anti walmart???

So I saw this website on the news today. Not sure what they were talking about, but it stood out in my mind. I think it is interesting, you should check it out. Then I got on babycenter and read this post (I'll sum it up underneath, its kinda long, but wanted you to have the whole story if you were interested):

"So I am shopping at Walmart and getting some diapers and some cleaning supplies and such. I had my 4 year old with me and he had a splinter. I grabbed some tweezers off of the shelf, opened them up and got the splinter out of his finger since he kept complaining about it. I set the little wrapper thing in my cart so they could scan it later when I checked out.

I paid for everything and the bill was about 80 something dollars. On my way out I get stopped by two men who tell me that they are from the loss prevention department and that they want the tweezers back. I was shocked! I had completely forgoten about the little platic thing they came in because it was right by my BIG purse. I was carrying a large purse and did not even see it.

I apologized and told them I would pay for them right away. They would not let me. They escorted me to the back and were yelling at me telling me that I am setting a horrible example for my son and that they should take me to jail to teach me a lesson. My son was scared, I was scared and I had no idea what to do because I was so flustered. I told them that it was an honest mistake, but they said they did not believe me because they were opened and the tweezers were in my purse. I admit, that was not the smartest thing to do, but I honestly had every intention of paying for them. I asked them why I would pay for everything in my cart and not a pair of 1 dollar tweezers and they said I was copping an attitude and that they were calling the police. The police were in the front of the building by that time. I had no idea what to do.

Long story short, they took my picture, took down all of my info and told me that I am never allowed inside walmart ever again. They said I would get a fine in the mail and that I was lucky I did not go to jail. I just cannot believe this happened to me. It was an honest mistake. My husband said that I should have argued with them because it was only a buck and they could not do anything and that I should not have signed any papers, but I did because my son was scared. They kept talking to him and telling him how I was a horrible person. It was awful. The funny thing is that I rarely ever shop in Walmart because I am just not a big fan of Walmart, but I just wanted to hurry and get it done before my older son got out of school so I went there instead of Target. So now this place has all my social info and DL number and my house address and I am apparently a criminal. I am just at a loss for words. I can understand that it might have looked bad that I opened them and used them, but I just dont understand why they would not let me pay for them and leave and why they needed to cause such a horrible scene like I was a bad person. I cried and was in tears. This is just awful and now I guess I have a big fine to pay along the lines of 100-500 dollars or something. SIGH...I just needed to vent. I cannot believe I am banned from Walmart for something I didnt even mean to do over a stupid DOLLAR pair of tweezers"

Basically she was shopping at Walmart, and her kid got/had a splinter. She opened a pair of tweezers (not something I would do, but people do things like this. Justin often drinks something and then takes the empty bottle to the check-out) and took the splinter out of her sons hand. Then put the tweezers in her purse and the package in her cart so they could scan it when she checked out. (she bought over $80 of other items) She forgot about it and as she was leaving was taken aside and accused of shoplifting. She tried to explain and they argued with her and proceeded to tell her son what a bad mom she is. She is banned from Walmarts and will have to pay a big fine for her $1 tweezers.
So, yes technically she didn't pay for them and it was right of them to pull her aside. But when she explained it to them they should have been understanding. Now I don't know her or what her life is like, but that story really irritated me.
I've never been a big fan of Walmart. I prefer Fred Meyer for the atmosphere and the quality of their food. But, living off of one income it is much more affordable to buy as much from Walmart as possible.
I don't like the way Walmart comes into small towns and puts all the small businesses out of business. Remember Sprouse (sp?), Ben Franklin, and numerous other small businesses that used to be here?
I would rather support local businesses such as Lumbermans or Toziers for our "hardware" needs than Walmart. But they are much more expensive.
So, I don't know what to do. I know I'm not going to hold a "ANTI-WALMART" sign in the street and encourage everyone to make the same decision as me. But I might boycott them on my own. I think it is worth it to pay a little bit more money and in doing so stand up for what I believe is right. Why support a business that I don't agree with their standards?
I'm not trying to get you to boycott Walmart, just trying to process all of this. Thoughts anyone???