Kroger manager fired after he slams a knife-wielding shoplifter to the ground

[OverVolt]

I seriously hope you're not in charge of anything myself.

Hello peanut gallery.

I wouldn't take the same actions as the employee but I at least understand why he did them.

 

[shady28]

Because he is threatening other people and the human instinct in to protect them.

Its okay though, I know that you have buried your instincts long ago. 🙂

You lose quite a bit when you do that, though. Just my 0.02 not that you care. (my instinct tells me you won't care).

I doubt you are very good at making a decisive decision with limited available information, for example.

You're probably right, I guess I am seeing this in the light of -

It's LPs job to confront the shoplifter. What they aren't supposed to do is get physical.

If the guy had not pulled a knife and had refused to come inside and just left, then nothing probably would have happened.

However -

Once the shoplifter pulled the knife, then you're right it's flight or fight. The store manager could easily state that he wasn't apprehending a shoplifter at that point, he was simply protecting himself.

Personally I think Kroger made a knee-jerk decision to fire.

Judging by the ~17,000 responses to the Yahoo news posting, it looks like Kroger is going to lose some business. I would imagine whoever made the decision to fire is praying that this story doesn't go viral.

 

[cubby1223]

Judging by the ~17,000 responses to the Yahoo news posting, it looks like Kroger is going to lose some business. I would imagine whoever made the decision to fire is praying that this story doesn't go viral.

Here's the problem...

(1) Kroger's competition are the same as them, they have the same policies. Consumers cannot vote with their dollars.
(2) Kroger sells items that are a necessity to life. Consumers do not have the option to not purchase food.

Kroger will lose some business over this, but my prediction it will be a microscopic blip on their financial statement, completely vanished when the totals are rounded off for simplicity.

 

[MongGrel]

Here's the problem...

(1) Kroger's competition are the same as them, they have the same policies. Consumers cannot vote with their dollars.
(2) Kroger sells items that are a necessity to life. Consumers do not have the option to not purchase food.

Kroger will lose some business over this, but my prediction it will be a microscopic blip on their financial statement, completely vanished when the totals are rounded off for simplicity.

If the manager had never done it to begin with, he'd have a job and there wouldn't be an issue period.

He was not doing his job right more or less, end of story.

I mean good lord, I'm a former Marine and tend to react to things when I see something wrong, but he did it wrong.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

If the manager had never done it to begin with, he'd have a job and there wouldn't be an issue period.

He was not doing his job right more or less, end of story.

I mean good lord, I'm a former Marine and tend to react to things when I see something wrong, but he did it wrong.

Yes, he did do it wrong but, you train fuck ups, you don't fire them. Just to be clear, read this policy and sign that you understand it, is NOT training.

 

[MongGrel]

He is the guy that is supposed to be responsible for the whole store as far as things like this go, if he wasn't aware of that before then ..........

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

He is the guy that is supposed to be responsible for the whole store as far as things like this go, if he wasn't aware of that before then ..........

Aware and trained are two different things. You don't throw away someone you've already invested a lot of money in unless they prove they can't do the job after training. This is poor business practice fueled by risk management policies.