Hilarity Ensues at Walmart

06RedfireGT · March 19th, 2010, 11:35 AM

I'll be honest, I would have been laughing my ass off, and laughing even harder at all the people who are all pissed off over it.

Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says - Yahoo! Finance

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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.

A male voice came over the public-address system Sunday evening at a store in Washington Township, in southern New Jersey, and calmly announced: "Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now."

Shoppers in the store at the time said a manager quickly got on the public-address system and apologized for the remark. And while it was unclear whether a rogue patron or an employee was responsible for the comment, many customers expressed their anger to store management.

"I want to know why such statements are being made, because it flies in the face of what we teach our children about tolerance for all," said Sheila Ellington, who was in the store at the time with a friend. "If this was meant to be a prank, there's only one person laughing, and it's not either one of us."

Ellington, of Monroe, and her friend Patricia Covington said they plan to boycott the retailer until they're assured the issue has been addressed so it doesn't happen again.

The pair said they were stunned when they heard the announcement and initially believed they had misheard it. But once the words sank in, they grew angry.

"I depended on Walmart for all my needs, because the store has pretty much everything you could want," Covington said. "But until this issue is addressed in a way I'm comfortable with, I can't walk through those doors again."

Officials with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark., said that the announcement was "unacceptable" and that they're trying to determine who made it and how it happened.

"We are just as appalled by this incident as our customers," the company said in a statement. "Whoever did this is just wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable to us and to our customers."

This is not the first time the retailer has faced such problems.

There have been several past instances of black customers claiming they were treated unfairly at Walmart stores, and the company faced lawsuits alleging that women were passed over in favor of men for pay raises and promotions.

In February 2009, the retailer paid $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in its hiring of truck drivers.

And the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company in May 2009, claiming some Hispanic employees at a Sam's Club subsidiary in California were subjected to a hostile work environment. That suit alleges managers failed to stop repeated verbal harassment, including the use of derogatory words, against employees of Mexican descent.

However, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has said the company has worked hard in recent years to show it cares about diversity.

Bill Mitchell, a former Walmart employee who was shopping Wednesday at the store, said that he was saddened to hear about the announcement but that "as a black man, I've heard worse things."

As customer Sharon Osbourne, of Williamstown, left the store Wednesday, she called the announcement "appalling, stupid and sad."

M.P. Cobra Fan · March 19th, 2010, 11:39 AM

I saw that. It's fucking retarded. Go ahead and boycott Walmart. That just means it will be a shorter line when I go in. It was obviously NOT Walmart policy, and possibly just some customer who got ahold of the mic and made the announcement. To get all bent out of shape about it is fucking stupid, and shows your own level of maturity.

goren813 · March 19th, 2010, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

I saw that. It's fucking retarded. Go ahead and boycott Walmart. That just means it will be a shorter line when I go in. It was obviously NOT Walmart policy, and possibly just some customer who got ahold of the mic and made the announcement. To get all bent out of shape about it is fucking stupid, and shows your own level of maturity.

Couldn't have said it better myself... well maybe slightly... I digress.

This is a huge problem these days, people get too butt hurt. Oh god someone's words affect my life so much that I won't shop at the largest retailer in the world. Burn one and get over it.

93hatch · March 19th, 2010, 11:48 AM

Black people get outa this thread!

goren813 · March 19th, 2010, 11:48 AM

Lmao

Ace417 · March 19th, 2010, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by goren813

Couldn't have said it better myself... well maybe slightly... I digress.

This is a huge problem these days, people get too butt hurt. Oh god someone's words affect my life so much that I won't shop at the largest retailer in the world. Burn one and get over it.

+1

93hatch · March 19th, 2010, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Ace417

+1

thought I said get outa this thread boy....

06RedfireGT · March 19th, 2010, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

I saw that. It's fucking retarded. Go ahead and boycott Walmart. That just means it will be a shorter line when I go in. It was obviously NOT Walmart policy, and possibly just some customer who got ahold of the mic and made the announcement. To get all bent out of shape about it is fucking stupid, and shows your own level of maturity.

This.

People are so thin skinned nowadays. Honestly, how does this affect your life in ANY way at all? What ever happened to sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me? Just fucking retarded is what it is. I'm glad they are boycotting Walmart, that means the lines will be shorter for me and I won't have to deal with that type of person.

Originally Posted by 93hatch

Black people get outa this thread!

chocolate · March 19th, 2010, 12:18 PM

at this entire thread that anouncment is fucked up but you know if i was in there with a black friend i would have had to say. "you heard the man get out"

Its kinda fucked up but funny. You can be as racist as you want to a friend but not to a hole store.

Ace417 · March 19th, 2010, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by 93hatch

thought I said get outa this thread boy....

93hatch · March 19th, 2010, 12:21 PM

YouTube - Family Guy - Racist Kermit The Frog

rk_2000_Z/28 · March 19th, 2010, 12:26 PM

Lol! I think some people are just looking for an excuse to get butthurt. That walmart boycott will probably last all of about 2 days.

I like the last guys statement. "I've heard worse"

06RedfireGT · March 19th, 2010, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by xNUM1KILLAx

at this entire thread that anouncment is fucked up but you know if i was in there with a black friend i would have had to say. "you heard the man get out" Its kinda fucked up but funny. You can be as racist as you want to a friend but not to a hole store.

They have stores that sell holes? Damn, ya learn something new every day.

93hatch · March 19th, 2010, 12:29 PM

Ill take 23 vaginal shapped holes please

M.P. Cobra Fan · March 19th, 2010, 12:30 PM

Walmart corp, the local store, it's employees and management had nothing to do with this. It was either one rogue employee or a customer. I would love to have been their with one of my black friends and one of my mexican friends. I would have looked at my mexican friend and said "we are good as long as you got your green car" then I would have turned to my black friend and said, "you heard them. get out. pull the car around for me boy!" We would ahve all laughed and went about our business. If they would have said "all white folks get out" I would have walked to the cracker aisle, grabbed a couple a boxes and then walked out the door. When they stopped me I would have said, me and my crackers are gettin the hell out!

06RedfireGT · March 19th, 2010, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

Walmart corp, the local store, it's employees and management had nothing to do with this. It was either one rogue employee or a customer. I would love to have been their with one of my black friends and one of my mexican friends. I would have looked at my mexican friend and said "we are good as long as you got your green car" then I would have turned to my black friend and said, "you heard them. get out. pull the car around for me boy!" We would ahve all laughed and went about our business. If they would have said "all white folks get out" I would have walked to the cracker aisle, grabbed a couple a boxes and then walked out the door. When they stopped me I would have said, me and my crackers are gettin the hell out!

chocolate · March 19th, 2010, 12:51 PM

Yea fuck this boycott. I mean really are we not able to laugh anymore. Do we have to take everything so personal. Come on i have said plenty of racist things to the type of person it was pointed at. Guess what we laughed and moved on.

For example i walked up to a 6 foot something 200 some pound black man and asked how he got out of my tree. (Yes i knew the guy) He said well dumn ass after you tried to hang me next to my cotton tools i just cut myself free. I was like damn it who is teaching them. We laughed the principle pulled us in her office we got detention and we made black jokes and polish jokes (im polish) the entire time.

That is how it should be not this OMG my ass hurts u called me a cracker.

chocolate · March 19th, 2010, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

Walmart corp, the local store, it's employees and management had nothing to do with this. It was either one rogue employee or a customer. I would love to have been their with one of my black friends and one of my mexican friends. I would have looked at my mexican friend and said "we are good as long as you got your green car" then I would have turned to my black friend and said, "you heard them. get out. pull the car around for me boy!" We would ahve all laughed and went about our business. If they would have said "all white folks get out" I would have walked to the cracker aisle, grabbed a couple a boxes and then walked out the door. When they stopped me I would have said, me and my crackers are gettin the hell out!

that is how it is done MP reps, reps my friend.

chocolate · March 19th, 2010, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by 06RedfireGT

They have stores that sell holes? Damn, ya learn something new every day.

HAHA i meant you can be racist to your friends but not an entire store full of people. But yes its called a pimp store there are plenty of holes to go around.

04mustang232 · March 19th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by rk_2000_Z/28

Lol! I think some people are just looking for an excuse to get butthurt. That walmart boycott will probably last all of about 2 days.

I like the last guys statement. "I've heard worse"

Yeah, imagine if these people grew up in the 60's. Their heads would explode. Someone could say "all crackers out of walmart" and I'd laugh as I bought my gallon jug of Mayo and khaki shorts. And they act like Walmart itself, the store, came over the loud speaker and said it.

March 19th, 2010, 11:35 AM	#1
06RedfireGT One Man Wolf Pack 2006 Mustang GT 13ish....maybe Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Regulatin On Some OGs Posts: 22,216 iTrader: 2 reviews	Hilarity Ensues at Walmart I'll be honest, I would have been laughing my ass off, and laughing even harder at all the people who are all pissed off over it. Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says - Yahoo! Finance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities. A male voice came over the public-address system Sunday evening at a store in Washington Township, in southern New Jersey, and calmly announced: "Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now." Shoppers in the store at the time said a manager quickly got on the public-address system and apologized for the remark. And while it was unclear whether a rogue patron or an employee was responsible for the comment, many customers expressed their anger to store management. "I want to know why such statements are being made, because it flies in the face of what we teach our children about tolerance for all," said Sheila Ellington, who was in the store at the time with a friend. "If this was meant to be a prank, there's only one person laughing, and it's not either one of us." Ellington, of Monroe, and her friend Patricia Covington said they plan to boycott the retailer until they're assured the issue has been addressed so it doesn't happen again. The pair said they were stunned when they heard the announcement and initially believed they had misheard it. But once the words sank in, they grew angry. "I depended on Walmart for all my needs, because the store has pretty much everything you could want," Covington said. "But until this issue is addressed in a way I'm comfortable with, I can't walk through those doors again." Officials with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark., said that the announcement was "unacceptable" and that they're trying to determine who made it and how it happened. "We are just as appalled by this incident as our customers," the company said in a statement. "Whoever did this is just wrong and acted in an inappropriate manner. Clearly, this is completely unacceptable to us and to our customers." This is not the first time the retailer has faced such problems. There have been several past instances of black customers claiming they were treated unfairly at Walmart stores, and the company faced lawsuits alleging that women were passed over in favor of men for pay raises and promotions. In February 2009, the retailer paid $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in its hiring of truck drivers. And the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the company in May 2009, claiming some Hispanic employees at a Sam's Club subsidiary in California were subjected to a hostile work environment. That suit alleges managers failed to stop repeated verbal harassment, including the use of derogatory words, against employees of Mexican descent. However, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has said the company has worked hard in recent years to show it cares about diversity. Bill Mitchell, a former Walmart employee who was shopping Wednesday at the store, said that he was saddened to hear about the announcement but that "as a black man, I've heard worse things." As customer Sharon Osbourne, of Williamstown, left the store Wednesday, she called the announcement "appalling, stupid and sad." __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

March 19th, 2010, 11:39 AM	#2
M.P. Cobra Fan It's in the details Mod! 01 Cobra Vert Nov 09/10 ROTM! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ft Stewart/Naples/Hampton/Tampa Posts: 11,075 iTrader: 1 reviews	I saw that. It's fucking retarded. Go ahead and boycott Walmart. That just means it will be a shorter line when I go in. It was obviously NOT Walmart policy, and possibly just some customer who got ahold of the mic and made the announcement. To get all bent out of shape about it is fucking stupid, and shows your own level of maturity. __________________ Pinup in signature by loish.net Modded Mustangs Cobra Club#007 Military Crew E5 VOTED MM's BEST SIGNATURE 2010. THANKS STANGGTR07

March 19th, 2010, 11:48 AM	#4
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March 19th, 2010, 11:48 AM	#5
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March 19th, 2010, 12:26 PM	#12
rk_2000_Z/28 Forever in our hearts travis_afx 2003 SVT Cobra Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Enid, OK Posts: 4,186 iTrader: 0 reviews	Lol! I think some people are just looking for an excuse to get butthurt. That walmart boycott will probably last all of about 2 days. I like the last guys statement. "I've heard worse" __________________ 03 Cobra-Slow 02 SS, 00 Z/28-Gone Rest In Peace Travis Billings

March 19th, 2010, 12:18 PM	#9
chocolate I Want A Good Speed Raping Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abingdon, MD Posts: 11,707 iTrader: 3 reviews	at this entire thread that anouncment is fucked up but you know if i was in there with a black friend i would have had to say. "you heard the man get out" Its kinda fucked up but funny. You can be as racist as you want to a friend but not to a hole store.

March 19th, 2010, 12:29 PM	#14
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,665 iTrader: 0 reviews	Ill take 23 vaginal shapped holes please __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

March 19th, 2010, 12:30 PM	#15
M.P. Cobra Fan It's in the details Mod! 01 Cobra Vert Nov 09/10 ROTM! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ft Stewart/Naples/Hampton/Tampa Posts: 11,075 iTrader: 1 reviews	Walmart corp, the local store, it's employees and management had nothing to do with this. It was either one rogue employee or a customer. I would love to have been their with one of my black friends and one of my mexican friends. I would have looked at my mexican friend and said "we are good as long as you got your green car" then I would have turned to my black friend and said, "you heard them. get out. pull the car around for me boy!" We would ahve all laughed and went about our business. If they would have said "all white folks get out" I would have walked to the cracker aisle, grabbed a couple a boxes and then walked out the door. When they stopped me I would have said, me and my crackers are gettin the hell out! __________________ Pinup in signature by loish.net Modded Mustangs Cobra Club#007 Military Crew E5 VOTED MM's BEST SIGNATURE 2010. THANKS STANGGTR07

March 19th, 2010, 12:51 PM	#17
chocolate I Want A Good Speed Raping Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abingdon, MD Posts: 11,707 iTrader: 3 reviews	Yea fuck this boycott. I mean really are we not able to laugh anymore. Do we have to take everything so personal. Come on i have said plenty of racist things to the type of person it was pointed at. Guess what we laughed and moved on. For example i walked up to a 6 foot something 200 some pound black man and asked how he got out of my tree. (Yes i knew the guy) He said well dumn ass after you tried to hang me next to my cotton tools i just cut myself free. I was like damn it who is teaching them. We laughed the principle pulled us in her office we got detention and we made black jokes and polish jokes (im polish) the entire time. That is how it should be not this OMG my ass hurts u called me a cracker.

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