A WALMART shopper has expressed frustration over what he described as harassment during a routine receipt check. The shopper, who had used the self-checkout, voiced his displeasure about receipt checks on X , formerly Twitter. "@Walmart I just got harassed by a greeter leaving Walmart for my receipt after they saw I paid on the self-checkout," Joe said on X on May 30.
"Can you please train your team to stop real shoplifters vs harassing true paying customer[s]," he continued. At this time, Walmart has yet to respond to Joe's post. This outcry highlights the growing tension between ensuring store security and maintaining positive customer experiences, prompting calls for better staff training and more discerning receipt-check practices.
Other Walmart shoppers have also questioned the retail giant's receipt checks. In July 2023, a Reddit user created the thread titled, "Showing receipt when leaving Walmart." "What are the rules when you are leaving Walmart and the guy at the door insists on looking at your receipt? They don't check my receipt in the supermarket or any other department store," the user wrote .
"Yes, I know you must show your receipt in Costco, but you agree to that when you sign up. "What is my obligation to show my receipt, and what can they do if I refuse?" A user shared their own receipt-check story in the thread, saying, "There was this one time a Walmart employee didn't ask to see my receipt, she just yanked the receipt out of my hand, and then she took her.