The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Woman Banned Every Walmart In The U.S. After Repeated Shoplifting

Episode Date: February 21, 2025

Charlamagne Tha God Gives Donkey of The Day To A Woman Who Got Banned From Every Walmart In The U.S. After Repeated Shoplifting. Listen For More!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Karen, where have you brought us? Cancellation Island, where a second chance might just be your last. Listen to Cancellation Island on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. He gave me Donkey of the Day and I deserve it. You don't need to know. Well, you need to tell them. I am.

You have the voice. Tell them. Tell them. It's time for Donkey of the Day. It's a read, but you're so good at it. He's trying to be a fake ass Charlamagne. He only wants Charlamagne. Charlamagne.

Oh. Damn, Charlamagne. Who you give a donkey of the day to now? Well, Sexy Red, Donkey of the Day for Friday, February 21st goes to Ashley Cross. Ashley is a 37-year-old African-American woman from Memphis, Tennessee. OK?

Salute to everyone who listens to us on K97 in Memphis. Now, I'm sure that you all are aware by now, there's a lot of companies that rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. One of those companies is Walmart. Now, if you read my first book, Black Privilege, and you know the joy Walmart brought me as a child, because when you grow up in the country like I did,

salute to Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Drop on the clues bonus for Moncks Corner, South Carolina. When you grow up in the country like I did, salute the monks, corner South Carolina, drop on the clues bombs for most corners South Carolina. When you grow up in the country or rural area, the 24 hour Walmart is everything. Okay, that's where we would go late at night because there was nothing else to do. Yes, the good old days, walking the holy grounds of Walmart.

This was way back in the day when the only thing they were rolling back is prices. But a lot of people have called for a boycott of these companies in particular Target, but Ashley Cross has decided that she is staging a one woman boycott of these companies in particular target but Ashley Cross has decided that she is staging a one-woman boycott of Walmart. Yes in fact Ashley is not gonna be shopping at Walmart and period no Walmart in the country none of them ever again okay do you have that kind of commitment to your boycott can

you vow to never shop in an establishment ever again? Or a Scott paper towel being 1068 for 12 rolls too great a deal to pass up? Well, if it is, then you can always do what Ashley did because it's guaranteed Ashley will never step foot in any Walmart ever again. And I lied. It's not because she's boycotting Walmart. It's actually because Walmart is boycotting her. What do you mean Uncle Sharla?

Walmart is boycotting her. Well, let's go to News Channel 3 for the report, please. Ashley Cross, charged with criminal trespass and theft of merchandise, is, according to the police report, a well-known shoplifter at this Walmart on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Whitehaven. So well-known to Walmart that Cross is on an authorization of agency list,

meaning she's banned from any Walmart location in the United States. The Elvis Presley Boulevard store is where Cross and another suspect were arrested February 10th. Cross was seen using a device to scan her items for $1 at a self-checkout machine. Ashley Cross remains in jail on a $7,500 bond. She is due back in court February 19th. The suspect with Cross received a misdemeanor citation for theft of property.

Oh she already went to court. I wonder what happened. Listen, I used to shoplift up until 2016. Okay, that's when I stopped shoplifting. But I didn't, you know, feel like I was stealing because Nine years ago? Yeah, about nine years ago. You had a little money nine years ago. Why are you still stealing? I don't know. But I didn't feel like it was stealing because I didn't try to hide anything. I would walk in and, you know, take what I want and just walk out.

You only get caught when you look suspicious. You know, plus I never really stole anything but magazines, you know, when I was young, like Black and Mild's, 12 Packs of Bud Light, random stuff like that. But Ashley is clearly a kleptomaniac and she's good because she was using a barcode from an old watch battery to scan all her items for just $1 to self-check out. I stan a creative thief. Okay? Y'all still stealing like Flintstones.

Ashley out here like a Jetson with it. Or maybe this is the normal way to shoplift now. I don't steal anymore so I wouldn't know. But Ashley stole 11 packs of ramen noodles, women's boots, a pair of jeans, and a t-shirt, all totaling $137.34. Now this woman was clearly stealing essentials, okay? These are reasonable things to steal. Ramen noodles, boots, clothes.

