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You have to find him though-thats the rub.

I'll get his name when I go down to the station for a hard copy of the report. Once I do that I'll contact a lawyer and see what all I can do.

wow what an a$$hole a salute you because if it was me boom counter headbutt foot to the instep and then UFC knee to the face.
you were in the right the name was a little bit much but they where rude

So you're saying the actually caught the guy? Ayah in that case taking him to small claims court would be perfect. You will need a copy of the police report and the videotape, if you can get it (I doubt you'll gte the video). Anything over that gets expensive.

Is walmart even backing you up?? if so maybe get the folks BANNED from the store.

skullspliter888 wrote:Is walmart even backing you up?? if so maybe get the folks BANNED from the store.

They haven't really said anything about it. I don't even know if the GM knows yet.

In other somewhat related news the Albuquerque Journal (our newspaper) has printed an article stating New Mexico is the 3rd most dangerous state to live in. We're #2 for rape, #3 for burglary and #6 for assault. With monkeys like this guy all over the place it's no wonder.

random acts of violence. What fun

Actually, you would have to sue for damages (with your police report in hand) in order to get them to foot the bill on the tooth.

I do suggest going to the dentist though. The real worst case scenario is that it loses you that tooth, but it becomes infected after dying, and you lose one or two adjacent teeth also.

@jfrazell - I don't know if they found the guy or not. I won't know until I can get a copy of the report. If I get a lawyer I'm sure I can get a copy of the tapes or have them subpoenaed.

I hate to say this but I'd better only a report was filed with no follow up.

My wife's ex. lives in New Mexico. I feel sorry for you there.

From what I've heard about Walmart (or at least that one
expose about business practices), they don't care what
happens OUTSIDE the store. They really only care about
the merch.

Maybe they've changed since then.

@Malfred - They have changed actually. Now they not only do not care about the employees, but they don't care much about the product either. They've come out and said they will not prosecute anyone who shoplifts anything worth $25 or less. That means you can literally walk into the store, grab a case or two of beer and then walk right back out without any fear of being stopped. We're not allowed to stop you. If an associate lays a hand on you to try and stop you, you can sue the person and the store (and most likely win). That's why they are trying to pass a bill here in Albuquerque stating that only liquor stores can sell alcohol and not grocery stores or convenient stores. Hopefully they pass it.

well you live in NM we could all get a possessed posse together.

Stormtrooper X wrote:@Malfred - They have changed actually. Now they not only do not care about the employees, but they don't care much about the product either. They've come out and said they will not prosecute anyone who shoplifts anything worth $25 or less. That means you can literally walk into the store, grab a case or two of beer and then walk right back out without any fear of being stopped. We're not allowed to stop you. If an associate lays a hand on you to try and stop you, you can sue the person and the store (and most likely win). That's why they are trying to pass a bill here in Albuquerque stating that only liquor stores can sell alcohol and not grocery stores or convenient stores. Hopefully they pass it.

Jesus.

I wouls sugest that you make sure that management knows about what's hapened. Viloence in the woork place is a fairly serious thing and if you were assaulted on company time and company property, they have some responsibility to make sure you are taken care of. Not that they are likely to foot the bill or anything but you may be able to get them to help you out with a lawyer or something.

Well I talked with the GM last night and her reply was "I was angry they didn't call me". That's pretty much it. I talked with another cashier there who was assaulted by a customer one night and she told me that they took her into the back office almost daily and questioned her on the whole thing. She said they almost made it out to be her fault for antagonizing the customer when all she was doing was walking to her car around midnight. I doubt the company is going to do anything.

Stormtrooper X wrote:This just enforces my belief that there should be a license to breed. You have to have one for driving, practicing medicine/law, carry weapons. Why not for procreating? Now obviously you'd have to have some kind of standard that you'd have to hold everyone too, but details details.

Have to say that I think that on a regular basis about some of my fellow Brits. There are perfectly good people out there who can't have kids and nature allows these retards to breed... waste of perfectly good DNA in my opinion

The real problem is that no one takes responsibility for their own actions in this country. It's really started to weigh heavily on me lately.

That's one reason why I try to hold all you Dakka posters to a high standard.

Nice to know about the Wal-Mart policy, though. Time to start collecting Legos! (I am, of course, kidding).

Wal-mart bites. I try to avoid it as much as possible.

StX, definitely talk to a lawyer. You don't want to lose any of your ability to hold the guy responsible if something is seriously wrong with your tooth.

