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I hear and obey, O Great One:
Dear Sirs/Madams,
It was with disappointment that I read about your decision to fire the person who fought back against a robbery attempt in Minnesota. It was even more disappointing to read the self-serving drivel that was offered up as justification for that firing.
1) Since you terminate employees who fight back against criminals, I will no longer do business at any of your stations. I cannot take the risk: if you won't allow them to defend themselves, they certainly won't lift a finger in my behalf.
2) As well, since you won't do anything to impact street crime in the areas in which your stations are located, it stands to reason that you support thugs who rob and steal from the general public, and therefore you don't deserve my business.
I'm well aware that the oft-stated theory of corporate responsibility begins and ends with payment of assessed taxes and keeping the stockholders happy. This is patently untrue. Maintaining a retail outlet for the sole reason of taking in cash without regard to the neighborhood that retail outlet is situated in is both cynical and irresponsible. No matter how much you might insist, you are part and parcel of the community in which you do business, and pretending otherwise doesn't stand up to any credible scrutiny. I myself cannot allow, for instance, a drug lab on my property using the sort of reasoning you seem to be relying on here, and I own outright the land my house is built on. Why? Because the product of that drug lab impacts the greater community, and insisting that my land is some sort of island, somehow separate from the town in which it is situated won't pass the smell test. Announcing that your employees are not to resist during a robbery impacts the entire area in which your station is located, not just your civil liability.
Insisting that any potential or current employee agree to be victimized or killed in return for a paycheck is reprehensible.
May 24, 2008, 10:09:00 PM
Posted to "Customer Service"