These guys should be given awards. Our society has gone crazy.
1 posted on
02/11/2011 7:10:19 PM PST by
marktwain
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To: marktwain
Blame our legal system... it is far too easy for criminals to sue people who defend themselves.
2 posted on
02/11/2011 7:12:09 PM PST by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: marktwain
Walmart needs to re-think it’s policies. Absolutes as policy never work. Ask the schools about molded plastic toy soldiers with guns.
3 posted on
02/11/2011 7:13:24 PM PST by
pacpam
(action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
To: marktwain
Fired or not fired, they did what is right. There's no telling what the shoplifter/gunman would have done if they didn't wrestle away the weapon from him. Walmart is my favorite store but they are in the wrong on this one.
4 posted on
02/11/2011 7:14:22 PM PST by
Nitehawk0325
(I have the right to remain silent, but I lack the ability...........)
To: marktwain
Since when have you all started to believe KSL, the communication division of the Mormon church.
6 posted on
02/11/2011 7:17:20 PM PST by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: marktwain
Launch a boycott against that store. Pickets, protests, the whole shebang.
To: marktwain
8 posted on
02/11/2011 7:18:06 PM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: marktwain
Those fools should have let the crazed gunman open fire! What the h*ll were they thinking!
To: marktwain
Walmart!Super high prices and no deals in Texas.
10 posted on
02/11/2011 7:19:29 PM PST by
taxtruth
(Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
To: marktwain
This will make not want to shop at walmart...idiot management better wake up.
12 posted on
02/11/2011 7:20:35 PM PST by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
To: marktwain
I already don’t shop at Wally World. I see enough illegals on the street.
13 posted on
02/11/2011 7:21:03 PM PST by
manic4organic
(We won. Get over it.)
To: marktwain
But a week later, all four were fired from their jobs. Walmart said their actions had violated company policy and put their fellow workers and shoppers at risk. Far better to be fired from Wall Mart than be carried out of Wall Mart by the coroners office.
14 posted on
02/11/2011 7:21:05 PM PST by
Ditto
(Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
To: marktwain
Wal-mart is putting political correctness ahead of the safety of their customers and employees. I like cheap prices as much as anyone, but not the expense of my safety.
16 posted on
02/11/2011 7:22:46 PM PST by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: marktwain
If you recall, until around 10 am on Sept. 11, 2001, every airline employee and passenger were instructed to cooperate with hijackers and leave it up to the ‘professionals’ to deal with them.
18 posted on
02/11/2011 7:25:04 PM PST by
Ditto
(Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
To: marktwain
They should sue Wal-mart. They stopped a criminal.
Maybe Wal-mart doesn’t care about the safety of its employees and shoppers but the company needs to be taught a lesson where it hurts - its bottom line.
21 posted on
02/11/2011 7:26:19 PM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: marktwain
I’d have promoted them.
My policy would have read that they need to use discretion and judgement in volatile situations like this. You cannot write a blanket policy to cover every scenario. I wrote use-of-force policies for a maximum-security prison.
I used to tell my Captains that “you were the one there”- what you did may not have been what I would have done but if you can show that what you did was reasonable, prudent and logical I will support you 100%.
23 posted on
02/11/2011 7:27:22 PM PST by
One Name
To: marktwain
One would think that Walmart would be a LOT BETTER off perhaps talking to the employees and trying to understand the particular situation...rather than killing themselves in the PR world. This is just plain STUPID on their part.
The policy itself makes sense in almost all cases, but you have to have someone (other than a man-hating zealot) with the authority to flex some of these rules.
24 posted on
02/11/2011 7:27:49 PM PST by
BobL
(PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
To: marktwain
Please,someone tell us the great deals at Walfart.I can’t find one yet in Texas because they charge more than most stores for their JUNK.
25 posted on
02/11/2011 7:27:54 PM PST by
taxtruth
(Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
To: marktwain
OK, so the way I’m reading this is that they didn’t “confront” him after he pulled the gun. It appears they were following WM procedure and he then pulled the gun and grabbed his hostage.
They were in fear of the man’s life and believed it was safer to act then rather than let him back out with a hostage and perhaps shoot the hostage later.
Again, it appears they didn’t know he was armed until after he pulled the gun out and grabbed the guy. Is that the way others here read it?
Happening in that order, I’m not sure it violates WM policy.
27 posted on
02/11/2011 7:29:34 PM PST by
ChildOfThe60s
( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
To: marktwain
Yes, this is just plain wrong.
It's irritating and this might be enough to get me to quit doing business with Walmart, but they do have some bargains that I just can't resist.
I quit eating their meat, though, when I heard that they buy some of their meats from the 99 Cent Store.
29 posted on
02/11/2011 7:31:40 PM PST by
Walts Ice Pick
("I'm not going to shut up!" - Sarah Palin)
To: marktwain
Gotta be below 100 IQ to work at walmart, period. This stuff should mean anyone with any sense would leave or not be there at all in the first place.
32 posted on
02/11/2011 7:38:30 PM PST by
Tolsti2
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