I would only talk to a lawyer if you have some way to find the guy. Lawyers aren't cheap - I've hired enough in the past (and are one).

Ask around, sometimes you can find personal injury guys that will give you free consultations to determine the validity of any potential claim

Edit: Also, if you have health insurance, you should check to see what it specifically covers. Why do the work yourself when you can take advantage of the litigation services you've already essentially paid for.

If it happened on the job, you can always claim Workman's Compensation to cover it. You might have a problem with that if you didn't file any paperwork on it... but you can always say you reported it to your boss & he didn't ask you to fill anything out (I believe you mentioned telling him. Right?).

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:If it happened on the job, you can always claim Workman's Compensation to cover it. You might have a problem with that if you didn't file any paperwork on it... but you can always say you reported it to your boss & he didn't ask you to fill anything out (I believe you mentioned telling him. Right?).

Eric

Yeah, I let her know. She is the one that looked at the camera to see if they could make anything out on the vehicle or the guy.

They have changed actually. Now they not only do not care about the employees, but they don't care much about the product either. They've come out and said they will not prosecute anyone who shoplifts anything worth $25 or less. That means you can literally walk into the store, grab a case or two of beer and then walk right back out without any fear of being stopped. We're not allowed to stop you. If an associate lays a hand on you to try and stop you, you can sue the person and the store (and most likely win). That's why they are trying to pass a bill here in Albuquerque stating that only liquor stores can sell alcohol and not grocery stores or convenient stores. Hopefully they pass it.

that must be one of the dumbest things I have EVER heard.

Stormtrooper X wrote:Yeah, I let her know. She is the one that looked at the camera to see if they could make anything out on the vehicle or the guy.

My wife’s car was stolen from a Wal-Mart parking lot and we looked at the tapes; the camera quality was absolute crap. I was glad to hear you got the guy’s license plate # because there’s no way you could pick up much for detail on those things.

Stormtrooper X wrote:

MagickalMemories wrote:If it happened on the job, you can always claim Workman's Compensation to cover it. You might have a problem with that if you didn't file any paperwork on it... but you can always say you reported it to your boss & he didn't ask you to fill anything out (I believe you mentioned telling him. Right?).

Eric

Yeah, I let her know. She is the one that looked at the camera to see if they could make anything out on the vehicle or the guy.

Then I suggest going to her, reminding her of the incident, then reminding her that you didn't get to fill out any paperwork stating that you were (potentially) injured on the job.

You really need to see a dentist, man. Trust me on this. I know people who are sporting a lifetime of plastic teeth because they're entire youth (and early 20's) was spent street fighting & they never got their mouths properly looked at.
Almost all of their teeth had root damage, which caused them to begin to deteriorate & have to get pulled (some also fell apart because the teeth dehyrated from the root damage).
No amount of brushing will fix that.

Filling out the paperwork will ensure that they pay for it and not you.


Eric

Dental coverage is huge, too. Hurting teeth are a sonofagun, and damage can have consequences for the nerves in your jaw and can seriously impact your overall health and quality of life.

Mannahnin wrote:Dental coverage is huge, too. Hurting teeth are a sonofagun, and damage can have consequences for the nerves in your jaw and can seriously impact your overall health and quality of life.

Not to crap more on your parade, but apparently they link other health problems to teeth now. I don't know the mechanism there, but yah, its a priority. Sorry to hear about the situation, I can't say Ive been in a situation like that, and it sounds like it really sucks.

Man, I missed this post.

Find out where he lives, and send Dornsfist to see him(He can Kick-buttski)

I had the same trouble here in Australia. A lot of people think as an employee of a company, you are a sub-man(THAT blows).

Respect, and general manners have flown out the door in the last 10 years or so, IMO.

Or you could start trying to date a relative, show up at a Family gathering, and fill his food up with Laxatives.....

And/or-Make an anonymous call to your Companies Head-Office about the Staff safety issues, and how you are not being listened to.????(sounds lame I know)


It sucks that the Cops won't follow it up though. Can you make a citizen's complaint that you thought a 'strong smell of Drugs' was coming from the car/him and you were concerned for the childs safety? Cghildrens services/DEA involved?

Just to make that oxygen-thiefs Day..........

akira5665 wrote:
Or you could start trying to date a relative, show up at a Family gathering, and fill his food up with Laxatives.....

I like that one

just another moron who deserves the firing squad but not much you can do about idiots these days.....