I don’t think the Walmart fucktard could have claimed that ALL of the toys were stolen could he? Wouldn’t have to acknowledge that at least SOME of the toys were legit? In that case, then, isn’t WALMART guilty of theft by taking these toys and reselling them?
If anybody lives in Sterling, Colorado, can you please kick this manager right in the nuts?
I am sure he is kicking himself right in his political ass right now if he is conscious of his career goals at all. Wal-Mart isn’t overjoyed with this kind of publicity, I am sure.
Yeah-isn’t reselling them technically illegal?
It also helps if a direct link is provided. Don’t know how to link directly? Just scroll to the bottom of the page and you’ll find the specific address for that page.
The manager did just that. They were the three that the local organizer put in there herself.
Here’s a link to WalMart company feedback, in case you’d like to express your dissatisfaction.
http://www.walmartstores.com/wmstore/wmstores/HomePage.jsp?template=OnlineForm.jsp
Are you being sarcastic? I hope so.
Alas, no. Jeff Olsen is not being sarcastic. The manager, Shit-fer-Brains, let three toys get put back in the bin.
Let me repeat this from the OP. You know what? I could imagine a very reasonable explanation for this request. If they were wrapped in Wal-Mart bags, that could prevent some weirdo dropping in a toy that was modified in some way to be harmful / upsetting (e.g. a GI Joe doll with a Barbie voice chip! ;)) in the Toys for Tots box. Or does Toys for Tots manually inspect each toy they receive?
IIRC, donations for Toys for Tots have to be new, unwrapped and in original packaging to prevent tampering.
My question is, did the toys donated to that particular donation box HAVE to be purchased at Wal-Mart? What if the donor purchased the toy elsewhere but brought it to Wal-Mart to be donated?
Methinks this guy just wasn’t thinking.
Robin
Oh, I hear that. I worked for K-mart for 6 months, and I was amazed by the enormous shortage.
The K-mart I worked at (in a very nice and prosperous town) had epidemic shoplifting. Videotapes alone totalled $200K a year in theft. Daly, there were onyl a few security people, and they were not always present.
Note one thing, we are beleiving the Lady who ran the Toy drive rather than the Wal-Mart Mgr. BUT- note her occupation. She is the manager for one of those "payday advance"usury loan companies, which are illegal in many states, and immoral (IMHO)in the rest. Noting also WalMarts usual rep for giving, I’d beleive him, rather than her.
It’s more than a bit sad what this says about us as a species. The fact that this precaution is needed makes me want to cry, or break someone’s nose. Possibly both.
Oh, one other thing:
Please forgive me if this is a bit too personal, but uh…
Does Airman know you wear his uniform out in public like that? 
Well, let’s take another look at the facts. On one hand, we have a Wal-Mart manager who “said the Toys for Tots organizer he met, whose name he could not remember, was instructed that donated items needed to be wrapped in Wal-Mart bags to ensure the items had been purchased.” This goes against Toys for Tots’ SOP: “Members of the community drop on new, unwrapped toys in collection boxes positioned in local businesses.” On the other hand is a woman whose employer is of questionable integrity. Given the fact that the manager says he can’t remember where he got his info, I’m on the woman’s side for now.
Perhaps, but if this was a legit reason, then they were endangering children by selling these again. Perhaps they should be destroyed?
I think in this case we are talking about an unfortunate double use of the word “wrapped”. Toys-for-Tots would be OK on having the toys placed into a (unsealed) plastic shopping bag- that’s not what they mean by “wrapping”- they mean “gift wrapped” (and I have helped out at a couple of T4T drives, so I know this). OTOH, the Walmart Mgr used a poor choice of words when he said “wrapped” (if indeed, those are his exact words", when he meant “placed into”.
Probably. There has to be something in it for Wal-Mart (and I don’t think that alone makes the corporation greedy).
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A moot question, since, according to Snopes:
people were able to put stuff in with impunity.
I’m wondering about that lack of a security camera. One camera, or a better location, could have prevented all this. So why was the box “in an out-of-the-way place” and unobserved?
Note to self: Don’t donate toys to “unofficial” Toys for Tots drop off sites. Stick with the REAL Toys for Tots
organizers: The US Marine Corps
UM…I’d work in a porno shop if I needed the money bad enough, and these places are also illeagal/immoral in some places.
YMMV.
Does that mean I am not to be trusted?
Maybe it just means I’m not good enough to organize a charity event.:rolleyes:
I would imagine that this not only prevents tampering, it also prevents people from dropping off pure crap. I worked at a donation site in North Carolina shortly after Hurricane Floyd. The first section I worked in was the children’s section. There were three boxes containing donated “toys”–busted McDonald’s figures, filth- and mildew-covered stuffed animals, little cars and trucks without wheels…it was fucking depressing, especially when families with children would come in to collect their items. We wound up throwing almost all of it out. People just don’t use their heads, I guess.