the ironic thing is, he got more money from the fundraiser than the robberies

Bro imagine firing someone for cleaning extra shit up lol

I’m a recovered addict. You don’t give an addict that much money. They 8/10 times will think once won’t hurt and it’s game over.

I once accidentally stole a water bottle from my school thinking they were giving them out for free when they were actually selling them for an event. At the time I thought the right thing to do was pay them back which I did but now I realize the correct action is for me to expel myself. This action is truly unforgivable.

I worked at Walmart when they started cracking down on associates for collecting recycling out of the parking lot trash cans. They collect and separate those cans so they to recycle and collect profit. Shortly after, they stopped letting customers/employees have cardboard boxes because it affected their profits using their bailer for recycling.

I guarantee you the Walmart didn’t pay for the background check for this man. They then heard that he was an ex-con and found any reason they could to fire him. Legally

I’d still love to find out what happened to the “thicker than a bowl of oatmeal” guy :P

A company would look at it like: We told him to do the carts, but instead he was trying to do another job at the same time as his current one. Really sucks that jobs would prefer you do less instead of more. Managers love to throw out the “That’s not your job” card all the time when they’re in the wrong.

I got fired from Dollar Store for donating items that would be thrown away. I did everything the way the training said: to have the organization’s tax number, and scan each item. Unfortunately, my manager was not trained properly, lost the tax number, and she didn’t scan every item. I was facing lawsuit, and had to pay $150 to dollar store. The items were holiday decorations that were priced at $0.01 each, but I was charged full price for the items. They probably spent more money taking me to court. The church I donated the items to used the decorations for children’s parties.

After hearing he was robbing banks I knew it was drugs. You can’t just give people a ton of money in this situation like that and always expect it to go well.

I love the chill aesthetic of your set. The warm colors of the salt and lava lamps with the blue tapestry is a very nice combo

That wig disguise was super funny. Ik I wasn't supposed to laugh at this segment of the video but I couldn't help myself

“Save money, screw people over, Walmart.”

you have such a smooth way of staying non opinionated in the beginning of moral stories like these and it’s perfect

As a cart pusher/receiver/associate/whatever that has been working at Walmart for the past 3 years, I want to add another takeaway. The job really does suck. Working in the hot summers, cold winters, and even rain and snow. Not good pay for all the all hard work done, and basically being treated like shit since were seen as grunts. In some cases more so than the people in the store. All I ask is that if you could, try to make our jobs a bit more easier by putting the carts in the right places and once in awhile thank us for our backbreaking work please. Oh try not to get in our way, thank you.

I had a relative that worked as a cart-pusher for Wally’s for a few years. It really messed up his back, and the horrible cold didn’t help (we lived in AK… bad winters). Absolutely wouldn’t recommend it. He got basically pennies for the physical labor he gave them.

Ouch. Worst I had happen to me was when someone I thought was a friend at the time opened a campaign for his sick mom. He raised a few grand, next day he's showing off his fancy Rolex.

A new Whang video let’s go!

I'm autistic so getting a job is a bit tough for me. I eventually went into a program that teaches you how to get a job and what not and they were able to get me a job at the grocery store near my house. It was a tough change. They were supposed to teach me multiple jobs such as stocking the shelves, janitorial work, backroom stuff and so on but one day they called me into the office and just told me to go home and not to come into work tomorrow. It wasn't until later that I called them and they straight up said I was fired despite not teaching me even half of what was expected and with no reason given. Their excuse was that they sent out paperwork explaining it all but that some how got lost.

Putting someone in a cage for 13 years doesn't fix people.

What you said at 4:10 made me laugh “so customers can use them to shop lift” I know it wasn’t intentional but it put a funny picture in my head

If he’d been offered a job rather than a large sum of money, things may have ended up with the “happy ending” everyone was looking to see. It’s not that he didn’t deserve the help that was given to him, but the help he received didn’t serve the right purpose. It’s like when large groups of people get together, haul all the materials needed to build a house or school or whatever to an impoverished place, and construct the building. That’s nice and all, but it would’ve been more helpful if they’d hired the people who live in the impoverished area to do the work and bought that materials needed from that area. The people would benefit more. Kind of like “give a man a fish, but teach a man to fish…”

They were clearly looking for ANY reason to fire him

$5.10 for recycling, sounds about right. I used to recycle cans and honestly its not even worth the effort.

