A 24-year-old Home Depot employee in Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
is unemployed this week after catching a man who took cash from an on-site soda machine. Former department manager Dustin Chester said that he simply acted on instinct when he saw the alleged thief, but later found out that his employer's policy was to simply allow such offenders to escape, The Nashville Tennessean reported Wednesday. "The district manager told me that we are supposed to let thieves walk away; it blew my mind," the former employee-of-the-year said. "He had a crowbar, and what if he had come inside and gone after customers or the employees working at the registers?" Chester said of Monday's suspect. "I'd rather have him coming at me than going after any of the customers." A Home Depot spokesman said that the decision to fire Chester and his general manager was simply based on company policy, which is oriented toward ensuring safety on-site.
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Was Home Depot right?
2007-08-31
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