Archived Does the Target 'Walk of Shame' actually exist? Many say YES,

[TSs]

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[RhettB]

I've been at my store many times when an internal has been arrested. This has not happened. For those affected TMs, they are taken to their locker with AP, then back to the AP office, then the police finish what they need to do. By then most people around know what is going on though. But there has not been a public exhibition of the team member.

That's not to say it has not happened elsewhere.

 

[The Dude Abides]

This has happened several times at my store and it's always done in the most grandstanding way possible.

 

[Amaazingdude]

This never happens....and I never heard of it happening in my area. But The news makes it seem like the POLICE are making the arrest and putting on the handcuffs not target AP.

 

[AllThingsTarget101]

This never happens....and I never heard of it happening in my area. But The news makes it seem like the POLICE are making the arrest and putting on the handcuffs not target AP.

Agreed, sounds like the police are doing the physical arrest. If it is wrongful, then there's a lawsuit. My guess is many of these people are coming out with these stories in hopes of making some money.

 

[tellmeaboutatime]

I've seen it. Depends on if your ETL is a dick

 

[Quattro]

Never heard of it until this story came up.

 

[POGguy]

I know it happens. Just never seen it at the stores I've worked at.

About a couple weeks ago we had a internal arrested and for the most part no one really knew about it until people noticed he wasn't there anymore.

 

[tgtguy]

Agreed, sounds like the police are doing the physical arrest. If it is wrongful, then there's a lawsuit. My guess is many of these people are coming out with these stories in hopes of making some money.

Or maybe they are coming out with it ...because there is a lawsuit that someone could have killed themselves because of it . Not everyone is motivated by money or greed.

 

[AllThingsTarget101]

Or maybe they are coming out with it ...because there is a lawsuit that someone could have killed themselves because of it . Not everyone is motivated by money or greed.

Could be, but they could have also come out with it right when it happened if it was not about the money. In my opinion, their stories are most likely exaggerated and we will not know because they waited so long, their is no evidence, and at this point it is all here-say.

 

[PugMuffin]

Does it happen? Yes. Is it policy? No.

 

[oath2order]

Do I have to say it again

all stores. not the same.

 

[tgtguy]

Could be, but they could have also come out with it right when it happened if it was not about the money. In my opinion, their stories are most likely exaggerated and we will not know because they waited so long, their is no evidence, and at this point it is all here-say.

Could be, but they could have also come out with it right when it happened if it was not about the money. In my opinion, their stories are most likely exaggerated and we will not know because they waited so long, their is no evidence, and at this point it is all here-say.

Yes it is here say ...so that means at thispoint Spot hasn't been proved to be in the wrong NOR have the team members who have came forward been proved wrong.

 

[commiecorvus]

That's the fun part about unofficial policy, just about everybody can be doing it and from what I've read it is a fairly common practice, but Spot can disavow all knowledge when the excrement hits the airflow device.

 

[hipturd]

I've never seen the walk of shame (yet) at my store, but I do remember they did that at another store I worked at (I won't name it here) and it went as far as not only walking the employee all the way through the store, but also pausing for a moment at the front entrance before they were escorted out so they could be humiliated even further. I thought it was total bullshit. I don't care what you did no one deserves to be treated like that not only in front of their fellow coworkers but also customers coming in to shop!

 

[Backroom81]

I've heard of it but have never seen it. At my store, they just disappear one day while everyone gossips about what happened.

 

[Signkitty]

I have worked in three store over 15 years. (That makes me sad when I think about it).

I have never seen a walk of shame, internals get handled quietly and the person is just gone.

Not saying it doesn't happen just saying that I have never seen it.

 

[SFSFun]

Never seen it happen at Target, but had it happen at a grocery store I worked at.

A cashier had snooped around the managers office and found the master key to the drawers where cashiers lock up their tills when on break. A few times a week when someone was on break, she would make an excuse to go to the bathroom and would use the stolen key to take a few 20s out of that cashier's till. This went on for months, cashiers were written up and one was fired, but nobody could figure out why the shortage was spread over so many cashiers.

The manager eventually figured it out and caught her on camera. When he called the cops, they specifically agreed to park at the secondary entrance so that she would have to walk handcuffed from the managers office, past all of the registers, across the entire front of the store.

People like her absolutely deserve the humiliation because she caused others to be humiliated when their tills came up short.

But as others have said, this is by no means a Target policy. It can occur anywhere in retail, and it is based on a decision by store-level management if it does happen.

 

[oath2order]

Never seen it happen at Target, but had it happen at a grocery store I worked at.

A cashier had snooped around the managers office and found the master key to the drawers where cashiers lock up their tills when on break. A few times a week when someone was on break, she would make an excuse to go to the bathroom and would use the stolen key to take a few 20s out of that cashier's till. This went on for months, cashiers were written up and one was fired, but nobody could figure out why the shortage was spread over so many cashiers.

The manager eventually figured it out and caught her on camera. When he called the cops, they specifically agreed to park at the secondary entrance so that she would have to walk handcuffed from the managers office, past all of the registers, across the entire front of the store.

People like her absolutely deserve the humiliation because she caused others to be humiliated when their tills came up short.

But as others have said, this is by no means a Target policy. It can occur anywhere in retail, and it is based on a decision by store-level management if it does happen.

She got someone else fired?

Yeah by all means, she definitely deserved that.

 

[APredux]

I don't see a problem with walking a thief from point A to point B in handcuffs. What are they ashamed of? The trust they violated and the crime they committed? They should be ashamed! They hurt themselves, their family, their coworkers, and their employer.

 

[tgtguy]

I don't think walking a thief from point A to point B is the issue....I think the issue at hand is when it goes from point A to Z then back to A....trying to humiliate someone along the way.

 

[commiecorvus]

I don't see a problem with walking a thief from point A to point B in handcuffs. What are they ashamed of? The trust they violated and the crime they committed? They should be ashamed! They hurt themselves, their family, their coworkers, and their employer.

But as was pointed out in OP if the person was falsely accused or there was a misunderstanding, that little parade is completely out of line.
It goes back to the idea of innocent until proven guilty and shaming people is part of a punishment which should only be applied if they have been proven guilty by law.

 

[redeye58]

Although we've had our share of internals resulting in firing, only two were high enough dollar & the circumstances/timing were such that they were escorted out in cuffs.
It's a short walk from AP to the exit but it's right across from the checklanes.

 

[RetailWorld]

Depends on the store, but I can definitely see some AP leaders having the fervor and fanaticism to do stuff like this.

 

[SallyHoover]

I've never seen it in my store and I've worked two pt stints in the last 14 years for a total of about 5 years. 2.5 in softlines and 2.5 cashier. I believe it happens in other stores and maybe even in my store just not when I've been working.