A Waitrose employee of 17 years has described his devastation after being sacked for stopping a shoplifter who had ransacked a display of Lindt Gold Bunny Easter eggs.
Not for punching the thief to the floor, just stopping him escaping with the loot...
He was told off by his manager and apologised but the matter was escalated. Smith said he was previously told not to approach shoplifters but the toll of seeing them get away with theft repeatedly spurred him into action.
As it would any normal human being, but clearly, Waitrose doesn't want normal human beings working for them.
After a few days, Walker was hauled into a meeting with two store managers. “I had a feeling about what was going to happen,” he said. He made a final plea, telling his bosses “Waitrose is like my family” but he was still dismissed.
And like some families, the Matriarch or Patriach is an arsehole.
He had recently moved into his own studio flat after living with flatmates for 25 years, before being sacked. He worries about how he will keep a roof over his head. “I’m not too sure what’s going to happen with this place now. I might be homeless. My confidence is on the floor right now,” he said.
This is such an inversion of justice that even I'm shocked!
A Waitrose spokesperson said: “We take the safety and security of our customers and our partners incredibly seriously and to do this we have policies in place which our partners are aware of and required to follow.”
How about you take the social contract incredibly seriously instead, and make sure crime doesn’t pay, while crime fighting pays well?
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