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Doux says:
That strikes me as contrived. Things are normally scanned at Walmart, they aren’t hand coded. I just don’t see her facial expressions matching what she’s saying. I also don’t think the inflections in her voice (ignoring her overall tone, which is not average) resonate with sincerity; that is, until after she has whipped herself into an emotional froth over the general morals she’s trying to teach others. She is a person that I would not lend money to, use my car, etc.
Lee Cockrell says:
A 16 year old’s mom commits suicide and he still has to work? Even beyond that her story doesn’t make a lot of sense. Her body language is preening, inconsistent with the story.
She reminds me of Nicole Kidman’s character in To Die For:
I actually believed she was genuine because I’m not exactly the brightest out there :p
So she is probably lying for the reasons people have stated, but while I disapprove completely of her way of delivering her moral, the moral itself kinda strikes a chord with me…
Tracker says:
I get the feeling she’s being genuine with her sentiments, but the actual details of the event are not true. It’s like she’s mix and matching things that she’s actually seen to fit a narrative, with some embellishment thrown in. But the way her voice trembles at the 1:58 mark feel genuine, like that’s how she would feel if the story was real.
Sarah says:
I worked at Wal-Mart for four years. I think her story is a lie. First of all, she says that she estimates the young man’s age to be 16. You have to be 18 to work at Wal-Mart. (I’m not saying that her estimation is a lie, just stating that the person had to have been 18.)
I’ve been a cashier. If a customer was out of control like she said, and there was yelling, then a manager would have stepped up and taken over the transaction. She says that she tried to put the angry customer’s bags in her cart to get her out of there. I’ve never seen customers who are strangers to each other act like that, especially in a tense situation.
And finally, she said she gave the kid all the money in her purse. And she said a manager came over to the kid who was still crying. It is Wal-Mart policy that associates don’t accept tips, so he couldn’t have accepted the money and kept his job. If the manager saw that she had given him money, they would have stopped it.
Tracker says:
I used to work at WalMart when I was 16. There’s a lot of restrictions about how many hours you can work, especially during the school year and on school nights, but they (some of them) do employ 16 year olds.
Brent says:
That just leaves you with a possibility and all the other points mentioned still to explain.
Janet LSD says:
I went with Paige, I am not 100% convinced, but I know things like this do happen. The boy was doing his best to hold it together, it wasn’t until Paige stood up for him that he started to lose it, her kindness triggered his crying and he reached out to her, not unusual to reach out to a stranger. Why was he working when he lost his Mom? He’s in shock, has no clue what to do, so he goes where he is supposed to…work. The same reason why my son’s friend went to school after his father had a standoff with the police the night before, his Dad was in jail, his Mom didn’t think to pick him up, so he went to school. Yes, shocking and yes, infuriating, but it happens.
Paige’s kindness made him feel it was OK to reach out, to feel. I’ve had this happen to me, I forgot to pick out my polish for a pedicure, I was standing in front of a man and said..I am sorry, forgot to pick out my color. The man started talking, he looked at me and said he was waiting for his daughter’s, he had one getting her hair cut and one getting her nail’s done. The man looked down and said, I lost my wife a few weeks ago, she died suddenly, I’m not used to this. I hugged him, told him how sorry I was, that he was a good Dad, and talked for a few minutes.
Maybe it’s my life experience that made me feel this could easily be true, I don’t know, I do know the boy reacted just like I would expect him to, that is why I believe her.
Tim says:
I think she’s lying, though I think so for a completely different reason.
Simply put, Walmart has no reason to lie and expose her other than because they want to tell the truth. What does Walmart get by exposing her? Nothing. In fact, if the story were true, they could make themselves look good by e.g. giving the cashier time off or money to help him get over his loss. On the other hand, what does Walmart risk if they lied? Well, someone else waiting in that line or the cashier could come forward and expose them.
Meanwhile, what does Paige gain by fabricating this story? Fame, YouTube subscribers, which leads to money, sympathy, and a confirmation of her views. And what does she risk? Her reputation? Nobody’s even heard of her before this blew up!
Paige had plenty of reason to lie, and Walmart? Not so much.
