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Herald Times [Bloomington, IN]
25 March 2009
Hotline: Exploding fish at Wal-Mart?
by Rebecca Robbins
Lift up your fish through ye mighty gates
QUESTION: Standing in the check out lane at Wal-Mart, I overheard a conversation between a cashier and a woman buying aquarium fish. The cashier told the woman not to take the fish through the scanner that deactivates the anti-theft devices, because it will cause the fish to explode and die. Apparently when leaving the store you should raise the fish over your head while walking through the scanners. Is there any truth to this? [...]
S.H., Bloomington
[Wal-Mart and the scanner manufacturer deny it.]
Herald Times [Bloomington, IN]
25 March 2009
Hotline: Exploding fish at Wal-Mart?
by Rebecca Robbins
Lift up your fish through ye mighty gates
QUESTION: Standing in the check out lane at Wal-Mart, I overheard a conversation between a cashier and a woman buying aquarium fish. The cashier told the woman not to take the fish through the scanner that deactivates the anti-theft devices, because it will cause the fish to explode and die. Apparently when leaving the store you should raise the fish over your head while walking through the scanners. Is there any truth to this? [...]
S.H., Bloomington
[Wal-Mart and the scanner manufacturer deny it.]
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