The Signet corporation who owns Kay and many other jewelry stores is suffering financially.
Many of their stores have been closed and many more will be closed this year.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kay-jewele ... re-stores/
This whole incident with the armed LEO being told that he could not enter the store is just a symptom of how their companies operate.
The only reason they seemed to care about what happened is the backlash was due to the bad publicity that they received.
I don't see them changing their policy about customers who carry concealed at their stores.
The sad part is that the store manager lost his job for following the policy that his company put in place.
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- Sun Jun 09, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Kay Jewelers store manager no longer employed after keeping on-duty deputy from picking up ring
- Replies: 29
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- Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:03 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Kay Jewelers store manager no longer employed after keeping on-duty deputy from picking up ring
- Replies: 29
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Re: Kay Jewelers store manager no longer employed after keeping on-duty deputy from picking up ring
I have read other retail stores refusing to serve armed peace officers. I disagree with that policy, but I am not the one who made the policy and I am not the person charged with enforcing it.Maxwell wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:51 pmI disagree. Any retail manager who refuses entry of a LEO in uniform needs to be removed from the company immediately! As someone with almost 20 years in retail senior management any and all LEOs are always welcome. This store manager was an ignorant idiot who took the "no guns" policy to the wrong extreme.WildBill wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:12 pmrotor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:18 pm I don't know all the details from the article but it sounds like the manager may have been following Kay policy. It was an easy scapegoat to fire the manager after a social media notation. So Kay Jewelers has an anti-gun policy, the manager follows orders and gets fired. Kay Jewelers then looks good. Not to me.No need to fire the guy IMO. I am sure that the former manager would change his behavior if the owners reminded him of the correct policy.
- Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:12 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Kay Jewelers store manager no longer employed after keeping on-duty deputy from picking up ring
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8253
Re: Kay Jewelers store manager no longer employed after keeping on-duty deputy from picking up ring
rotor wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:18 pm I don't know all the details from the article but it sounds like the manager may have been following Kay policy. It was an easy scapegoat to fire the manager after a social media notation. So Kay Jewelers has an anti-gun policy, the manager follows orders and gets fired. Kay Jewelers then looks good. Not to me.
No need to fire the guy IMO. Someone posted a copy of the policy and it doesn't not exempt peace officers from carrying inside the store. I am sure that the former manager would change his behavior if the owners reminded him of the correct policy.