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WEBVTT >> IT STARTS AND IT GOES BACKAROUND AND THEN IT WALKS OUT.>> BOB TALLINGER EXPLAINS THEMOMENT THIS WILD TURKEY WALKEDRIGHT PASSED HIM AT THE WAUKESHAWALMART.IN HIS EIGHT YEARS AS A GREETERAT THE STORE, HE'D NEVER SEENANYTHING LIKE IT.THEN, HE WAS FIRED.>> I SAYS WHAT FOR?WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE HELPED GETTHAT TURKEY OUT OF HERE.>> THE 88-YEAR-OLD WAS TOLD HESHOULD HAVE ALERTED A MANAGERABOUT THE TURKEY IN THE STORE.>> HE WAS HIRED TO BE A GREETERAND THAT IS WHAT HE DID.HE NEVER SAW A BOOK OF RULESTHAT SAID IF A WILD TURKEY COMESIN HERE, YOU BETTER RUN AND GETMANAGEMENT.>> WE WALKED INTO WALMART TO GETSOME ANSWERS.>> I AM WITH CHANNEL 12 NEWS.WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHYBOB TALLINGER WAS FIRED FROM HISPOSITION?>> I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TOANSWER THAT. >> JANET SAYS HER HUSBAND'STERMINATION IS UNFAIR.>> GRANTED HE'S GOTTEN OLDER ANDGRANTED HE'S LOST A LITTLEMEMORY, BUT NEVERTHELESS THATHASN'T PREVENTED HIM FROM BEINGAN EXCELLENT GREETER.>> JANET SAYS BOB IS THE MOSTPOPULAR PERSON AT THE WAUKESHAWALMART AND LOVED WORKING AS AGREETER.WHAT HE'LL MISS MOST?>> THE PEOPLE.THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW.>> WE DID REACH OUT TO CORPORATEHEADQUARTERS ABOUT BOB'STERMINATION.THEY ISSUED US THIS STATEMENTTHAT SAYS "WE APPRECIATE THEPUBLIC'S CONCERN AND TAKE THISSITUATION SERIOUSLY.WHILE WE WILL NOT COMMENT ON HRMATTERS, WE CAN CONFIRM MR.TALLINGER IS NO LONGER WITH THECOMPANY." SEVERAL OF BOB'S CO-WORKERSCALLED US TONIGHT VERY UPSETABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.THEY SAY MANAGEMENT WAS WRONG INTHIS CASE AND HE SHOULD BE BACKHERE AS A GREETER.

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The 88-year-old Walmart greeter who was working the doors the day a wild turkey wound up inside the store says he was shocked to learn a few days later that he'd been fired because of the incident. Bob Tallinger said he was told that he should have alerted a manager when he first encountered the bird.>> Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 mobile app"It starts and it goes back around and then it walks out," Tallinger, of Waukesha, said of the March 27 incident. A Humane Animal Welfare Society official was called in and ultimately was able to capture the bird by luring it into a net.In his eight years as a greeter at the store, Tallinger said he'd never seen anything like it. His wife, Janet Tallinger, said her husband's termination is unfair. "He was hired to be a greeter and that's what he did. He never saw a book of rules that said if a wild turkey comes in here you better run and get management," she said. "Granted he's gotten older and granted he's lost a little memory but nevertheless that hasn't prevented him from being an excellent greeter."Janet Tallinger said her husband is the most popular person at the Waukesha Walmart and loved working as a greeter. He said the job was the highlight of his days. "The people, there's a lot of people I know," said Bob Tallinger.Reached for comment, Walmart's corporate headquarters issued a statement: "We appreciate the public's concern and take this situation seriously. While we will not comment on HR matters, we can confirm Mr. Tallinger is no longer with the company."