[Leica] Re: Walmart police

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

If you want to start some trouble, bring a camera or two into Wal-Mart. Give
it a few minutes until the manager sees you. There's group of photogs here
who do photo shoots in Wal-Mart, Home Depot, etc. Just run though!

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Lawlor"
Subject: [Leica] Re: Walmart police


>
> " I asked the manager why, and was told that lithium batteries are used
> as an ingredient in making methamphetamine, and with the epidemic of
> meth labs in the rural south,Wal-Mart limits you  to 3 packages."
>
> Last July I was driving across New Mexico and pulled into a Wal-Mart store
> to buy some camping supplies. At the check out line the teen aged girl
clerk
> asked me to show identification to prove I was old enough to buy a bottle
of
> wine. I told her I was 64 years old and it was ridiculous to demand my ID.
> She said it was company policy to check ID on all purchasers of alcohol.
> When I asked the reason she said clerks are instructed to confiscate any
> expired or "suspicious" ID and call security who would bring the police. I
> told her what to do with the wine and a few other choice comments and
> shopped at another store. Imagine if I had also wanted lithium batteries!
>
> That was my first and only experience of Wall-Mart.
>
> Bill Lawlor