After another quarter of sluggish profit and sales, superstore Wal-Mart announced yesterday that its full-year profit will be lower than what it had previously forecast. Ho hum! Not very interesting. Who cares about a world-wide corpereration's profit?
This news item is more interesting: A young teenager spent four days living at a branch of Wal-Mart after he ran away from home. How is this possible, you might ask. I did too. Then I found he came from Corsicana, near Dallas, Texas, USA.
This news item is more interesting: A young teenager spent four days living at a branch of Wal-Mart after he ran away from home. How is this possible, you might ask. I did too. Then I found he came from Corsicana, near Dallas, Texas, USA.
WalMart, Watford, UK It would never happen in the UK. The Wal-Mart stores, owned by Asda, are too small for a start. There's no way people would walk by him and not notice something amiss.
Apparently, the 14-year-old built a shelter inside the isles of the store and lived on food from its shelves. What sort of food would he choose? He might be able to open cans with one of the store openers. Maybe he could use store spoons. But then he'd have to dispose of them without someone noticing the rubbish. That would alert staff for sure.
Perhaps he lived on biscuits, cakes and chocolates—a teenager's dream. Empty cans of fizzy drink would need to be hidden too.
Apparently, the 14-year-old built a shelter inside the isles of the store and lived on food from its shelves. What sort of food would he choose? He might be able to open cans with one of the store openers. Maybe he could use store spoons. But then he'd have to dispose of them without someone noticing the rubbish. That would alert staff for sure.
Perhaps he lived on biscuits, cakes and chocolates—a teenager's dream. Empty cans of fizzy drink would need to be hidden too.
USA - www.businessweek.com CBS reports he even changed his clothes every few hours to avoid detection. I can't see what good changing his clothes would do. Perhaps so the cameras didn't spot the same person. But how did her get rid of the first ones? No teenager I know could re-hang them in the original tidy fashion for a new unsuspecting customer to buy.
One more major problem—going to the bathroom. That would be my main worry, but the kid resorted to using diapers in order to limit trips to the bathroom.
One more major problem—going to the bathroom. That would be my main worry, but the kid resorted to using diapers in order to limit trips to the bathroom.
222.nytimes.com What did he do all day? Read comics? Sleep? Watch TV from sets on sale?
But eventually staff were alerted. It had to happen. Piles of rubbish scattered around the store led to the boy's downfall.
It is understood the teenager has a history of running away. His parents were out of town and he had been staying with an aunt when he disappeared. She alerted the police but the brave store staff found the runaway.
Okay, he used ingenuity, cunning and stealth—all good survival techniques. But who would want to live at a supermarket?
But eventually staff were alerted. It had to happen. Piles of rubbish scattered around the store led to the boy's downfall.
It is understood the teenager has a history of running away. His parents were out of town and he had been staying with an aunt when he disappeared. She alerted the police but the brave store staff found the runaway.
Okay, he used ingenuity, cunning and stealth—all good survival techniques. But who would want to live at a supermarket?
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