Walmart employees force vets to leave the store
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Walmart employees in Elizabethtown called the cops Sunday to make sure some veterans handing out poppies in honor of Memorial Day would leave the store.
Many people were outraged the vets were told to hit the road, but Walmart employees said they were just following store policy.
According to a spokesperson for Walmart, groups who want to solicit in front of their stores must be approved and scheduled in advance and only one group is allowed to reserve a table at a time.
VFW member Bobby Ludlum thought the organization had booked a space weeks in advance, but the store had no record of it and booked another group.
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sno-cones in front of Kroger for a local group that helps developmentally disabled children. We were allowed there on certain days because there were other groups booked on other days and only one at a time were allowed. One of our days was Saturday, we got there and the veterans were there again so we left. They took our day but we didn't make a big deal of it, mistakes happen everywhere, we lost money( it was a very hot day sno-cones sell well on hot days) but we didn't make a big deal of it.
edited to add..there is a lot of set up and stuff to haul around when your doing something like sno-cones. We could have justifiably become a thorn in everyone's side, but we took the gracious high road and stepped aside.