On Dec 29, 12:39*pm, "Dave Bugg" > wrote:
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > [the most "interesting" part of this particular drama is that the dude
> > stashed away almost ___$350.00___ worth of vittles in a shopping
> > bag...but it IS Whole Paycheck, after all...]
>
> >http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/...ker_fired_for_...
>
> > Grocery worker fired for stopping shoplifter
>
> > by Dave Gershman | The Ann Arbor News
> > Thursday December 27, 2007, 8:15 AM
>
> .....snip
>
> > Schultz said he was called to the store's office the next day, on
> > Christmas Eve, and was fired because he violated a company policy
> > prohibiting employees from having any physical contact with a
> > customer.
>
> > Kate Klotz, a company spokesperson, said the policy is clear and
> > listed in a booklet that all employees have to acknowledge that they
> > received before they can start work.
>
> > "The fact that he touched him, period, is means for termination," said
> > Klotz.
>
> Since when is a thief considered a 'customer'? Schultz was affecting the
> apprehension of a criminal, he wasn't manhandling grandma selecting the best
> bunch of bannanas in the fruit aisle.

Or manhandling grandDAUGHTER trying to choose among the various fair
trade chocolate bars in the candy aisle.
>
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--Bryan