Walmart customer calls cops after his self-checkout avocado mishap charged $1,300

A Walmart employee claimed a customer called the police after he — the customer — accidentally overcharged himself for avocados at the self-checkout kiosk, then accused the store of “robbing” him.The unusual incident was documented on a Reddit page dedicated to all things Walmart.User “Lore-Archivist” wrote about the confrontation, prompting others to share their own odd self-checkout interactions.As “Lore-Archivist” told the story, a man “came up with a bunch of stuff” and claimed an item on the shelf that was priced at $9.99 was showing up on the register at $19.99.The Reddit writer said a Walmart team leader was able to get it fixed for the man.However, it happened again with item after item that couldn’t be changed, “Lore-Archivist” said.“Then he had avocados,” the man wrote. “I guess he accidentally hit 999 avocados instead of the 9 he intended.His total jumped up to over $1300.”That’s when the customer “freak[ed] out” and started yelling before stating that he was “calling the cops” because Walmart was “robbing” him, the Reddit writer said.The customer called 911 and the police showed up, as the thread documented.“This dude creates a whole circus, then shows everyone the self-checkout screen” — again claiming that Walmart “is robbing him.” Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.Walmart employees worked to try to appease the customer, “but he still [wouldn’t] shut up,” the man wrote.The customer was warned that he needed to leave or would be arrested for trespassing — but the man refused to go unless Walmart compensated him “for pain and suffering and distress.”Eventually, “his own cops [that] he called put him in handcuffs and [took] him outside,” “Lore-Archivist...