First off the Wal-mart associate is me, and should probably mention that it wasn't a wooden, metal, or even a foam bat. You guest it, I hit a customer with a live nocturnal animal.
It started when a bat flew in the front doors and was hiding under a vending machine, I was armed with a 98 cent soft bristle broom (you now the ones that are worthless at cleaning). After coxing the bat out of his hiding place he tries to fly into the rafters, so I swung and barley hit the bat. He falls about a foot to the floor. He tries to fly off again and do the same thing, but this time I'm able to get to were I can nock him out the door. So I take a waste high hockey swing and send him flying towards the open door. Then a larger lady (you know the ones that are to big for the electric carts walks in front of the door and blocks my shot with her thigh. She turned around didn't see anything and continues to walk out the door. So the could be hero of the story ends up being the abuser of a customer

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Anyway later that night the manager assured me that I would not be written up for it.
On a side note I finally got my payback for all the years of customer abuse and torment.
And the bat did survive