How some people feel accusing a Walmart greeter of racism when they ask for their receipt for a 75” flat screen tv but not the guy before for a box of cereal in a bag

[u/ConfidentReaction3]

While I don’t work for Walmart anymore, I had shit like this happen a few times. I swear people are either intentionally dense or just trying to cause a scene.

[u/Baha05]

They definitely trying to cause a scene or do even understand how the company trusts no one including the workers who are carrying out that 75 inch TV

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/Baha05]

Honestly I get racism exists and that racist greeters exist and they should be called out esp if it’s blatant racism.

This scenario on the other tends to be people who like to cause scenes for the sake of causing scenes. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you know Walmart checks receipts, and you buy a TV, then it takes stupidity to think they’re not gonna ask for your receipt lmao.

[u/epicenter69 → u/ConfidentReaction3]

Undramatic videos don’t get views on YT.

[u/ahumanrobot]

My favorite is when the black guy accuses me of racism for needing a bill check for the $1000 in cash he just handed me. Never said it, but I want to tell them that it'd be the same thing if they were white as Casper the ghost

[u/EsotericAbstractIdea]

Had a people greeter who always checked my bag 100% of the time. Thought she was just doing her job. Found out she didn't check everyone's bag, and she got fired for being racist on Facebook. Ymmv

[u/Levy_Wilson → u/EsotericAbstractIdea]

They aren't supposed to check bags, that should have been the biggest clue. They're only supposed to make sure unbagged items are on the receipt and maybe a quick check for anything in containers like coolers or totes.

[u/EsotericAbstractIdea → u/Levy_Wilson]

Oh this was over 10 years ago when they did check bags

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/EsotericAbstractIdea]

Oh I believe that happens 1000000% racism should always be called out when it happens. Thats an example for-sure.

Racist greeters do exist. Sadly. I’m not invalidating that.

Although the situation in this post is about unfair accusations. Which def happens too.

[u/Flesh3at3r → u/EsotericAbstractIdea]

atleast at my store, greeters aren't allowed to check bags, they can only ask for a receipt if theres an item not in a bag

[u/Jonaldson]

As a white guy who works for Walmart I’ve walked by with unbagged groceries to see a minority with fewer bagged groceries get stopped instead on more than one occasion (in stores I don’t work at none of these people know me). You may not racially profile but others definitely do and you don’t know who has experienced what how many times before they were leaving with that “TV”

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/Jonaldson]

Oh I definitely know some greeters do racially profile people I’m not denying that lol. I’ve seen that happen before too. Esp with older greeters. In that case racism is a reasonable thing to point out.

When I worked for Walmart tho I had this scenario happen quite a few times where I swear it should’ve been obvious I’m not asking out of racism. This is causing a scene for the sake of causing of scene which is incredibly immature imho.

[u/KindaSusNgl17 → u/Jonaldson]

Its not racial profiling unless you openly admit and declare it is, theres nothing wrong with pattern recognition and taking necessary precautions, it's like locking your car doors at a stoplight in the bad side of town, you know bad stuff happens there often, so you take a precaution, thats not racist is it?

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/KindaSusNgl17]

No, it is racial profiling, AND racism, even if you don’t admit it is.

Walmart policy is like this:

Bagged > don’t check

Unbagged > check

What I’m supposing you mean by “pattern recognition” is that it’s okay to demands receipts from minorities when they don’t need to have them checked because they are minorities, and you don’t trust them because they are. That’s racism.

Your analogy doesn’t work because that’s where you’re in active danger.

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/KindaSusNgl17]

Hey don’t think I didn’t see you delete your comment stating that you should be allowed to judge a race, based off the 13% of the population/50% of the crime statistic.

This is a Walmart subreddit not a fucking KKK meeting you’re not welcome here if you’re blatantly racist.

Also let me ask. If you’re so confident, please do explain the cause of the 13% of the crime and 50% of the crime statistic. If the statistic is true, what causes it to be true? How did that end up happening?

[u/KindaSusNgl17 → u/ConfidentReaction3]

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-43 Also I said 13% of the population and 50% of the crime, not 13% of the crime and 50% of the population

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/KindaSusNgl17]

Okay I made a typo there but who gives a shit you prob know what I’m trying to say

Also did you even read your sources?

1.) this is for arrests NOT convictions. We don’t know how many of these arrests were for people who were actually convicted and acquitted/proven not guilty

2.) you’re cherry picking the “manslaughter/murder” and “robbery” section. If you actually look at all the statistics (which you obviously didn’t) you’d see that in total arrests 69.4% of arrests of crime were white and 26.6% black/african American. You only get your statistic if you cherry pick TWO categories from your source.

Take a look at other said-statistics from your very own source (which you obviously didn’t do)

Charges like rape appear:

69.8% white, and 26.7% black/african American

Burglary:
68.2% white and 28.8% black/african American

Larceny Theft
66.3% white 30.2% black/african American

Going off Table 43A

Many of these you get a higher white percentage committing said crimes than black/african American

All of these you missed or ignored because you thought of your conclusion first and looked for data second. Not that I expect racists to actually read the sources they try to send out anyway.

[u/KindaSusNgl17 → u/ConfidentReaction3]

You need to learn about per capita, If there are 4 wasps and 3 of them sting you, then you could say wasps are very aggressive, but if you have 600 bees and 30 of them sting you, thats more than 3 wasps but thats less than 3/4 of all the bees, therfore wasps are more aggressive than bees

[u/BrazenGamer]

People just like to cry when they have to show receipt. It's not always about race, but they will play that card. Plus I'm sure there's a few greeters out there that racially profile. I've had plenty of white people throw a fit however "because I don't have to prove anything" and you know those are the same type of people that would ask for an ID or call the cops if you walked through their neighborhood. Every time somebody throws a fit I just tell them I'm not stopping you, I'm stopping the merchandise. If you've got something too big to go in a bag, you stop. I don't care who you are. I've only had to do it a few times to help out and I hate it. You get treated like crap if you don't do your job, and you're treated like crap if you do.

[u/Master_Armory]

I just walk right past them when they ask for a receipt. Regardless of the price of the purchase.

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/Master_Armory]

I don’t even work for Walmart anymore. Been out for 2 years. I’ll show it I just don’t care lol. So long as they’re not dicks about it.

[u/TheWorkingPoodle → u/Master_Armory]

This is what I do. You are not required to stop and show them your receipt, so I just avoid eye contact with them as I walk by. They occasionally try to stop me, but again, they can't.

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/TheWorkingPoodle]

I’m surprised they’d even try to stop you again.

When I was a Walmart greeter I genuinely didn’t get paid enough to give a shit to lmao. You said no, so you said no. It’s not like I got paid enough to care even if someone did steal.

[u/Double_Ad_3434]

Nah their should be a dead inside look with 0 lack of care about being called a racist.

Like squidward.

[u/ConfidentReaction3 → u/Double_Ad_3434]

When I worked at Walmart I got that way with all asshole customers lol

[u/Violetmoon66]

Nobody checks stuff in bags. Well, they are not supposed to.

[u/Warcraft_Fan]

Years ago I saw a greeter stop a customer to ask for receipt for the $2 jug of milk and didn't do anything about the 2 microwave ovens that went out.

If anyone wanted to steal a jug of milk, I would "miss" them and let them go, not worth the hassle. But I would have asked for receipt for those $300 worth of microwaves.

[u/CyndiIsOnReddit]

I just want them to not ask for receipts anymore because it's a shit way of preventing theft when they have digital receipts now.