People Who Have Worked For Walmart Share The Most Bizarre Thing They’ve Seen While On The Job

As a Walmart employee, you see everything. From nice things like puppies and cute kids dressed in cute costumes on Halloween to things too disturbing to even think about. The people in the following stories share the weird and disturbing things they've witnessed while working at Walmart.

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When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go

“I work at the Customer Service Desk, so I’ve seen some pretty messed up stuff, but the following story is the most insane thing I’ve seen this week.

A few work nights ago, I was in a pretty bad mood. I had just found out that I am one science credit behind on graduating, so I have to take an extra class this fall.

The lines are long, people are upset but the night hasn’t gone too terribly bad. There are two of us working the desk and one at the Money Center. A lady (possibly the grandmother) is carrying her little granddaughter (maybe) who is around the age of 2. She’s doing a simple return and she actually had a receipt (thank God!). For the majority of the duration of her transaction the little girl is telling her guardian that she, ‘needs to go pee-pee,’ but the grandmother, not wanting to stand in line again, insists that she hold it. All good so far.

We get to the portion of the transaction where she receives her money and signs a slip saying that the return is valid. The child then begins to pee. For whatever reason, this kid isn’t wearing a diaper, so the urine begins to collect in a child-size puddle on the desk. Instead of keeping it cool, the grandmother, in an act of desperation, swings the child in a broad circle to the right, causing pee to windmill around the desk and into the patiently waiting customers in line behind her. It was like a protractor, but with pee.

Instead of offering to help clean, the lady runs out the door with the baby and her cash and she didn’t even sign the receipt…

‘Who cleaned it up?’ You ask.

Well, due to the urgency of the situation, I collected a mountain of paper towels and an ocean of disinfectant (as well as some gloves) and had to clean it up myself.”

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Look Out For The Pervert Stocking Shelves In Aisle 10

“I got a job at a Walmart that was still under construction, so we were basically stocking shelves and stuff for the store opening. I could only work from 5:30 pm – 11:00 pm, so I was usually by myself most of the evening; my managers would even forget about me. Anyways this one other employee would walk by and we would say hi and stuff like that. No big deal.

One day, I went out on my break (I’m a 20-year-old female, he’s a 48-year-old male) and he was sitting in his car. He told me to come over so I was like okay, I got in and we talked. This is our first real conversation, all in my 15-minute break. He mentions the state made him move out of his house because of accusations of him touching his 16-year-old daughter. He also said it wasn’t his first accusation, and that he was accused of touching a 12-year-old girl too. He said a bunch of weird little things like how he was promiscuous when he was younger and that I look like I would be too. After my 15 minute break, I went inside to get back to work and try and avoid him.

A little while later it was my last 15-minute break. He saw me walking out and asked where I was headed and I said I was going on break. He said he would join me. Well, we get out there and I’m already uncomfortable because of what he’s previously said. Well, then he mentions he’s always had a thing for younger girls like me and that he was talking to a 19-year-old girl on some cuddle website where girls will come over and cuddle. Then he said he got a message from his 16-year-old daughter’s friend saying, ‘Hey baby can I come stay the night at your place tonight,’ and he replied, ‘I’m off at 1 if that’s not too late.’ So I go back inside and ask a manager to work in another department because he really made me uncomfortable. I then just went to the bathroom and cried. Another manager came in saw me and took me to the office and I had to tell her and another manager what happened and write down my statement so they could get it over to HR.

Well, THREE DAYS LATER they bring me in and FIRE ME because apparently on my break one night I was in the middle of the parking lot and I said a swear word. THAT WAS THEIR REASON TO FIRE ME. I think they fired me 3 days later because it was less paperwork than to file a harassment claim and that it would look really bad for a store that wasn’t even open yet.”

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When You Literally Have Receipts

“I was a Customer Service Manager for 4 years while in college so I have a wealth of stories.

While working the service desk, a man came up to the counter requesting to return some items. I take his receipt and begin processing the return. As I’m matching up items on the receipt with the items he had, it hit me. This jerk is returning EVERYTHING I purchased for my parents as Christmas presents. HDMI Cable, Blu-rays, Blu-ray player, etc. I look at the location of purchase and sure enough, it’s my parents’ hometown store (300 some odd miles south of where I’m living).

I keep it cool and continue faux-returning, calmly reach into my back pocket and remove my wallet and fish out my credit card. I ask the guy, ‘I have a question. You purchased this all in Silver City (the hometown)?’ He stumbles over his tongue for a second and says that he did and that he was visiting friends. I then proceed to have him read the last four digits of my card and the last four digits of the card on the receipt. Of course, they match and he froze. I figured I shamed the guy enough and told him I knew he had found the receipt in the trash and proceeded to steal all the exact items in the store to ‘return,’ and suggested he leave promptly, to which he had no objection. He walked out in shame.

Another time while working the Money Center (check cashing, mainly), a 20-something thug type tried to pass off a government check with his name on a white piece of paper taped onto the check. I told him I had to verify the check through our internal system (total BS). I leave the guy at the counter, go to the Asset Protection office and show them the check. We all have a good laugh, call the cops, and peel away the name. Turns out it was his grandmother’s check, little jerk.

The cops come and believe it or not he stuck around at the counter. They approached him and cuffed him (after confirming the check with his grandmother who was a furious Hispanic woman). They bring him in the office and he’s bawling, rambling on about how his grandma is gonna beat the daylights out of him. Needless to say, we all laughed our butts off.

This other time, a guy robbed the Auto Zone up the street from our store and fled into ours. The stereotypical old women that worked there all freaked out. Instead of following procedure, one of them jumped off the back wall to the street below (about 15 feet) and broke both of her legs.”

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A Heartbreaking Incident

“I worked at Walmart several years ago and a co-worker’s ex-husband came in with a weapon. He owned a failing business and had committed insurance fraud 3 times. Well, the police were on to him by the third time his house/place of business burnt down in less than 10 years. The wife said she had no idea he was committing arson and filed for divorce.

The ex-husband was angry at her for testifying against him and he asked her why she wouldn’t talk to him, she asked him to leave and then he told her he had a weapon. For some reason, she ran into the women’s restroom at the front of the store to hide. He followed her in there and had her on her back while he sat on top of her straddling her. He was crying and saying his life was over and so forth. Another person happened to be in the bathroom but he let her go unharmed. They evacuated the entire store while the cops set up.

The cops finally said they were coming in just to talk and he shot at the cop and missed, the bullet went through the door. He said he knew then he was going away for the rest of his life for shooting at a cop. He said he was sorry and he loved her and then shot himself in the head. While still sitting on her. They had to move his body off of her to help her get up and out. She wasn’t harmed but she’s still in therapy. We were pretty good friends at the time and it still scares me because I would have never thought her husband capable of that.”

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How Do You Get Fired Around Here?

“I watched a disgruntled employee spear 5-6 large TVs with the forklift-like picker used to pull pallets off the top shelves in the back. He said he was sick of the job and had done everything he could think of to get fired, but wasn’t having any luck. It was near Christmas, and they apparently needed people so badly he didn’t get fired over this either. After coming back from a talk with the manager, he finished his shift (now banned from using anything bigger than a pallet jack), and when his shift was over he said, ‘Eff it, I’m not coming back, if that didn’t get me fired I don’t know what will.'”

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The Audacity Of Some People!

“This one time while working in electronics, this dude came up to one of my coworkers and said he cut himself on one the displays, and that he needed medical attention. We threw a cheap, off-brand band-aid on his cut and sent him on his way.

A couple hours later I noticed something wedged in-between two of the displays and pulled it out. It was an empty pre-paid phone case with a large slit down the side of the plastic mold and a blood stain on the exposed cardboard packaging. Turns out the guy had cut his hand open while trying to steal one of our phones and had the audacity to ask us for help.”

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You Never Know What You’re Going To Get Walking Through The Door

“I’ve seen a guy shopping with long hair, dressed in a brown terry bathrobe, bunny slippers (the real thing, how do you even find these?), straw gardening hat, and sunglasses. Another employee was assisting him with shopping and reaching objects on shelves.

I’ve also seen people using the fitting rooms as a bathroom or leaving feminine products inside.

Also, a woman went to try on a bra but bled all over it from an open wound on her side and we had to biohazard that thing.

Another girl puked on me. I got to go home early that day.

In the grocery section, a pretty big, tall guy was grabbing onto the banana display (the kind that hangs from the ceiling on a 30-foot rope) and shot-putting the bananas SO FAR they swung out over the Meats section, almost hit the Deli sign, then came swinging back and he caught it. He stopped when he saw me watching him.

There were also some kids throwing those Pop-It fireworks everywhere while running through the store, freaking out the managers as they set some off in the chemicals and cleaners aisle.”

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Maintenance To The Parking Lot… Bring A Mop… I’m So Sorry

“I have many stories from my 4 years at Walmart but this is probably the best moment.