In his defense, the prison system isn’t designed to rehabilitate people. It’s pretty much built to keep people incarcerated

Love how your lava lamp is like a clock!

Imagine someone doing a crowdfund to play Payday in real life oh wait.....

Walmart is the absolute worst

Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark tracks. Wavy's a man of taste and refinement.

I swear this is the greatest KZfaq channel for such random but well put together content. Can’t wait to see what’s next 💪🏼

If you watched Wavy in 2016 you'll know what a big deal it is to hear him say beneficence

I can speak a little to addictions...they're not easy to quit. Any sort of addiction will ALWAYS come back to haunt you, no matter how long you've quit for. I constantly get fits or attacks and it can drive me a little bonkers sometimes just trying to find a way to cope and move on. Problem is, it doesn't take much to trigger a relapse, you know? Especially if the addiction you're facing is EVERYWHERE. You might as well never leave your house...but it can be beaten and you just got to have a little faith and patience. Never give up.

Speaking of Wal-Mart, I know this guy, who I went to school with, that actually works at our local Wal-Mart, also worked as a cart pusher, had something pretty bizarre happen to him, he was out doing his job and saw this Camper, that was parked there for a week or 2, and told his supervisors, they told him to knock on the door and ask to see what was up, well whenever he reached the door, he knocked and the door slowly opened up, he peaked inside and saw the owner, who was dead the entire time, just laying on the floor with a pool of blood around him, they literally just told him to get back to work and continue with his day, as usual

The thing about ex cons is that if they have spent an extended period of time behind bars, they become institutionalized. The people who donated to him actually enabled him to reoffend. The only constructive way to help Thomas was getting the man a decent paying job so that he could rely on himself, not handouts. He likely spent all that money quickly and fell back on old times to replenish it. It's just a shame guys like Thomas nearly always end up back behind bars.

Good story. Just because dude ended up going back to crime doesn't mean he didn't deserve support for being fired the way he was. Also the gofundme, it's great to help people without expectations. I mean I sure the money really helped him at the time of the campaign so it did what it was supposed to have done. Now its too bad maybe he got readdicted to drugs or not I don't know why he robbed those banks but its not like helping him was a waste right.

4:13 a reasonable and accurate description of this shitty job that I too work (but not specifically at walmart) I also like how, at the end of describing what a person does working the job, there's actual footage of someone using one of the cart retrieving machines, I never see any store have one of those, just the place I work at and a walmart supercenter that I pretty much never go to (and only noticed it last time I went there)

I got fired from Walmart because I got attacked by another employee and all I did was flip her off after she hit me. No customers around. Literally just like that. Place sucks.

These big stores like walmart and target and all that will literally fire you for anything and call it theft. I knew this guy who was told to throw out a bunch of stuff and included was out of date candy, while throwing it out he opened a bag and ate a few skittles and then threw the rest out. He got caught on cctv and got fired for theft...

I'm 11 minutes into this. And I'm still sitting here thinking that there is a lot of info about him being fired not being said.

Hey Wavy, would you do a video on the "Is it a Good Idea to Microwave This?" KZfaq show? The channel was called JogWheel and I feel like that concept never truly went away, mutating into different forms.

I'm a recovering addict, 5 months sober, and oh yeah, dont ever give us that much money all at once.

Throwing money at a person without actually having solved their problem, ir without the person not knowing how to best use it is the worse thing you can do. Is like putting a bandaid on damn leak. Youre only postponing the inevitable if you dont fix it. And thats what happened. And the dudes right back in jail.

I always remember that South Park episode where Wal-Mart was an eldrich entity

I work at a walmart, you cannot do that. Taking anything from the stores premises you don't own and didn't purchase is against walmart policy. You can get fired for picking up a penny in the parking lot on your day off even lol.

