Posted on Apr 22, 2015
What The Cluck? Popeye's Chicken Manager Fired After She Refuses To Pay Back $400 Taken By Armed Robber. Is This Fair?
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A Houston-area manager of a Popeye's Fried Chicken restaurant has been fired after refusing to payback the $400.00 she was forced to hand over during an armed robbery. Is this fair?
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Responses: 34
I am not agreeing with what happened but they did have grounds for firing her. If she sues she will lose. From what I read she has been wrote up multiple times for leaving too much cash in the til. It could be possible that she has been known for doing that and she made the target of opportunity.
When I worked for Walmart in the management I could "Coach" people for the same thing. (Coaching at Walmart is the same as Counseling in the Army) It is a very dangerous practice. Sometimes you could get a couple thousand in a register if it was not tended too. People see this and it may lead to a criminal taking advantage of the situation. If an employee was wrote up for doing this she most likely was warned about the dangers of leaving so much cash in the til. Then she failed to correct the action and then a criminal notices the mistake and robs them.
Just about all larcenies and thefts are crimes of opportunity. If you take away these opportunities then you will prevent crime. It is pretty rare to see a fast food restaurant get robbed. Then to get robbed with having so much in the til is even more rare.
The company also has all the facts. The victim stated that is all from one hour of sale. All of these companies have Loss Prevention or Asset Protection Specialists. I am sure they can find out how long the money has been in the til.
If you make a mistake you should be corrected. If you make the same mistake again and it leads to a failure in your company or business then that person should be held accountable.
When I worked for Walmart in the management I could "Coach" people for the same thing. (Coaching at Walmart is the same as Counseling in the Army) It is a very dangerous practice. Sometimes you could get a couple thousand in a register if it was not tended too. People see this and it may lead to a criminal taking advantage of the situation. If an employee was wrote up for doing this she most likely was warned about the dangers of leaving so much cash in the til. Then she failed to correct the action and then a criminal notices the mistake and robs them.
Just about all larcenies and thefts are crimes of opportunity. If you take away these opportunities then you will prevent crime. It is pretty rare to see a fast food restaurant get robbed. Then to get robbed with having so much in the til is even more rare.
The company also has all the facts. The victim stated that is all from one hour of sale. All of these companies have Loss Prevention or Asset Protection Specialists. I am sure they can find out how long the money has been in the til.
If you make a mistake you should be corrected. If you make the same mistake again and it leads to a failure in your company or business then that person should be held accountable.
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I smell a law suite brewing. I am pretty sure she could sue the company for unlawful termination, because they should carry liability insurance that would cover the loss of the $400. If they paid the insurance then she should not be liable for that amount. They have grounds to fire her for failing to decrease the register holdings if that is required by her job description but being fired for non-repayment of an amount that was already recouped by insurance is wrong.
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I didn't actually I was trying to respond and lost the link when it froze,
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CPT Zachary Brooks
Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
Sounds like a hostile work environment to me. Forcing her to pay for being robbed but did not allow her the ability to defend herself with 2A rights.
Sounds like a hostile work environment to me. Forcing her to pay for being robbed but did not allow her the ability to defend herself with 2A rights.
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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS
CPT Zachary Brooks It's NOT a 2a issue. Private property. No one has to let you on their property armed.
As for forcing her to pay... "If" true, that's likely the franchise owner trying to double dip on the insurance money.
As for forcing her to pay... "If" true, that's likely the franchise owner trying to double dip on the insurance money.
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