It was a Saturday afternoon around 2:00 pm and I was just moping around like usual. I was a Customer Service Manager so anything that involved a crazy customer usually went through me first, and today was no different. A middle-aged lady came up to me and asked If I could page a certain customer because an elderly man was out in a truck and was screaming for someone to come find his daughter.

Well, I paged and didn’t get a response in the usual amount of time, so I went outside to see if I could give the guy some help. I didn’t make it past the first set of doors before I saw a commotion. It took no time at all to figure out what the issue was. The elderly man was attempting to get out of the truck, butt first, and was, what appeared to be, taking off his pants. The lady that came in wasn’t the only person that had been concerned with this elderly gentleman’s screaming because there was now, I kid you not, a police vehicle in the parking lot with his lights on and there was an ambulance on the way.

Nobody knew exactly what to do so the emergency responders simply asked if he needed assistance and if he was safe and unharmed. The man, if he did in fact hear, made no acknowledgment of their presence. He continued to pull his pants completely around his ankles and poop what can only be described as a chocolate fountain turned upside down out of his butt. It was a massive load and was basically liquid syrup and chunks of undigested items. At this point, an additional ambulance had arrived and one fire truck. He pooped for what seemed like ages before simply pulling his pants up, no wipe mind you, and slid back over to his rightful place in the passenger seat. The police went over to the window and made sure he was okay and the paramedics went in and found his daughter who was completely oblivious to the paging that had been occurring until she was already checking out.

My manager at the time was standing next to me and turned to me and told me to run and grab the ‘body fluids/blood kit’ and some bleach off the shelf and go take care of that, with the janitors. Both the maintenance person on the clock and myself refused outright. We both told her we were paid nowhere near enough to go clean that up. She must have known we were serious and simply grabbed the kit and did it herself. I felt bad for her, but I couldn’t do it. It was hot outside and I can only imagine the smell would only make me add to the mess.”

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Shield Your Eyes Children!

“I used to work at Walmart, overnights for many many years and I’ve seen some interesting things. One that sticks in my head the most would be the young woman in a sundress running barefooted through the parking lot doing cartwheels. There was nothing under the sundress… and it was December.

Her companion was dressed properly but clearly trashed. They had to be chased down through the store, the woman pulled her sundress up to expose her goods and started doing ballerina spins. Both took off running. Managers went after them again, a short while later I found them in the adult drinks aisle going down on him.

It was an interesting night.”

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Half Elf

“I worked at Walmart for about a year but was not technically a Walmart employee. I was part of a company that handles the books and music. Anyway, I usually tried to keep to myself and never really talked to anyone. Every now and then, there’d be a stray employee that would browse through the books (killing time, I suppose) while I was stocking.

This one guy would come by maybe once a week, chat for maybe 10 minutes, and leave. He was a little weird, but he never really creeped me out or anything, mostly we just talked about what books we like or what was coming out soon. One day he tells me that his ancestors are Cherokee Indians.

At this point, I’m thinking, ‘Yeah, sure buddy.’ Where I am from, everyone claims to have Cherokee background. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and freckles? Yep, got to be Cherokee, for sure. That’s not the point of my story though. This man proceeds to explain to me that the other side of his family is wood elves and that the wood elves had close relationships with the Cherokee Indians. He ‘proved’ this point to me by showing me how pointy his ears were. I could not think of a single thing to say to this guy, so I just kind of smiled and nodded in some sort of agreement. Walmart can be such a weird place.”

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It’s Gross, It’s Scary, But Sometimes It Can Be Gratifying

“My cousin worked at Walmart for a few years and he had some stories. One cashier shift at night (not many people in the store), he was scanning some couple’s things. A man and woman. They were the only ones in line. Well, he’s scanning their items and before he can scan the items at the back of their pile, they start hiding them. The man grabbed a bottle of shampoo and shoved it into his pants to make it look like he had a huge package. The woman not only hid some gum and food in her purse, but she also shoved things into her bra. My cousin noticed and had to call security over to take the things from them and it was rather awkward from what he tells me.

Another time he was in the snacks aisle and he was stocking up the shelves with Lays, Doritos and whatever else goes there. A woman in a scooter passes by him, he didn’t really notice or acknowledge her. Right when he’s moving on to the next shelf to restock it, the woman falls over, face-first, and poops herself. I can’t make this up. From what he tells me it was loud and wet, and incredibly gross.

