I have never had a problem with walmart nor have i ever been so called stalked by any employee! Nor have i seen anyone else!  Did you maybe look suspicious or did you let your children run around??  So they followed you big deal they obviously didn't follow you out to your car and to your house, I would rather someone follow me and see that i am not shoplifting then someone they didn't follow and did shoplift! Because then we all get the pinch by the stores rising up their prices!!

very interesting post, wow went from being stalked at a store to judgements of ones on welfare and back to being observed in a store.

the situation has happened to me, finally i just blurted out to the person following me, I do not like you following me and i am not here to steal anything. for what i want, have the cash to pay for it, if i decide to purchase the item  after you following me all over the place. he was the mangager and i told him, you can quit following me and i will continue to shopp and pay for my items.  Or i will leave this store and not return for futher shopping ever. Really is the people that steal, fraud and ect, that make life not pleasant for those of us who chose to be law abiding.

Every major retail sotore does it whether you know it or not.  It's just that most of them use people who have a little common sense and try to do a better job at concealing their efforts.

They are called Loss Prevention Specialists.  Sometimes they work in plain clothes, sometimes they are unifirmed security people, and sometimes they wear store uniforms or smocks. 

In addition, they also have eyes in the sky and cameras in almost every aisle.  There are times when they deliberately try to be obvious, and that is when they have received reports from other stores of people to watch. They sometimes get very detailed descriptions of customers to be on the lookout for.  Unfortunately, too many people use their children as a cover.  There have been many cases when shoplifters have been apprehended and investigation proved that they actually used their kids to either cover for them, or to even actually steal items from the store.  Across the country, retailers lose millions of dollars to theft, and we all pay for it in the end.

If you experience a situation like this;  First if you are innocent, you have no need to worry.  Just go to the customer service desk, and ask to speak to a manager.  If they refuse to send a manager down, then politely tell them that they can keep the merchandise you have already placed in your cart, and that you will be shopping elsewhere from now on.  Then go home, go on the internet and find their website and contact their customer service division.  Explain the situation, the time and location in which the incident happened.

If they value their business at all, they will most likely send you a gift certificate and an apology.

Of course, if you really were shoplifting, thank your lucky starts that you were able to get out of the store without having to go out in handcuffs, and then take a good look at yourself in the mirror and aks youself if this is really the life you want to live.

High five to you Min!!  ROFL  That advice seems to work at all the stores.