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This just happened during Black Friday and I'm still processing it. My sister and her husband Michael went to Walmart for their Black Friday sale. According to them it was absolute chaos - hundreds of people everywhere, barely any workers, total mess.

Michael managed to grab one of the doorbuster deals - a huge 65" TV that was marked down from $899 to $399. Apparently the checkout lines were so insane (staffed by one underpaid employee) that people just started walking out. Like literally just pushing their carts through without paying because there weren't enough workers at registers and the underpaid security guard obviously wasn't getting paid enough to care.

And my sister and Michael joined them. They walked out with a $400 TV because "everyone else was doing it" and "the store's owners should have been better prepared."

The part that really bothers me is they were bragging about it at family dinner yesterday. Right in front of their kids (8 & 10) AND my kids (7 & 12). They were laughing about their "amazing deal" like it was some funny story about outsmarting the system and they are right!

I pulled my sister aside and told her this was basically stealing and sets a horrible example for the kids, who may get fired in the future for not risking their lives to stop the theft of a commodity. She got defensive saying that she recently finally sat down & read some of the theory I'd sent her over the years and that she realized big stores expect this kind of loss during sales and that it's not really stealing because the store "couldn't handle their own sale properly and Joe Biden has done nothing for the working class the past 4 years."

Michael jumped in saying I need to read more Marxist theory on class struggle & how it relates to crimes such as theft and that I'm probably just jealous I didn't get any "deals." I'm honestly disgusted by the whole thing. Later my kids were asking me if it's okay to not pay for stuff when stores are really busy, which just proves my point about what message this sends.

My sister hasn't talked to me since I called her out, and my parents are saying I should apologize for "making drama" and that it's "none of my business" but someone needs to say something, right?

Am I seriously overreacting here? Everyone's acting like this is just normal Black Friday behavior and I feel like I'm going crazy....

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 82 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I love that only one person pointed out that this completely fake story was posted too early for it to make sense because at the time of this post "yesterday" was the day before this event was supposed to happen

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 39 points 3 weeks ago

Too early to be true, yet too late to inspire people to imitate it.

[–] Seasonal_Peace@hexbear.net 76 points 3 weeks ago

For one second i thought this is a legit post here on hexbear monke-rage

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 73 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this a bit post? Stealing from Wal Mart is hilarious and good. The only downside is that they definitely have cameras and face tracking software and you can definitely get in trouble down the line for doing this. But honestly fuck wal mart, especially if you have the privilege to deal with some of the potential legal consequences of stealing from them. It's more ethical to steal from Wal Mart than it is to buy from Wal Mart

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Comrade, it's a bit. The details like

Michael jumped in saying I need to read more Marxist theory on class struggle & how it relates to crimes such as theft and that I'm probably just jealous I didn't get any "deals."

Are too chefs-kiss

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm so bad at identifying bits especially for someone who posts so many bits

[–] jaywalker@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

I think you're doing great for a sandwich

[–] graymess@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

The sister said she finally sat down and read some of theory sent to her. Of course this is fantasy.

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 59 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ah dang this is a bit isn't it

[–] Spike@hexbear.net 57 points 3 weeks ago

Posts like these should go in badposting

[–] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 53 points 3 weeks ago

Uncritical support to Michael in his struggle against the understaffed Walmart empire

[–] regul@hexbear.net 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Link the source. This is too good.

[–] abc@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] abc@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

omg babe who updated you for reddit i didn't expect to see you here santos-paparazzi

[–] allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net 45 points 3 weeks ago

Shoplifting from big box stores makes you fucking cool dude.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 40 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (17 children)

Won't anyone think of the $700 billion company?

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago

I wish this was real sicko-wistful

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stealing from Walmart is good. I wish i could get my family to read theory and loot.

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

keep your shoplifting below the felony limit

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

Also keep your masks on

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

Based if true

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago
[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Based as hell, I never understood why so many people whine about "looters", is it hurting you or any other regular person specifically if someone steals from some huge supermarket?

I mean, I know the reason for it us-foreign-policy hitler-detector, but still.

[–] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If they don't care, you have every right to do the same :)

[–] abc@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

my kids think its cool now and i don't know how to tell them that their father is afraid of getting tackled by some overweight security guard when they notice I've got six boxes of bagel bites in my coat so I DO HAVE A RIGHT TO CARE

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

How many yards of linen you got there?

[–] Hatandwatch@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Uphold ~~bread~~ bagel lines rat-salute

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

A 65" TV for $900 at full price? What sort of quality is that going to be?

If you're going to risk committing a crime, might as well steal a decent quality TV.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

when was the last time you bought a tv? I got a 4k 65" 2 years ago for 300 new and it's great

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[–] TheDrink@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

on the one hand, stealing from wal mart based-department

On the other hand, wanting a 65" TV catgirl-disgust

so ehhh esh i gess

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

go steal one for your kids, lib

[–] KimJongGoku@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

smh your sister and her husband should raise their kids better, at ages 8 & 10 they should be old enough to point at you and call you a LIB

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

michael is right. you need to read more theory.

but yeah you’re over reacting. who gives a fuck if someone “stole” from walmart? i dont care if its a loaf of bread, a tv, or a hunting rifle. walmart owes us all. our tax dollars pay their employees for them so they dont have to. every american should be entitled to at least a tv per year from walmart

karl marx himself wrote “walmart is bad. stealing from them is cool. it could get you pussy too. girls love a cool guy who steals from walmart. steal something for them. they’ll feel like they’re dating disney’s aladdin”. maybe if you took michael’s advice and read more theory you’d have known this by now. thats also why he’s shacked up with your sister. she knows he’s alpha.

in fact get michael on this account OP i wanna talk to him

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] abc@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago

Counterargument: Stealing from Walmart rules.

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

The situation does feel strange and uncomfortable, admittedly.

[–] glans@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago

Like literally just pushing their carts through without paying because there weren't enough workers at registers and the underpaid security guard obviously wasn't getting paid enough to care.

...

... "the store's owners should have been better prepared."

My thought process every time I am waiting in a long line at a store with < 50% the aisles open and every person at them working too hard, can't stop for a drink of water or anything.

An atmosphere of collective rebellion could discipline the managers to adequately staff. If they need to pay higher wages, bump more people to full time, whatever it could take.

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

As OP said, lots of people were walking out without playing, I actually think the store might watch the cctv back and actually track down people because that one TV, being taken by say 30 people would be $12,000 and worth investigating

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(this is the top comment on the r*ddit post)


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[–] D61@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This... this is a bit right? This is a contender for another "copy-pasta", right?

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[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Walmart steals 100x more from their employees through wage theft and consumers via jacking up their prices constantly.

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

rat-salute-2 hell yeah Michael

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