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  • Gotmadskillzson
    Live your life
    • Apr 2008
    • 23430

    #1

    WOW....when will Walmart learn

    (CNN) -- Victoria Arter was outraged when she heard the announcement over the Wal-Mart loudspeaker.
    "Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers," she said a male voice announced. "All blacks need to leave the store."
    "We waited and waited. Some people just left their carts in disgust and said they couldn't believe it," Arter told Philly.com, a CNN affiliate.
    It was busy shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday at the Turnersville, New Jersey, Wal-Mart Supercenter.
    Arter, a 29-year-old assistant bank manager who is black, didn't know what was going on, but she was not happy. Neither were other customers, who began dialing their cell phones and demanding answers from managers. Some were just quiet, still in shock at what they'd heard.
    A few moments later, a store manager got on the public address system and began apologizing and contacted the local police.
    This week, authorities have said they're investigating the episode as "a suspected bias intimidation crime."
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    Arter frequently shopped at the Wal-Mart, but she won't go there any longer, the told the Philadelphia online news source.
    "It could have led to violence," Arter told Philly.com. "It could have triggered someone who was having a bad day. I don't want to be an innocent bystander to something because of someone's not-so-funny joke."
    "I can't go back in," said Patricia Covington, who was also in the store and spoke to Philly.com. "I went to Target instead. I can't bring myself to go back in there."
    She and her friend Sheila Ellington were checking out when they heard the announcement. An attorney, Ellington is also a member of the Gloucester County Minority Coalition.
    Both were frightened, unsure of whether the person on the microphone was going to do something violent.
    "This voice was controlled and confident," Ellington told Philly.com. "It didn't appear to be a prank."
    The discount chain is "just as appalled by this as anyone," Wal-Mart corporate spokesman Lorenzo Lopez said. "Whoever did this is wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner."
    Police and prosecutors are reviewing security camera video from the store. Any of the 25 in-store telephones could have accessed the public address system, although not all phones are within range of surveillance cameras, authorities said.
    It's unclear whether the tape will be made public to help identify the speaker. The store has 700 employees; many are part-time. Some of the store's telephones can be accessed by customers.


    You would think after a 100 or more similar incidents over the past 5 years, Walmart would change their PA system access code that has been posted on the internet since 2004.
  • Pappy Knuckles
    LORDTHUNDERBIRD
    • Sep 2004
    • 15966

    #2
    Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

    I heard about this earlier. Probably some random dude in the store who got on the PA. There have been times where I've been waiting in a section of a store and nobody is around. If they take too long I just get on there and say "customer needs assistance" in whatever section I'm in. Never done it in a Walmart, not sure if they have any codes or anything setup. They've got those things just sitting around in stores, anybody can get on there and spew some hate if that's what they want.

    If it was an employee, hopefully they're taken care of. There's no call for that type of nonsense.

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    • tsalbysp
      Banned
      • Oct 2009
      • 173

      #3
      Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

      "It could have led to violence."
      "I can't bring myself to go back in there."

      These people need to get a grip. Overreact much?

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      • Gotmadskillzson
        Live your life
        • Apr 2008
        • 23430

        #4
        Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

        Technically it "could" have led to violence. Never know if somebody might have got fired up and start swinging on people.

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        • kehlis
          Moderator
          • Jul 2008
          • 27738

          #5
          Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

          Why are we blaming Wal Mart?

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          • judgejudy
            MVP
            • Feb 2006
            • 1377

            #6
            Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

            I don't see a problem with people worrying about violence possibly erupting, but what person in their right mind would actually think that it purposely being done by wal-mart? If I heard something like that I would think to myself that there was either a disgruntled employee or an idiot who picked up the intercom. My (already low) opinion of wal-mart wouldn't change at all based on it.

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            • IndianBird
              MVP
              • Nov 2004
              • 2909

              #7
              Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

              Originally posted by kehlis
              Why are we blaming Wal Mart?
              because roughly 80% of this country has lost their minds
              I'm a Vince McMahon Guy!

              On, On, On, To Victory!!

              Gamertag: stewgilligan

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              • Sting
                Banned
                • Nov 2004
                • 3825

                #8
                Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                That's just funny.

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                • Jukeman
                  Showtime
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 10955

                  #9
                  Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                  Ummm.....When will Wal Mart learn to change their PA system access code which has been posted on the net since 2004 after 100+ similar incidents been reported..
                  Last edited by Jukeman; 03-18-2010, 11:03 PM.

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                  • kehlis
                    Moderator
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 27738

                    #10
                    Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                    Originally posted by Jukeman
                    Ummm.....When will Wal Mart learn to change their PA system after 100+ similar incidents since 2004...

                    I dont think that was hard to understand...
                    That's not at all the real issue here and that has been made pretty clear.

                    It's like blaming McDonald's for spilling their hot coffee on your lap.

                    Let's not blame Wal Mart but the idiot who did it instead...

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                    • Schism 6
                      Banned
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 360

                      #11
                      Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                      They said it wasn't a prank because the voice was confident? LOL whatever, our society as a whole is ********.....

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                      • TheMatrix31
                        RF
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 52901

                        #12
                        Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                        It's easy for people to point at the "big, bad, evil Wal-Mart", that's why people are blaming them.

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                        • Gotmadskillzson
                          Live your life
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 23430

                          #13
                          Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                          Well it Walmart made it harder for people to use their PA system, this wouldn't have occured. Just type in Walmart on youtube and you will see dozens of walmart PA system pranks from kids and adults from across the US.

                          How hard would it be to have the PA system run off a user ID number like it is to use their cash registers ? Not hard at all.

                          I mean this was bad, but heck over the christmas rush I heard somebody playing a porno over the PA system. And to this day, nobody has been caught.

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                          • Gotmadskillzson
                            Live your life
                            • Apr 2008
                            • 23430

                            #14
                            Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                            I mean grant it this isn't a walmart only thing, because in some grocery stores you can do the same thing. But Walmart has deep pockets and you best believe somebody going to sue them for emotional distress.

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                            • kehlis
                              Moderator
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 27738

                              #15
                              Re: WOW....when will Walmart learn

                              It's a PA code that every employee of Wal Mart know's, and apparently it is a national code. If they changed it tomorrow it wouldn't take too long before the new code was out on the internet.

                              Certainly they should look at avoiding this in the future, but it is typical of society (not saying you!!) to point the finger elsewhere.

                              The only person to blame for his/her actions is whoever did it, not Wal Mart.

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