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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: Dilbert San Diego
 
 
Nope, it's for real. I know for a good while the big-box stores of all types had a policy of not calling the law. Which drove store managers bonkers. Some would get incensed to the point of calling in anyway, but any response got dashed when asked if the company would follow through on prosecuting if they went through the trouble of chasing the thieves down. I think now there's been a few modifications to policy at some places, but not by much.
 
 

41 posted on 05/28/2023 8:46:00 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: lowbridge

Shameful. #BoycottLululemon


42 posted on 05/28/2023 10:20:37 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Kenny Bania

How are the employees’ injuries or death from what the employees chose to do the company’s problem?


43 posted on 05/28/2023 10:22:26 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Brian Griffin

Which would be horrible, but how is that the company’s responsibility?


44 posted on 05/28/2023 10:23:41 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Maybe they should write laws that say that.


45 posted on 05/28/2023 10:23:59 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: usurper

Many companies have a similar policy.


46 posted on 05/28/2023 10:26:47 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: cherry

Yes, insurance companies could help stop this by jacking up rates for companies that enact such a policy, but the “progressives” in government would then punish the insurance companies.


47 posted on 05/28/2023 10:28:53 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: lowbridge

That Lululemon store’s phone number is (678) 321-9072. I might call and let them know exactly what I think of their “policy.”


48 posted on 05/28/2023 10:39:15 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

Probably should, if the laws don’t already say so. As I said, I don’t know specifically what the law requires in such matters. I’d guess that it might depend on the crime, so that failing to report a murder would be more serious than failing to report a theft. One of my brothers is a lawyer; perhaps I’ll ask him the next time we talk.


49 posted on 05/29/2023 4:56:49 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: lowbridge

Suppose your shift is ending. You clock out just as thieves are leaving, so instead of going straight home, you follow and get the information. Is that a violation?

Suppose you’re straightening the rack and one of the thieves is coming down that aisle. The thief bumps into you, falls, drops al the stuff, and you wind up tackling him. You hold him until the police come. You get fired for interfering?


50 posted on 05/29/2023 2:27:46 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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