Josh said as the prevention manager he has to listen to people’s stories all day long (we don’t doubt that) and that one of their employees would never give permission to let RVs stay overnight because of they’ve been trained to not do so. ![]() Josh was the Walmart assistant manager that Jerud spoke to. With more time to think about it, I don’t think the tow company would’ve prosecuted us to the “full extent”. ![]() (When I posted about this on Instagram and FB, the majority of people’s responses were that we should’ve cut the chains and said we would’ve gotten away with it. Even though I’m usually the one that’s totally willing to give the finger to authority, I didn’t think we could get away with it. I knew they had our license plate number, even though we’d be leaving the area soon we’d eventually come back to SLC and the Toaster kind of stands out. ![]() Also, the words “… will prosecute offenders to the full extent that the law allows” wouldn’t leave my head. That was one of the reason I was hesitant to suggest we cut off the chains. After all, we had gotten permission to stay here and had stayed recently without any problems. In my mind, that was the same situation here. We’ve had other incidents where we had a note taped on our door (without our tires being chained or booted) asking us to leave – which we’d call the phone number on the letter and tell them we got permission from XYZ and everything would be fine. We both figured it was a misunderstanding and it would be resolved quickly. Jerud only had 20 minutes until his own dentist appointment. Instead of taking a moment to think it over and talk it through, I had to hurry to my dentist appointment and asked Jerud to handle this by talking to Walmart. Your license plate, VIN and vehicle description and nature of the violations are on record and have been reported…”Ĭome on, you have to admit that’s pretty intimidating language. Snowy Mountain will prosecute offenders to the full extent that the law allows. “…Removing the locking device or moving this vehicle by means without official release constitutes a separate and an additional criminal offense. I admit, we were both frazzled by the situation. We had gotten permission to park there and had spent two nights without any issues just a week ago. The store was conveniently located to the places we needed to run our errands. Tired of paying to stay at the RV park and since we no longer needed to be plugged in, we headed back over to the West Jordan Walmart to spend one night before leaving town. But we couldn’t leave Salt Lake City just yet. Almost a week was spent at the RV park before we were up and running again. We were ready to install our lithium batteries and would need to be plugged in for the transition. But those first two nights we spent in their parking lot were hassle-free.Īfter our second night we left for an RV park across town. ![]() I didn’t feel the need to question this employee’s knowledge and assumed she knew what she was talking about. She even told me where we should specifically park when I asked. She told me that there was no need to speak to a manager - RVs are allowed to stay overnight. I explained to get permission to park in their lot for two nights. When I called and asked to speak the manager, the employee who picked up the phone asked why I wanted to talk to the manager. This is what I did before we headed over to the West Jordan Walmart, located in the suburbs of Salt Lake City. Knowing this, I always call the stores beforehand to get permission from the managers to stay overnight (I do this with any retail stores we want to stay at). But an incident that happened back in early April has left me with a strong distaste for Walmart and the realization that they absolutely don’t give a shit about their customers.ĭespite what a lot people think, not all Walmart stores allow RV overnight parking. And that’s only because a lot of their stores allow RV overnight parking, which we take advantage of. Since we’ve moved into the Toaster, I’ve tolerated the company.
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