lowes employee fired for stopping shop lifter

[PeterPilot]

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Companies now say, loudly and clearly, "Come and steal our merchandise and our shoppers will be happy to pay for it".

This is why I do not shop at Lowes any longer.

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The Woke Mind Virus infects many US corporations these days.

 

[Blaster]

Ok....I get that the company needs to manage risk. But pray tell what's wrong with a simple reprimand? A 68 year old woman is working most likely not by choice....and now you fire her? Seems stupid to me.

Sixty-eight-year-old Lowes employee fired for attempting to stop theft at Georgia store

Former Lowes employee Donna Hansbrough, 68, was reportedly fired for attempting to stop thieves at a Georgia store.

www.foxnews.com

Thieves are a priority over employees.

 

[justoffal]

Thieves are a priority over employees.

In Islam they remove the hand. Works pretty good.

Jo

 

[Moonglow]

You folks voted in the woke leaders of these blue cities, and you've been pushing the woke agenda for years. Stop complaining that you've gotten what you asked for.

Wal Mart does the same to employees yet it is a red corporation in a red state in a red county and a red city. You theory is weak.

 

[justoffal]

Wal Mart does the same to employees yet it is a red corporation in a red state in a red county and a red city. You theory is weak.

It's the insurance people...

Jo

 

[justoffal]

The Woke Mind Virus infects many US corporations these days.

Would you support manual amputation?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Next time, instead of attempting to stop the thief, just get on the store intercom and announce to everyone in the store that the person is stealing and remind everyone to let him go and that everyone there will pay for the theft later.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Wal Mart does the same to employees yet it is a red corporation in a red state in a red county and a red city. You theory is weak.

Walmart is as woke as Target and Bud Light.

 

[Moonglow]

Walmart is as woke as Target and Bud Light.

From an ultra conservative town founded by an ultraconservative asshole.

 

[SaxonJackson]

From an ultra conservative town founded by an ultraconservative asshole.

Walmart has become woke. Try again.

 

[Independent thinker]

Ok....I get that the company needs to manage risk. But pray tell what's wrong with a simple reprimand? A 68 year old woman is working most likely not by choice....and now you fire her? Seems stupid to me.

Sixty-eight-year-old Lowes employee fired for attempting to stop theft at Georgia store

Former Lowes employee Donna Hansbrough, 68, was reportedly fired for attempting to stop thieves at a Georgia store.

www.foxnews.com

I just got finished reading a similar story out of the Atlanta area where three people were fired for calling the police on shoplifters.

Woman called police after thieves hit an Atlanta Lululemon store, she was then fired

A Gwinnett County woman says she was fired for calling the police on three robbers who stole thousands of dollars worth of clothes from the Lululemon store she worked at.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Dekster]

The actual cost of the $2100 worth of merchandise they took will be significantly less than the cost of one trip to the ER

 

[Jarlaxle]

Guaranteed that employee will have other employers that don’t have such an asinine policy beating down the fired employee’s door for their services.

Now, tell US what great policy this is? Firing an employee for stopping a shoplifter.

Actually, the person is essentially unemployable in retail. Hiring the person after this incident creates liability.

If the employee gets hurt stopping someone then the company has to pay the medical bills as well as workers Comp

And the lawsuit from the thief.

I kind of get it. Stores don't want gun ho employees grabbing people and causing a lawsuit, don't want to escalate the situation to where someone might get hurt, or if some white employee stops a black guy and all the blacks come out of the woodwork yelling racism.

But firing? That's way way out of line for someone trying to do the right thing.

Lowes should chastise them, then go in the back room and thank them and give them a day paid time off. If I was a employer id be happy to have decent moral employees that care about right and wrong and are looking after their employers best interest.

They MUST fire the employee. Not doing so creates extreme liability if anything even slightly related happens again.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Actually, the person is essentially unemployable in retail. Hiring the person after this incident creates liability.

And the lawsuit from the thief.

They MUST fire the employee. Not doing so creates extreme liability if anything even slightly related happens again.

How does another retailer hiring the employee create a liability? Even if that retailer has a similar policy, the employee could choose not to stop shoplifting this time around.

Back to Lowe’s, they just sent a message to thieves that they are lax on shoplifting.

 

[Orangecat]

Lowes employees should just start shoplifting from Lowes.
If management tries to stop them, they'll be fired.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

One of the odd times I'll agree with you. Its never made sense to me that you outright dismiss an employee for these types of things. Usually one of the harder parts of being in management is getting employees to actually care.

I second this. Getting people to even show up to a job at all anymore is already hard enough. Getting fired over something like this in my opinion will only make it harder for businesses to get whatever help it is that they need.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. On the other hand, maybe the help won't be needed because of what businesses decide to do about the shoplifting matter. They jack up the prices of whatever is on the shelf. Eventually should they keep doing that, no customer willing to pay for anything they come for will continue to shop there. They will only take their business elsewhere.

 

[blackhawk]

If companies want to let themselves be robbed blind so be it. If an employee is going to be fired for trying to stop it stand back mind your own business and get your unemployment when the business goes under.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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America committing suicide.

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[Jarlaxle]

How does another retailer hiring the employee create a liability? Even if that retailer has a similar policy, the employee could choose not to stop shoplifting this time around.

Back to Lowe’s, they just sent a message to thieves that they are lax on shoplifting.

Pattern of behavior. Lawyers LOVE those when suing.

 

[candycorn]

I second this. Getting people to even show up to a job at all anymore is already hard enough. Getting fired over something like this in my opinion will only make it harder for businesses to get whatever help it is that they need.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. On the other hand, maybe the help won't be needed because of what businesses decide to do about the shoplifting matter. They jack up the prices of whatever is on the shelf. Eventually should they keep doing that, no customer willing to pay for anything they come for will continue to shop there. They will only take their business elsewhere.

What does it say to the still-employed workers? Try hard to do the right thing gets you fired.