Current Events > Police called on black women for using a coupon

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Axiom posted...

Says the guy that claimed it was clearly fake because she printed it off. Lmao

Uh, it is fake because she printed it.
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ChainedRedone posted...

gadgaurd posted...

@ChainedRedone posted...

The coupon is clearly fake as the article mentions she printed the coupon. You can't just print coupons for free shit. That's clearly a scam.

Incorrect. CVS sends people coupons all the time via email. On rare occasion those coupons are for free items. And like all other coupons, they can be sent to your email. Also, every CVS has a machine that prints a predetermined set of coupons once per week for and CVS Rewards Card scanned or entered. So it's entirely possible to print a coupon for a single free item.

I highly doubt that. Never heard of such a thing. Free coupons printed from a site have in my experience been 100% scams.

Well I literally work there, so.
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DezDroppedFreak posted...

Eh. Can confirm some stores have legit coupons for free items. Cant speak on CVS specifically

Sure they exist but they don't come from someone's printer.
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Damn that shaking tho. I wonder what he'd be like during an actual scam attempt. Dude might have a heart attack and die. I had to handle scams everyday when I worked at wal-mart.
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ChainedRedone posted...

Axiom posted...

Says the guy that claimed it was clearly fake because she printed it off. Lmao

Uh, it is fake because she printed it.

Lol printable and manufacturer coupons have been a thing for awhile

Here you go https://www.coupons.com/ . Welcome to the modern world

gadgaurd posted...

Well I literally work there, so.

Well if you ever have an example of such a thing you should pm me and show me.

Axiom posted...

Lol printable and manufacturer coupons have been a thing for awhile

Not for free stuff though.
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ChainedRedone posted...

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Eh. Can confirm some stores have legit coupons for free items. Cant speak on CVS specifically

Sure they exist but they don't come from someone's printer.

Not necessarily.

While there are certainly tons of fakes, there are legit coupons like that. Usually its tied to a stores loyalty program in the case of something like in that article.

Again I dont work for CVS so I have no clue if that one is legit
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DezDroppedFreak posted...

Thats more than just denying a coupon. I deal with fake or expired coupons a lot. Thats not quite the best way to handle it.

ah okay, so they were shitty and unprofessional and accused her of a crime. I see now thanks
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ChainedRedone posted...

gadgaurd posted...

Well I literally work there, so.

Well if you ever have an example of such a thing you should pm me and show me.

What, you mean proof of my working there? I can upload a pic of my Job and Base Compensation Details pretty easily.

If you meant proof of CVS occasionally giving coupons for free items, just download the app. They'll send you one eventually.
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gadgaurd posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

gadgaurd posted...

Well I literally work there, so.

Well if you ever have an example of such a thing you should pm me and show me.

What, you mean proof of my working there? I can upload a pic of my Job and Base Compensation Details pretty easily.

If you meant proof of CBS occasionally giving coupons for free items, just download the app. They'll send you one eventually.

Hm well I guess I've just never seen one then. All the coupons for free stuff that were printed were scams in my experience. The only legit ones were clearly sent by manufacturer via mail or something.
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ChainedRedone posted...

Not for free stuff though.

Oh so now we are moving the goal posts. Okay. How do you know it wasn't a buy something get another item free or a special deal. Hell how do you even know they don't actually offer coupons for free items in the first place. I highly doubt you have a comprehensive knowledge of every coupon in existence

catboy0_0 posted...

008Zulu posted...

Do people know what the penalty is for filing a false report, or complaint?

calling the cops isn't filing a report/complaint

They made swatting a punishable crime.
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ChainedRedone posted...

Axiom posted...
Lol printable and manufacturer coupons have been a thing for awhile

Not for free stuff though.

are you being fucking serious right now

Like do the majority of you people on this board have any interaction outside of your computer?
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Why is he literally shaking?
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Watch his arm shaking uncontrollably. Before she started recording she or someone with her must have done something to make him very nervous

refmon posted...

Why is he literally shaking?

Hes scared or nervous or angry. Most likely before she started filming she was screaming and going off on him.

