Walmart customer says he was \u2018held hostage\u2019 by worker after paying for his items TIKTOK: travisleeraganA Walmart customer went viral on TikTok after he was detained by a Walmart employee even though he paid for all his items. TikToker Travis Lee Ragan recorded himself telling a Walmart greeter to get out of his way and not push his cart back into him, claiming it was assault. In the video, which has amassed a staggering 28.4 million views, Travis tried to leave the store but the employee blocked his way until the customer said: \u201cGo get your manager.\u201d The greeter told Travis to \u201cgo get him,\u201d to which the TikToker responded that he\u2019s not going to do that, as the worker is the one stopping him from exiting. \u201cNow you\u2019re holding me hostage against my will,\u201d Travis told the worker, who then yelled at another employee, \u201cYo can you go get the manager?\u201d He then shrugged his shoulders at the TikToker, as he said, \u201cWe can stand here all day.\u201d Travis told the worker that he \u201ccannot stop\u201d him or \u201chold [him] against his will\u201d because \u201cit is illegal.\u201d Travis then began pushing his cart through the store, and the employee started walking alongside his cart to the exit. The customer invited the Walmart greeter to follow him to his car, but the greeter continued to prevent him from exiting the store. Travis tried to back out of the store while repeating that the worker\u2019s actions are illegal. He then told the employee that he can\u2019t wait to \u201cpost it online\u201d to which the greeter said, \u201cpost it.\u201d A manager then approached both of them. Travis handed the manager his receipt and told him that the store workers cannot physically block him from leaving the store. \u201cHe cannot do that legally it is against the law,\u201d he told the manager, who sent the greeter away. After checking Travis\u2019 receipt and seeing that all items were paid for, the manager handed back to him and then followed the customer out to his car. In the comments, TikTok users sided with the customer, with many saying it\u2019s against the law to block the exit at any business. According to Aisle of Shame, it\u2019s illegal for store greeters to stop you, and customers are allowed to walk past them if they do so. The outlet states: \u201cYou can ignore the greeter and walk on if you want to. If the greeter stops you or forces you to show the receipt, they may violate your rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Walmart customer says he was \u2018held hostage\u2019 by worker after paying for his items TIKTOK: travisleeraganA Walmart customer went viral on TikTok after he was detained by a Walmart employee even though he paid for all his items. TikToker Travis Lee Ragan recorded himself telling a Walmart greeter to get out of his way and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}