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Walmart fires grandmother for taking dollar she found on floor

Lovebug said:
Interesting to note

and before you say it's Trump's fault

Why does any person need to supplement their income at that age, what's worse, while having to use a walker and oxygen?
We shouldn't ask "what's wrong with Walmart" but "what's wrong with our society".
Sorry for changing the subject just a bit, but c'mon, why sensationalize this while missing the bigger picture?
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This times 10,000.


But no one wants to talk about it, because it boils to down to the unraveling of one of two schools of economic thought.
 
HenryChinaski said:
That would be the logical and moral thing to do if the person that dropped the dollar was indeed going to get it back.
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I guess for me, anyway, "they might not get it back" isn't enough to justify keeping something that's not mine.

For me anyway...
 
Cephus said:
If that happens to be their policy, and I have no clue if it is or not, but if it is, then she violated company policy and deserved to get punished. Welcome to the real world.
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JMaximus said:
I guess for me, anyway, "they might not get it back" isn't enough to justify keeping something that's not mine.

For me anyway...
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If its closing time when she found it i think its safe to say they arent comming back for their 1 dollar. The dollar doesnt belong to the business it belongs to whoever owned it and whoever finds it first. The only way she deserves to be fired is if the person came back for the 1 dollar and she refused to give it up. Even up to 10 dollars. But if its a 20 it should probalby go into a lost and found. (although id prolly take it and feel glad that i found something that i feel someone lost forever anyways) Sometimes ill see like glasses or something important on the ground or at a bus stop and ill just leave it there. Because people will actually probably be back looking for it. Pretty sure not 1 dollar though.
 
I worked in customer service (fine dining) for twenty years. I would never take money I found on the floor or anywhere else. Turn it in and let the manager deal with it.
 
dirtpoorchris said:
If its closing time when she found it i think its safe to say they arent comming back for their 1 dollar. The dollar doesnt belong to the business it belongs to whoever owned it and whoever finds it first. The only way she deserves to be fired is if the person came back for the 1 dollar and she refused to give it up. Even up to 10 dollars. But if its a 20 it should probalby go into a lost and found. (although id prolly take it and feel glad that i found something that i feel someone lost forever anyways) Sometimes ill see like glasses or something important on the ground or at a bus stop and ill just leave it there. Because people will actually probably be back looking for it. Pretty sure not 1 dollar though.
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It is in the Walmart store... not out in public. Finders Keepers works for grade school children and in parking lot or public area for adults... not in a store and especially not in one that you are working in.
 
JMaximus said:
I guess for me, anyway, "they might not get it back" isn't enough to justify keeping something that's not mine.

For me anyway...
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Does that go finding a dollar on the street?
 
Rich123 said:
I know it's a sad state of affairs. Everything is beautiful in this corporate utopia. Just ask the one percent.
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It couldn't' be choices the person made, nah has to be the evil 1%!!!
 
Aristaeus said:
So how long after someone drops something on the floor of a Wal-Mart store does legal ownership transfer from the person who dropped it to Wal-Mart?
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That would depend on local law, but my guess is never.
Keeping property that is clearly lost and failing to make a reasonable effort to return it to the owner, usually makes it theft.
 
HK.227 said:
That would depend on local law, but my guess is never.
Keeping property that is clearly lost and failing to make a reasonable effort to return it to the owner, usually makes it theft.
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How does a store go about returning a found dollar bill to it's owner? How many thousands of shoppers have been in the store that day?
 
Aristaeus said:
How does a store go about returning a found dollar bill to it's owner? How many thousands of shoppers have been in the store that day?
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I believe normal procedure is to jump 800 feet in the air and scatter yourself over a wide area. Or to place lost items in lost and found. I can never remember which one.
Common law is that if noone claims lost property ownership reverts to the finder, or depending on law, employee contracts, etc. it may instead go to the state, charity, the local police department, or whomever the powers that be see fit.
 
HK.227 said:
I believe normal procedure is to jump 800 feet in the air and scatter yourself over a wide area. Or to place lost items in lost and found. I can never remember which one.
Common law is that if noone claims lost property ownership reverts to the finder, or depending on law, employee contracts, etc. it may instead go to the state, charity, the local police department, or whomever the powers that be see fit.
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How does the shopper prove he or she is the rightful owner of the dollar bill? You're completely missing the concept of realistically returning it to the owner. That dollar bill was never going to, and could never, be returned to the rightful owner.
 
truthatallcost said:
If it was a government job, she'd have retired at 40 with a $150k per year pension, and Cadillac medical benefits.
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I want in! Where is that happening? Do you have a link or something?
 
dirtpoorchris said:
If its closing time when she found it i think its safe to say they arent comming back for their 1 dollar. The dollar doesnt belong to the business it belongs to whoever owned it and whoever finds it first. The only way she deserves to be fired is if the person came back for the 1 dollar and she refused to give it up. Even up to 10 dollars. But if its a 20 it should probalby go into a lost and found. (although id prolly take it and feel glad that i found something that i feel someone lost forever anyways) Sometimes ill see like glasses or something important on the ground or at a bus stop and ill just leave it there. Because people will actually probably be back looking for it. Pretty sure not 1 dollar though.
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For me, anyway, the amount doesn't matter. "Not mine" means "not mine".

For me, anyway.
 
JMaximus said:
For me, anyway, the amount doesn't matter. "Not mine" means "not mine".

For me, anyway.
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Ya thats what everyone says till you leave them alone with your wife for 3 days.
 
Aristaeus said:
How does the shopper prove he or she is the rightful owner of the dollar bill? You're completely missing the concept of realistically returning it to the owner. That dollar bill was never going to, and could never, be returned to the rightful owner.
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In which case it would probably have reverted to the finder. But you don't just get to immediately stick anything you find in your pocket. It's not legal and it makes your employer look bad.
 
JMaximus said:
What about it?
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What about what? Do you pick up the dollar or is it not your property and therefore don’t touch it, OR pick up the dollar and turn it in to the city? Are you that virtuous?
 
JMaximus said:
What about it?
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What about what? Do you pick up the dollar or is it not your property and therefore don’t touch it, OR pick up the dollar and turn it in to the city? Are you that virtuous?
 
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