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This is a followup to a couple of posts a while back (the thread has since
taken on a new focus).

I myself was a loyal *smirk* Meijer employee (sorry, that's "associate") at
two Meijer stores (one outside of Detroit and one in East Lansing) for 
almost three years.

Now that you know who I am (GO STATE!), here's what I have to say:

Someone wrote:

: Many of you have mailed me asking for more about Meijer.  OK...
:
: Meijer is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  And is a family owned
: mega-monster enterprise.  The original founder, Hendrik Meijer and
: his wife Gezina, were Scandinavian.  They came to the U.S. when they were
: about 30...

A correction here: Hendrik and Gezina were Dutch immigrants. Hendrik came
here first, Gezina followed a long while later. (You can read about this
whole wonderful story by picking up the biographical/historical book at
almost any checkout lane (or at least in the book section). I forget the
name of it.) 
 
Robert M Ettinger (rettinge@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:

: I was visiting friends in East Lansing, MI last year and we decided to go out 
: and buy beer so we went to the Meijer down the street.  Since it was a party w
: were buying a few cases.  Before we got in line my friend and I pooled our 
: financial resources to pay for the beer.  When we got to the register, the 
: cashier refused to sell us the beer.  The reason?  She saw the transfer of 
: funds and just knew that one of us was underage and the other was buying the 
: beer.  (Not only are Charles and I both 30, but we don't even look anywhere 
: near 21...sorry to say)

: She then asked for our IDs and says, "ok, now who's who?"  Charles is
: African-American and I am not.  So when I told her I was Charles she *really*
: became angry.  And she still refused to sell us the beer.

Requesting IDs from both people, _especially_ in the case where there is a 
transfer of funds before the sale of alcohol, or even just if two people are
in line together, is SOP for most liquor stores up here. _Refusing_ to sell
alcohol on the basis of being a smart ass (I mean it in the nicest way,
really ;) is _not_. Reminds me of an incident with the Canadian border patrol,
but I won't get into that here....

Also, in re: to an even earlier post about Meijer security (the original
topic, I believe :), after an incident where a Meijer store security
associate was stabbed to death (at the Northville Meijer, where I used to
work!!) while in pursuit of a shoplifter, Meijer has restricted the
extent to which security can get involved in the pursuit, apprehension and
detention of suspected thieves. They're not allowed to chase any more. 

Just my $2. (Even after working there all that time, I _still_ shop there!)

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