Bad PR for Kroger
“is not a reflection of our company’s fraud prevention protocol, procedures or training”
Sadly, in today’s litigious America, home of The Litigation Lottery, it far cheaper in the long run to let someone like that carry off whatever they want, than to risk a confrontation, and the lawsuits that could come from that.
They call it “Risk Management”
All part of the progressive program to make Americans a nation of wimps.
These situations are really difficult to call. Of course you would think that stopping thieves and especially knife-weilders is important and just.
OTOH, the crooks can turn around and accuse store employees of all the usual junk…racism, etc etc and drag things out in court for years. And God forbid the store employee would injure the perp. You can imagine where that would go.
In my state, selling hard liquor in supermarkets was just voted in. The very first day, a kid robbed the neighborhood supermarket of a couple of expensive bottles of hootch. They just watched him run out the door with it and caught him on camera. I think he was apprehended by police. The store changed the location of the booze, so it’s further from the door.
All crimminals scheduled to be released from prison will know to go to Kroegers for the free stuff 0bama is not giving them.
When I use to be insane enough to live in the Marxist city of New York, all all all the time I would see people, usually blacks, going into Duane Reade drug stores, CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, stuffing their pants with stuff then walking right out the front door setting off the scanner alarm. And guess what would happen? Absolutely NOTHING! Because employees weren’t allowed to confront shoplifters. So guess what would would happen next? Nothing! They just continue shoplifting! Isn’t that great? Why pay for anything! Why have cameras in the stores? Why have a scanner at the door?
When I worked in a large grocery chain in the 80’s, all male employees were required to chase down and apprehend shoplifters. Someone would call “Freight Check!” on the PA and we would all head for the front of the store prepared to crack heads. How times have changed.
part of the passification and wussification of America
Security guards, at least in NY, aren’t allowed to do anything except look bored and call the police.....IF site management let’s them.
Otherwise, lay down and play dead, it’s going to be a long night...
Translation: "We would rather have all of our law abiding customer pay for the items stolen by these thieves."
Secondary Translation: "The thieves' Thieves (lawyers) are even BIGGER THIEVES!
One would think by now that the American people would all know that “No good deed goes unpunished”.
This ended my trips to Kroger.
We shall not defend ourselves...
In a sane world, the loss prevention guy would have been justified in pulling a gun and shooting the thief the moment he saw a knife but we don’t live in a sane world.
I went into a Kroger in the DFW area in February. They are over-priced.
idiot store.
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In Texas?????
I guess that if you work for someone else, it’s best to follow their policies unless it result in damage to yourself or others. They may still fire you for fending off an actual attack on your person or for keeping someone else from being killed, but it doesn’t make sense to protect assets that the owners don’t want protected.