Thanks Lowe's, I'll Go Somewhere Else.

[Iraqgunz]

People have been seriously injured and killed. Let them take the shit and walk away. Corporate office can deal with the BS. No amount of shit in those stores is worth getting killed over.

[J-Dub]

I also would doubt this was the first time she has done this. We have a couple store in my squad area that have some over zealous loss prevention employees. I had a 40 year old woman jump onto the back of a moving vehicle trying to recover a 40 dollar pair of shoes. The Walmart in my area chases people on foot through the neighborhood all the time. I've had one tackle a suspect in the parking lot and handcuff himself to the suspect. I work in a violent part of town and none of that is a good idea.

Same kinda deal here. The loss prevention guy at Target thought he was a badass, until the guy he followed out to his car pulled a piece on him....lol.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

As I get older, I realize that most of the dangers at a workplace are employee not employer in origin. Not following safety procedures, wearing PPE, reading MSDS and in general taking shortcuts. I think that companies have to do a better job explaining to people that it is dangerous to play vigilante. People sometimes get very territorial about their work places.

God love these people that want to do the right thing, versus the employees who help the thieves- but like everyone said, its just not worth it

[T2C]

A company has to weigh risk, worker injuries, lawsuits from shoplifters and a myriad of other considerations.

If she violated company policy, I am not surprised she was fired.

[ptmccain]

Nice to see all the level-headed thinking on display on this thread. Elsewhere we would read impassioned defenses devolving into conspiracy theories about black helos, etc.

[Spiffums]

Reading the article she makes it sound like they were stealing from her.

[BWT]

I used to do Loss Prevention. Employee safety and public relations are far more expensive to fix/replace than recovering a stolen item.

When working for Large electronics retailed repairing computers in college. I was talking to one of the managers and we realized that the lawsuit for losing customer data was higher than what an entire store (the most profitable largest ones at that) made in revenue in a year.

That it'd be cheaper to literally lose everything in the entire store than be sued for data loss.

[Avenger29]

Complaining about this kind of policy is kind of like complaining every time Pizza Hut or Autozone fires somebody for defending themselves with a gun. ALL corps have these kinds of policy for insurance reasons. I had a friend get all rabid because Autozone fired that guy and I looked at her and said "And you don't think Advance, Oreilly, Car Quest, or NAPA would have done the same thing?" Please, it's the way business is done.

[Armati]

Newsflash Blart, store Security is does not have the same training, equipment, or legal authority as the Police.

[BCmJUnKie]

I especially like the part how it states policies are in place for "safety of employees".

Please. No corporation gives a shit about its employees.

They get fired over ridiculous things and often aren't givin a reason.

In a country where everything is so readily available and easily replaceable.....it's easier to let someone go than give a warning?

That's why fast food workers slap your shit sandwich together and the dipshit wears his pants around his ass. The company doesn't give 2 shits about him. So what incentive do they have to do a good job?

" my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired."