I see they want to be more like KMart, Sears, JC Penney, Circuit City, et al.
“The alleged shoplifter is 51-year-old Claude Medlock. According to KDFW, Arlington Police say that Mr. Medlock has a, “lengthy criminal history that includes theft and robbery convictions.””
Shame he didn’t “accidentally” fall on his own knife in the struggle, heh heh heh...
As for the manager...I’m sympathetic to him, and hope he gets his job back. Still, it’s never a good idea to approach an armed man when you aren’t, unless it’s unavoidable. The manager basically risked his life for the value of whatever the perp stole - probably less than $100 worth of stuff.
Sure, the manager surely acted out of principle, not dollar value of the stolen items, but at the end of the day, it still adds up to risking your life against a guy with a knife over a few bucks worth of groceries. It’s not worth it, especially when you find out your employer is only too happy to throw you under the bus for trying to the right thing instead of following “the rules.”
Anyway, glad the guy is okay. And I do hope Kroger reconsiders and gives the guy his job back.
Die, corporate scum.
I’m curious.... Did Kroger have a life insurance policy on this manager, payable to the Corp? Many corporations do that and if the manager broke the ‘rules’ and got hurt or killed then the Insurance company wouldn’t have to pay out on him.
Just a thought...
This is all about the impending lawsuit from the now “injured” perp.
Remind me not to shop at Kroger.
Link to the video of the take down.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/25278506/kroger-manager-loses-job-after-confronting-shoplifter
This is all about you and me as we pay in the long run for loss in our bill at the check out.
The manager is a real man, that is his biggest sin according to the metrosexual idiots who run Kroger.