A Business Week/Bloomberg Reporter Asks For Information

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[sigma7]

I would recommend that anyone stay out of this if you want to keep your job and keep this forum alive and thriving. Whether or not you have witnessed this so-called "Walk of Shame," it is in no way a codified company policy. Whatever you decide to do, be honest and be smart about it. Just beware of getting caught up in something that you might end up not wanting to be part of.

Also, don't believe the confidentiality stuff. The defendant has the right to face their accusers. If you go on record, even confidentially, you can be subpoenaed to give testimony. Don't trust reporters more than you'd trust a used car salesman. Whatever noble intentions they may have, they're also in it for the paycheck. That means they'll do what it takes to keep readership up. Not to mention that for many, writing above the fold stories is a major aim.

 

[Bosch]

Burner account.. Only way I would go near this..

 

[thatcashierdude]

Burner account.. Only way I would go near this..

I'd go a step further and use mail2tor in case they subpoena the email provider for your IP address and then subpoena your ISP for your name and address.

 

[sigma7]

Let me just add that I've never witnessed or heard of a walk of shame happening at my store or even in my district. Obviously, I don't know the ins and outs of every store in the company, but the walk of shame is not official company policy. If enough people come forward to prove that the walk of shame is a common practice, even though it's unwritten, then Target could be liable. But to me this honestly sounds like poor choices of a few managers rather than despicable behavior by the company as a whole.

 

[Bosch]

Let me just add that I've never witnessed or heard of a walk of shame happening at my store or even in my district. Obviously, I don't know the ins and outs of every store in the company, but the walk of shame is not official company policy. If enough people come forward to prove that the walk of shame is a common practice, even though it's unwritten, then Target could be liable. But to me this honestly sounds like poor choices of a few managers rather than despicable behavior by the company as a whole.

Enough managers are infected with the "power trip" disease..

 

[sigma7]

Define enough. Generalizations are generally inaccurate. Sure there's bad managers, but I'm hesitant to believe that a substantial percentage of our AP and store leaders would choose to "parade TMs around the store" to humiliate them and scare people into following the rules.

 

[commiecorvus]

Sad to say the stereotype usually has a prototype.
There is a reason the term is in common usage on the board and most everyone knew what it meant.
I'm always the first to say ASANTS but the fact is human nature tends to run deep.
We like to make people who hurt our tribe look as bad as possible, shame on them for taking our pretties.
Im sure the reporter will protect their sources.
They like going to jail for stuff like that, gives them major street cred.

 

[Jill of All Trades]

Note that information provided to reporters/news media is confidential and reporters do not disclose their sources.

Thanks, I needed a laugh.

 

[sigma7]

I guess my best advice would be that if you feel compelled to help out the cause, then try to contact the attorney for the family of the TM who passed away. Get your story to somewhere that can actually change things. Contacting the papers just seems kind of sleazy to me. It almost like you're just riding the badwagon that's building in the wake of a tragic and untimely death. Unfortunately, the papers will probably forget about this until maybe a court passes down a verdict. I'd still caution anyone getting involved though.

 

[anathema]

I'm not sure what other information there is to gather here. If this happens at stores, it's an extremely small percentage of them. Being walked out is the norm, not paraded around the store on baseless accusations.

 

[SFSFun]

I'd go a step further and use mail2tor in case they subpoena the email provider for your IP address and then subpoena your ISP for your name and address.

Nah just drive to a nearby Target (not the one you work at) and email using the guest wifi.

 

[thatcashierdude]

Nah just drive to a nearby Target (not the one you work at) and email using the guest wifi.

True, but make sure you're creating the account there as well and not using it anywhere that could be tied back to you.

 

[PullMeBackIn]

Let me just add that I've never witnessed or heard of a walk of shame happening at my store or even in my district. Obviously, I don't know the ins and outs of every store in the company, but the walk of shame is not official company policy. If enough people come forward to prove that the walk of shame is a common practice, even though it's unwritten, then Target could be liable. But to me this honestly sounds like poor choices of a few managers rather than despicable behavior by the company as a whole.

In order for their suit to survive it doesn't need to be a codified written policy. It could likely be enough for the individual store, or even district/group leadership to know about it. They don't even need to condone it for it to be shown as a policy, if there was never any steps taken to stop the policy (steps as simple as an email/memorandum telling stores to cut it out).

It's sort of like about 4-5 years ago they started making a big deal about non-AP team members not assisting with apprehensions. It was never a company policy for non-AP team members to assist with apprehensions but leadership caught wind of it happening, knew it opened them up to significant liability if a subject/suspect was hurt during an apprehension, and shut it down immediately.

Potentially a similar thing here. Some leaders may have known it was going on and chose to do nothing because "eh, they stole, they deserved it".

 

[sigma7]

Which is why I said if enough people come forward to show that the walk of shame is common practice even though it's unwritten, the. target could be liable.

 

[evilSF]

I can't imagine a majority of stores do this. I can only imagine it's a few people that go on a power trip. My store isn't perfect, but if theft occurs by an employee, they are let go quietly. We don't discuss it at huddle or parade anyone around the store. I love excitement but seeing something of the sort would make me cringe.

This reporter would throw anyone under the bus to make themselves appear awesome.

 

[Retail Girl]

Sad to say the stereotype usually has a prototype.
There is a reason the term is in common usage on the board and most everyone knew what it meant.

I've used the term before on this board, and how I meant it was someone was finally termed for stealing, and taken out in handcuffs. I referred to them being walked out in handcuffs...from the AP office to the front door into the cop car as the walk of shame. Nothing more, nothing less. It wasn't some parade or anything....just a thief being led out after finally getting caught.

 

[GlobalTL123]

I thought the walk of shame was when one returns home after a one nighter and they are wearing the same clothes that they had on the night before?

 

[RedMan]

I thought the walk of shame was when one returns home after a one nighter and they are wearing the same clothes that they had on the night before?

And this has happened to me, uh, I mean, my friend at places other than Target.

 

[thatcashierdude]

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Well there goes that...

 

[commiecorvus]

Since the OP has seen fit to delete their post I'm going to lock this.