Posted on 08/14/2023 3:01:23 PM PDT by grundle
Video: https://twitter.com/ClownWorld_/status/1691096692345753600
Santino Burrola thought he was following the rules.
When he noticed a man pushing a cart full of laundry detergent out of the Denver-area King Soopers grocery store where he worked as a security guard, the former military police officer pulled out his Samsung Galaxy S22 phone and started filming.
Following the man and a second suspect out to the parking lot, Burrola recorded the pair hastily loading the haul into a black Chevrolet Trax, where a third man was waiting in the driver's seat.
When one of the men closed the hatchback, Burrola noticed the license plate was covered with a piece of aluminum foil, which he gently plucked off, revealing the plate number.
Burrola then uploaded the video to TikTok on Father's Day. It quickly went viral on that platform as well as Instagram and Reddit. The original video now has more than 1.5 million views and was even shared by hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg.
The foil was the "only thing I could snatch without losin my job," Burrola said in a comment on his TikTok post.
His employer saw it differently, however.
As it happens, King Soopers' parent company, Kroger, has a policy against engaging or interfering with shoplifters.
Burrola told the Denver CBS affiliate he was suspended when he arrived for his next shift and fired the following week.
"I and the union rep sat down with them and they [King Soopers] recommended termination and so I got fired that day," Burrola said.
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Then the employer should state a rule not to interfere with a shoplifter.
Then the employer should state a rule not to interfere with a shoplifter. However, in this case, the employee was filming them and hopefully got a view of their license plate.
Yeah, why stop shoplifters. We’ll just raise the prices on everybody else’s groceries.
I’m real close to telling my wife to just wheel her grocery cart out. Apparently nothing happens to you.
OK, so now we know it is OK to steal from King Soopers/Kroger. Good to know. Free stuff.
“if you read the article, the sheriff did follow up on this and make an arrest.”
Let’s see the final prosecutions. Doubt there will be any.
Kudos to the union hack!
That dude’s got droopy drawers.
All those union dues...
I’m going to send Kroger a letter demanding that Santino Burrola be reinstated. It’s time in this country for citizens to take action. This theft just the method the Marxists are using to take down America’s free enterprise system.
Drip . . . Drip . . . Drip . . . Drip . . . Drip . . . Drip . . .
. . . America’s Capitalist system, dead in a pool of blood!
Why not promote them? It’s just a matter of time, before one of these guys has a “falling down” moment.
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Exactly, lawyers and civil lawsuits ruined a lot of aspects of normal society. This is one of those aspects. If the employee is hurt or killed the company can be sued for $$$$. So they point to this policy and how it is enforced with zero tolerance. Likewise, any innocent bystanders getting potentially caught up in some scene caused by an employee. They aren’t going to sue the people stealing detergent, they will go after the money.
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