Hes doing the best to keep control of himself so yeah if you have a customer who refuses to leave your going to call the police

I hate coupon users
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I think this has been sensationalised like alot of these stories and there are a few missing parts from both sides.
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Wasn't he just confused by the fact it looks like the CVS part is bleeding and looks like it was written in pen

I can tell it's a font, and from a printer, but I can kinda see why an idiot would think that part looks like pen. He dealt with his suspicion very badly and got very defensive when the cell phone came out.
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That coupon looks fake as hell. I wouldn't accept it either. That said, the coupon is for adult diapers so maybe it is real? I mean, you'd have to be one desperate ass bitch to fake a coupon for adult diapers. Let alone make a big fuss about it. If I had to wear adult diapers I'd rather let someone be racist to me and get away with it then reveal that I have to wear adult diapers to the world. But maybe that's just me... <_<

So, did she get arrested?
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cjsdowg posted...

I guess I have to go to Alaska to escape racism.

Nobody tell him Alaska is easily one if the most racist states in the nation lol

008Zulu posted...

They made swatting a punishable crime.

that's literally not the same thing
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nemu posted...

What indication is there that race has anything to do with it? Nothing wrong with calling out actual acts of racism, but someone having the cops called on them for a stupid reason is not racist.

because i am Liberal and obsessed with race. Race is everything.
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ChainedRedone posted...

gadgaurd posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

gadgaurd posted...

Well I literally work there, so.

Well if you ever have an example of such a thing you should pm me and show me.

What, you mean proof of my working there? I can upload a pic of my Job and Base Compensation Details pretty easily.

If you meant proof of CBS occasionally giving coupons for free items, just download the app. They'll send you one eventually.

Hm well I guess I've just never seen one then. All the coupons for free stuff that were printed were scams in my experience. The only legit ones were clearly sent by manufacturer via mail or something.

Are you Morry Matson?!

Did people see what the coupon was for. People defending this guy saying she faked it. One you think she would literally show her coupon do the news if she personally faked it ? Next you think she would get such a personally item worth at most 17 bucks as the thing that she would use to scam the store with ?
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cjsdowg posted...

Did people see what the coupon was for. People defending this guy saying she faked it. One you think she would literally show her coupon do the news if she personally faked it ? Next you think she would get such a personally item worth at most 17 bucks as the thing that she would use to scam the store with ?

She probably didn't know it was fake. But it definitely was fake.

So my question is why does it randomly say Lamar after the company name near the bottom.
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Everyone's so quick to spin things in a way that makes it easier to shit on the other side.
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SpiralDrift posted...

Everyone's so quick to spin things in a way that makes it easier to shit on the other side.

Yup. It's sad and funny at the same time.
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Wariodorf posted...

Zero_Destroyer posted...

breezebandanna posted...

If the coupon was expired, she was attempting to commit a crime.

literally a pic of the coupon in the article showing it isn't expired

what's your main?

@breezebandanna

Shut The Fuck Up, is my main.

Like THE ONLY reason he called the cops was because she's black and used a coupon.

People are fucking morons falling for this stuff, really. She got the cops called because she's a fucking idiot and probably got loud with the employee for not accepting the coupon.

Most coupons will say, "at participating locations". Also, just because she's quiet during the recording doesn't mean she was before.
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KillerKhan420 posted...

and probably

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Zero_Destroyer posted...

breezebandanna posted...

If the coupon was expired, she was attempting to commit a crime.

literally a pic of the coupon in the article showing it isn't expired

what's your main?

Hoth
Who else
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KillerKhan420 posted...

Like THE ONLY reason he called the cops was because she's black and used a coupon.

People are fucking morons falling for this stuff, really. She got the cops called because she's a fucking idiot and probably got loud with the employee for not accepting the coupon.

Most coupons will say, "at participating locations". Also, just because she's quiet during the recording doesn't mean she was before.

Hey Hoth
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A poor customer service interaction escalated to involving the police to dispel it. Happens all the time. Why is this news?
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nemu posted...

Ruvan22 posted...

nemu posted...

cjsdowg posted...

nemu posted...

What indication is there that race has anything to do with it? Nothing wrong with calling out actual acts of racism, but someone having the cops called on them for a stupid reason is not racist.

When it keeps happening to black people over and over .. A pattern starts to he form .

You do realize people get the police called on them for stupid things every day right? Just because a few incidents go viral due to our silly culture of being interested in stupid things does not mean this is some epidemic. This is especially true when people insert race into an incident like this without first establishing a racial motivation. I'm not going to be someone who says racism doesn't happen, but I feel there are many aspects vastly overblown by the media in trying to paint the world as a haven for racists.

Well I used an expired coupon at McDonalds and while the cashier noticed it, got approval from manager to use it, no police were called.
I'm Asian.

If you're actually being serious, the qualifier here is that this particular guy is a moron at the very minimum. You can tell something is wrong with him from how he is shaking. The problem is applying a racial motivation without actually having any proof. If he had A) been known to cause trouble for only black patrons B) used any kind of derogatory language C) been known to associate with some kind of supremacist group, etc then it would not be farfetched to apply a racial motivation to this. But the only qualifier in this situation, from the facts given, is that he, a white person, called the police on a black person for, from the facts given, a very stupid reason. Unless given proper racial motivation, the title should be "man calls police on woman for "expired" coupon" and the story should be that he is a moron.

As a trump delegate, he qualifies by your stated qualifier C.
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gadgaurd posted...

@ChainedRedone posted...

The coupon is clearly fake as the article mentions she printed the coupon. You can't just print coupons for free shit. That's clearly a scam.

Incorrect. CVS sends people coupons all the time via email. On rare occasion those coupons are for free items. And like all other coupons, they can be sent to your email. Also, every CVS has a machine that prints a predetermined set of coupons once per week for and CVS Rewards Card scanned or entered. So it's entirely possible to print a coupon for a single free item.

They're always trying to get me to sign up for that damn email thing
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Stopped reading the topic half way but why the assumption that hes "scared"?

Hes probably just struggling to remain calm. If he was scared hed be calling the cops in the backroom with the door barred.

Fact of the matter is if somebody is going to sit there and get uppity with me to the point of following me around the store over a fuckin coupon id get pissed.

For all we know this dude was being racist calling the cops. But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

Even if this guy just ignored her shed eventually have to have the cops called on her if she doesnt leave.
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

nemu posted...

Ruvan22 posted...

nemu posted...

cjsdowg posted...

nemu posted...

What indication is there that race has anything to do with it? Nothing wrong with calling out actual acts of racism, but someone having the cops called on them for a stupid reason is not racist.

When it keeps happening to black people over and over .. A pattern starts to he form .

You do realize people get the police called on them for stupid things every day right? Just because a few incidents go viral due to our silly culture of being interested in stupid things does not mean this is some epidemic. This is especially true when people insert race into an incident like this without first establishing a racial motivation. I'm not going to be someone who says racism doesn't happen, but I feel there are many aspects vastly overblown by the media in trying to paint the world as a haven for racists.

Well I used an expired coupon at McDonalds and while the cashier noticed it, got approval from manager to use it, no police were called.
I'm Asian.

If you're actually being serious, the qualifier here is that this particular guy is a moron at the very minimum. You can tell something is wrong with him from how he is shaking. The problem is applying a racial motivation without actually having any proof. If he had A) been known to cause trouble for only black patrons B) used any kind of derogatory language C) been known to associate with some kind of supremacist group, etc then it would not be farfetched to apply a racial motivation to this. But the only qualifier in this situation, from the facts given, is that he, a white person, called the police on a black person for, from the facts given, a very stupid reason. Unless given proper racial motivation, the title should be "man calls police on woman for "expired" coupon" and the story should be that he is a moron.

As a trump delegate, he qualifies by your stated qualifier C.

I truly hope you are just shitposting.

CommonJoe posted...

Stopped reading the topic half way but why the assumption that hes "scared"?

Hes probably just struggling to remain calm. If he was scared hed be calling the cops in the backroom with the door barred.

Fact of the matter is if somebody is going to sit there and get uppity with me to the point of following me around the store over a fuckin coupon id get pissed.

For all we know this dude was being racist calling the cops. But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

Even if this guy just ignored her shed eventually have to have the cops called on her if she doesnt leave.

With how much his hand is shaking, he either has some kind of condition, or he's super nervous due to being in an awkward situation. From the way he is speaking, he seems definitely perturbed, but not angry. It could just be all the factors have him stressed out, but that amount of shaking is a bit on the weird side.

