Posted on 07/06/2023 9:09:09 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Colorado supermarket employee was fired after he recorded three men stealing approximately $500 worth of laundry detergent from the store on Father’s Day.
Santino Burrola, the King Soopers employee, was alerted to a theft in progress at the store and the first thing he thought to do was pull out his phone and record it.
“When I looked there was already a guy halfway headed out with a food cart full of laundry detergents and scent boosters and what have you,” Burrola told CBS Colorado. “My first instinct, record.”
As Burrola, a former military police officer, walked out of the store, the three thieves hurried to load up a black Chevy Trax, one opening the doors, another throwing a basket full of items into the back seat, and another struggling to unload the full shopping cart.
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Did all this massive stealing start after the Floyd riots?
I’d sue...for millions.
Just when you think we’ve reached maximum insanity something like this comes along to prove you wrong.
Interesting. The purloiners are not Amish for a change.
It’s because the shoplifters have successfully sued large retailers when hurt or “improperly” arrested. Also, loss prevention officers have been charged with felony illegal imprisonment, even when the shoplifters were caught red handed.
Insane
I read that Laundry Detergent is used in some places as a drug currency instead of dollars.
> I’d sue...for millions. <
As others have noted, the firing was outrageous. But unless this guy has a contract that says he’s allowed to do what he did, there’s nothing to sue for.
“drug currency instead of dollars”
Correct.
What is interesting about this is it violates all textbook studies of currency—because the weight to value ratio is way too high...
It is a currency of last resort.
There would be if *I* was a juror.
Please place your phone with an app serial number under the scanner for admittance.
Allowable apps are...
> There would be if *I* was a juror. <
Ha, me too. As I noted earlier, without a contract the guy is probably an at-will employee. He can be fired for any reason, or for no reason.
But…if I were him, I might sue for something like emotional distress anyway. Just to annoy the company.
That should be “subsidiary,” not subsidy.
Anarchy is not far down the road. For all of us. It’s already here in many areas of many blue cities.
Logic tells us that things are worse than what we see, because so much of the media establishment is vested in playing down the way things are.
Don’t worry. All you hard-working, play-by-the-rules saps get to pay for this theft through higher prices.
Big markups on laundry soap. Probably selling it to a Mexican grocery store.
Be patient, the Tide is going to turn...
I’m pretty sure the store would have cameras showing the space between the cash registers and the exit to prove shoplifting.
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