Jack House
Regular Member
I hate long titles, but couldn't think of anything shorter. Anyway!
This thread is about the employees of walmart that tackled the man who shot an officer twice in Austin, Texas.
Tonight I went out to buy some cigarettes for my mother, but all the stores were, so I ended up at Walmart. There I ran into a couple of my friends and one of them mentioned that Walmart is talking about during those two employees. Now, I don't have any actual sources and I never thought to ask him where he heard that. So basically all I have is an I heard from a friend. But this friend works at Walmart, this Walmart is in Bastrop, which is right outside of Austin. I have worked for Walmart. I also know of a number of similar cases where everyone, even the straight up victim, were fired for doing exactly what these two did.
One such example that immediately pops into mind: not that long ago, security caught a man shoplifting and took him to the back room with a manager. There were two security guys and manager. This is proper procedure for Walmart. While in the security room, which is horribly small and they would have barely fit, the man pulled out a gun and took the manager hostage. He demanded to be released and promised no one would get hurt if they let him go. Instead the security guys tackled the gunman and managed to pin him down until police arrived. No one got hurt and the man never even got a shot off. But none of that actually mattered to corporate, all there employees were fired a couple weeks later. As far as Walmart was concerned, the man promised not to hurt anyone and as we all know, thieves and potential murderers never lie. So they should have believed him and let him go, but they didn't so Walmart fired them.
Walmart, like many other places, has a history of firing people in situations like these. They would rather have a dangerous criminal running around their store with a gun than allow even the slightest risk of a lawsuit. So it won't surprise me if they do get fired.
Then again, the man shot a cop and the police seem really happy with these two. Might not make them too happy if they were to get fired for trying to save an officer's life. That might sour Walmart's relationship with the police. So who knows, their jobs could be safe.
The main reason I bring this up, is because I am sick and tired of all these policies that empower criminals to the detriment of everyone else. And I don't just mean making it easier for criminals to do their thing, but also attempting to tie the hands of their employees and not allow them to take the best course of action for a given situation. One day we had this crazy ass woman come into our store and instead of escorting her out the door like we should have done, the managers put up with her for hours in fear of getting in trouble with corporate for kicking her out.
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This thread is about the employees of walmart that tackled the man who shot an officer twice in Austin, Texas.
Tonight I went out to buy some cigarettes for my mother, but all the stores were, so I ended up at Walmart. There I ran into a couple of my friends and one of them mentioned that Walmart is talking about during those two employees. Now, I don't have any actual sources and I never thought to ask him where he heard that. So basically all I have is an I heard from a friend. But this friend works at Walmart, this Walmart is in Bastrop, which is right outside of Austin. I have worked for Walmart. I also know of a number of similar cases where everyone, even the straight up victim, were fired for doing exactly what these two did.
One such example that immediately pops into mind: not that long ago, security caught a man shoplifting and took him to the back room with a manager. There were two security guys and manager. This is proper procedure for Walmart. While in the security room, which is horribly small and they would have barely fit, the man pulled out a gun and took the manager hostage. He demanded to be released and promised no one would get hurt if they let him go. Instead the security guys tackled the gunman and managed to pin him down until police arrived. No one got hurt and the man never even got a shot off. But none of that actually mattered to corporate, all there employees were fired a couple weeks later. As far as Walmart was concerned, the man promised not to hurt anyone and as we all know, thieves and potential murderers never lie. So they should have believed him and let him go, but they didn't so Walmart fired them.
Walmart, like many other places, has a history of firing people in situations like these. They would rather have a dangerous criminal running around their store with a gun than allow even the slightest risk of a lawsuit. So it won't surprise me if they do get fired.
Then again, the man shot a cop and the police seem really happy with these two. Might not make them too happy if they were to get fired for trying to save an officer's life. That might sour Walmart's relationship with the police. So who knows, their jobs could be safe.
The main reason I bring this up, is because I am sick and tired of all these policies that empower criminals to the detriment of everyone else. And I don't just mean making it easier for criminals to do their thing, but also attempting to tie the hands of their employees and not allow them to take the best course of action for a given situation. One day we had this crazy ass woman come into our store and instead of escorting her out the door like we should have done, the managers put up with her for hours in fear of getting in trouble with corporate for kicking her out.
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