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03-14-08, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave7393
I can see the OP's point about what his wife is doing, but to be honest, I'd have a problem being convinced that Walmart management cares all that much about someone's missing personal property if they know that they can eventually take it home if it goes unclaimed.
"Oh, no, nobody turned that in. We haven't seen it. Sorry." (Two months later, when cleaning out the lost and found--- "oops... yeah I remember someone called for this.. what was her name again? Oh nevermind. It's been here how long? Yeah, well, I guess I'll take it home.")
I have no idea IF anyone (including your wife) would do that, but I certainly could imagine it happening somewhere. Not a great policy to have when the an employee can personally end up owning whatever's sitting in the lost and found.
"Oh, no, nobody turned that in. We haven't seen it. Sorry." (Two months later, when cleaning out the lost and found--- "oops... yeah I remember someone called for this.. what was her name again? Oh nevermind. It's been here how long? Yeah, well, I guess I'll take it home.")
I have no idea IF anyone (including your wife) would do that, but I certainly could imagine it happening somewhere. Not a great policy to have when the an employee can personally end up owning whatever's sitting in the lost and found.
03-14-08, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by trubiet
And I would imagine that everyone here who posted a negative reply is morally wholesome and has never done anything in their life that someone else would find questionable? Including yourself of course.
And I'm really not defending myself, I am having fun replying back to all the perfect people who have never done anything questionable in their lives.
And I'm really not defending myself, I am having fun replying back to all the perfect people who have never done anything questionable in their lives.
we're not the ones who started a thread about how great it is to take whatever we wanted from lost & found items that are supposed to go to goodwill.
and just because you donate stuff yourself does not excuse the act. I can't believe how oblivious you are to this. people are piling on because you are blind or just plain ignorant to what you're doing.
03-14-08, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dick_grayson
we're not the ones who started a thread about how great it is to take whatever we wanted from lost & found items that are supposed to go to goodwill.
and just because you donate stuff yourself does not excuse the act. I can't believe how oblivious you are to this. people are piling on because you are blind or just plain ignorant to what you're doing.
and just because you donate stuff yourself does not excuse the act. I can't believe how oblivious you are to this. people are piling on because you are blind or just plain ignorant to what you're doing.
Your reply had nothing to do with the partial quote you used. That makes sense. And definately don't mention the parts where I said that I agreed with people.
It is good for you to only use half of the argument.
I have to leave for about an hour, I will come back and argue with you more later.
03-14-08, 12:37 PM
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Welcome to the Moral High Horse known as DVDTalk. 
This is the same message board where people have, for years, discussed ways to abuse coupon use, customer return policies at stores, and in some instances, downright defraud companies. I'm sure these exact same people would take a brand new iPod in a 2-month lost-n-found box to Goodwill so they can sleep at night.
In the interest of open disclosure, I would keep the good shit in the box too and not feel bad about it.
This is the same message board where people have, for years, discussed ways to abuse coupon use, customer return policies at stores, and in some instances, downright defraud companies. I'm sure these exact same people would take a brand new iPod in a 2-month lost-n-found box to Goodwill so they can sleep at night.
In the interest of open disclosure, I would keep the good shit in the box too and not feel bad about it.
03-14-08, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by trubiet
I am truly starting to enjoy all of the narrow mindedness.
03-14-08, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by trubiet
Your reply had nothing to do with the partial quote you used. That makes sense. And definately don't mention the parts where I said that I agreed with people.
It is good for you to only use half of the argument.
I have to leave for about an hour, I will come back and argue with you more later.
It is good for you to only use half of the argument.
I have to leave for about an hour, I will come back and argue with you more later.
how about you just contact Goodwill and see what they're thoughts are on what you're doing and then get back to us.
03-14-08, 12:43 PM
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Why doesn't the store manager pick through the lost and found before asking your wife to deliver it to Goodwill? Could it be because they expect ALL of the items to be donated?
03-14-08, 01:03 PM
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This is not a good practice at all. For instance:
1) Do you claim the donations from Wal-Mart lost and found on YOUR tax deductions? Or does Wal-Mart get a receipt of the donation to claim on corporate tax deductions?
2) It seems your wife is benefiting in a way that other employees are not. Maybe she should go around the store and give each employee a lost and found item as well. I'd give the first one to the store manager. I'm sure he'd be happy with the latest DVD or something similar.
1) Do you claim the donations from Wal-Mart lost and found on YOUR tax deductions? Or does Wal-Mart get a receipt of the donation to claim on corporate tax deductions?
2) It seems your wife is benefiting in a way that other employees are not. Maybe she should go around the store and give each employee a lost and found item as well. I'd give the first one to the store manager. I'm sure he'd be happy with the latest DVD or something similar.
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03-14-08, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by trubiet
Ok everyone else wins. Because it certainly is not possible that this could happen. I made the whole thing up so people would give me a hard time and I would have to defend myself.
I better go home and tell my wife that I have known for 23 years that she is a liar and a thief.
I better go home and tell my wife that I have known for 23 years that she is a liar and a thief.
