'Just WHERE do you think you're going?': Walmart manager mistakes customer for one of her employees, fires him and bans him from the store, she later gets fired and arrested

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 14, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

Having a Karen for a manager has got to be challenging, but what about a Karen who somehow thinks she's your manager even though you literally do not work there? 

Sometimes, these kinds of mistakes happen in the workplace. Perhaps you strongly resemble someone who is an employee at the store where you are shopping, or perhaps you just so happen to be wearing a similar outfit as the required uniform of those who work there. These things happen, and generally, it simply takes a little explaining to clear up any miscommunication before things get too heated. Unfortunately, when an entitled individual who never likes to assume that they are wrong is involved, you might not have the opportunity to get a word in edgewise. 

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  • Unfortunately, this guy's uniform resembled that of a Walmart employee, which did not prove useful when he was checking out at his local Walmart. Just as he was leaving, he heard a woman yell but didn't necessarily think her anger was directed toward him at first. However, when this lady followed him all the way to his car in the parking lot, he finally turned around to acknowledge her presence. It turns out she was the manager, who was demanding that he get back in there and finish his shift… only, he has never worked there for a day in his life.

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    About a year ago, I worked selling solar panel systems. This job required me to wear khakis and a blue polo when I was meeting customers. One particular day, after meeting with a homeowner, I had to stop by my local walmart to get more pens and a notepad for my work bag.
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    I pretty consistently got asked if I worked there by other customers, and I would help if I knew what they were after, but I always told them that I didnt work there, and they were always kind. So this fateful day, I grabbed my pens
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    and paper and checked out in the self checkout section. As I was leaving, I heard someone say behind me "And just WHERE do you think you're going?"
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    Now, a little about me...I try to mind my own business as much as possible, and dont like to get wrapped up in other people's drama. When I hear outbursts like that in public, I assume it's not
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    because of me, I also try to follow the rules as much as possible. In this case, I assume it wasnt me because I paid for everything, so I continue to my car.
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    Roughly 30 feet from my car | hear again "Hey you! STOP!" I do. turn around at that one, because that's typically what you say to a thief. An employee who can only be described as a Karen is marching towards me, 8 different
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    kinds of ped off. She starts reaming into me about how I'm abandoning my shift, and I'm not supposed to get off for another 3 hours. I'm standing there bewildered because I genuinely
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    have no clue what shes talking about, and I try to let her know I dont work there, but she wont let me get a word in. Eventually she says: "forget it, you're fired!" |
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    waited about 5 seconds, and told her: "I dont work here, I've never worked here." She stared at me, and muttered "sorry" and ran back inside.
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    I'm still not sure what happened, but that's my tale of being fired from a job I never worked at, hope it brought you some joy!
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    Update!

    The update: I've been banned from that Walmart. The manager in the story apparently has a memory like an elephant (kind of looks like one too), and is still working there
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    today. I went in to pick up a couple things and return one thing for my wife. I'm waiting in the return line, and the person in front of me is having some issue with the return, so the employee helping them calls for a manager.
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    It's the same lady - recognized her immediately and as it turns out she recognized me...kind of. She points at me and tells me I'm not allowed to shop at this Walmart and if I don't leave she'll call the police. I asked why I was banned, she said she didn't remember, but she knew I was.
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    So I left. My wife and I have been cackling over this for a couple days and thought you'd find it funny as well!
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    Final Update!

    The final update is that recently my family moved to a new neighborhood around the corner from the Walmart. After meeting the new neighbors, I find out one worked at this Walmart. I told her
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    the story because I still think it's hilarious, and she let me know that manager (let's name her Gertrude) was arrested and fired.
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    Ol' Gerdie apparently had a history of arbitrarily banning people like she did to me, but nobody really ever complained so nothing ever got done, she was just shifted from department to department. One day late last
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    year she got a little too aggressive with an off duty cop and tried to forcefully remove her from the store, which inevitably
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    led to Gertrude p ching the cop. She was arrested and finally - fired my neighbor and most of her coworkers have rejoiced. Karma can be a beautiful thing!
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