It's true that sometimes, only one rotten apple is necessary to spoil the whole barrel. As rational adults, on one level, we know this to mean that we shouldn't judge an entire organization by the actions of a single member.
Still, with all the outrage and angst Wal-Mart has generated this year, much of it self-inflicted, this episode, occurring at a Wal-Mart store in Gainesville, Florida, is hardly what Lee Scott needed to read about on this pre-Christmas holiday weekend. My consulting friend S sent me this link to the following story.......
Woman Slashed At Gainesville Wal-Mart 12/17/2006 By Michael Maurino
WCJB TV-20 News
One local teen went to a store to go shopping and ended up taking a trip to the hospital after a fight with an employee.
Now the store employee is facing jail time after slashing her across the neck.
Gainesville Police say the 17-year-old teenage girl was visiting the Wal-Mart on Northwest 13th Street.
She had walked out of the store, but went back when she thought she left her cell phone in a shopping cart.
Detectives say she approached 18-year-old Wal-Mart employee Darius stacy, who was retreving the carts, and asked if he had the phone.
The two started arguing, and then shoving each other before Stacy pulled out a weapon.
"The employee had a box cutter and he cut the 17 year old in the throat," said GPD Sgt. Keith Kameg. "Fortunately, they were non life threatening injures."
The young woman was treated at Shands U-F for a cut that extended from her left ear to her windpipe.
Stacy is being charged with attempted murder.
Need we mention something about every employee being a 'goodwill' ambassador? It's pretty rough when you now have to worry about contact with even the cart handlers at the nation's largest retailer.
Certainly it argues for online shopping, does it not?
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