TIFU by getting a lifetime ban from Walmart.

My friend and I are both in high school, and we’ve been hanging out a lot over winter break. Today we were especially bored, and I suggested going to Walmart to look around. After a little while, we got bored of that too.

Then, a (not-so bright) idea hit me. In the back of my car, I have 2 neon yellow vests from doing side jobs in construction. They seemed to match the style of vest that the employees in the parking lot were wearing, so naturally we donned the vests and posed as employees.

At first we went unnoticed, and mostly just walked around the store. At one point, an older woman employee asked us if we would help her move some TVs on a cart for her. We agreed, and moved the TVs from the return section to the stocking shelves in the employee-only area in the back. As we walked in, the store’s manager (I think) helped us stock the TVs, at which point he noticed he had never seen either of us. Thinking quickly, we introduced ourselves as new employees and shook his hand. He was suspicious, but didn’t think much of it.

About ten minutes later, we entered the stocking area once again. This time, a younger woman immediately recognized that she we don’t work for Walmart. She told us we need to leave immediately, and walked us straight to the exit. As I was leaving the store, a security employee ran up behind me and said something along the lines of:

“You think you’re funny? We got your pictures right here. Next time you come back to this store, I’ll have you arrested.”

From there, I just got in my car and drove home. In a funny twist of events, my mom told me that I have an eye doctor’s appointment at the Walmart Vision Center next week. I plan on faking illness to get out of it, so that she never finds out.

TLDR : Friend and I put on yellow vests and posed as Walmart employees. We did free labor before receiving a lifetime ban from the store. I have an eye doctor’s appointment at this Walmart next week, and my mom doesn’t know about this.