U.S. Marine veteran was required to stand outside in 40 degree rainy weather Saturday to collect donations for Toys for Tots.

Walmart, in Medina, Ohio kicked out a Marine collecting money for Toys For Tots. It was raining and 40 degrees. If I lived in Medina, Ohio, I wouldn't shop in that Walmart ever again. They not only pay minimum wages, they won't allow anyone in the store collecting money, no matter what it's for. But, witnesses say they have seen the Marines in the store in the past years collecting money for Toys For Tots. I Included some of the remarks made about this story. What do you think Rally Point community?
And now the rest of this terrible story:
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MEDINA, Ohio – Outraged Twitter and Facebook users created a frenzy after a U.S. Marine veteran was required to stand outside a Medina Walmart store in rainy, 40-degree weather Saturday to collect donations for Toys for Tots.

MEDINA, Ohio – Outraged Twitter and Facebook users created a frenzy after a U.S. Marine veteran was required to stand outside a Medina Walmart store in rainy, 40-degree weather Saturday to collect donations for Toys for Tots.

A woman customer took a photo of John Harkness standing outside the store under an overhang. For at least 15 years previously, the Walmart store had allowed volunteers to stand inside the store, according to WJW.

However, Walmart's corporate headquarters released a statement saying its policy does not allow such solicitation inside any of its stores, and it said it was looking into the matter in Medina. The statement also said if the Marine was treated with disrespect, that would be unacceptable.

Word of the incident spread like wildfire on social media, with angry users re-tweeting the photograph of the Marine, along with words like "disgrace" and the hashtags "#boycott #Walmart."

"Shame on you Walmart!" one user tweeted.

See a Storify box of the comments below.
While comments on Twitter and Facebook seemed overwhelmingly critical of the Walmart decision to leave the Marine outside, commenters on cleveland.com were divided in their opinions. Here is what a few had to say:

Clevberg: Store policy is store policy. Many businesses don't even allow soliciting on their premises. The only issue I see is that particular Walmart either didn't know the policy or chose to bend the rules in prior years.

biggswede: No offense to this gentleman, but if the Cub Scouts are made to stand outside (which they are in all sorts of weather), a Marine should be able to handle it.

A Good Guy With A Gun: Think about it folks. You have a solicitor outside your store. It begins to rain and it's cold. Is it REALLY such a huge problem to tell the person it's OK to get in out of the rain and cold? Honestly, in a place like Walmart with a huge entrance, the solicitor standing off to one side inside the lobby near the entrance is a problem? Would even be nicer if Walmart offered the solicitor a hot chocolate too.

Badger937: Mr. Harkness wasn't complaining yet some busy body comes along and causes a stink. The company has a policy. Groups are told the rules and have to abide by them. I don't see many other stores even allowing someone to solicit outside their business. Two weeks ago I bought some candy from a group of Boy Scouts outside the Strongsville Walmart. I watched going in how most people ignored them. The young man asked me politely if it wanted to buy anything. Gave him a couple extra dollars. I remember what it was like when I did that as a teenager.

wildcuyahoga: A sad day. I'm sure the corporate Walmart policy's been there for some time, but probably the former Medina managers just chose to ignore it. Just because I would save a few pennies at Walmart doesn't mean I'll ever go there. I give my business to the small guys and Made-in-America where I can.