Walmart fired my husband after he put in 10 years of hard work for them, getting their deli and online grocery/order areas into tip top shape after the upper manager stopped giving a crap. They "really didn't want to fired him" but apparently us getting snowed in and not being able to walk to Walmart/drive for literally 2 days meant he just didn't want his job. They also had a list of 70 other long-term associates they started firing off because clearly they just want to stop paying so much to their loyal employees. Well, all I can hope is that karma bites them in the ass. What a happy new year to us. -_-

One of my new favorite videos from you my guy... See I now am a Business Technology Professional but I grew up broke no college graduates, and in the hood. I was able to help put myself through school by working in retail and restaurants for those who are in low-paying and thankless jobs you understand what it takes. Thomas deserves some help and so do many others.

Bro I literally love the background music on your videos, the nostalgia hits so hard!!!

I was once in the wrong side of the law, I was in prison for about 6 years which I’ve been released in 2009. Never got any help, the society isn’t ready to accept or to give 2nd chances. In order to have a job I just can’t talk about my past or even have a small conversation about it with anyone, I had to force myself to forget… Only close people knows about my dark past. Sometimes it is hard but never stopped working even if I am sick. Watching this made me a bit mad because I had no one to help me when I was out, reintegration is only a word which has no meaning at all. Instead of giving him money, they should have giving him a JOB! If you do the crime, now you must do the time.

As an ex-con I can understand how hard it is to get a job nowadays, some people just don't give you any chance at all.. Atleast he tried to go to a job, but no... Fuck Walmart

Man... Your videos absolutely blow my mind. I was really rooting for him like halfway through the video.. It's sad what the effects of mental illness and addiction have on some people.

My mom was fired from Jewel for using coupons when I was 5. No joke or hyperbole. I ended up telling my K teacher that "my mom got fired!" in front of my grandpa lol.

As a former Upper Manager at Walmart for Division 31 and then 1, and who was even trained at the Belly of the Beast in the Home Office in Arkansas, I can attest that Walmart does not care about you. Ever since they went Public, they literally Buried Sam Walton and figuratively buried his business culture of People before Profits and America First. Now it’s Profit over People and Walmarts 3 Golden Rules: 1.) “Respect the Individual” 2.) “Service to the Customer” 3.) “Strive for Excellence” is now just an internal Marketing Campaign towards it’s Employees… I mean “Associates”. So yeah, EVEN if it’s ONLY $5 that was lost, that was $5 that COULD HAVE gone to the Home Office. Gotta make sure we tighten that belt to very last notch! So if a few People or even Associates gets squeezed out to do so, gotta make Profits! Also, how did Walmart get that “Written Confession” from Sam Smith? Well, let me tell you that is one HUGE self screw Walmart gets you to do to yourself! You see, when working for Walmart, you get 3 chances to screw up before they can fire you and have all their bases covered from wrongful termination lawsuits. First you get a “Verbal Warning”, then a “WRITTEN Warning”, and Finally a “D-Day” or “Determination Day”. That last one is where they get you to work yourself over. So apparently, Smith was already had the First and Second “Coaching for Improvement” and was on his D-Day. And what they do in D-Day is that they send you home to write an “Apology” letter for your error (rightly or wrongly) and how you will Improve going forward. They also tell you that based on how good your letter is, they’ll either Decide to keep you or Terminate you. So if you want to keep your Job, OF COURSE you’re going to write out the BEST D-Day Letter possible, right? But the greasy thing about that Letter is, is that it’s Walmarts way of getting a hold of a Signed “Confession” you wrote out yourself. So IF Walmart Fires you for any reason, you’ll have a Mountain to climb in order to Sue them for Wrongful Termination or other Shenanigans they do because they’ll hold up your Confession in court and say that letter is “Proof” and a “Self Admission” to your pattern of “Bad Faith Behaviors” in the past. I’ve seen it myself and you all seen it in that News Clip in this Video. Pretty disgusting tactic in my opinion! So my advice to any Walmart Associates out there who might be facing a D-Day, DO NOT fall for that trick and write an “Apology letter”. They MAY or MAY NOT Terminate you for refusing to do so, but that is one less piece of Armor you can give them if you have to take them to court or report them to the State Labor Board. You can then also say (which may or may not work depending on your State) that they Terminated you because you refused to create and sign a False Confession in order to keep your Job. Don’t let these Corporations make you help them Screw Yourself Over! 😤

He probably WANTED to go back to prison because he felt lost and scared out in the real world. Most likely got used to the prison life and realized it is easier having people tell you what to do and having a set-in stone lifestyle. Crazy how he got thousands of people to donate over 22,000 dollars for him, and he still went back to robbing! Must be nice.

