I got CARDED at Walmart...

[OK!]

ITA...as far as Walart protecting themselves...um how about fighting the stupid lawsuits by standing up for what is right? NO retailer should be held responsible for household goods used in a manner that they are not intended for. PERIOD. If these big companies would fight these lawsuits, they would succeed in sending a message that you just cannot hold everyone else responsible for your own personal actions.
Sorry, but retailers checking for ID is not going to keep kids who want to huff things from getting a hold of them. These products are found in EVERY household in the nation. They are NOT contraband or controlled substances. Parents need to protect their children, not retailers.

For what it's worth, Wal-Mart does fight lawsuits filed against them, and they do it very aggressively. Here's an older article about this very subject:

http://www.nfsi.org/walmart/Lawsuits a volume business at Wal-Mart.htm

I worked on a marketing tour this summer that had appearances exclusively at Wal-Mart Supercenters, and heard stories of some of the things people try to pull in order to be able to sue Wal-Mart that made my jaw drop (e.g. one man had an elaborate system of tubes running down inside his pants leg; they were connected to something that basically amounted to a glorified water gun (had a trigger and everything), and every so often, he'd shoot a blast of water out the bottom of his pants leg and then have his wife perform a slip 'n' fall in the resultant puddle. At one point, he had lawsuits pending in something like 6 states.) I wish I could remember the figures, but the number of lawsuits Wal-Mart faces daily is exponentially higher than what was listed in the article I linked here (I want to say it was something like 2500 new suits filed every day). As a result, they now have hundreds of lawyers on staff who do nothing but contest these frivolous lawsuits.

Just FYI...

 

[CajunDixie]

WalMart aka Big Brother has another product they card people for purchasing. Heet, the gas additive for your vehicle. DS was with me and asked the clerk what 16 & 17 year old drivers were supposed to use in their cars. The clerk said no minors should ever need that product. I told DS we'll have to start shopping elsewhere since WalMart not only makes up its own version of laws but has snotty employees too. I think they should have to post signs on all products they card for since there are no laws concerning these items. Why should any child feel like a criminal because they need whiteout for a school project or Heet for their vehicle?

BTW Anyone know if they card people for purchasing kitchen knives, disposable razors, rat poison, or cleaning products. How about buying bleach and amnonia at the same time? Or Coca Cola and Tide? Whats to stop someone from harming themselves with those items too? If a person is creative enough they can find a way to harm themselves with most products WalMart sells.

 

[phorsenuf]

BTW Anyone know if they card people for purchasing kitchen knives, disposable razors, rat poison, or cleaning products. How about buying bleach and amnonia at the same time? Or Coca Cola and Tide? Whats to stop someone from harming themselves with those items too? If a person is creative enough they can find a way to harm themselves with most products WalMart sells.

Or ex-lax and brownie mix! LOL

 

[Alexander]

Excuse me, but the roller white out doesn't have any sniff to it! OMG! What is going on in society!

 

[CajunDixie]

WalMart actually has a place on their website for Store Feedback The link is on the right side of the page.

Or ex-lax and brownie mix! LOL

Well, now that you mention it add apple cider too. When I was a senior in HS a student was to bring in apple cider for our Thanksgiving celebration in Language class. He brought in the cider and poured the teacher a glass during his first period class. When my class, third period, entered the classroom the teacher was on her way out the door headed to the ladies room. Here we sat in our classroom with no teacher and of course nothing to do except eat all the food we had brought. I felt sorry for the teacher after about a 1/2 hour and went next door to the health teacher and asked her if she'd check on our teacher who had not left the restroom. She came out of the restroom actually grinning and said she'd be fine but not to drink the cider. Needless to say the student was called up to the office later that day and kicked out for 3 days.

 

[Jeanny]

Now, can ANYONE enlighten me as to WHY someone would need to be carded to buy WHITE OUT?

have you ever seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off??? remember Mr. Mooney's secretary??? sniffing the white out???

 

[Loubon]

No joke, and I buy this stuff weekly........

A cry for help from someone with a serious problem.

You keep sniffing that stuff weekly and peaceful girl's daughter is going to start looking like a cat to you!

 

[Jeanny]

A cry for help from someone with a serious problem.

You keep sniffing that stuff weekly and peaceful girl's daughter is going to start looking like a cat to you!

those pictures scare me