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powersrus
10-31-2007, 08:09 AM
http://modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13455

Modmyiphone has been contacted by Apple about their iPhone trademark and is now changing their name to modmyifone....does that mean everythingiphone will have to do the same now?!?!

Griffinaz
10-31-2007, 08:16 AM
Modmyiphone has been contacted by Apple about their iPhone trademark and is now changing their name to modmyifone....does that mean everythingiphone will have to do the same now?!?!:angry:

Only if the Apple Legal Gestapo get involved with this site too.

Hayesimus
10-31-2007, 08:29 AM
how can they do that when modmyiphone and everthingiphone are shown as ONE word? kinda like they made up the word ya know? obviously it refers to the iPhone but please. Apple is childish. just how much bad PR are they wanting. i've been fine up til now. but that is just ridiculous. Time for the **** to give it a rest. They are becoming worse than Walmart!!

OJsakila
10-31-2007, 08:40 AM
o my god that is the GAYEST thing I've ever heard in my life.

The sad part is maybe Apple PAID them to change their name? Or did they FORCE them to....

Hayesimus
10-31-2007, 08:50 AM
it really aggravates me. i mean how retarded does it look to type modmyi...F...one. with an F! I'm sorry but I usually don't make a habit of butchering the english language. like wuzzup or whatever. "LOL" is about as far as i go and that's just because there's no other way to write that without taking up half a text message. I know apple didn't tell them to change their name to iFFFFFone but they sure didn't do the right thing and leave them alone. what jerks. god. i'm so flustered i am not even making sense to myself... oops. i mean myselph. i suppose i should start signing my name as Hazymus. so as not to offend my self. I might apply legal pressure or something. what a loser. i mean Loozer. can someone start a petition. if this could turn into enough bad PR for them then maybe they'd let them change it back. or issue everyone on modmyi...ick...FFFFone a fricking 100 gift certificate. which they probably wouldn't end up letting you use to by an... what is it now? iFone? iFown? iPhown? eyePhone? who knows anymore. geeze.

pjw
10-31-2007, 08:52 AM
maybe it wont be such a bad idea, they might read the fourms of here and there and use some of the native apps on the sites. could be a dumb name change but in the long run they might get a clue.

Hayesimus
10-31-2007, 08:53 AM
Phuck you apple. yeah. read between those legal lines. okay. maybe that isn't appropriate... if anyone is offended then tell me and i'll edit it out. :S but still!

pjw
10-31-2007, 08:57 AM
think you should of said iphuc u apple, it would have been more appropriate.

Hayesimus
10-31-2007, 08:58 AM
haha. more fitting maybe. however appropriate? i still think that its probably crossing the Forum line somewhere. :S

skiz420
10-31-2007, 10:07 AM
chris hope you put in for the everythingifone.com dns.... apple is becoming such a lil baby lately... SJ's need to grow up

SmartAlx
10-31-2007, 10:33 AM
It's not the iPhone in their name that Apple cares about. It's the Mod in their name. Chris doesn't have anything to worry about.

In fact I wonder if there's some kind of legal trouble Apple could get into if they only target websites like modmyiphone and don't go after websites like everythingiphone. Isn't that prejudice or something?

Griffinaz
10-31-2007, 12:28 PM
chris hope you put in for the everythingifone.com dns.... apple is becoming such a lil baby lately... SJ's need to grow up

I hope that Apple is restricting their name change forcing on to sites that include things such as Modifications and such in the name and not every site out there bearing the iPhone word in the name.
If I were to look at it from Apples point of view having a site that has a title similar to "Mod my iphone" could be taken to mean the site is specifically geared to bypassing and altering their security where this site's name is more indicative of an information site not necessarily geared towards modifing or hacking the phones. Hope so anyway.

macgirl
10-31-2007, 12:32 PM
this sort of thing by apple isn't new. it's the trademark that they're concerned with. ilounge.com used to be ipodlounge.com - they were asked to change their name by apple, and their site is focused on ipod-related reviews, news, and information, not specifically about modding. apple can ask anyone using a name they trademarked to cease and desist. shoot, they could ask me to change the name of my site, if they wanted. i'm sure, like any business, they want a certain image associated with their products, and they will take action against any entity that may appear to be "official" because of the use of a trademarked name that may not be in line with the desired image. how is this wrong?

if i trade-marked my site's name, and found someone else running around using it while pushing neo-****sm, i'd damn well do something to stop them from using my site's name to avoid having that image associated with me. definitely an extreme example, but it's just to demonstrate how apple is probably viewing this.

they probably threaten legal action if you don't comply within a certain time period. trademarking gives them the right - whether or not they're unpleasant about it is another thing. in this case, i don't see this site as portraying a negative image in any way - hopefully apple sees it this way too and leaves us alone...

SmartAlx
10-31-2007, 12:41 PM
this sort of thing by apple isn't new. it's the trademark that they're concerned with.So what about MacRumors.com? Why isn't Apple asking them to change their name?

macgirl
10-31-2007, 01:05 PM
So what about MacRumors.com? Why isn't Apple asking them to change their name?

who says they haven't already tried, or that they won't try in the future? apple is not required to pursue everyone who uses one of their trademarked names - they can *choose* to pursue any particular person/organization using one of their trademarked names at their discretion.

i'm guessing that apple has had some contact with the macrumors owner, arnold kim. macrumors is pro-mac at the foundation and most likely does not portray a negative image in total to cause apple to want to take action against them. now, if they were called macintoshcomputerssuck.com and were focused on only bashing apple, i'm sure apple would react differently...

SmartAlx
10-31-2007, 01:14 PM
who says they haven't already tried, or that they won't try in the future? apple is not required to pursue everyone who uses one of their trademarked names - they can *choose* to pursue any particular person/organization using one of their trademarked names at their discretion...That's a good point.
i'm guessing that apple has had some contact with the macrumors owner, arnold kim. macrumors is pro-mac at the foundation and most likely does not portray a negative image in total to cause apple to want to take action against them. now, if they were called macintoshcomputerssuck.com and were focused on only bashing apple, i'm sure apple would react differently...
Now are you then admitting that their purpose for making modmyiphone change their name is because of the "mod" in their name rather than the "iphone" in their name? Sounds like you are agreeing with me now. It's not (as you said) the trademark that they are worried about. It's that mmi encourages people to go against Apple philosophy. Trademark is the weapon that Apple is able to use against mmi, but it's not what they are worried about.

ravman
10-31-2007, 01:19 PM
Isn't "iPhone" a trademark owned by Cisco Networks and not Apple? I thought Apple had reached some kind of agreement with Cisco to be able to "borrow" the "iPhone" name. So I'm not sure how much legal standing Apple has, regarding asking people to change their website names?

macgirl
10-31-2007, 01:22 PM
That's a good point.
Now are you then admitting that their purpose for making modmyiphone change their name is because of the "mod" in their name rather than the "iphone" in their name? Sounds like you are agreeing with me now. It's not the trademark that they are worried about. It's that mmi encourages people to go against Apple philosophy. Trademark is the weapon that Apple is able to use against mmi, but it's not what they are worried about.

i'm sure the "mod" has a lot to do with it, but it's the nature of the site that's probably more of a driver behind apple's actions. if the site was about mod"ernizing" my iphone by using different cases and other accessories, apple might not care that much since it's not encouraging the modification/removal of apple's software on the iphone. that's a bit of a silly example, but i just wanted to show that it's not the "mod" alone - it's the intent behind the site that apple is probably responding to more... and you're right - the trademark is simply the weapon they use to combat this...

SmartAlx
10-31-2007, 01:24 PM
Isn't "iPhone" a trademark owned by Cisco Networks and not Apple?I know. Even this statement (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/02/21iphone.html) by Apple doesn't specifically say that Apple owns the trademark. It just says that they acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, but it doesn't say who owns them.

I wonder if Cisco knows about this action against modmyiphone and if they had any say about it.

If Cisco really does own the iPhone trademark, Apple could get into some real legal trouble about this.

Man, the iPhone is nothing but legal trouble for Apple, huh? If only Steve wouldn't have tried to be such a dictator about it, none of this stuff would have happened.

Lincoln
10-31-2007, 04:09 PM
Because modmyifone is completely dedicated to the hacking of the iPhone, yeah it's not that surprising.

This site has one section in the forums, which is one part of the site, that is devoted to hacking. So unless the legal department is doing this for fun, then I doubt our name will be changed.

Indy
11-01-2007, 12:37 AM
Because modmyifone is completely dedicated to the hacking of the iPhone, yeah it's not that surprising.

