Posted on 08/29/2007 8:16:32 PM PDT by Nachum
Hows come the illegal invaders loitering in the parking lot of the Home Depot didn’t stop the thief?
This is not new. There have been other reports in the recent past of Home Depot employees being fired for trying to stop a thief.
I worked in retail 20 years- for 3 companies- from asst. manager to district director. In every company they are clear- do not confront or chase shoplifters or thieves. No exceptions. The biggest reason is because of possibility of injury to the employee, but also, because the law regarding shoplifter apprehension is very strict, and the possibility of the employer being sued by the shoplifter is very high.
Yeah, there was another story about two months ago posted here in which a Home Depot employee was fired for running down a crook. I guess everything’s on sale, 100% off, at Home Depot these days.
if you think about it,times have changed.
where i live in socal there are a lot of illegal aliens, drug users, and criminals.
while stopping a shoplifter you might encounter one of these.
the results might endanger you, other customers and staff.
....This is not new. There have been other reports in the recent past of Home Depot employees being fired for trying to stop a thief....
One of the reasons I don’t go there anymore.
In other words, you aren't good enough to defend yourself - The State shall take care of your needs.
God forgive Amerika.
Reminds me of the stories I was reading on this forum of people at Walmart. Watching customers commit criminal acts, and the employees not doing anything and pretending not to notice.
We were blaming it on low morale, but it appears they could lose their job if they do anything.
We desperately need tort reform like all the other industrialized nations have, so our companies don’t need to worry about being sued every 5 seconds.
So making a citizen's arrest is the dame as "vigilante justice"? Who knew?
(I do agree that lawyers can be more dangerous than criminals—although sometimes it is a distinction without a difference.)
By making a citizen's arrest, you're exposing yourself to a litany of possible lawsuits or criminal charges, including impersonating police, false imprisonment, kidnapping and wrongful arrest.
And we wonder why people will not intervene to stop a violent crime in progress.
Ah! That must be why their CEO’s can make off with such large amounts in their pockets.
We are losing the police, too. I always thought that if we, the people ever needed to really exercise our 2nd Amendment rights, the police would be with us. I guess I was wrong.
Legislators need to fix the laws so that people like this cannot be fired or sued.
So, it is open season? I walk in, take what I want and leave?
Don’t pay, don’t tell.
This was on the news tonight, and they announced Home Depot’s policy of not stopping shop lifters. Mr G and I wondered how long it would be before shoplifters declared open season on HD.
Oh, and they are not charging the guy (read criminal) who was stopped.
and isn’t it a sorry fact that ‘criminals’ have the right to sue anyone for anything after they have been caught doing something illegal.
Sad, very sad.
I was thinking that this would be a good reason to not shop at Home Depot, but maybe it really IS.
I mean, if they really don't care if you pay for the goods or not.....
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