I hear those coin purses jingaling ring ting tingaling too.
Come on it's lovely weather for a slugfest with you.

bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

Because you're racist?

Dumbass. You're supposed to just ignore the greeter, not assault them.

What a C, enjoy jail sweetheart

bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

thatsracist.jpg

But yeah I pretty much knew the name would be something like that.

Well.... they are annoying

Patterson said Simmons is accused of punching and knocking down Suozzi at 11:23 a.m. after the employee asked Simmons to see receipts for items the customer was carrying in store bags.

I've read enough threads here to ask: What's her Fark handle?

Omg, they're taking 2 seconds out of my day!

To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

styckx: Jacquetta

And that's all I needed to see to confirm my suspicions.

I came in here to say this.

/animals

astouffer: bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

thatsracist.jpg

But yeah I pretty much knew the name would be something like that.

What a Jacquetta might look like:

Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

It never ends at "ignore them". It never even comes up unless there's a story about how they "ignored them", and the SWAT team moved in and they were detained for 72 hours until they finally found the receipt. Then the greeter and the last 4 managers got fired and now the Walmart shopper gets a 50 dollar gift card every time they enter the store.

styckx: Jacquetta

And that's all I needed to see to confirm my suspicions.

SHE WAS ASSAULTED BY THE SPANISH WORD FOR LIGHT COAT???

If we can get away from the not too hidden racism...

Batavia resident Jacquetta Simmons, 26, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault, State Police Trooper Tracy Patterson said. She faces a second count because the victim, Grace Suozzi, 70, is older than 65.

I didn't know people were charged extra if their victim was older than 65. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Car_Ramrod: astouffer: bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

thatsracist.jpg

But yeah I pretty much knew the name would be something like that.

What a Jacquetta might look like:

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Elizabeth Woodville's mother was actually the first person I thought of (is there any extant portrait of her? I'm guessing not). God, I need to get out more.

Calm Down You Spaz: SHE WAS ASSAULTED BY THE SPANISH WORD FOR LIGHT COAT???

I thought it meant quickie hand-job in Spanish.

Abner Doon: Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

Tourney3p0: It never ends at "ignore them". It never even comes up unless there's a story about how they "ignored them", and the SWAT team moved in and they were detained for 72 hours until they finally found the receipt. Then the greeter and the last 4 managers got fired and now the Walmart shopper gets a 50 dollar gift card every time they enter the store.

I'm not buyin' it. And by that I mean I've personally never lurked or participated in "one of those threads" where someone claimed they were unduly harassed by a Walmart- greeter-type employee of any store by simply walking past them without acknowledging them. YOO HOO, Internet Tough Guys?? Where are you for this one?

Ambivalence 2011-12-26 01:59:58 AM

Wha? Why?

Because Jacquetta don' play. She be keepin' it real.

Calm Down You Spaz: bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

Because you're racist?

So tell me, what race is she, oh enlightened one?

Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

I am not doubting your statement, but have there been any lawsuits tackling this issue? I am genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

milkyshirt: harassed by a Walmart- greeter-type employee of any store by for simply

FTFM

milkyshirt: Abner Doon: Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

Tourney3p0: It never ends at "ignore them". It never even comes up unless there's a story about how they "ignored them", and the SWAT team moved in and they were detained for 72 hours until they finally found the receipt. Then the greeter and the last 4 managers got fired and now the Walmart shopper gets a 50 dollar gift card every time they enter the store.

I'm not buyin' it. And by that I mean I've personally never lurked or participated in "one of those threads" where someone claimed they were unduly harassed by a Walmart- greeter-type employee of any store by simply walking past them without acknowledging them. YOO HOO, Internet Tough Guys?? Where are you for this one?

I don't understand why people wouldn't take the slight action of just showing their receipt to the person working the door. Why do they have to be all "THEY HAVE NO RIGHT!" and create a pain in the ass for the retail worker who probably already hates their job? Write a letter to management or something if you feel that strongly about it. Otherwise, take the 2 seconds to show your receipt. It's not that big a deal.

zinny: Ambivalence 2011-12-26 01:59:58 AM

Wha? Why?

Because Jacquetta don' play. She be keepin' it real.

All I know is wigs was snatched and eyes was scratched, there was weave hanging from the ceiling by the time everything was said and done.

Calm Down You Spaz: bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

Because you're racist?

