I hate to say it, but I understand the company’s position on this. It’s a sign of how fucked our society is.
So why is this the the company policy? What happens if an employee, following company policy, tries to stop a thief and gets killed? The company is now open to potentially a huge liability. What if the employee used too much force and killed a shoplifter? Now the company is again open to huge liability from the thief’s family.
It’s a lose lose lose to the company. Better the smaller loss from shoplifting than the potentially catastrophic damages from a lawsuit. With juries as pozzed as they are today, you literally cannot predict what will happen.
This exact situation happened at a HOME DEPOT in North Carolina a year or two ago when an elderly worker told a thug to stop. The thug shoved this dude to the ground and killed him; left him moaning on the ground and dying of the injuries. One of the most inhumane things I have ever seen (surveillance video).
I hate to say it, but I understand the company’s position on this. It’s a sign of how fucked our society is.
So why is this the the company policy? What happens if an employee, following company policy, tries to stop a thief and gets killed? The company is now open to potentially a huge liability. What if the employee used too much force and killed a shoplifter? Now the company is again open to huge liability from the thief’s family.
It’s a lose lose lose to the company. Better the smaller loss from shoplifting than the potentially catastrophic damages from a lawsuit. With juries as pozzed as they are today, you literally cannot predict what will happen.
This exact situation happened at a HOME DEPOT in North Carolina a year or two ago when an elderly worker told a thug to stop. The thug shoved this dude to the ground and killed him; left him moaning on the ground and dying of the injuries. One of the most inhumane things I have ever seen (surveillance video).
We are fucked.