Oregon woman: Walmart said cover up or leave

[July 29, 2011]  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon woman says she was told to put a shirt over her bikini top while shopping at Walmart or leave the store.

Sandy McMillin told The Register-Guard she was shopping at a Eugene Walmart with her sister last weekend when a store employee confronted her and claimed she may be violating health regulations.

An attorney for the 51-year-old McMillin said the experience was embarrassing, but he is more concerned about the way McMillin was treated because she is disabled from injuries suffered in motorcycle crashes.

A spokeswoman for the Arkansas-based retail giant said the employee was responding to customer complaints, and McMillin was not asked to leave the store.

McMillin says she'll probably still shop at Walmart -- but at a different store.

[Associated Press]

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