This kind of weird wtf stuff happens often to people of other races and sexes, but since it just so happens to be a black woman this time, it goes viral.

'Murica 2018
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CommonJoe posted...

But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

According to the article her issue wasn't being told that they wouldn't accept the coupon, but that they accused her of forging it.

"Sorry m'aam, but this coupon isn't registering in our system, so I can't accept this. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"This looks fake, she probably made this herself."

Two different things.
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nemu posted...

CommonJoe posted...

Stopped reading the topic half way but why the assumption that hes "scared"?

Hes probably just struggling to remain calm. If he was scared hed be calling the cops in the backroom with the door barred.

Fact of the matter is if somebody is going to sit there and get uppity with me to the point of following me around the store over a fuckin coupon id get pissed.

For all we know this dude was being racist calling the cops. But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

Even if this guy just ignored her shed eventually have to have the cops called on her if she doesnt leave.

With how much his hand is shaking, he either has some kind of condition, or he's super nervous due to being in an awkward situation. From the way he is speaking, he seems definitely perturbed, but not angry. It could just be all the factors have him stressed out, but that amount of shaking is a bit on the weird side.

I mean, sorry for the stereotype but he is gay from what I understand.

And we know how extra they can be
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gadgaurd posted...

CommonJoe posted...

But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

According to the article her issue wasn't being told that they wouldn't accept the coupon, but that they accused her of forging it.

"Sorry m'aam, but this coupon isn't registering in our system, so I can't accept this. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"This looks fake, she probably made this herself."

Two different things.

Then it sounds like its time to call corporate.
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CommonJoe posted...

gadgaurd posted...

CommonJoe posted...

But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

According to the article her issue wasn't being told that they wouldn't accept the coupon, but that they accused her of forging it.

"Sorry m'aam, but this coupon isn't registering in our system, so I can't accept this. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"This looks fake, she probably made this herself."

Two different things.

Then it sounds like its time to call corporate.

I think she did. Or was telling them to. I do remember something about calling corporate in the article.

I should also note that CVS colleagues are not allowed to ignore or insult customers under any circumstances. Company policy. So these guys fucked up two times over. While I agree that following someone around to argue is dumb, de-escalating that situation should be child's play for anyone working there because of what we have to deal with from customers who can't get a script for one reason or the other. Not only did they fail to de-escalate, they were the ones who escalated it in the first place.

Total failure from top to bottom.
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nemu why do you think I'm shitposting? The guy was literally a trump delegate
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Funny thing is this guy who called the police has history of the forging documents.
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gadgaurd posted...

CommonJoe posted...

gadgaurd posted...

CommonJoe posted...

But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

According to the article her issue wasn't being told that they wouldn't accept the coupon, but that they accused her of forging it.

"Sorry m'aam, but this coupon isn't registering in our system, so I can't accept this. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"This looks fake, she probably made this herself."

Two different things.

Then it sounds like its time to call corporate.

I think she did. Or was telling them to. I do remember something about calling corporate in the article.

I should also note that CVS colleagues are not allowed to ignore or insult customers under any circumstances. Company policy. So these guys fucked up two times over. While I agree that following someone around to argue is dumb, de-escalating that situation should be child's play for anyone working there because of what we have to deal with from customers who can't get a script for one reason or the other. Not only did they fail to de-escalate, they were the ones who escalated it in the first place.

Total failure from top to bottom.

Preach.
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gadgaurd posted...

CommonJoe posted...

But we also know this woman wouldnt let the situation go when shes being told no by a manager no less. At some point shes going to have to accept that and leave. But she didnt.

According to the article her issue wasn't being told that they wouldn't accept the coupon, but that they accused her of forging it.

"Sorry m'aam, but this coupon isn't registering in our system, so I can't accept this. I apologize for the inconvenience."

"This looks fake, she probably made this herself."

Two different things.

Who knows how accurate that really is? I've had plenty of interactions with difficult customers and they almost always do whatever they can to paint themselves out to be the victim in the situation. Like, for example, someone will want a refund for something we don't do refunds for and I'll nicely say "Sorry sir but company policy is that we don't do refunds for that product." and then said customer will call over my boss and be like "This rude person refused to give me a refund for something that I want a refund for. A jerk like that has no right to talk down to me in such a way. I spent my money on this and I want my money back!".