Posted on 07/17/2017 12:20:10 AM PDT by grundle
A 70-year-old veteran says he’s out of a job after he tried to stop some thieves from leaving the Home Depot store where he worked. It appears what he saw as doing the right thing was against company policy.
Jim Tinney says trying to do the right thing has guided him pretty well in life.
“In the Army, they train you to do things like that,” Tinney said.
Recently, Tinney said he saw three men carrying tool sets worth thousands of dollars to the checkout area at Home Depot. He said they seemed nervous.
“One of them hollered ‘let’s go,’ and they all grabbed their kits and started heading out,” Tinney said.
Tinney said without thinking, he tossed the paint roller extension he was holding, and ran to stop one of the men.
“I just automatically went like this and threw the stick at their feet,” Tinney said.
The men ended up getting away. Tinney said he thought it was over, until two weeks later, when he was fired.
He said he never imagined his actions would get him fired.
“No. I did not at all,” Tinney said.
Tinney admitted he learned during training at the store not to confront shoplifters, but he said his decision to act was a reflex.
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I have a friend who works in downtown Denver; I guess their firm gets a weekly grocery delivery to the building.
The delivery was left on the sidewalk for a split second before someone went down to bring it in, and already there was an urban type there asking if they were giving away food! You can bet it would have been gone if they had waited 30 more seconds to bring it inside.
Not just that, but OSHA has been known to penalize companies because their employee(s) got hurt by the robber(s).
And, if they have worker’s comp insurance, the employer has now purchased that injury for the rest of that persons life (in most states)!
Most lawyers and government agencies SUCK!!
All big Retailers have the same Policy.
They don’t want to get Sued by the Thieves.
Lawyers winning...
Lawyers winning...
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