I don't know why anybody would feel ripped off. People think because they donate money to someone they control the rest of their lives? If you feel that kind of way about it then you weren't donating money in your mind, you were buying a person

Love your work wavy, you always give a fair account of the people you talk about.

Prison in the US is so strange.. instead of reforming it’s just a time out for adults.

Lol IMO walmart should pay him extra if he goes around cleaning their thrashy business

Idk I feel bad for the guy still. Whatever led him to robbery in the first place isn't gonna magically go away just because he spent a few years locked up. Nobody deserves to be treated like how he was by Walmart, no matter what they did! I hope at the very least that the GoFundMe helped to remind him that there are many good and caring people in the world out there; it seems like a very difficult path in life he has been put on.

I've actually got two suggestions from KZfaq way back times: 1.) Turquoise Jeep's/Yung Hammas Lemme Smang It Was Huge for my circle in 08. 2.) BIG BOOTY BITCHES by A Lost People. That song was a banger and you can't get much more old school meme youtube than that. OOOOOOO Love all you do man...your videos have been getting me through workdays for years now

It always feels like an eternity between videos, good to see you again Wavy!

I could really use some of that internet support right now. I'm living in an old van with my cat. Got a back injury on the job but had to go back to work before it completely healed now. I'm not disabled enough to get disability because places are supposed to accommodate me but if I tell them about my back problems they don't hire me. And that's just my worst injury. My left hand, left arm, both shoulders and both knees have torn tendons. And my left hand only has about half strength because of it. At this point I'm just taking care of my cat, after that I'm calling it quits.

I'm shocked he wasn't in violation of parole, for "stealing", if he was on it.

My day just got better.. I saw wavy posted a new video. Thank you wavy 🙏 love your videos. You are a legend for providing the internet lore and doing the diligent research. Your content is magnificent 🙏

Didn't expect to see an Albany story on here today. Or see the legend John gray. Awesome job as always.

I knew it had to do with drugs. I effing knew it. I was about to comment that that was my assumption but then the video said he struggled with heroin and mental health issues and that confirmed it for me. I’m a drug addict in recovery and any time I see someone blow through huge amounts of money like that, and then commit acts of pure desperation, it reminds me of what my active addiction was like. You sell anything of value that you own, then you start looking outward for your funds. It’s pretty easy to spot. Especially if people are hellbent on getting cash vs gift cards or other forms of currency. Like if someone asks you to help them with some money but it HAS to be cash. I hope he’s doing better. It changes your brain chemistry forever, so it will always be a battle. I still have to remind myself every day that life in active addiction is a living hell and not worth it An example of another addict committing a desperate act, was my manager back when I was a server. 3 of us turned our money in to him for the night but he didn’t count it and file it like usual. He just told us to leave it in the office. Then he disabled the cameras. Another manager asked why we just left the money there and we told him what happened with the first manager. When the 2nd manager counted the money, he realized $50 was missing from each stack. When I went outside to get in my car, I saw the first manager talking to a guy in a blacked out car in the back of the lot. The only time you do something that desperate is if you’re about to be dopesick. They were able to fix the cameras and saw that he took the money but for whatever reason, he wasn’t fired. I wasn’t an angel at that time either, I was using too, but I could’ve been fired for what he did. It’s incredible what addiction will make you do Edit: That first manager was a known user so I wasn’t just assuming he took our money to buy drugs, he actually confessed to it.

Sweet shit, somebody who actually says "foyer" correctly. 😮😍

it's getting so you can't even trust a convict armed robber, smh.....

Hey dude. Just wanted to say your chanel always brings me back to my golden days on the internet. Most people I know don't share this nostalgia, so it's nice to be able to bring up this feeling with your video's!

0:42 "was portrayed by the media" Yeah, I already can tell where this is going...

Wavy I love your content man, but you gotta start st least giving us sources for a ton of the songs you use, you got some good tastes in game music for sure

I don’t understand how he even got a job there in the first place. They won’t even hire people with petty theft charges in every case I’ve heard of.