Unless you're going to tell me she clears each item she brings home with her bosses first?
03-14-08, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by trubiet
And I would imagine that everyone here who posted a negative reply is morally wholesome and has never done anything in their life that someone else would find questionable? Including yourself of course.
And I'm really not defending myself, I am having fun replying back to all the perfect people who have never done anything questionable in their lives.
And I'm really not defending myself, I am having fun replying back to all the perfect people who have never done anything questionable in their lives.
03-14-08, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by abrg923
Hate to tell you this, but she is a thief, and I'd say a liar as well. Why? Because she's not telling Wal-Mart that she's keeping some of the items herself instead of donating them. That means she's stealing, and lying to her bosses about where the items go.
Unless you're going to tell me she clears each item she brings home with her bosses first?
Unless you're going to tell me she clears each item she brings home with her bosses first?
Where the hell are all of you getting "stealing" from? Going strictly by the OP's info, the store manager checks the items before turning them over to his wife to ensure none of the items are missing from Wal-Mart inventory. The store manager then gives the items with the wife to discard as she chooses. If she decides to give even a single item from the discarded Lost and Found to Goodwill then she is going above and beyond what is being asked of her. Again, according to the op these items are to be discarded at his wife's discretion.
Now with that said, I doubt the whole story is being told. Either the manager or op's wife is not following what I would guess is Wal-Marts corporate policy.
03-14-08, 01:22 PM
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Those of you calling her a thief, please tell me who the items belong to. To be a thief, there needs to be a victim.
The place is handing this lady this stuff and saying to get rid of it. They're not saying "give it to charity" or "give it to goodwill". They're just saying "take it away". At this point, it's crystal clear that Wal-mart has zero vested interest in where it goes and is not interested in ownership of the items in the lost-and-found.
Therefore, the items are technically owned by whomever has them in their possession. Would Wal-mart be pissed off if they found out? Most likely. But they also wouldn't have a leg to stand on because "get rid of it" is ENTIRELY different than "give the lost-and-found items to charity".
The only reason this is getting any sort of backlash is because there are a couple of high-value (for a lost-and-found, anyway) items. If this lady was taking socks out of the box, nobody would give a shit about morals and principles and this thread would have died instantly.
The place is handing this lady this stuff and saying to get rid of it. They're not saying "give it to charity" or "give it to goodwill". They're just saying "take it away". At this point, it's crystal clear that Wal-mart has zero vested interest in where it goes and is not interested in ownership of the items in the lost-and-found.
Therefore, the items are technically owned by whomever has them in their possession. Would Wal-mart be pissed off if they found out? Most likely. But they also wouldn't have a leg to stand on because "get rid of it" is ENTIRELY different than "give the lost-and-found items to charity".
The only reason this is getting any sort of backlash is because there are a couple of high-value (for a lost-and-found, anyway) items. If this lady was taking socks out of the box, nobody would give a shit about morals and principles and this thread would have died instantly.
03-14-08, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by trubiet
In the past I have mentioned some of the free things I have gotten due to the fact that my wife is a front end manager at (Sorry to say) Walmart.
Every 60 days my wife takes the Lost & Found to the local thrift store, but she always checks it first....
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Every 60 days my wife takes the Lost & Found to the local thrift store, but she always checks it first....
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Originally Posted by trubiet
I know, it seems to unbelievable. Who in the world would leave these kind of items behind. I always ask my wife why they don't just add stuff like this to their inventory? She said that they check the item/count to make sure nothing is missing or stolen. Then they wait for 60 days to see if anyone claims the item, if not....She takes garbage bags full of stuff every two months. About 99% of it is all given to Goodwill.
Originally Posted by johnglass
Where the hell are all of you getting "stealing" from? Going strictly by the OP's info, the store manager checks the items before turning them over to his wife to ensure none of the items are missing from Wal-Mart inventory. The store manager then gives the items with the wife to discard as she chooses. If she decides to give even a single item from the discarded Lost and Found to Goodwill then she is going above and beyond what is being asked of her. Again, according to the op these items are to be discarded at his wife's discretion.
03-14-08, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by El Scorcho
Those of you calling her a thief, please tell me who the items belong to. To be a thief, there needs to be a victim.
The place is handing this lady this stuff and saying to get rid of it. They're not saying "give it to charity" or "give it to goodwill". They're just saying "take it away". At this point, it's crystal clear that Wal-mart has zero vested interest in where it goes and is not interested in ownership of the items in the lost-and-found.
Therefore, the items are technically owned by whomever has them in their possession. Would Wal-mart be pissed off if they found out? Most likely. But they also wouldn't have a leg to stand on because "get rid of it" is ENTIRELY different than "give the lost-and-found items to charity".
The only reason this is getting any sort of backlash is because there are a couple of high-value (for a lost-and-found, anyway) items. If this lady was taking socks out of the box, nobody would give a shit about morals and principles and this thread would have died instantly.
The place is handing this lady this stuff and saying to get rid of it. They're not saying "give it to charity" or "give it to goodwill". They're just saying "take it away". At this point, it's crystal clear that Wal-mart has zero vested interest in where it goes and is not interested in ownership of the items in the lost-and-found.