My cousin was on cart duty, which was pretty much pushing a long line of carts into the cart stations outside of Walmart. It was a night shift and he was just about to go home when, by one of the stations, he saw a man in all black with a mask. He looked like he was trying to break into a car but to no avail. My cousin called out to him to see what he was doing and he started sprinting in the opposite direction. Due to my cousin not knowing anything about the guy he couldn’t really file a police report or tell the police, so he let it slide.

My cousin was back on stocking shift around the dairy section one day. A few kids came by, about 12 or 13, and were getting the jugs of milk and were looking around cautiously. These kids all together probably had 5 or 6 jugs of milk and my cousin comes by and asks if he can help them with anything. Time passes and the kids move on to another aisle with their jugs while my cousin subtly follows them. In an aisle with no one around, a kid with a jug throws it on the ground and obviously, the jug explodes and this kid ‘slips; into the milk. My cousin calls for a supervisor and tells him he’ll have to pay for it. Well, since they’re kids, they didn’t want to so they booked it. The kid at the front had 2 jugs and legitimately slipped, which made them both explode and all 3 of the kids fell and are covered in chocolate milk. My cousin said it was the most justifying thing he’s ever seen.”

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Another Couple Making Their Parent’s Proud

“A couple came in to return a Gamecube because their kid didn’t like it. For any of the systems, we had to ensure that all the components were in place. So, I proceed to go through the box: console – check, controller – check, AV cable – check, a topless polaroid of the woman (I hand back to the couple), power supply – check.

Being a pro, I didn’t even blink. They FREAKED but once they realized I wasn’t going to respond, they calmed down enough to complete the return. Once they were out of sight/earshot, I almost wet myself.”

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That’s Not Something You See Every Day

“A few years back, I worked at Walmart as an Assistant Manager. I was working a 12 pm-10 pm shift and the overnight manager called in sick, so I stayed until 4 am so somebody working mornings could come in early and we could have it covered.

Anyway, it was February in northern Illinois. The temp outside at 2 am was about 6 degrees. At about 2:30 am, I get a call over the walkie-talkie to come up to the Pharmacy and that, ‘You’ve got to see this.’ I went up to Pharmacy and see two younger guys. One was dressed in a lifeguard’s outfit complete with a thick coating of sunscreen on his nose. The other one was dressed in a complete Walrus costume.

I half-followed these guys through the store to make sure that they weren’t going to do something stupid like pull fire alarms and caught up with what everybody was doing stocking shelves.

I lost contact with them because they weren’t bothering anybody, and just went about my business. About a half hour later, I made my way up to the front registers and asked the cashier if she had seen the lifeguard and the walrus. She said that not only did she see them, but they made a purchase. The lifeguard found some sunscreen in the clearance aisle, and the walrus got a pack of salmon from the Seafood department. They paid with cash, and went on their way.”

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Sometimes You Just Have To Give Up

“My favorite was the guy who came in and said, ‘I lost the remote so I need a new TV.’

I asked him if the TV was broken. It wasn’t, he just lost the remote and didn’t want to bother finding it, so he wanted a new TV. I showed him our selection of universal remotes. He responded with, ‘But then I’d have to program it. The new TV comes with a preprogrammed remote.’

So I sold the guy a 50-inch TV.”

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Some People Just Want To Play Shopper

“It was right before Christmas and I was working there as a temp for the seasonal rush. I had a lady come to my checkout line with three carts FULL of DVDs, CDs, candy, food, all kinds of small stuff. She was acting really weird and I could tell right away that she wasn’t gonna be able to pay for all of it.

She was obviously on something, I assumed. So, I started ringing it up, didn’t want to make her feel like I knew she wouldn’t pay. She was saying things like, ‘my son will like that one,’ and mentioned some other relatives. It was sad, actually. Anyhow, I ran it ALL through the checker and I was well over $3,000 when I finished the first cart. My shift manager came over and we asked her if she was serious about buying this all and she pretty much took off after that.

Christmas, such a Merry time, but, not for all especially at Walmart.”

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They Don’t Pay Anyone Enough To Deal With That

“Out of high school, I got a job at a local Walmart as a cart pusher. Anyways, it was almost closing time and I ended up helping a customer take out some merchandise. Right behind the customer service desk/exit doors was what appeared to be the top of a chocolate ice cream, swirl and all on the ground. I assumed it fell off someones ice cream cone from McDonald’s.

I holler that I’ll be right back to clean it up. I get back inside and noticed this ice cream has not melted one bit. Curiosity got the best of me so I decided to lean down and get a whiff of it just to confirm it was ice cream… it was not ice cream. Someone managed to drop a turd right in plain view with an ice cream swirl shape. That was 10 years ago and it still blows my mind to this day.”

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