In Which Human Rights Are Potentially Violated

[eltf177]

What really bothers me is that the guilty parties are more than likely going to get off scot-free while those who tried to do the right thing get thrown under the bus.

I only hope karma comes back hard on Bitchy Lady, Spineless Manager, the power mad Cops and everybody else who started or escalated this tragedy...

[carryonnow]

Very minor devil's advocate question: did anyone tell the cop that Mr D is autistic?

Mr. D and his Mother Mrs. T have shopped in the store thru several owners over the past forty years. Many of my customers and several of my employees attended school with Mr. D. The cop that responded actually sat on the curb with me several weeks earlier while I calmed Mr. D from Bitchy Lady's initial outburst.

As of today, I still have my job...of course the week is new and my supervisor has just returned from vacation. Tradition dictates that she will visit on Wednesday, my day off, to try to find any reason...and I mean any reason to question me, my decisions, or the way I run the department.

Seriously, I know jobs are hard to come by, but you don't deserve to work for a boss who's fine with treating an autistic person like that. Nobody does. Who knows, maybe you'd get job offers from other places if it gets out that you stood up for Mr. D when nobody else would.

My last great act will be to allow my cousin to report the story, send an email to the owner of the company, and contact my attorney. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. In today's economy, jobs are hard to find...but it is harder to find an employee with ethics and integrity and I have both. A business mentor of mine once told me "do the right thing for the right reason," and that advice has never failed me.

[eltf177]

My last great act will be to allow my cousin to report the story, send an email to the owner of the company, and contact my attorney. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. In today's economy, jobs are hard to find...but it is harder to find an employee with ethics and integrity and I have both. A business mentor of mine once told me "do the right thing for the right reason," and that advice has never failed me.

Hear, hear!

[aqutalion]

My last great act will be to allow my cousin to report the story, send an email to the owner of the company, and contact my attorney. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. In today's economy, jobs are hard to find...but it is harder to find an employee with ethics and integrity and I have both. A business mentor of mine once told me "do the right thing for the right reason," and that advice has never failed me.

Why wait? There's no time like the present.

[Seshat]

In that case, the cop should (in an ideal world) have remembered Mr D/your shop/you and let someone who knows Mr D handle him. Of course, cops, like retail folks, tend to see too many people & situations every day to remember them all.

Still, this is a pretty damn distinctive one.

[EricKei]

The plot thickens...Followup here.

[smileyeagle1021]

Of course, cops, like retail folks, tend to see too many people & situations every day to remember them all.

Still, this is a pretty damn distinctive one.

Aside from it being very distinctive, if all areas set up their patrols like they do in my neck of the woods, the officer definitely would have had other interactions with staff and Mr. D. because he would always be on a similar beet. The C-store I work at gets the same about 6 police officers coming in every swing shift, because neighborhood assignments are at least semi-permanent. They recognize a lot of our regulars and our regulars recognize them. Now, if this was an officer who was out of his normal area because it was an emergency call and the regular officer wasn't available, that would be one thing, but that it appears this is his normal patrol area, it is hard to believe that this was only his second encounter with Mr. D or that he wouldn't have been able to remember him. Would I expect him to remember Mr. D's name and exactly what his disability is? Of course not, but I'd expect him to at least remember that he is disabled and needs a lighter touch.