69 y/o Walmart greeter fired for trying to stop thief

[kx250rider]

There's a technicality in California law... A shoplifter cannot be touched by a store employee without opening the store to a lawsuit.. BUT, a fellow customer can do the job . In this case, I would think that since the employee was attacked, he can sue the store as much for getting hurt on the job, and getting fired wrongfully. I don't believe in suing, but there are exceptions.

I had a heart-to-heart talk with an employer I used to have, and we agreed that if I were to need to physically engage a customer, I'd yell "I QUIT" just before doing what I had to do. That way, I'm not an employee, and I could be re-hired the next day. Might not totally hold water, but it would be extra work for any lawyer trying to sue the boss over my actions.

Charles

 

[nydj66]

There's a technicality in California law... A shoplifter cannot be touched by a store employee without opening the store to a lawsuit.. BUT, a fellow customer can do the job . In this case, I would think that since the employee was attacked, he can sue the store as much for getting hurt on the job, and getting fired wrongfully. I don't believe in suing, but there are exceptions.

I had a heart-to-heart talk with an employer I used to have, and we agreed that if I were to need to physically engage a customer, I'd yell "I QUIT" just before doing what I had to do. That way, I'm not an employee, and I could be re-hired the next day. Might not totally hold water, but it would be extra work for any lawyer trying to sue the boss over my actions.

Charles

Watch the end of "Robocop"

 

[bigtravis]

Basically it does. NOBODY is allowed to pursue someone outside other than LP and salaried MGMT. Media cirus -- yes. Suit -- not likely.

absolutely true

 

[SARMS Search]

The thief may be the one doing the suing.....

 

[bakemeacookie]

The thief may be the one doing the suing.....

**We have a Winner**

Welcome to America. Walmart is rich. Thief isn't but thief can get a lawyer who can sue Walmart for damage to his reputation (releasing video when he hasn't even been convicted yet), releasing his name all over the web, thousands of threads depicting him as a thief, physical harm, embarassment on the insinuation a 69 y/o man beat him up, embarassment on the insinuation that he attacked a 69 y/o man when he it was self defence.

Price Tag $5 million. Walmart not wanting more publicity on this will "settle".

c

 

[nimbus]

the risk of walmart getting sued for an altercation with a customer is worth way more than the value of stolen merchandise

peace, old man

 

[redsamurai]

something on this video doesn't fit with the story. The kid didn't just waltz through the scanners, he stood there and talked with the greeter "behind" the scanners, meaning he already passed through them. So he cleared his receipt with the greeter than walked out. Greeter follows him out, presumably takes his liscense number....kid comes back all the way to the scanners with the greeter behind him, why? He could have knocked the dude out on the outside and tore up his board. Why did he walk all the way back inside? And the other thing the story doesn't say is, did the cops actually find stolen property on the kid? If they didn't, than I can empathize with the kid. He cleared his receipt with the greeter and probably "why" the scanner went off....but the greeter still followed him outside to take his plate. Dude comes back in to say look old man, we went over this, and tried to point his shit out on the clipboard. Was it a dumb 23 old move? yeah, but if he didn't have shit on him and the reason the scanner went off was clarified....than what was the greeter doing taking the kids plates? Now if the scanner went off and the kid just ignored it and waltzed out, than I don't see how the greeter is at any fault. The scanner will be the key to the case. Nothing in this video is conclusive in the slightest, without audio you can't determine anything. If the customer did not want to address why the scanner was going off, than the employee has the right to jot down physical description and/or possibly liscense plates.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Walmart Greeter Ed Bauman Fired for Defending Himself After Getting Punched by Customer - True Crime Report



unbelievable. And yeah yeah the 23 y/o was blaque. The stereotype continues!

c

You mean Obama isn't helping such matters? Wtf!

Also, this is yet another reason why Wal-Mart sucks swamp ass.

Also again, wtf kind of store calls a thief a "customer"?!