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And that’s basically it!
Also, fuck the media in the US. They won't hesitate to smear your full name and photo all over the country before anything's even proven.
Just shows how rotten the USA is. For a mistake that's not even hers and probably a trivial amount of money, nobody even hesitates to destroy her live.
If she knew she scanned the items, there was no THC in the vapes, and the pills weren't hers, why did she resign? And then why didn't the university take her back after the truth was revealed? And why wouldn't they have forcefully defended her by showing the evidence that she committed no crime? We better find a way to push back against the power of the Internet to create these conditions.
because PR.
your employer isn't interested in truth in justice, they are interested in avoiding bad PR.
the same reason that anyone who gets a false charges basically has their life ruined, nobody wants to associate with the association of crime, even if you are proven innocent, the fact you were charged at all makes you guilty in the court of public opinion. and pushing back, just makes you look more guilty.
Basically it is almost always easier to side with the abuser than to side with the abused and the victim.
Strong ACAB element to this story.
I mean that's most stories frankly
Well, Walmart's getting a lawsuit.
They should have checked the self scan footage first. Police made an unreasonable search. Carrying someone elses anti-nausea meds is hardly case for anything.
There should be a whole gaggle of US lawsuits out of this
This is one of the reasons I refuse to use self checkout if there is any other option.
And yes, going to another store is an option I've used before.
two unopened packs of Zofran, a medication used to prevent nausea and vomiting in cancer patients. It's a controlled substance but does not produce euphoria or a high that recreational drug users typically seek.
Bruh, what the fuck even is this reporting. Zofran (ondansetron) is given to all sorts of patients for nausea and vomiting, not just cancer patients, and it sure as shit isn't a controlled substance.
i was confused because its used for nausea, pregnant woman uses it too, and its not illegal to carry it. unless she was planning to sell it for some reason.
It was later revealed that Pettipiece did scan the ham and asparagus, but Walmart's scanner failed to register the scans. Also, the vape pens contained no THC, and the anti-nausea pills didn't belong to her.
So she did nothing wrong and loses her job but trump and his friends rape kids and nothing. Shit ass country
It was later revealed that Pettipiece did scan the ham and asparagus
Absolutely insane this came to anything more than "please pay us for the ham and asparagus" from a check out clerk.
The need to arbitrarily ruin people's lives over any perceived infraction, because of some mythological view of law enforcement...
I've accidentally missed things in the scanner, both because the scanner messed up and because sometimes I fuck up. It happens. Just ask to see the receipt and point out the missing items. Problem solved.
If you're too scared to ask to see a receipt from someone because you think they're dangerous, then maybe it isn't worth risking a confrontation between them and the police in the parking lot over a couple dollars' worth of groceries.
Many years ago, my grandpa accidentally stole a pack of screws. While buying an electric drill, at a diy-store he was a regular customer at.
What did they do? Called the police, when the police showed up he went straight back to return the drill and vowed to never set a foot again.
Some stores really dislikes being human, and this happened in an area of Denmark far away from the capital and thus control of law
Thank you!
Like, I've been turned back to pay for items that a cashier missed without cops being called and they didn't arrest (or fire) the cashier either. There's really no reason to go straight to "arrest for theft"
It's insane to me as a Canadian that thc is a controlled substance elsewhere. It's been legal ten years here and has caused literally zero problems.
True, but our home defense laws are super fucked so it balances out.
After watching body cam footage, I’ve recently began to hesitate using these. Mistakes can happen to literally anyone; I’ve made so many with these things in the past.
Well, congratulations! She just hit the Walmart Lottery! Who needs a career when you got a multi-million dollar settlement with Walmart?
I mean, that's terrible! That poor woman, whatever will she do?
Jfc how can conclusion be that the self chdckout was THE problem?
Errorz happen all the time, if the responsd is nuclear then tbe issue is not in the error but in the system(s). Why the fuck call police over two items. Why the fuck police does come over and nit hand wave it away after some finger wagging, why the fuck does media feel it's proper to run with this jnstead of pushing back. Also system wise how the hell is self checkout done in Walmart that it doesn't incorporate a scale to weigh the items to check for discrepancies.
The hell is all of this story, poor lady feel bad for her.
Seems rather important to note the potential criminal liability one assumes when using self-checkout. You can be charged with crimes for a failure by the self-checkout system.
Yup, my friend is a lawyer and he refuses to use self checkout for any reason: he doesn’t want to assume the liability.
This might just be crazy talk... but perhaps normal humans should be considered something like "not guilty until proven guilty"? It doesn't make any sense at all to destroy someone's good name and trash their career because they're accused of a thing.
We do it for the rich and powerful. We don't have a certified notarized video of Trump beating and raping little kids, so the massive amount of evidence that says he almost certainly did hasn't caused him to lose what was once seen as the most prestigious job in the world. We don't have a live stream of McConnell's rotting corpse so he's still "alive" for a few more hours until they break the news.
And.... fuck walmart. You're going to set up all those self checkouts instead of paying cashiers then when a customer buying $200 of groceries is found with an item that didn't scan call the fucking cops on them instead of just having them pay for it? For someone who clearly has no history of that happening, the very first time it happens? How is that sane or reasonable?
Misleading title. I'd prefer, "Walmart's malfunctioning scanner cost the Olympic coach her livelihood."
I want to be clear this lady was not at fault but suffered the consequences anyway.
Lawsuit incoming?
No, the malfunctioning scanner did not cause this... The aggressive policing of these types of errors is what did. When it became clear the items weren't scanned, they should have turned her back to go pay for them, not arrest her right then and there
the aggressive policing of these types of errors is what did
Honestly Walmart is weird with theft. In my area pretty much half of everything is under key, it's so annoying. You have to press a button to call an employee who doesn't come, then hunt for one because they have so few, then the employee is annoyed... OK next item now. Oh great it's under key too. Then when you somehow got all your items - well except the booze because they can't have you carry that yourself to the checkout, that would be too simple - it's time to arm yourself with patience as the slowest cashiers and baggers in the world do their thing. Now time to pay... oh hey they're the last store in the western world that doesn't take contactless. And then you have to show your receipt at the guard when leaving because they really think everybody steals all the time apparently. The whole experience is simply unpleasant.
Actually, the self-checkout didn't call the police. 💯
The US is truly fucked up.
I lost my career, I lost my job, the life I was building and it's been really difficult."
Why? Why did she lose her job and career? What shitty workplace would fire her without a court judgement on the issue?
This part isn't explained in any way I can see, only that she was found in possession of what turned out to be completely legal remedies. Here being fired for that would probably fall under unjust firing, and cost the workplace about a years compensation.
USA is a shitty country where psychopathy rules the day.
"In the aftermath of the arrest, with a torrent of headlines sweeping across the state, Pettipiece resigned from her role as an NCAA Division 1 softball coach at Valparaiso University," reported The Independent.
Wouldn't surprise me if she was pressured by the University Admin to resign, but this one falls to the court of public opinion.
Hopefully she'll feel better after the lawsuit - so like, early 2030s.
How is it police will show up for alleged $5 loss from Walmart but if your car is stolen they are too busy?
Precisely because they spend all day at Walmart arresting people. Police work for corporations not the public. We're just responsible for funding them and their lawsuits with our tax dollars.
Did they offer her any training in the self checkout? No? Not her problem.
Three times Walmart scanners said I didn't scan something, and called over one of the employees, only to find that the item was right there on the screen, scanned.
It's fucking annoying to be accused by a stupid machine of stealing.
Meanwhile I'll walk right out of walmart with shit on occasion. Don't wanna pay a cashier? That's fine I didn't wanna give you my money anyways ✌️