Always good to see Wavy show up on my notification bar

I'm all for helping ex-cons get jobs, and what Walmart did was flat-out wrong.... but having worked in bank branches I knew immediately where this story was headed. Armed bank robbery takes a different type of mindset to commit. It's high risk, low reward & has severe federal sentences in the US.... so when you're taking this much risk you're usually equally desperate for cash to fund a habit. And the absolute worst thing anyone could do to a recovering addict only a few months out of jail _and_ obviously lacking in money management skills is _deposit $22k into their account in one hit._ He might have had half a chance if he got it in small monthly payments over a year or two.

I worked in a hotel doing events (mostly corporate conferences) and at the end of the day I would collects giant bag fulls of soda cans and plastic water bottles, but when i tried to leave with one to redeem, I was told I could not because I was "profiting off of the hotel." Just weird rules...

Uhhh that would be "Lay-Thum" NY 😂 Great video keep up the good work👍👍

It's always ridiculous to hear people who have never struggled talk about how crime confuses them. You just don't seem to understand that crime is for survival, not for fun.

Earned my respect just for the Art Of Balance music 👌🏽

i have always believed that people are just as afraid of success, as they are of failure.

Funny you covered this story, such a small world, this guy was from my neighborhood LOL 😂 So many "characters," in this area to put it loosely LMFAO 😊

The way you pronounced Latham is hilarious for us Upstate NYers! It’s pronounced “Lay-them”

I wouldn't call that an "unexpected" twist

I love how you made the amount he earned into this big reveal, despite it being on the previous slide lol

4:43 I actually had to do a double-take when I heard "Cave of Fear" from Guardian's Crusade as the background music! I adored that game when I was younger.

Oo a cold ones notification. But you already got me hooked. You have power good sir

How is that stealing? I used to work for Walmart in asset protection and this sounds ridiculous to me

Ah yes, the theft of literal trash from your parking lot. Gotta love America. Dude should have sued for wrongful termination.

Excellent reporting!

When your watching on free KZfaq and a walmart ad comes up right when talking about how he gets fired from KZfaq

I do wonder if poor families get the same amount of love and support as this convict I understand people can change but he clearly has not changed

This reminds me of the teenager Anthony stokes, who was denied a second heart transplant. He was noncompliant after his first heart transplant and it was basically his own fault that the first transplanted heart failed. He didn’t go to the doctor or take the medication to stop rejection. His mother went to the media and said they were being discriminated against. People were calling the hospital and it’s staff racist and all other names. Two years later, Anthony went on to shoot at an 81 year old lady, steal her car, engage in a car chase, hit a pedestrian, then die in a car accident. To me, it would have been better that the heart go to someone else. Who knows what other crimes were committed by this monster and who knows who died while waiting for a heart that would have at the very least not been a criminal with victims.

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

How did I grow up there and not hear about this guy 😂 The way you pronounced Latham too😂😂

When you rob a bank, always rob the head teller. They have the extra cash drawer. Most tellers have 2. But they only give you cash from the top drawer. Don’t follow my advice.

Can we get an update on the Trapaholics situation? I remember you saying the guy that came out wasn’t the actual guy

I used to work for ASDA (Walmart in UK) and was fired just because the night shift manager decided he didn't need shelf stackers 🤷‍♂️

This channel is criminally underrated.

You always post at At the right time! Thanks!

That 22k probably what really screwed him in the end. He felt into the drug addiction fast with that easy money. A lot of drugs addict feel guilty to ask for help... imagine if you raise a go fund me and expose his whole criminal record to the internet... its just can get worst... some time act of kindness need to be done under the radar so the person we try to help get less pressure from not succeeding the first attempt. I dont undestand why people think money fixe everything.

Wal-Mart being pissed off for the underpaid worker making $5 from recycling trash is fitting and ironic asf.

A buddy of mine (both of us volunteer firefighters) was fired from Walmart in response to a fire call. There was a huge backlash against Walmart for his firing from the community which led to Walmart "offering" him his job back at a lower pay rate, however my buddy was already hired by a different employer at a better pay rate than he was initially making at Walmart and he said that Walmart firing him was the best thing for the community as a whole.