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
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?
How is it police will show up for alleged $5 loss from Walmart but if your car is stolen they are too busy?
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.
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 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.
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?
Since the charges were dropped I hope her next step is suing the shit out of walmart. They falsely accused her of a crime due to their own equipment malfunctioning and caused all of this.
Rant: I hate these fucking machines. Cvs installed them near me for their pharmacy. But of course you have to use the on-screen keyboard to type in your name and birthdate. Nobody in line. The machines are so frustrating to use. At least provide a keyboard.
I'm sure resigning (under pressure, I assume) seemed like a good idea at the time, but I wonder if that makes it harder for her to sue to get her job back.
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.
Civil liberties lawsuit. If they want to squeeze more profits by making customers work they should be ready for the consequences
Did they offer her any training in the self checkout? No? Not her problem.
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.
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.
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