Circle K fires clerk who disarmed robber

[ELB]

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Catching a moment of rare opportunity, the 30-year-old grabbed the gun pointed at him by one of the alleged robbers and slammed her to the ground

Mr Henderson claims he was given no choice but to act to save his own life but it was company policy not to provoke, chase or engage a robber.

He explained that one of the robbers told her accomplice to shoot him as she stood behind the register.

A spokesman for Circle K contacted by Fox10-TV says they stand by their decision to fire Mr Henderson.

[MasterOfNone]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1i29rxjKl

Catching a moment of rare opportunity, the 30-year-old grabbed the gun pointed at him by one of the alleged robbers and slammed her to the ground

Mr Henderson claims he was given no choice but to act to save his own life but it was company policy not to provoke, chase or engage a robber.

He explained that one of the robbers told her accomplice to shoot him as she stood behind the register.

A spokesman for Circle K contacted by Fox10-TV says they stand by their decision to fire Mr Henderson.

I think that quote should have read "it was company policy to allow robbers to kill their employees."

[OldCurlyWolf]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1i29rxjKl

Catching a moment of rare opportunity, the 30-year-old grabbed the gun pointed at him by one of the alleged robbers and slammed her to the ground

Mr Henderson claims he was given no choice but to act to save his own life but it was company policy not to provoke, chase or engage a robber.

He explained that one of the robbers told her accomplice to shoot him as she stood behind the register.

A spokesman for Circle K contacted by Fox10-TV says they stand by their decision to fire Mr Henderson.

I think that quote should have read "it was company policy to allow robbers to kill their employees."

I do believe if ever I give my business to a Circle K again, it will be a Franchise store or a DIRE emergency.


Does anyone have the contact info for Circle K corporate? I believe it is time for a large number of people to voice their displeasure at this IDIOTIC decision.

[johncanfield]

While I applaud and support the clerk's action to mitigate the potential harm to himself I also understand the company policy of no resistance which is the safest policy for them. Safest for them doesn't necessarily mean safe for the employee at risk. I distinctly remember one of my college business classes about creating company policy and handbooks - the best policy is one left unstated, then you have the flexibility of making decisions based on the specific (and probably unanticipated) situation. With a formal policy, you are locked in to whatever it states until changed.

Convenience store clerk has to be one of the riskiest occupations out there - right up with lumberjack and EOD.

[MasterOfNone]

While I applaud and support the clerk's action to mitigate the potential harm to himself I also understand the company policy of no resistance which is the safest policy for them. Safest for them doesn't necessarily mean safe for the employee at risk. I distinctly remember one of my college business classes about creating company policy and handbooks - the best policy is one left unstated, then you have the flexibility of making decisions based on the specific (and probably unanticipated) situation. With a formal policy, you are locked in to whatever it states until changed.

Convenience store clerk has to be one of the riskiest occupations out there - right up with lumberjack and EOD.

This is why a safer policy would be that employees are to respond in a manner to avoid harm to people (or something generic like that) and leave it to the employee to decide what to do.

[speedsix]

...he was in no way trying to be a hero...rather, he was saving his own life...she'd just been ordered to shoot him by her partner...here's a good case for a nationwide boycott...how uncaring can a corporation be!!!

[johncanfield]

Along these same lines, check out this story! Convenience store, robbers, gun to the head of the clerk, trigger pulled and a FTF . That is one lucky person.

[magillapd]

So, just do what the robber says and don't EVER fight back...policy sometimes = dead clerk.

I offer this story....http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_ti ... ictim.html

Quote from above story
Convenience store manager Daniel Rojas made every effort to cooperate with the masked men dressed in black who burst into the store seeking cash - but one of the gunmen still shot him at near point-blank range and left him to die in a back room, according to store security video.