The victim blame here is insane. I hate these comments. You are not the problem. It is not your fault for walking or standing near someone, and they punched you.
Edit: Louder for those still delusional.
IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT YOU WALKED IN THE DIRECTION OF SOMEONE.
IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT THEY PUNCHED YOU.
It is incredibly cruel of the company to fire you like this. For simply existing in the presence of someone with an axe to grind.
They put their hands on the shoplifter. Game over unfortunately. I think most people here are sympathetic to OP’s plight, but it’s unfortunate that the law says otherwise.
They said they moved to deter, they tried to grab the items back from the person after being hit, they said “just leave it and go” aloud. They probably said all this in the report, too, not understanding what they were doing.
They weren’t “just standing near someone”. They even mentioned security is there, but they still did this.
This isn’t victim blaming, it is educating. Nobody in these comments is saying op SHOULD HAVE been fired. They’re explaining WHY they were, so that they and anyone reading this don’t make that mistake again.
I’ll just point out that as shitty as it is that OP got fired here, the other side of this is that if there aren’t these sort of hard rules and policies in place about not trying to stop shoplifters, workplaces can start creating an expectation on the employee to put themselves in harms way. The same rules that hurt OP protect the workers that don’t feel like confronting a shoplifter.
Every retail job I ever had, and that was a lot, had the policy of don’t stop shoplifters. It’s not worth the risk when the items are insured.
Hell I’m not even sure OP is morally right here. Look how quick these companies will end your career, you don’t owe them any more loyalty than time in exchange for money.
The victim blame here is insane. I hate these comments. You are not the problem. It is not your fault for walking or standing near someone, and they punched you.
Edit: Louder for those still delusional. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT YOU WALKED IN THE DIRECTION OF SOMEONE. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT THEY PUNCHED YOU. It is incredibly cruel of the company to fire you like this. For simply existing in the presence of someone with an axe to grind.
They put their hands on the shoplifter. Game over unfortunately. I think most people here are sympathetic to OP’s plight, but it’s unfortunate that the law says otherwise.
I don’t think it’s even the law saying that, but the business reality of liability. Basically: insurance risk.
They said they moved to deter, they tried to grab the items back from the person after being hit, they said “just leave it and go” aloud. They probably said all this in the report, too, not understanding what they were doing.
They weren’t “just standing near someone”. They even mentioned security is there, but they still did this.
This isn’t victim blaming, it is educating. Nobody in these comments is saying op SHOULD HAVE been fired. They’re explaining WHY they were, so that they and anyone reading this don’t make that mistake again.
I’ll just point out that as shitty as it is that OP got fired here, the other side of this is that if there aren’t these sort of hard rules and policies in place about not trying to stop shoplifters, workplaces can start creating an expectation on the employee to put themselves in harms way. The same rules that hurt OP protect the workers that don’t feel like confronting a shoplifter.
In short, liability laws are a bastard in a country with no national healthcare rights.
If healthcare was free, would you want to work at a store that required non-security workers to stop shoplifters? Think about what you’re asking for.
It may be though.
Every retail job I ever had, and that was a lot, had the policy of don’t stop shoplifters. It’s not worth the risk when the items are insured.
Hell I’m not even sure OP is morally right here. Look how quick these companies will end your career, you don’t owe them any more loyalty than time in exchange for money.