This site has one section in the forums, which is one part of the site, that is devoted to hacking. So unless the legal department is doing this for fun, then I doubt our name will be changed.

I agree, leave us be!:angry:

papabro
11-01-2007, 06:50 AM
Time for the ****s to give it a rest. They are becoming worse than Walmart!!

Ok, I clearly see the link between Apple and the ****s. But Walmart? What is wrong with Walmart? Who does Walmart attack? :angry: I think that you meant to say "They are becoming worse than people like me for attacking Walmart".

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 07:30 AM
have you ever worked for walmart? they care not about their fellow man, only about sales and revenue. Granted that is the point of selling a service or a product. But walmart has ruined too many small businesses to count. I say they are like ****s because they don't care about me or you. Just about how they can get our money. We aren't people, we are resources to be exploited. And they crush the unique and individual and force them to conform to their standards. I shop at walmart just like the next guy because its convenient. But i don't kid myself and think that they are just a really nice company. If Sam Walton was alive today, i believe he would be disappointed and ashamed at how walmart exploits its customers and even more so its employees. He was an alright guy and cared about his fellow man. He was down to earth. That's what my mom told me anyway. She worked at Walmart for a quite a while before Sam Walton died and before his company exploded to the mega corp it is today. And i have many supporters in this view point. Anyone that has worked or DOES work at walmart generally agrees with what I said here. At least where I'm from. But walmart so values uniformity that I would gather its the same at pretty much any walmart.

Indy
11-01-2007, 07:46 AM
have you ever worked for walmart? they care not about their fellow man, only about sales and revenue. Granted that is the point of selling a service or a product. But walmart has ruined too many small businesses to count. I say they are like ****s because they don't care about me or you. Just about how they can get our money. We aren't people, we are resources to be exploited. And they crush the unique and individual and force them to conform to their standards. I shop at walmart just like the next guy because its convenient. But i don't kid myself and think that they are just a really nice company. If Sam Walton was alive today, i believe he would be disappointed and ashamed at how walmart exploits its customers and even more so its employees. He was an alright guy and cared about his fellow man. He was down to earth. That's what my mom told me anyway. She worked at Walmart for a quite a while before Sam Walton died and before his company exploded to the mega corp it is today. And i have many supporters in this view point. Anyone that has worked or DOES work at walmart generally agrees with what I said here. At least where I'm from. But walmart so values uniformity that I would gather its the same at pretty much any walmart.

...yea and their aisles are messy and I can never find a cd because of poor alphabetization, just another way they are trying to exploit "the MAN (or woman)"!!!

:laugh2:

papabro
11-01-2007, 09:02 AM
have you ever worked for walmart? ....

No I can't say that I have ever worked at Walmart. But to your point, I have never heard of anyone being forced to work at Walmart either or to shop there. **********EDITED BY ADMIN**** And why stop at Walmart, what has Home Depot and Lowes done to the small hardware stores or any of the super market chains to the corner grocery stores or the big shopping malls and strip malls to your small mom and pop retail shops? Walmart is no different than any other company out there and you have no good reason to bash them over anyone else. I just don't get the negative fascination with Walmart that is out there.

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 09:10 AM
there is negative fascination for a reason. walmart has been in trouble for less than ethical practices. home depot has not. nor has lowes. walmart also misinforms its employees about unions and prohibits them from even speaking to union representatives. which i'm pretty sure is illegal. they've been in trouble for that i know. also hiring illegal immigrants, not paying people for overtime, and working people off the clock. and i'm sorry, i'm not a hypocrite. I admit that i go to walmart. so? it doesn't negate the fact that they are ****s. :D i still use my iPhone and i believe i used that term to describe them as well. I was merely compiling a list of some of walmart's offenses. Not saying you should stop shopping there. hell, we all know how bad MICROSOFT can be, but i still bought a Dell with Windows Vista. Which i'm still not happy with 100%.

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 09:12 AM
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/****shirts/


haha that was just great. they apparently DO have a connection to ****s lol

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 09:14 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzyjDP3umQ8&eurl=http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/video/foodsafety.html

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 09:20 AM
Wal-Mart worker fired after stopping robbery
By Alexa James , Times Herald-Record
October 17th, 2007
Newburgh — In the corporate world, the customer is always right. But what if the customer steals handbags and belts and then punches you in the face?
What if you, the customer service manager, raise your arm to protect yourself or strike back and then get fired for touching the customer?

Victoria Smith said she was terminated this week for defending herself against an accused shoplifter at the 24-hour Super Wal-Mart on Union Avenue in the Town of Newburgh.

"This is so embarrassing," she said. "I was just defending myself and this store. I need this job. I have kids to feed."

The boss who fired Smith on Sunday — three days after the incident and halfway through her shift — would not comment on the situation. Wal-Mart media relations did not return calls yesterday, and district manager Sidney Knowles was out of the office.

But the Town of Newburgh police, who interviewed multiple witnesses and reviewed the store's security tapes, said Smith reacted in a way that most victims would in similar circumstances.

The problem started Thursday night, when a customer tipped off Smith to a potential shoplifter who wasn't scanning handbags and belts in the store's self-checkout lane.

Smith, a customer service manager, took up a post at the exit, next to the giant smiley face on the floor, and started checking random customers' receipts. When her shopper of interest left the in-store Mc Donald?'s and headed her way, she asked to see her receipt, too.

It didn't match the items she had.
Normally, Smith then would suggest that some of the customer's items might not have rung up correctly on the register and they'd have to take a closer look. It's a nonaccusatory way for customers to see their way out of sticky situations, Smith said.

"I've been in customer service for 16 years," she said. "I know the routine."

But Smith said the young woman's temper flared. She yelled at Smith, threw her receipts on the floor and bolted.

Then the irate shopper — whom police identified as 18-year-old Angel Rivera of the City of Newburgh — rushed back into Wal-Mart, screaming at Smith and wielding a Mickey D's cup of soda, police said. They say she smashed the drink over Smith's shoulder and landed a hard hook to her cheek.

And Rivera didn't stop there. Police said she slugged another associate in the eye, spit in the face of a loss-prevention employee and pummeled another manager who grabbed her shopping cart. No one was seriously injured.

Police were called and arrested Rivera at the scene. Rivera was charged with robbery and assault, felonies, and petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said she stole about $34 worth of merchandise and was sent to Orange County Jail on $2,500 bail.

Smith said she was the only employe terminated after the attack. She dropped by the store yesterday to pick up a couple of things and say goodbye to her favorite cashiers. Before this, she had hoped to move up in the company.

"Now, I don't know if I even want to work in retail anymore," she said. "It's just not right."

aggieman
11-01-2007, 09:29 AM
there is negative fascination for a reason. walmart has been in trouble for less than ethical practices. home depot has not. nor has lowes. walmart also misinforms its employees about unions and prohibits them from even speaking to union representatives. which i'm pretty sure is illegal. they've been in trouble for that i know. also hiring illegal immigrants, not paying people for overtime, and working people off the clock. and i'm sorry, i'm not a hypocrite. I admit that i go to walmart. so? it doesn't negate the fact that they are ****s. :D i still use my iPhone and i believe i used that term to describe them as well. I was merely compiling a list of some of walmart's offenses. Not saying you should stop shopping there. hell, we all know how bad MICROSOFT can be, but i still bought a Dell with Windows Vista. Which i'm still not happy with 100%.

I think that the word **** is being used way out of context here. To compare Wal-Mart, Apple, M$oft, or any other company to ****s is downright ignorant. So they all have overbearing and borderline unethical practices, but I'm failing to recognize how that correllates to being a ****.

Main Entry: Na·zi http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (http://javascript<b></b>:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?****0002.wav=****')) http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (http://javascript<b></b>:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?****0001.wav=****')) Pronunciation: \ˈnät-sē, ˈnat-\ Function: noun Etymology: German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist Date: 1930 1: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler2often not capitalized a: one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German ****s : fascist (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascist) b: one who is likened to a German ****: a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person
— **** adjective often capitalized
— na·zi·fi·ca·tion http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (http://javascript<b></b>:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?****0003.wav=****fication')) \ˌnät-si-fə-ˈkā-shən, ˌnat-\ noun often capitalized
— na·zi·fy http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif (http://javascript<b></b>:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?****0004.wav=****fy')) \ˈnät-si-ˌfī, ˈnat-\ transitive verb often capitalized


Well, you say, Apple and Wal-Mart are domineering and dictitorial such as a ****? I think NOT. Nobody forces people to work for Wal-Mart. If they don't like their policies or practices they can simply choose to walk away and seek employment elsewhere. Wal-Mart does not force people to work for them, and while, yes the wages leave something to be desired, they do offer their employees proper compensation for their time and services within the eyes of the law. Also, while it is sad that the mom and pop stores have vanished while Wal-Mart prospers, it is a sign of the economy more than it is a reflection of Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart thrives because we, as shoppers seek the lowest possible price and make our purchase mostly based on that factor. Wal-Mart, by having the resources and buying power to purchase in bulk can deliver to us at the price we desire. Of course mom and pop don't have the buying power or resources and therefore we pay more. If you are so concerned with them, go pay more to buy from them.

I, having worked for Wal-Mart for years through college and even as a second job to help pay off my loans quicker for a few years after college never experienced any negative treatment or unethical practices. Would I have liked to have made more than $8 an hour? Sure, but c'mon I was operating a cash register in the electronics department. Some of the accusations against Wal-Mart may hold some water, however in today's lawsuit happy society it's not a stretch to say some of them may be baseless claims.

I would venture to say Apple, and more specifically the iPhone is more closely aligned with ****sm than Wal-Mart or even M$oft. Although the iPhone is a wonderful product, they only allow us to have what they think we should have on it. I can understand the unlock issue I guess, even though the phone wasn't carrier subsidized, but Apple should take no issue with us modding our iPhones the way we want and modeling them to suit our wants/needs. Sure they rightfully reserve the right to void the warranty, but the fact they are undoing everything with every update is overbearing. But again, nobody is forcing us to buy or use an iPhone-if we don't like it we can simply sell it or take it back.

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 09:35 AM
okay you really need to understand that it was a facetious comment that really didn't even need any basis in reality. but there is some basis. but i really don't care about it. it was purely a joke. and yeah. i REALLY meant that i thought walmart was behind the holocaust. and that they speak german. please people focus on the issue here. Apple needs to give us more iFreedom! I guess they are just proving that there is no i(phone) in Teamwork. Think of the children! :D

aggieman
11-01-2007, 09:40 AM
okay you really need to understand that it was a facetious comment that really didn't even need any basis in reality. but there is some basis. but i really don't care about it. it was purely a joke. and yeah. i REALLY meant that i thought walmart was behind the holocaust. and that they speak german. please people focus on the issue here. Apple needs to give us more iFreedom! I guess they are just proving that there is no i(phone) in Teamwork. Think of the children! :D

on the Apple part, I very much agree with you. I think if they would loosen the strings on the whole thing a little bit, most, if not all of the bad pub would disappear.

papabro
11-01-2007, 09:47 AM
i'm not a hypocrite. I admit that i go to walmart. so? it doesn't negate the fact that they are ****s. :D .

Ok I get it now. What you are saying is that you are ok with ****s.:gasp:

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 09:49 AM
YESSSSS! wait.... d'oh!

chris
11-01-2007, 10:42 AM
This discussion has taken a turn for the worse (personal attacks, off-topic). For those parties involved, please do not use the word N*** on this site. I certainly do not want my site coming up in related searches for that term, regardless of its usage.

Thanks!
Chris

chris
11-01-2007, 10:49 AM
Thread is re-opened thanks to the banned words filter. I ask that we get back on topic or this will once again be closed. Thanks!

-Chris

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 10:52 AM
sorry i've never known anyone to be offended by THAT particular "N" word. :S

chris
11-01-2007, 10:56 AM
sorry i've never known anyone to be offended by THAT particular "N" word. :S
I completely understand. This site is very Google friendly and I just don't want it coming up in related searches to that term. For obvious reasons, I do not want any association with that term. Don't sweat it, as the banned word option works quite well.:wink:

-Chris

aggieman
11-01-2007, 10:57 AM
apologies Chris, I was trying to make a point that 1. the use of that word in reference to those companies is a gross misuse of the word and 2. that the person/events associated with that word are so disgusting that it is not acceptable for use in connection with anyone really. No personal attacks were ever intended nor made on my part and if my comments were perceived as such I apologize :2cool:

my apologies if I offended anyone or overstepped any boundaries as set forth by the forum rules.

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 10:58 AM
great i get what you mean. so while your attention is here, and i can't remember if you've commented on it yet or not, but is there any danger of this forum becoming everythingifone.com?

aggieman
11-01-2007, 11:03 AM
great i get what you mean. so while your attention is here, and i can't remember if you've commented on it yet or not, but is there any danger of this forum becoming everythingifone.com?

