How Walmart is the Real Thief

[magicguido]

[Otto_Harper]

1. As Nancy Reagan taught us:

Just Say No to Thugs.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

Walmart and other companies have created well-oiled operations, hiring law firms to send tens of thousands of letters a year. Walmart set a collection goal of about $6 million in 2016 for one of its go-to firms, Palmer Reifler & Associates, according to a court paper filed as part of a lawsuit Ms. Thompson brought against the retailer. The firm also pointed out to Walmart that minors tended to pay off more frequently, the filing said.

In Alabama, Palmer Reifler hired a lawyer who had not practiced law in 27 years to sign letters sent to shoplifting suspects. The lawyer said he was employed part time at a funeral home while also working for Palmer Reifler. In a deposition, he said he was typically paid a retainer of $200 a month to sign collection letters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/business/falsely-accused-of-shoplifting-but-retailers-demand-they-pay.html

[NCjack]

3. I buy nothing from Walmart.

[ret5hd]

4. Every dollar you spend is a vote...

for the world you want. Sometimes it is only a choice of lesser evils.

I too buy nothing from Walmart.

[brush]

5. Same here since the story broke of their policy of locking in workers at night...

to stop alleged shop lifting, despite it being a blatant risk in case of fire. And who needs to help fatten the wallets of the billionaire Walmart siblings who won't schedule their workers with enough hours per week so they can get benefits.

And then there's the companies conniving ways to advise their workers to go on SNAP, thereby using the federal government to supplement their employees' incomes, which is their responsibility.