Waitrose

[Alex]

Did you read about the Waitrose employee who was sacked because he confronted a shop lifter ?  I didn't believe it either !  Apparently he's worked for the company for 17 years.

[Mups]

It's been all on the news that has, Alex.    Seems crazy doesn't it.    Unless of course, there is a lot more to it that we don't know . . .

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15709425/Tories-demand-Waitrose-worker-job-sacked-tackling-thief.html

[GrannyMac]

I hope some other company offer him a job!

[Scrumpy]

I think I will take up shoplifting..
It all seems so easy..
Walk in to any shop.. Choose items at your leisure..
Stroll out..  
I wonder if they will replace my Loyalty Card with a cash bonus.. sent to me every six months.. !!!

[Michael Rolls]

disgraceful

[Mups]

I don't think Waitrose will have heard the end of this, somehow. 

In a way I can see why shops don't want staff to get involved,  because it cost them a fortune in compensation if an employee got badly injured at work -  or even killed by some nutter.  

I really don't know the answer though.  
Modern shoplifters must be laughing their socks off.

[muddy]

https://peterbleksley.com/bio/


https://x.com/TalkTV/status/2041186114350825478?s=20

[Mups]

https://peterbleksley.com/bio/


https://x.com/TalkTV/status/2041186114350825478?s=20

Although I agree with what  Peter Bleksley was saying about these stores employing properly trained security staff,  Muddy,   but  I don't suppose the smaller local shops and corner shops could afford such people,  but they suffer with theft too.  
I think his idea  would only be of help to the big concerns, so I don't know what would help others..

[JBR]

I can foresee this sort of problem increasing, bearing in mind the lack of police, soft courts, and greedy defence lawyers.

Solutions?  Well, there are a couple of options I can think of immediately:
- Shops in 'certain areas' are likely to close down.  What will the locals do then?
- Shops will consider not having goods immediately available, but images on display with details and costs.  Customers would then make a list of what they want, hand it to a checkout operator, the requested goods will be brought out from the stock room, and will then be handed over after payment.

Any other bright ideas?

[muddy]

I think that that waitrose manager although probaby following store policy was a complete pillock .

[Scrumpy]

Much talk of this on the news..
I believe that local MP pleaded his case..
 I don't think Waitrose will back down.. They are sticking to their Policy .. Staff Safety ..

[klondike]

I doubt that store policy could include instant dismissal for a first issue. There have to be all sorts of warnings and notifications these days before somebody can be sacked. I don't think we can have the full story. Actually I don't have any story apart from what I've seen here. It will doubtless all come out when the unfair dismissal claim gets processed.

Just nipping up to Waitrose for a nice joint for Sunday. Might pick up an few other bits and bobs while I'm there. Better go early to miss the rush. So much cheaper than Lidl 

[Mups]

I doubt that store policy could include instant dismissal for a first issue. There have to be all sorts of warnings and notifications these days before somebody can be sacked. I don't think we can have the full story. Actually I don't have any story apart from what I've seen here. It will doubtless all come out when the unfair dismissal claim gets processed.

Just nipping up to Waitrose for a nice joint for Sunday. Might pick up an few other bits and bobs while I'm there. Better go early to miss the rush. So much cheaper than Lidl 

I agree.    As I said in the beginning,  I won't be surprised if there is more to this.

[muddy]

However the man had worked there 17 years so he must have been doing something right .
He probaby had pride in his store and they don't get paid that much it must have been infuriating for his to see the thief who was a repeat offender getting away with it all the time .

[Ashy]

I expect we can all remember when shops were different. Most of the goods were behind the counter and you had to pay for them before you got 'em. I can remember the first "help yourself" shops and thinking it would be tempting to thieves. I can foresee shops going back to this type of shop with a counter, or in some places, selling out of a little window like an American highway liquor store.

If there isn't more to the Waitrose story  than meets the eye, I do not see how a shop can sack their employee of 17 years for this, it's not even a case for a reprimand. If any action had to be taken, I would have thought some training in what the management wanted staff to do in the circumstances would have sufficed.