"Grocery worker fired for stopping shoplifter" (December 27, 2007)
"John Schultz says he lost his job at Whole Foods Market in Ann Arbor after he tried to stop a shoplifter from making a getaway. But the company says he went too far and violated a policy that prohibits employees from physically touching a customer - even if that person is carrying a bag of stolen goods."
So: Whole Foods Market considers shoplifters to be customers? Very broadminded of them. Very broadminded. And generous.
Whole Foods Market has a pretty good store search service on its website, and a list of all Whole Foods Market stores. I checked. There are only two in Minnesota: one in Minneapolis, one in St. Paul. I don't know if the Minnesota stores have the thief-friendly 'no touch' policy.
And yes, I know: the rationale is probably based on a 'human-life/box-of-donuts' value ratio. Just the same:
- Firing an ex-Marine
- Who was on break
- Was asked by a manager to help stop a thief
- Did so
- Caught the thief on the other side of the street
- Was told to release the thief
- And did so
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