Once is a mistake.
Four times?
But it takes and act of Congress to fire government, “Public servants”...
If she tried to stop a shoplifter, she’d be fired. So why is she being fired for not trying to stop a fraudulent transaction?
She didn’t stop it, fired.
Had she tried to stop it, fired.
Had she refused the transaction, fired.
Where is the sweet spot for her?
“60 percent of the time, it works every time”
Home Depot needs a a silent code to add to a transaction for a cashier to notify security of a potential threat. That they don’t have it tells you that Home Depot isn’t going to do anything to help a cashier in harm’s way.
Ok, that's why ya say no, and let your supervisor take the bullet with the override, protects ya.
Was it something she should have caught, then yes.
Otherwise, No
Her age is irrelevant.
People aren’t reading the article.
“”I was instructed not to do a thing. Do not approach, do not touch, do not try to dissuade, to interfere, just let them go,” she said.
“She was doing everything she could. She asked for backup. She’s making copies of the receipt. You know she can’t risk her life for merchandise and employees are explicitly taught not to risk their life for merchandise,” said Chambord Benton-Hayes, Acevedo’s attorney.
Benton-Hayes also questions the timing of her termination. According to the lawsuit, six months prior, Acevedo learned a teenage new hire at the store had a starting salary of $21 an hour. Acevedo, who was 70 at the time and had been working at Home Depot for seven years, was making $20.17 an hour. She complained and the following month received a $2 raise.
“They really just wanted an excuse to terminate her,” said Benton-Hayes. “The moment she complained, she’s terminated within a few months.””
Danged if you do, danged if you don’t.
I suspect they were looking for any reason to get rid of her given her age.
She is going to win in court.
Home Depot put her in an impossible position.
She tried to call a supervisor but none responded rapidly.
She was in reasonable fear of her life given the recent murder in a nearby store.
She fully documented the transaction and was not trying to hide anything.
I miss you very much, but I'm glad I moved away...
-PJ
I have read numerous articles about employees who get fired when they try to stop shoplifting and other crimes. Maybe she was afraid they would fire her if she tried to stop the fraudulent transactions.
Here is information on the Home Depot employee that was murdered a few months prior to this situation.
Carleen was \ is a flea. She made several poor choices and then blamed it on her age (my opinion). Someone should check to see if she had ever been fired from a job and her complete work history.
Carleen knows the rules and the ways to get paid by evading them.
Digging in a graveyard will always bring up old bones.
Those of you who didn’t read the article ought to be ashamed.
That includes ‘mr crappy excerpt OP’.
This is a nuisance lawsuit. HD will pay a few thousand dollars and her attorney fees. The good news for the Attorney is that he is going to tens of thousands of dollars unlike the clerk.
And at my job, I’m not allowed to say boo about someone stuffing twenty boxes of Benadryl into their backpack. I’m not allowed to record (IL law) and I’m not allowed to approach.
All I can do is tell management and be a witness for law enforcement.