I prefer the term clairvoyant

Link (new window)

IAmRight: Car_Ramrod: I didn't know people were charged extra if their victim was older than 65. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

I wonder if older people get lighter punishments if they attack people...like a senior citizen discount or something.

I think it was Nick Swardson who said that the elderly should be allowed to drive their age. If you're 90, you should be able to drive 90 mph.

If I thought old people should be allowed to drive, I'd like that idea.

Mock26: Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

I am not doubting your statement, but have there been any lawsuits tackling this issue? I am genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

Paid club stores (ie Costco, Sams Club etc.) have a legal right to check your receipt.
All other stores can kiss your ass.

I wonder what her Consumerist.com handle is?

Car_Ramrod: milkyshirt: Abner Doon: Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

Tourney3p0: It never ends at "ignore them". It never even comes up unless there's a story about how they "ignored them", and the SWAT team moved in and they were detained for 72 hours until they finally found the receipt. Then the greeter and the last 4 managers got fired and now the Walmart shopper gets a 50 dollar gift card every time they enter the store.

I'm not buyin' it. And by that I mean I've personally never lurked or participated in "one of those threads" where someone claimed they were unduly harassed by a Walmart- greeter-type employee of any store by simply walking past them without acknowledging them. YOO HOO, Internet Tough Guys?? Where are you for this one?

I don't understand why people wouldn't take the slight action of just showing their receipt to the person working the door. Why do they have to be all "THEY HAVE NO RIGHT!" and create a pain in the ass for the retail worker who probably already hates their job? Write a letter to management or something if you feel that strongly about it. Otherwise, take the 2 seconds to show your receipt. It's not that big a deal.

Oh, please don't misunderstand me; I don't get that either. I don't have a problem with it and, if asked, always show my receipt. I'm just seriously questioning whether the "I don't show my receipt on principle" types have actually utilized such a hyperbolic defense.

/Feel bad for using quotes so much

Greta_VanHouten 2011-12-26 02:10:06 AM

Calm Down You Spaz: bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

Because you're racist?

I prefer the term clairvoyant

Link (new window)



Calm Down You Spaz, you should apologize to bigpeeler.

Jonathan Hohensee: Where's the Hero tag?

Arthur Jumbles: Well.... they are annoying

Clearly you two haven't worked retail, its their job and they take what two seconds out of your day. I doubt they're working at Walmart for kicks either, Social Security ain'what it used to be. At the same time you get what you pay for, annoyed at the crappy help in retail? Its because those who are decent non-lazy worthless human beings rather not stick with being treated like a non-person in a job where they've got a hell of a lot of work for not enough pay to even earn a living. Or face the idiot customers who ask you on a daily basis a number of stupid questions/customers.

I just say, "No, thank you." I think that's polite enough. And it beats spending the night in jail.

Car_Ramrod: milkyshirt: Abner Doon: Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

Tourney3p0: It never ends at "ignore them". It never even comes up unless there's a story about how they "ignored them", and the SWAT team moved in and they were detained for 72 hours until they finally found the receipt. Then the greeter and the last 4 managers got fired and now the Walmart shopper gets a 50 dollar gift card every time they enter the store.

I'm not buyin' it. And by that I mean I've personally never lurked or participated in "one of those threads" where someone claimed they were unduly harassed by a Walmart- greeter-type employee of any store by simply walking past them without acknowledging them. YOO HOO, Internet Tough Guys?? Where are you for this one?

I don't understand why people wouldn't take the slight action of just showing their receipt to the person working the door. Why do they have to be all "THEY HAVE NO RIGHT!" and create a pain in the ass for the retail worker who probably already hates their job? Write a letter to management or something if you feel that strongly about it. Otherwise, take the 2 seconds to show your receipt. It's not that big a deal.

Because it's not two seconds. It's stand in a line like a dumbass, waiting for some guy to check my receipt. Why should I stand in a line for a service that I don't need in any way?

If there's no line, sometimes I agree, sometimes I don't feel like it. Either way, I doubt the drone has much personally invested in looking at my crap. It's not like me agreeing to show them what I bought just makes their day. In skipping the process, I'm saving them work; if anything, they should be happy.

zinny: Greta_VanHouten 2011-12-26 02:10:06 AM

Calm Down You Spaz: bigpeeler: The perp's name is "Jacquetta". Why am I not surprised?

Because you're racist?

I prefer the term clairvoyant

Link (new window)

Calm Down You Spaz, you should apologize to bigpeeler.

