lay your farking hands on another human being at all. How about you don’t get pissy because someone is doing their job and you don’t knock them down. I hope she gets a solid year in jail. Maybe she’ll learn to not be an entitled coont.
Problem with Wal Mart’s receipt policy is they ask for a receipt for any item that is not in a bag. If you were the crime commiting type you could bring a Wal Mart bag with you (or just take one from the registers) and put any item that does not have a security tag on it in the bag and walk out of the store.
With the security tags I have seen some items that are $50-60 without security tags and then some $5 items that do have security tags.
Aye aye aye. Here we go with the ‘IT’S MY RIGHT NOT TO SHOW MY RECEIPT BLAH BLAH BLAH”S again. People, just show the dumb receipt, it’s not worth anyone’s health and well being.
Honestly, I feel more violated by the stores that train their employees to automatically ask you if you need any help – which makes it impossible to shop in peace. Instead every five feet ANOTHER employee is asking if they can help you. Frigging annoying!
Lifehacker did a big writeup on this topic. Saying , in summary’ if you just smile and say hi, most of the half -assed ones will just say hi. It’s the militants you have to worry about.