Brent says:
I don’t believe her at all. Her story has lots of gaps in it where there is no description. Besides that she doesn’t seem sad.
That strikes me as contrived. Things are normally scanned at Walmart, they aren’t hand coded. I just don’t see her facial expressions matching what she’s saying. I also don’t think the inflections in her voice (ignoring her overall tone, which is not average) resonate with sincerity; that is, until after she has whipped herself into an emotional froth over the general morals she’s trying to teach others. She is a person that I would not lend money to, use my car, etc.
A 16 year old’s mom commits suicide and he still has to work? Even beyond that her story doesn’t make a lot of sense. Her body language is preening, inconsistent with the story.
She reminds me of Nicole Kidman’s character in To Die For:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aznTvzx76u0
I actually believed she was genuine because I’m not exactly the brightest out there :p
So she is probably lying for the reasons people have stated, but while I disapprove completely of her way of delivering her moral, the moral itself kinda strikes a chord with me…
I get the feeling she’s being genuine with her sentiments, but the actual details of the event are not true. It’s like she’s mix and matching things that she’s actually seen to fit a narrative, with some embellishment thrown in. But the way her voice trembles at the 1:58 mark feel genuine, like that’s how she would feel if the story was real.
I worked at Wal-Mart for four years. I think her story is a lie. First of all, she says that she estimates the young man’s age to be 16. You have to be 18 to work at Wal-Mart. (I’m not saying that her estimation is a lie, just stating that the person had to have been 18.)
I’ve been a cashier. If a customer was out of control like she said, and there was yelling, then a manager would have stepped up and taken over the transaction. She says that she tried to put the angry customer’s bags in her cart to get her out of there. I’ve never seen customers who are strangers to each other act like that, especially in a tense situation.
And finally, she said she gave the kid all the money in her purse. And she said a manager came over to the kid who was still crying. It is Wal-Mart policy that associates don’t accept tips, so he couldn’t have accepted the money and kept his job. If the manager saw that she had given him money, they would have stopped it.
I used to work at WalMart when I was 16. There’s a lot of restrictions about how many hours you can work, especially during the school year and on school nights, but they (some of them) do employ 16 year olds.
That just leaves you with a possibility and all the other points mentioned still to explain.
I went with Paige, I am not 100% convinced, but I know things like this do happen. The boy was doing his best to hold it together, it wasn’t until Paige stood up for him that he started to lose it, her kindness triggered his crying and he reached out to her, not unusual to reach out to a stranger. Why was he working when he lost his Mom? He’s in shock, has no clue what to do, so he goes where he is supposed to…work. The same reason why my son’s friend went to school after his father had a standoff with the police the night before, his Dad was in jail, his Mom didn’t think to pick him up, so he went to school. Yes, shocking and yes, infuriating, but it happens.
Paige’s kindness made him feel it was OK to reach out, to feel. I’ve had this happen to me, I forgot to pick out my polish for a pedicure, I was standing in front of a man and said..I am sorry, forgot to pick out my color. The man started talking, he looked at me and said he was waiting for his daughter’s, he had one getting her hair cut and one getting her nail’s done. The man looked down and said, I lost my wife a few weeks ago, she died suddenly, I’m not used to this. I hugged him, told him how sorry I was, that he was a good Dad, and talked for a few minutes.
Maybe it’s my life experience that made me feel this could easily be true, I don’t know, I do know the boy reacted just like I would expect him to, that is why I believe her.
I think she’s lying, though I think so for a completely different reason.
Simply put, Walmart has no reason to lie and expose her other than because they want to tell the truth. What does Walmart get by exposing her? Nothing. In fact, if the story were true, they could make themselves look good by e.g. giving the cashier time off or money to help him get over his loss. On the other hand, what does Walmart risk if they lied? Well, someone else waiting in that line or the cashier could come forward and expose them.
Meanwhile, what does Paige gain by fabricating this story? Fame, YouTube subscribers, which leads to money, sympathy, and a confirmation of her views. And what does she risk? Her reputation? Nobody’s even heard of her before this blew up!
Paige had plenty of reason to lie, and Walmart? Not so much.
I don’t believe her at all. Her story has lots of gaps in it where there is no description. Besides that she doesn’t seem sad.