Having one's racist assumptions turn out to be true on occasion does not make one any less racist. Calm Down You Spaz never claimed that bigpeeler was wrong, just racist.

milkyshirt:

I'm not buyin' it. And by that I mean I've personally never lurked or participated in "one of those threads" where someone claimed they were unduly harassed by a Walmart- greeter-type employee of any store by simply walking past them without acknowledging them.

Since you don't read many threads, how about spending 30 seconds or so Googling it? Should have dozens of examples of it then since you missed them the first time around. I assume you know that many stores have a legal right to check it, so use those as a jumping off point for your Google query.

mirazh1976: Mock26: Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

I am not doubting your statement, but have there been any lawsuits tackling this issue? I am genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

Paid club stores (ie Costco, Sams Club etc.) have a legal right to check your receipt.
All other stores can kiss your ass.

Not trying to be disrespectful, but what is the legal basis for their not having the right to check your receipt? Is it a federal law? State law? Local laws? I have read a LOT of online articles about people pushing this point and they all say, "They do not have the right," but they never say anything beyond that. The only thing that I have been able to ascertain for certain is that this is NOT a 4th Amendment issue as the 4th only applies to the government. So, what is the legal basis for this?

Again, I am not trying to be disrespectful or rude or anything like that. I am really curious about this. Thank you.

Mock26: Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

I am not doubting your statement, but have there been any lawsuits tackling this issue? I am genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

I doubt it's ever gotten that far.

In my mind though, I gave them money, they gave me items and a receipt agreeing to the whole thing. The items (and receipt) are mine now. They don't become mine later, when I leave the store or something; so what would even give them the right to examine what I now own?

As someone else mentioned, it works different at weird stores like Costco, where you agree beforehand to get your receipt checked (when you sign up for the membership that lets you shop there).

Not that I shop at WalMart in the first place (I refuse to, for a number of reasons), but like others have said, receipt checks aren't worth worrying about as long as there isn't a line. If there's a line, then fine, skip it...but if there isn't, then let the greeter have their little ten second power trip and move on with your life. Ten seconds isn't worth worrying about.

Mock26: mirazh1976: Mock26: Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

I am not doubting your statement, but have there been any lawsuits tackling this issue? I am genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

Paid club stores (ie Costco, Sams Club etc.) have a legal right to check your receipt.
All other stores can kiss your ass.

Not trying to be disrespectful, but what is the legal basis for their not having the right to check your receipt? Is it a federal law? State law? Local laws? I have read a LOT of online articles about people pushing this point and they all say, "They do not have the right," but they never say anything beyond that. The only thing that I have been able to ascertain for certain is that this is NOT a 4th Amendment issue as the 4th only applies to the government. So, what is the legal basis for this?

Again, I am not trying to be disrespectful or rude or anything like that. I am really curious about this. Thank you.

Uhm, it's an item I own. What would give them the right to examine it if I disagree?

Abner Doon: Mock26: Abner Doon: Tourney3p0: To be fair, if everyone just punched the Walmart greeter in the face, there would probably no longer be any more Walmart greeters. There would also be considerably fewer internet tough guys telling us to just "ignore them. They have no right to ask for your receipt." Ms. Simmons was almost definitely a Farker.

Last I checked, "ignore them" isn't exactly ITG speak.

And they don't have any right to see my receipt nor my newly bought items. They can ask, to which I politely decline if there is a line. If there is no line, it depends on if I'm in an agreeable mood.

I've never gotten any negative response either, they know I don't have to and they don't care, it's just their job to ask.

I am not doubting your statement, but have there been any lawsuits tackling this issue? I am genuinely curious about this. Thanks.

I doubt it's ever gotten that far.

In my mind though, I gave them money, they gave me items and a receipt agreeing to the whole thing. The items (and receipt) are mine now. They don't become mine later, when I leave the store or something; so what would even give them the right to examine what I now own?

As someone else mentioned, it works different at weird stores like Costco, where you agree beforehand to get your receipt checked (when you sign up for the membership that lets you shop there).

I am asking about this because the guards at my local Home Depot are a bunch of pricks and am considering pushing this. If I do, though, I want to be able to be very specific when I tell them that they do not have the right to demand to see my receipt.

jingks 2011-12-26 02:22:48 AM

Having one's racist assumptions turn out to be true on occasion does not make one any less racist. Calm Down You Spaz never claimed that bigpeeler was wrong, just racist.

What racist assumptions?