A Pennsylvania Walmart Supercenter videotaped employees and customers in a unisex bathroom, several former and current Walmart employees alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. Seven former and current employees from the Tire and Lube department at the Walmart in Easton, Pa., filed a lawsuit in county court against the Arkansas-based corporation and four local managers Dec. 21.
Several employees discovered an “off-the-shelf” video camera in a store bathroom March 31, 2008, according to the court filing. The unisex bathroom, which also served as a changing room, was used by employees and customers. Customers and employees were not notifed of the surveillance, according to the court filing.
“I am incredulous that anyone would think that it’s appropriate conduct for any reason to photograph people in a changing room and bathroom,” said Erv McLain, the plaintiffs’ attorney. The company declined further comment.
Why anyone would patronize this Anti-American cesspool just baffles me. Oh, I forgot, cheap crap made from slave labor in China…… great.
I would have pissed on the camera by accident, me stupid.
#9 I live in a town of 60,00 people.The food I buy at WM is at least 30 percent cheaper than at other stores in our area.My blue jeans cost 9 bucks.I can’t afford to be a Wal-Mart snob.Our country is better for having invented Wal-Mart.I don’t like parts of the company but it reacts and changes faster than our government does.We should put them in charge of health care and watch the prices and death rate drop.
I understand that sentiment, but you better hope that whatever your company makes, they don’t start selling it at Walmart. Because if they do, you’ll be out of a job so fast it’ll make your head spin, because they’ll be moving all the manufacturing to China to get cheaper prices. Good luck.
Oh, and you also better hope that the cheap food you’re buying at Walmart wasn’t made so cheap by skimping on safety and quality.
#9 And one more thing… you better get ready for higher prices once Walmart drives all the competition out of business and they have a monopoly. See #19.
#22 “#9 And one more thing… you better get ready for higher prices once Walmart drives all the competition out of business and they have a monopoly. See #19.”
Actually, once that happens, new competition will come in to out-Walmart Walmart.
Years ago, there was a news story about cameras in high end department store fitting rooms here in California, and IIRC, the practice was fairly widespread. So it’s nothing new, and it’s nothing specific to Walmart.
Now, I rarely shop at Walmart, as it’s far away, and the closest one is in a bad neighborhood. But who are you guys kidding about Walmart’s business practices. #6 got it right. We don’t make anything here anymore, most things are made in China, and since that is the case, why not buy them for cheap instead of having the extra $ go to Macys or Sears?
#23 Actually, once that happens, new competition will come in to out-Walmart Walmart.
That’s the theory. Walmart is one of the most powerful companies in the country. If competition comes in, it’ll temporarily bump its prices down again to drive the new competition out of business, and jack them up again. Repeat as necessary. Eventually potential competitors will look at all the failed Walmart competitors and decide it’s not worth it. And Walmart will have its monopoly.
I’ve known people who work in retail, so I understand the need to have security cameras in changing areas and rest rooms. Some people will steal whatever they can, given the chance.
#26 Not to mention the people who decide to do #2 on the fitting room floors so that the janitorial staff has to clean that up. I wish our fitting rooms had cameras in them in case so we could get our hands on those people and stick their nose in it.
I don’t think this was a company policy.
If somebody has to watch me use the bathroom…God have mercy on them.
Fusion, We videotape our employees all the time and we don’t need a court order to do it. What are you talking about?
Phydeau, don’t let facts get in the way. Try some work by Bork or Frank Fisher. Predatory pricing to drive out competitors followed by monopoly pricing is good in theory, but in reality, companies don’t get a return on their investment.
I work at Wally World. These managers were pulling their own monkey business and made all of Wal-Mart look bad in the process. Some of these jokers do stuff like this not realizing (or caring) that they represent THE BIGGEST RETAILER ON THE PLANET.
too bad those cameras dont work on the consumer’s end. i had a walmart employee cash my paycheck and pretty much put some of it in her pocket. after i caught it, walmart refused to show me the vidoe tape. in fact the first mgr claimed to have walked to video room found a 4 day old video, time and date correct, watch it and walk back to front of store in 3 min. flat, only to tell me that she saw me put something in my wallet on my way out the door. nothing over the register where the incident took place. walmart has superwoman or flash working for them. i then had another mgr claim to watch it only to get same results. then 3 hrs later yet another mgr called me and asked about the exact time so that he could actually go over the video. and of course tell me that no one can view the videos because it is private property. and lawyers cannot subpeona them either only cops. so good luck all i hope nothing crazy happens to you at walmart where you think you are protected by these videos
How low can this company from hell go? I hope wal-mart gets sued big time! This comes to no surprise to me. Mor does anything else they do. I feal sorry anybody has to work them!