South Bend Walmart pick pocket.

[critter592]

...was a 10 yo. In the checkout lane a kid tried to take my wife's wallet out of her purse. The mother looked at my wife with an expression of "what you gonna do about it?" The cashier and another worker were aware. The mother and son seemed to be part of a much larger group that had been acting pretty obnoxious and staring down people throughout the store. She had my 5yo son with her and was seriously outnumbered. She paid quickly and got out the door. She swears she'll never go back to the South Bend Walmart on Ireland road. I think she'll calm down in a bit about that but it definitely rattled her.

Just a heads up. Bad stuff can happen anywhere and some will employ the innocence of youth to get at or distract you. They have no soul.

 

[dwickstrom]

What did the employees do?

 

[Tydeeh22]

sounds like a little boy needs some fingers broken... do i really need to purple it? meh..
mom needs some attitude fixings.. etc..

 

[critter592]

What did the employees do?

Not sure if they did anything specific. I've asked my wife to call the store to report the time and date. At least they can watch out for this group in the future.

 

[Sylvain]

A good slap in the face of that kid would solve the problem.

 

[dwickstrom]

I think the slap in the face should go to the mom.

 

[Sylvain]

I think the slap in the face should go to the mom.

She can have one too of course.

 

[lon]

Not sure if they did anything specific. I've asked my wife to call the store to report the time and date. At least they can watch out for this group in the future.

I shop that store on occasion. Can you give any sort of description of the group?

 

[femurphy77]

Wal Mart. "Nuff said.

 

[long coat]

What did the police say when she called them?

 

[Colt556]

If the store management and police were not contacted not much sense to ***** about it on here. Others might have been robbed by not taking some sort of action.

 

[jeremy]

Would someone stealing my wallet be justification to shoot them?!

 

[patience0830]

Would someone stealing my wallet be justification to shoot them?!

if it was done at gun or knife point, or after a serious beating, yeah, prolly.

 

[BuddieReigns]

I would have punched that kid in the face 10 years old or not.

 

[Pitmaster]

Can you imagine the hassle if you slapped the kids hand away, the mom attacked you, and you shot her to protect yourself. What a legal mess for everyone except the mom and kid. Add a racial component if appropriate.

This same thing can happen at Meijer's and other stores.

 

[bluewraith]

This same thing can happen at Meijer's and other stores.

Maybe it's just me, but Meijer seems to have a higher class of shoppers around here. I can't tell you the last time I saw somebody in Meijer wearing their pajamas at 4pm. On the Walmart Shopping Bingo card, that is almost a free square.

 

[BuddieReigns]

I once almost got fired from my retail job for stopping a black lady for shoplifting. She said I was being racist and that I "must hate Obama." When I firtst stopped her she came up to me all threatening in my face, so I raised my arms up like "Do it, B***h" and got in her face, and she backed away and went and complained about me being racist. I still to this day wish she would have hit me or something. I work at a bookstore and I would have pounded her head into the metal shelves. Some people just need killed. The world would be a better place. The thing that really saved me from getting in any real trouble was the fact that she was a known shoplifter and I told my manager (the one who specifically told me to let him know if she came in) about her, and he just said, "that's not good," and walked off, so I was forced to do his job.

 

[BuddieReigns]

and I didn't actually stop her because we aren't allowed. I walked down the main aisle, looked over, and saw her stuffing a huge pile of books in her bag. I just walked over and she came at me all threatening like it would scare me.

 

[ghuns]

I once almost got fired from my retail job for stopping a black lady for shoplifting. She said I was being racist and that I "must hate Obama." When I firtst stopped her she came up to me all threatening in my face, so I raised my arms up like "Do it, B***h" and got in her face, and she backed away and went and complained about me being racist. I still to this day wish she would have hit me or something. I work at a bookstore and I would have pounded her head into the metal shelves. Some people just need killed. The world would be a better place. The thing that really saved me from getting in any real trouble was the fact that she was a known shoplifter and I told my manager (the one who specifically told me to let him know if she came in) about her, and he just said, "that's not good," and walked off, so I was forced to do his job.

 

[critter592]

What did the police say when she called them?

Call for what? Kid didn't actually get the wallet. And being obnoxious is not against the law.