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Is walmart supposed to allow themselves to get ripped off continually? Should they allow people to steal what they want?

quote above by YTown:

"...who had blown up in a really short period of time, due to a medical condition."

You've gotta be kidding.

The old "I'm not fat - it's a medical condition" spiel.

You realize how ridiculous that is, right?

So do you think when people with this "medical condition" are placed in a cell and are fed fewer calories than they burn, their body magically maintains it's weight?

Which "magical condition" is that?

I have no doubt about that.

But, I get into a lot of homes in the course of my work. The "magical" conditions you speak of are, in my experience, few and far between.

Most obese people - again, in MY experience, eat crap, and too much of it.

I can't tell you how often I see kitchen counters and dining room tables full of pre packaged food. To the point you can't see the counter tops, or the table.

Plastic bags, plastic containers. Trash cans full of cardboard boxes that once contained "heat and serve" stuff.

Just a couple of weeks ago, an obese lady, in her bedroom, had a dresser right beside her bed. 1 of the drawers had no clothes - but it had 3 bags of different flavored chips, 3 different containers of cookies, candy bars, gummy chews, etc.

Her living room was full of plates. Piled on the floor. Candy wrappers all over the floor.

What you're talking about happens, no doubt. But most - the vast majority, of obesity is due to too many calories going in, and not enough going out.

Lady in our church - same story. Obese, to the point walking down the aisle was a chore. Her eyes got opened when she had open heart surgery. She lost a ton of weight. Why? She started eating food, instead of junk. Sadly, it only lasted about 2 years.

Yes, there are some health issues that can cause obesity. I have nothing to back this up, but I'd say maybe 2-5% can legitimately claim that.

From "The People of Walmart"



You gotta be joking.

Wait, actually "urine collection leg bags could one day be the style.

I believe it already is in Podunk, Kentucky.

I want the stylish "go anywhere sports bag".

"I'm walking, talking, shopping and evacuating my bladder."

Come on swish you have seen me. You know I have to reach. I need one of these just to get things out of the kitchen cabinets

Our decorum and dignity.

Is walmart supposed to allow themselves to get ripped off continually? Should they allow people to steal what they want?

They should stop being so cheap and hire their own security rather than overloading the local police with petty theft calls.

They should stop being so cheap and hire their own security rather than overloading the local police with petty theft calls.

If my home alarm goes off and nobody is available to silence it, the police are called. I think I get 2 freebies. After that, the police charge me $100 for responding to false alarms.. I don't see why Wal-mart shouldn't have the same deal. Only it should be $1000 instead of $100 and whether the call was warranted would be completely up to the police.

They are already using the government to subsidize their healthcare, so why not use the government to subsidize their security?

What about all the other stores? Same thing?

Wal-Mart does have security personnel. They can apprehend a shoplifter, and they can detain him, but that's it. Then the police have to take over.

That’s all the more reason for a for-profit company like Walmart to adequately secure its stores, experts said. One solution: Hire more uniformed security guards. Research shows that they effectively deter misbehaving customers and can cut down on theft. Malls, for instance, often employ guards to manage everyday nuisances like noise complaints and loitering teens. Some Publix stores have guards in brown uniforms near the door.

Private security guards perform “all of those policing functions to both prevent the low-level disorder and also to respond to it, only calling police if in their judgment it might turn violent,” said Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing.

Walmart makes plenty of money and attracts so many police calls “that it would be reasonable to expect them to hire their own private security,” said Scott, also a former Lauderhill police chief in Broward County.

Responding to Walmart has become so routine that officers show up without even being called. They drive slowly through the parking lot or stop to write unrelated reports. Other times they go inside and walk the aisles, or just buy a soda.

For patrol officers, these unsolicited visits to Walmarts are an easy decision, said Scott, the former Lauderhill police chief.

“Look, I either get called there later, or I go there now and prevent things,” he said.

The Times found more than 6,200 of these visits, on top of the other 16,800 calls.

Garafano, the former Walmart employee in Brandon, said he sometimes saw sheriff's patrol cars parked near the supercenter on East Brandon Boulevard, even when nothing was happening.

“It was almost like they were kind of just waiting to get a call,” he said.

Are all the other stores a problem too? If so, then sure.

Reporters also considered that Walmart stores are often open overnight, while Targets close at 11 p.m. or earlier. But the Times analysis found that most police calls came during the afternoon and evening hours when both Walmart and Target are open. Only about 11 percent came during the overnight hours.