Therefore, the items are technically owned by whomever has them in their possession. Would Wal-mart be pissed off if they found out? Most likely. But they also wouldn't have a leg to stand on because "get rid of it" is ENTIRELY different than "give the lost-and-found items to charity".
The only reason this is getting any sort of backlash is because there are a couple of high-value (for a lost-and-found, anyway) items. If this lady was taking socks out of the box, nobody would give a shit about morals and principles and this thread would have died instantly.
03-14-08, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by El Scorcho
Welcome to the Moral High Horse known as DVDTalk.
This is the same message board where people have, for years, discussed ways to abuse coupon use, customer return policies at stores, and in some instances, downright defraud companies. I'm sure these exact same people would take a brand new iPod in a 2-month lost-n-found box to Goodwill so they can sleep at night.
In the interest of open disclosure, I would keep the good shit in the box too and not feel bad about it.
This is the same message board where people have, for years, discussed ways to abuse coupon use, customer return policies at stores, and in some instances, downright defraud companies. I'm sure these exact same people would take a brand new iPod in a 2-month lost-n-found box to Goodwill so they can sleep at night.
In the interest of open disclosure, I would keep the good shit in the box too and not feel bad about it.
03-14-08, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by johnglass
Where the hell are all of you getting "stealing" from? Going strictly by the OP's info, the store manager checks the items before turning them over to his wife to ensure none of the items are missing from Wal-Mart inventory. The store manager then gives the items with the wife to discard as she chooses. If she decides to give even a single item from the discarded Lost and Found to Goodwill then she is going above and beyond what is being asked of her. Again, according to the op these items are to be discarded at his wife's discretion.
Now with that said, I doubt the whole story is being told. Either the manager or op's wife is not following what I would guess is Wal-Marts corporate policy.
Now with that said, I doubt the whole story is being told. Either the manager or op's wife is not following what I would guess is Wal-Marts corporate policy.
03-14-08, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Robertwoj
Did I miss the part where the store manager says to discard AS SHE CHOOSES? Sounds like the intent was to always deliver it to goodwill.
03-14-08, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by El Scorcho
Those of you calling her a thief, please tell me who the items belong to. To be a thief, there needs to be a victim.
The place is handing this lady this stuff and saying to get rid of it. They're not saying "give it to charity" or "give it to goodwill". They're just saying "take it away". At this point, it's crystal clear that Wal-mart has zero vested interest in where it goes and is not interested in ownership of the items in the lost-and-found.
Therefore, the items are technically owned by whomever has them in their possession. Would Wal-mart be pissed off if they found out? Most likely. But they also wouldn't have a leg to stand on because "get rid of it" is ENTIRELY different than "give the lost-and-found items to charity".
The only reason this is getting any sort of backlash is because there are a couple of high-value (for a lost-and-found, anyway) items. If this lady was taking socks out of the box, nobody would give a shit about morals and principles and this thread would have died instantly.
The place is handing this lady this stuff and saying to get rid of it. They're not saying "give it to charity" or "give it to goodwill". They're just saying "take it away". At this point, it's crystal clear that Wal-mart has zero vested interest in where it goes and is not interested in ownership of the items in the lost-and-found.
Therefore, the items are technically owned by whomever has them in their possession. Would Wal-mart be pissed off if they found out? Most likely. But they also wouldn't have a leg to stand on because "get rid of it" is ENTIRELY different than "give the lost-and-found items to charity".
The only reason this is getting any sort of backlash is because there are a couple of high-value (for a lost-and-found, anyway) items. If this lady was taking socks out of the box, nobody would give a shit about morals and principles and this thread would have died instantly.
Again thank you, this is my point exactly. You just happened to be able to put it into better wording that hopefully others will understand. The items were NOT supposed to have any protocol as far as where they went. It was simply "Get rid of this stuff that is taking up space" every two months. That is why I don't consider it stealing.
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i apologize if this has already been asked, but if your wife was merely "finding" these new in box gadgets (ipod, nintendo ds lite), why wouldn't the store print a price tag on them and put them back on the shelf.
it would sound like it was your wife's duty to tell them that this stuff found its way into the lost and found, and then be placed back on the shelf for sale. to me it sounds like she could basically be fired for theft. she might not have actually stolent something, but she took something the company could have made money on. that should be a firing offense for cause in most states.
I have a few theories as to what is really going on here, but i'll share them later.
it would sound like it was your wife's duty to tell them that this stuff found its way into the lost and found, and then be placed back on the shelf for sale. to me it sounds like she could basically be fired for theft. she might not have actually stolent something, but she took something the company could have made money on. that should be a firing offense for cause in most states.
I have a few theories as to what is really going on here, but i'll share them later.
03-14-08, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Robertwoj
Did I miss the part where the store manager says to discard AS SHE CHOOSES? Sounds like the intent was to always deliver it to goodwill.
Did I miss the part where the store manager and/or company either explicitly or implicity stated an intent to give the bags to charity?