I sure hope not I can't bring myself to spell phone as "fone". makes me think I'm back in my teenage years spelling cause as cuz and tYpInG LiKe ThIS. No offense meant to those who may do such.

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 11:19 AM
EXACTLY! the agony

The Apple
11-01-2007, 05:01 PM
Maybe apple will get ahold of the banned word filter and take care of everyone using their products name. That would make everything better for them here at everything*P****. I am curious if apple has contacted Chris yet and told him he is not allowed to use the word *P****. I hope I don't get in any hot water over speaking of the *P****. :tounge:

Maybe Apple wants to get rid of the "unofficial" *P**** websites because of all their problems that came directly from the users of these forums. (for example the $100 rebate.)

Lincoln
11-01-2007, 06:03 PM
I sure hope not I can't bring myself to spell phone as "fone". makes me think I'm back in my teenage years spelling cause as cuz and tYpInG LiKe ThIS. No offense meant to those who may do such.

I'm at the age where about 95% of my friends do TyPe lIke ThIs. Or use letter "u" instead of you. But not me. I can't stand it. When I write a contraction, I use an apostrophe. When texting, I spell out "you".

And I too would have issues spelling phone fone. Or *p****.

Hayesimus
11-01-2007, 06:06 PM
I am with you. Unless I am just entirely pressed for time, I usually type as if I was writing some important research paper. LOL I hate text lingo for the most part. "LOL" is okay but most of the rest I can do without.

Indy
11-01-2007, 09:22 PM
Wal-Mart worker fired after stopping robbery
By Alexa James , Times Herald-Record
October 17th, 2007
Newburgh — In the corporate world, the customer is always right. But what if the customer steals handbags and belts and then punches you in the face?
What if you, the customer service manager, raise your arm to protect yourself or strike back and then get fired for touching the customer?

Victoria Smith said she was terminated this week for defending herself against an accused shoplifter at the 24-hour Super Wal-Mart on Union Avenue in the Town of Newburgh.

"This is so embarrassing," she said. "I was just defending myself and this store. I need this job. I have kids to feed."

The boss who fired Smith on Sunday — three days after the incident and halfway through her shift — would not comment on the situation. Wal-Mart media relations did not return calls yesterday, and district manager Sidney Knowles was out of the office.

But the Town of Newburgh police, who interviewed multiple witnesses and reviewed the store's security tapes, said Smith reacted in a way that most victims would in similar circumstances.

The problem started Thursday night, when a customer tipped off Smith to a potential shoplifter who wasn't scanning handbags and belts in the store's self-checkout lane.

Smith, a customer service manager, took up a post at the exit, next to the giant smiley face on the floor, and started checking random customers' receipts. When her shopper of interest left the in-store Mc Donald?'s and headed her way, she asked to see her receipt, too.

It didn't match the items she had.
Normally, Smith then would suggest that some of the customer's items might not have rung up correctly on the register and they'd have to take a closer look. It's a nonaccusatory way for customers to see their way out of sticky situations, Smith said.

"I've been in customer service for 16 years," she said. "I know the routine."

But Smith said the young woman's temper flared. She yelled at Smith, threw her receipts on the floor and bolted.

Then the irate shopper — whom police identified as 18-year-old Angel Rivera of the City of Newburgh — rushed back into Wal-Mart, screaming at Smith and wielding a Mickey D's cup of soda, police said. They say she smashed the drink over Smith's shoulder and landed a hard hook to her cheek.

And Rivera didn't stop there. Police said she slugged another associate in the eye, spit in the face of a loss-prevention employee and pummeled another manager who grabbed her shopping cart. No one was seriously injured.

Police were called and arrested Rivera at the scene. Rivera was charged with robbery and assault, felonies, and petty larceny, a misdemeanor. Police said she stole about $34 worth of merchandise and was sent to Orange County Jail on $2,500 bail.

Smith said she was the only employe terminated after the attack. She dropped by the store yesterday to pick up a couple of things and say goodbye to her favorite cashiers. Before this, she had hoped to move up in the company.

"Now, I don't know if I even want to work in retail anymore," she said. "It's just not right."

And to think she could have just worn one of these and avoided any confrontation what so ever....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/05/08/wsteal08.jpg