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Lululemon fired two employees that confronted masked robbers
nypost.com ^ | May 27, 2023 | Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 05/28/2023 10:30:40 AM PDT by lowbridge

Two Georgia women — including an assistant manager — are blasting Lululemon for sacking them from their jobs after they called the police while three masked men pillaged the store.

Shocking video shows the brazen thieves burst into the Peachtree Corners store in metro Atlanta earlier this month to grab as many fistfuls of athletic clothing as possible.

The women follow the group outside and watch as they pile into their getaway car, but notably do not try to physically stop the thieves — which has caused workers to lose their jobs or face charges in the past.

Instead, they reported the robbery to the Gwinnett Police Department, who later tracked down the thieves and charged them with felony robbery charges.

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The looters — who had allegedly struck the store nearly a dozen times prior — momentarily stood in the store doorway and stared at the women before jumping back inside to snatch several more pairs of leggings.

“Seriously? Get out,” the frustrated retail worker says to the men.

“Chill, b–tch, shut your ass up,” one of the thieves can be heard responding.

“We are not supposed to get in the way. You kind of clear path for whatever they’re going to do,” Ferguson told 11Alive.

“And then, after it’s over, you scan a QR code. And that’s that. We’ve been told not to put it in any notes, because that might scare other people. We’re not supposed to call the police, not really supposed to talk about it.” 

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According to Jason, the women were told it would “look bad for Lululemon to be the company calling the police.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; brazenthieves; crime; georgia; lululemon; peachtreecorners; retail; robbery; thieves
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To: Noumenon

I wish I had one of these stores near me. I never stole anything from anyone before. I might make an exception for this store so I can help it go bankrupt faster. Maybe I would advertise it to other people so I don’t have to destroy my morals.


21 posted on 05/28/2023 11:28:40 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: PGR88

People don’t realize how precious a high-trust society is, until it is gone.


I’ve spent time in Costa Rica, a very pleasant place for the most part, but your post made me think how it is not nor likely ever has been a ‘high-trust’ society. Even little shops have a big guy standing by the door to let you in and make sure you’ve paid as you leave.

Middle-class houses typically have razor wire along their high walls and gates, bars on all the windows, etc. etc.

Supermarkets have employees watching you as you shop, eager to help you find what you’re looking for but also making sure you don’t put anything in your pocket.

The big difference, of course, is the law down there is openly on the side of the store and home owner as opposed to the situation in many American cities.


22 posted on 05/28/2023 11:31:05 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: lowbridge

The only way this anarchy ends is with security guards hopped up on caffeine sitting behind a mini gun and a license to thrill.


23 posted on 05/28/2023 11:35:32 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
The company has some policy to not call police in case of theft or robbery?

Sounds like a great company to work for. Steal whatever you want and help yourself to the register when you need cash. Just don't call the cops.

24 posted on 05/28/2023 11:36:27 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: lowbridge

Must be homos running the business.


25 posted on 05/28/2023 11:41:33 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: Dilbert San Diego
The company has some policy to not call police in case of theft or robbery?

"After viewing video of all the robberies at our stores we noticed something common in virtually all the robbers. As a progressive business, and in the interests of racial justice, we decided to not prosecute the robbers as there are too many of them in prison already."

It does make it harder to stay in business, but racism!

26 posted on 05/28/2023 11:43:21 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: PGR88

We’re past the point of no return.


27 posted on 05/28/2023 11:45:06 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Brian Griffin
Might as well make it the FBI, especially if they are a big donor for the Democrat Party. I've never heard of the company so I know nothing about them. But anyone that doesn't want police involvement, and is willing & able, to absorb the losses, raises red flags for me. Firing them, certainly isn't going to help them though. 😋

I forget where this was at now, but there was the little pizza place that had a pool table in it. I would go in there sometimes to play pool by myself. I would never see any customers come in at all. Yet they were able to stay in business. I would always wonder how they managed to do so. One day I went there & they were closed. Learned later that they ran a drug distribution operation out of there, and they were finally busted.

I think it must have been in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Oh well, not important. 😋

28 posted on 05/28/2023 11:47:16 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: bankwalker

That is inaccurate-Lululemon’s stuff is just regular athletic clothing-but it is 3x more expensive than the same athletic clothing is at any 12 other stores-or online outlets at Amazon, etc-you are just paying for the La-de-da label. Apparently, their business plan supports providing free items to thieves who sell stolen goods as well-that is not a profitable long-term strategy...


29 posted on 05/28/2023 12:20:17 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SauronOfMordor

That scene is in a Dirty Harry movie, I believe.


30 posted on 05/28/2023 12:39:58 PM PDT by ltc8k6 ( .)
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To: Kenny Bania
In between Marine Corps hitches, I worked at a liquor store in North Hollywood California that had a high rate of robberies/smash and grab theft. My boss pretended not to notice that I had a .45, Condition One, on the shelf under the counter within very easy reach.

I had few nasty-looking characters come into the store late at night, but my look must have warned them that I could and would shoot. No thefts while I was working there.

31 posted on 05/28/2023 12:54:10 PM PDT by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: Robert DeLong
I would never see any customers come in at all. Yet they were able to stay in business. I would always wonder how they managed to do so.

I had the same suspicions about a neighborhood restaurant. It had odd hours. Dinner only. Wondered how they kept their doors open.

32 posted on 05/28/2023 1:03:33 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Dilbert San Diego

they’re insurance rates should skyrocket....they are not even attempting to prevent stolen merchandise...and then they’ll have the audacity to cry about shop lifting and how its hurting the bottom line and THAT’S why the prices must go up....


33 posted on 05/28/2023 1:06:50 PM PDT by cherry
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To: lowbridge

Good to hear their policy is not to call the police. Likely that has already made the rounds in places that would be interested. The doors are open folks, have at it.


34 posted on 05/28/2023 1:37:36 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: lowbridge
All you need to know:

The looters were black
The employees were uppity, law abiding whites

35 posted on 05/28/2023 1:38:29 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: lowbridge

Keeping your employees from calling the police to report a crime sounds a lot like aiding and abetting to me.


36 posted on 05/28/2023 1:41:23 PM PDT by csn vinnie
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To: lowbridge

The ex employees are far better off. They are now safe.
One day robbers will show up and kill the employees of the store.


37 posted on 05/28/2023 2:15:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: lowbridge

Fired two employees that confronted masked robbers.

Bosses inside job gone bad?.


38 posted on 05/28/2023 2:40:04 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: thecodont
I have seen that before. In my instance it was a catering firm during the day, and a restaurant that served dinner only in the evening.

Not saying that is what was going on in your instance.

Mine finally closed the restaurant at night. Since I am not in the market to hire a catering service, I don't know if that portion still operates.

They had great food, but I live in a small town. The food industry has lots of failures for every success. It's a tough business to succeed in, and many factors play a role in the outcome, as I'm sure you know.

39 posted on 05/28/2023 3:16:19 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: lowbridge

Lululemon had an horrific murder of one employee to another several years ago.


40 posted on 05/28/2023 4:15:13 PM PDT by bgill
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