Dear Walmart,
I’m writing this missive while suffering from a broken wrist which is causing me a certain amount of pain, but I need to make sure you realize why I won’t be spending any money at your store, and why I’m encouraging everyone I know to boycott Walmart.
A Kemptville Walmart employee was terminated for calling police about a dog locked in a hot car.
I join with my fellow animal advocates to ask all animal lovers to write Walmart’s head office and let them know you won’t shop in their stores until this has been rectified.
Walmart Home Office
702 SW 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716-8611
479-273-4000
Email Investor Relations or call 479-273-6463
**Also please share on Facebook and Twitter @Walmart #Walmart.
If we all speak up, our individual voices become even more powerful.
This employee was doing the right thing and should be honored for this humane act and revered as a wonderful and compassionate role model — not fired — and, geez, what was the legal basis for termination, anyway?
I hope this employee has found a wonderful attorney and sues Walmart for wrongful termination.
This is exactly the kind of employee I would hire if I had a job opening.
What the heck is wrong with you, Walmart?
Sincerely,
Princess Rosebud
P.S. This was typed with one hand.
(If anyone wants to start a fund for the employee, please let me know and I’ll contribute)
i continue to marvel at stories i hear and read from my nostalgic setting on ecuador’s pacific coast. the photo says it all- was that the actual dog, an actual image from that story? did the employee take that photo? if so, it will be very important evidence for his/her case.
thanks for sharing this story!
z
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Yes, I believe that was the actual incident photo, crazy huh?
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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yes, that is self explanatory – who wouldn’t want to help that dog?! i guess the supervisor was having a really bad day and took it out on a good person…
it would be good for the photo credits to find their way back to the original photographer before this goes round the world and back!
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Agreed with that, I was passing it on, and it appeared to me the more pressing matter here is thanking someone who does the right thing, not firing them.
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Good post!
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Thank you!
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Terrible! I will join my voice in contacting Wal-Mart. Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I was away and not keeping up — sorry to hear about your wrist! I hope you broke it while wrestling a fellow bargain hunter for that half-price Chanel!
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I’m glad it was sent to me so that i could pass it on, and thank you for doing so, also. No such luck about the Chanel fight, I was running in the yard and slipped and fell, not nearly so exciting!
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I researched and read a few articles before I posted that on FB, According to what I found, she was fired for speaking rudely to a customer. Apparently, the customer who left the dog in the vehicle. Whatever. I lost respect for Walmart years ago. Labor practices, employee relations, and what they do to small towns when they come in and build. The last I’ve seen first hand. I just refuse to shop there and support them anymore.
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It would be hard to be polite to someone who abuses an animal by leaving them in a hot car. I hate Walmart anyway, for all of your reasons, too!
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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How Awful ! Hope the dog was ok. I work in a supermarket and would have sworn at the customer too. No exscuse for leaving an animal in a hot car.
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you are absolutely right!!!!!!
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Lady, we don’t shop there on principle. But this story…my goodness. They suck.
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Great comment! Yes, they suck!
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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The new levels of douchebaggery walmart continues to achieve never fail to amaze me.
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So true, El Guapster, sad, but true.
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Yes, I hope the dog was OK. Sometimes people just don’t think. Or they don’t care. Either way, ti’s a damn shame.
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Haven’t we all seen the ads and PSAs that remind us to never leave dogs and kids in the car in the summer??? Sheesh. Hub just left for 2 days for a biz meeting. Alone again, but not for too long!
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I’m feeling you. Mine leaves again for the weekend. 😦
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poor you!
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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poor us.
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😦
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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My letter is being formed in my head as I type. These stories really ruffle my feathers!!! And I already hate Walmart.
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Thank you sweetie, us animal lovers need to stick together!
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Reblogged this on Elene Sallinger.
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I noticed the open letter via Elene’s blog. Luckily there’s no Walmart left in my country, presumably because of the management’s “hubris” — who would’ve thought it?
(quote from: http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/pdf/w024.pdf)
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My son spends a lot of time in Germany (his Phd is in Germanic Languages and Literatures) and I did not know there were no Walmarts there but he refuses to shop there anyway. Why is humanity so inhumane? (Thank you for stopping by and commenting!)
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Confirms my lifelong boycott of Walmart.
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how can we get the basic things so messed up? We protect animals and children, right? That’s what I thought, anyway.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Basic common sense isn’t so common anymore.
Events such as these remind me we are on a very slippery slope where humanity is concerned.
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It’s all heartbreaking, isn’t it? I hate to watch the news anymore.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I found your great blog through the WLC Blog Follows on the World Literary Cafe! Great to connect!
Also, I join in your boycott of Walmart. I’ve seen the same thoughtless actions here at Denver Walmarts. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!
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There are many reasons to boycott Walmart, and I do. I don’t understand the termination either.
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other research said the employee had been “rude” to the person whose dog was left in the car, but what is “rude”? Telling someone they shouldn’t do that? That’s an employee I would want to have working for me!
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I boycott Walmart for MANY reasons, have done so for years. I’m 100% behind you!
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Awesome, chicka! I am so sick of child, animal, woman abuse. Really.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Touching story! I hope justice is served! 🙂
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me too!
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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As a former employer I can understand firing an employee for rude behavior – there is no acceptable excuse. The employee could have gotten her point across without abusing the customer. Two wrongs don’t make a right. I hate when anyone abuses an animal, but when you are representing a store, you have to take your behavior into consideration.
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I see your point of view, guess that’s why I make a horrible employee! I am a great employer, tho. I’d have been right there with my employee, cussing out the abusive animal owner!
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I had boycotted WalMart for many years for many reasons…then I moved to this WalMart- dominated town….I have little choice for many items.When I can buy nearly anything at Kroger,I will.If I can get some things at the few smaller shops here,I try.I stock up when I get out-of-town,(and that is where I do my holiday shopping, as well.) If we’d only get a Target here.
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so many people seem to boycott Walmart, I wish it’d have an effect on their practices!
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Which reminds me of a blog post I need to do tomorrow. I was out at Cabrillo National Monument and at the beginning of the parking lot, but waaaaaaaaaaay beyond the entry fee pay station, was a sign saying that dogs must remain in cars. I’m thinking, no, dogs must never remain in cars. If dogs are not welcome, then the vehicle should not be let into the park.
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Oh no! That is terrible. Let’s organize a media event and bring attention to that sign/practice. I totally agree with you, dogs NEVER left in cars, and not allowed in the park either. What were they thinking??
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I posted the picture on Facebook last night but I’m going to do a blog post about it and let some other organizations (SPCA, National Park Service, etc.) know about this.
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I’ll go to your FB and pass it along, too. Thank you.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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