Is WallMart Letting You Steal.....

The new changes abandon Sam Walton's policy of 'zero-tolerance,' in favor of a new policy which tells workers not to stop shoplifters for items under $25. The internal Wal-Mart policy document was given to The NYT by a former Wal-Mart worker who is deeply concerned with the negative effect this policy will have on other Wal-Mart workers, the company, and the community.

According to the internal Wal-Mart document, the new shoplifting policy has changed from "Shoplifter Apprehensions" to "Investigation and Detention of Shoplifters." In particular, the new shoplifting document explains to Wal-Mart workers that "the guidelines for prosecution of shoplifters have changed: the retail value of the merchandise recovered must exceed $25, and the suspected shoplifter must be at or between the ages of 18 and 65."

The change in shoplifting policy is a dramatic departure from Sam Walton's policies. Sam Walton believed shoplifting was "one of the biggest enemies of profitability in the retail business," and even linked employee bonuses to reducing the shrinkage in each Wal-Mart store.

"Wal-Mart has truly forgotten where it came from. Instead of valuing workers, Wal-Mart is brutally restructuring the company by cutting hours for hundreds of thousands of loyal employees which is negatively impacting customer service and destroying worker morale. Now, Wal-Mart has gone one step further. Instead of addressing the serious issue of crime at Wal-Mart stores, Wal-Mart is abandoning Sam Walton's zero tolerance and is now letting some shoplifters go,"

The shift in Wal-Mart's shoplifting policy follows widespread reports from Wal-Mart workers, many in the Loss Prevention Division, who have witnessed deep cuts, scheduling changes, and other restructuring at Wal-Mart stores. In fact, as reported in the New York Times, J.P. Suarez, Wal-Mart's Loss Prevention director admits the company is making these changes as a cost-saving measure. As Suarez states "it was no longer efficient to prosecute petty shoplifters, 'If I have somebody being paid $12 an hour processing a $5 theft, I have just lost money'," he said. "I have also lost the time to catch somebody stealing $100 or an organized group stealing $3,000."

Wal-Mart's change in shoplifting policy also follows the well-publicized release by WakeUpWalMart.com of a study of police call incidents at Wal-Mart stores. The study, entitled "Is Wal-Mart Safe?" analyzed the official 2004 police incident reports (i.e. calls for police service) at 551 Wal-Mart store locations. According to the study, based on the number of reported police incidents for the sample, it is estimated police responded to nearly 1 million police incidents at Wal-Mart in 2004 costing taxpayers $77 million annually.

ok Have You Ever Notist That On Myspace When You Choose The Religon That Under Christian There's A - Then It Says Other....

Just Another Reason Nathan Is Waaayyyy Better Than Tom

I Usually Don't Do This But There's Nothing To Do

NEED Friends For My MySpace ...........................................

Could Disney Have Faulty Rides, That Was My Thoughts When I Heard About
That Kid From Ky. I Know That Disney Isn't The Only Theme Park That has
Fatatiles But They Have Had The Most Recent One.

According to
the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), from 1997-2000
there was an average of 4.5 estimated fatalities per year at fixed-site
and mobile amusement parks combined. Fatalities related to fixed-site
amusement rides have averaged two annually over the last 25 years.

I Know That Disney Has Had At Least 5 Deaths In The Past 3 Months.

And That Was My Daily Rambilings HE HE What Fun 2 Post Within 2 Minutes

So I Was Bored and Decided To Put Some Funny Pictures Have Fun.....

Hey What's Up well I Learned That My Family On My Dad's Side That I've Never Seen In My Life Decided To Overcome All Their Troubles And There Supposed To Come Over At My Grand Parents House Tomorrow.

I Have Never Seen Them And My 42 Year Old Dad Hasn't Seen Them Since He Was 7 Or 8 Years Old. So That Should Be Fun?

Aside That, Youth Camp Was Crazy Fun.

Untill Later-Matt

    Hey I'm Stuck In A Motel Room  In O'Fallon, MO At 12:05 AM .With my Mom,Dad,Little Bros, My Aunt And Uncle Are 2 Floors Down, And My Grandparents Next Door.

    We Left On Fri June 3,2006, And Are Gonna Leave Approx. 09:00 This Morning. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bored. We Are Supposed To Go See The Gate Way Arch In St Louis,Mo, I Guess That Will Be Fun.

 Talk To You Later-Matt

Hello It's Been Awhile But I'm Back. Ok Here's The 411 On What's Happened Since The Last Post:

1: Got Out Of Daniel McKee The Gayest School Yet

(ask Chris Slate) It's Wayyyyy Overrated

2: Got A Job YAyyyyyyyyyyy

3:Got A New Computer (At Least 4 Me) He he

4:Fine Arts, Didn't Advance, O Well Always Next Year

And Other Things But That's Another Post.

Its The Middle of the week and it sucks like dirt-

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