wally world clerk vs. manager

[Eightball]

Hey, now.....
I happen to work in a place with a dreaded "walk of shame".....it stinks, but shall remain unnamed for now. Anyhow, anyone with a brain thinks it is as dumb as any of you, but what if some customer loaded the firearm after getting it, and robs the place ? And any time the customer hands me the rifle, and it won't go back in the box (due to a scope or something), let's just say I proudly hold the firearm in plain sight, just to show people that YES, THERE IS A GUN IN THE BUILDING! Not much, but I do my part to be helpful . That being said, I'm just working there until the local gun store has a freed-up position.

And the walk of shame is ususally not on a store-to-store basis, the decision is made by the idiots up in corporate management who are anti-gun to begin with . It frustrates all 6 gun salemen in any given chain who have a brain about them........

yes, that was hyperbole. There may be more than 6 knowledgable gun salesman in a box-store chain

 

[DRZinn]

what if some customer loaded the firearm after getting it, and robs the place

Uh, he can't load it outside and walk back in?

 

[Manedwolf]

I have no idea why they have the walk of shame policy in wally world.

They assume that if you're allowed to have the gun and ammo in the store, you might go postal.

 

[moewadle]

I will add that the Scheels chain does not seem to have the walk-of-shame, at least not the one here in Coralville, Iowa. The gun department deals with the paper work and takes you to the check out to make sure you pay the cashier for it and then you go out the door with your long gun or hand gun. If the item is on layaway you have to go to customer service to pay it off first and then a gun dept. employee takes you to the dept. to do the paperwork to satisfy the feds and State of Iowa and then puts a sticker on the box to show the cashier the item is paid for and you, the customer, walk out. Scheels' system seems very reasonable to me. Although, IMHO, the walk of shame is an understandable policy and I would not complain about it. We live in such a law-suit happy society that I can see a law suit against a retailer if say, a person takes delivery of a gun, is turned loose at the counter, and then goes postal or otherwise commits a gun related crime inside the store or mall or in the parking lot. I think most of us should work a bit harder to understand the reason for some of these policies put in place by business owners/managers and not be so quick to criticize.

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

k mart

about 10-15 years ago i think in md a guy asked to kook at a shot gun had own ammo loaded it and robbed em. unsucesssful i believe

 

[f4t9r]

been around people like that , drives me nuts
glad the clerk could help

 

[1911 guy]

Wal-Mart, WWB and TDI.

I went to TDI this spring for HG I-III. Needed 2,000 rounds and WWB is the most affordable. Every week I'd take a few twenties into WallyWorld and buy some .45ACP. After the first few weeks the clerk would see me coming and put two boxes on the counter. She wasn't a gunny, but tried to be helpful. When I buy .308 ammo (buy it new, shoot it and use the cases for "good" ammo) I tell her what I want and she finds it. None of this "to your left...up one row" stuff. She's a sales clerk and tries to be a good sales clerk. Same as I try to be a good machinist. When I need expert opinions, obscure parts, weird ammo, components, black powder or any number of things, I go to Stockers, a gunshop near me.

In short, I don't expect any department store to be a repository of firearms knowledge. Are there some sales folks who know their stuff? You bet, but that's just an added benefit. Truth be told, most people who run and work at gunshops aren't experts, either. When you find one, support them. Buy your WWB at Wal-Mart, but spend you large coin supporting local folks. They need it and you'll miss them when they're gone.

 

[toivo]

I used to think the walk of shame was so that you couldn't take the gun they handed you and use it to rob the store. But it doesn't make much sense. You could just fill your pocket with shotgun shells from one of their sale displays while no one was looking, ask to see a gun from the sporting goods counter, cram it full, and go on your spree. Why would you wait until after you had done a NICS check and paid for your gun to rob the store?

I think it's really because they don't want people walking around the store with guns, even in boxes. They're afraid that Bubba is going to take his new shotgun out of the box to show his friends and six little old ladies will die of fright in the housewares aisle.

 

[clutch]

I went to walmart once to buy a 10/22. I filled out the 4473 and then the clerk hands me a second one to fill out for the home office. I told him that I only had to fill out one and he told me that I had to fill out two or I wouldn't get the gun.

Needless to say, I grabbed the yellow copy I had just filled out and walked out.

I bought the gun at MC Sports for a few dollars less that day.

Clutch

 

[LiquidTension]

Any stories about people who pretend to know alot about guns but don't?

How 'bout every time I walk into the gun shop Let 'em talk, laugh about it later. Unless it's something dangerous - "yeah, you can shoot 7.62x39 in a .308, they're designed that way."

 

[entropy]

I went to walmart once to buy a 10/22. I filled out the 4473 and then the clerk hands me a second one to fill out for the home office. I told him that I only had to fill out one and he told me that I had to fill out two or I wouldn't get the gun.

That's not company policy. I would have reported him to the Store Manager. Walking out with your 4473 was a good response, too.