I understand. In America, I'm gonna tell you something you don't wanna hear. There's gonna be a lot more of this. Why? Because during America's inflation crisis, Walmart was the spot, okay? You can get good deals, all types of essentials,

but on yesterday, Walmart said things are about to get slow because consumers are growing increasingly frustrated with inflation and they're concerned about President Trump's tariffs. Basically, folks been broke, and if people keep losing their jobs, they will be broker and if you are the reason Okay, people are losing their jobs like Elon Musk and Donald Trump are in regards to federal workers and you putting tariffs on items Not only do I not have a job things are going to be even more expensive. So what am I gonna resort to doing? I'll tell you what people will resort to doing. Trying to survive. And

trying to survive can look like a number of things and sometimes one of those things is shoplifting. I'm not making excuses for Ashley. I'm just telling America what the inevitable is when you don't take care of the least of us. Nevertheless, Ashley crosses on Walmart's authorization of agency list which prohibits her from entering any Walmart store across the country. I didn't know such a list existed, but Ashley is on it and she is currently, well, I don't even know if currently,

but she was being held on a $7,500 bond. Probably still in there. She probably still in there. Cause if she ain't had $134 to get these items from Walmart, you damn sure ain't got the $7,500 bond. All the 10% of $750 to get these items from Walmart. You damn sure ain't got the $7,500 bond. All the 10% of $750 to get out. But some donkey of the day just sell themselves. Please give Ashley Cross the sweet sounds of the day you haunt.

All right. You know, it's just, you feel bad for her. Nah, you don't feel bad for her. She's a repeat offender. She could have got a job. Or maybe the first offense put something on her record and she couldn't get the job. That is true too, but she stole from there a lot.

Why wouldn't you switch it up? All right, this gonna sound bad, but no. You ever, you ever be in some checkout and be feeling like, I shouldn't have to pay for this stuff. Like some of this stuff is old to me. Like maybe she felt like that. No, I don't feel like that. I shouldn't have to pay for this stuff. Like some of this stuff is old to me. Like maybe she felt like that. No, I don't feel that way.

I don't feel like that. And that's what happens when you still wiggle. When you still wiggle, you know what I'm saying? Huh? They, he get like what? What happened? What happened? You snoring.

Yeah, you so lucky you was still in when your face was two different colors. Cause they wouldn't have recognized you from either side. That is true. That is very true. If I'm on camera in 2016, that's not me. That's not true. Okay? That is not me. That's MichaelTheBull.com. And when you mess with the bull, you get the horns. Wake that ass up. In the morning, The Breakfast Club.

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Listen to obscure invasion of the drones wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Hey, Brooklyn Nine Niners, it's a reunion. The ladies of the Nine Nine are getting back together for a special episode of the podcast, More Better. Host Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero welcome friend and former castmate, Chelsea Ferretti. Remember when we were in that scene

where you guys were just supposed to hug and I was standing there? Oh yeah! I was like, can I also hug them? Listen to More Better with Stephanie and Melissa on America's number one podcast network, iHeart. Follow More Better and start listening on the free iHeart radio app today. Black History Month is here

and we're excited to kick off season four. Of I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either. This season, we're excited to kick off season foe of I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either. This season, we're shining a spotlight on revolutionary women who redefined excellence. Give Grace Wisher her flowers. Next time you see the American flag, you just remember a 16-year-old black woman helped to make it happen. Listen to I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or simply wherever you get your podcast.

I didn't know. This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation Island, stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a rehab for the recently cancelled. In the future, we will all be cancelled for 15 minutes. But don't worry, we'll take you from broke to woke or your money back.

Cancellation Island's revolutionary rehab therapies like Bad Touch Football, Anti-Racism Spin Class and Mandatory Ayahuasca Ceremonies are designed to force the cancel to confront their worst impulses But everything starts to fall apart when people start disappearing Karen where have you brought us? Cancellation Island where a second chance might just be your last Listen to cancellation island on the I heart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts