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@orwell168

London, England Katılım Nisan 2024
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@Free_ByTheSea Shoplifters will target the shop with the higher value products - which is Waitrose. But if they wanted to choose a shop whereby staff are instructed not to physically intervene with shoplifters, then either Waitrose or Iceland is fine. In fact, any supermarket is fine.
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FreeByTheSea
FreeByTheSea@Free_ByTheSea·
I hear that Waitrose are standing by their apalling decision to sack Walker Smith- a brave employee who stood up to a shop lifter.🙄 But apparently Iceland has told Walker that he’d be more than welcome there. 👍 Which retailer would you target if you were a shop lifter? 🤷‍♀️ Perhaps one of the reasons that retailer charges its paying customers a premium? 🤔 Posh but stupid.🤡
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@chrisolive8035 @LBC Doesn’t take a genius to work out that all big supermarket chains have the same policies on staff involvement with shoplifters.
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@JoeDoeToday @LBC Bollocks is it? And I suppose you think Iceland are just being kind? Rubbish. They’ve seen an opportunity for publicity. They will have the same policies about shoplifting. Maybe they wouldn’t have sacked him. But they won’t financially back him if he goes against training/policy
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@welovesybil @LBC Potential claims by him in the event of injury. And litigation by thieves who claim they’ve been unlawfully injured through excessive force. This is why ALL supermarkets have the same policies. I’m not defending it. I’m just pointing out the reality of the situation.
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mjcj
mjcj@welovesybil·
@orwell168 @LBC Exposes them to financial risk I what way?
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Lee Harris
Lee Harris@LeeHarris·
🚨WONDERFUL NEWS! Iceland have offered a job to Walker Smith, the hero who was SACKED by @waitrose for stopping a shoplifter. Well done Iceland. 👏👏👏 Waitrose should hang their heads in shame!
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@FlowerP79667758 How? He signed a contract saying he would abide by their policies. He didn’t. So they sacked him. I’m sympathetic for him. But he has no case.
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@WhetstoneSDP Iceland have same policies around staff non-intervention with shoplifters as Waitrose. If he takes the job and tackles a shoplifter, he’ll be in breach of their policy too.
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Daniel WhetstoneSDP
Daniel WhetstoneSDP@WhetstoneSDP·
Great work Iceland. I WILL shop there
Grifty@TheGriftReport

Iceland boss offers sacked Waitrose worker a job after he was fired for tackling an Easter egg thief. Loyal 54-year-old Walker Smith worked 17 years at the Clapham Junction branch. He stepped in when a repeat offender tried walking out with bags of £13 Lindt Gold Bunny eggs. Waitrose sacked him anyway. Now Iceland’s Lord Richard Walker has stepped in: “You’re welcome to a job with us. We even share the same name…”

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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@MalHay All other shops have thought of that. They all have the same policies. They ignore shoplifting and pass the costs on to customers and thereby avoid litigation. Shoplifters are smart. Shops are smart. We, the honest majority, are the mugs.
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Malcolm Hay
Malcolm Hay@MalHay·
Shop at Waitrose where payment is optional - what a brilliant advert! Why didn't other shops think of that?
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@nigelmp Iceland has exactly the same policy around staff non-intervention with shoplifters as Waitrose. They may well offer him a job. But they’ll explicitly tell him not to do the same thing again.
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Rt Hon Nigel Evans
Rt Hon Nigel Evans@nigelmp·
The Iceland store boss offering a Job to the sacked Waitrose have a go hero is beautiful!
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@DailyMail @obbsie Iceland appear to have exactly the same policies around staff non-intervention with shoplifters. So I wonder what Iceland will do if he tackles another shoplifter in violation of their policy. What if he or the thief get injured? Will Iceland pay out damages? (I doubt it)
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Daily Mail@DailyMail·
Iceland boss Richard Walker offers job to Waitrose worker who was sacked after 17 years service for tackling Easter egg thief trib.al/A0bSTgI
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@LJC1715796 @GoodwinMJ I really don’t know how you could misunderstand my point so wildly. I’m not advocating for the status quo. I’m pointing out the craziness of how businesses pass the costs of shoplifting on to us, the honest majority, and we just seem to accept it.
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LJC@LJC1715796·
@orwell168 @GoodwinMJ You literally just contradicted yourself. So you don’t want to pay for mass shoplifting but you think raising prices to cover cost is correct way to deal with it? Doing the right thing is not difficult. It’s easy. Just as easy as not doing the right thing. Both are easy.
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Matt Goodwin
Matt Goodwin@GoodwinMJ·
This is a symbol of what is wrong with soft-on-crime Britain. A veteran Waitrose worker has been sacked after tackling a shoplifter who was trying to steal luxury Easter eggs. Britain puts shoplifters ahead of the decent, law-abiding majority. Waitrose should be ashamed.
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@InspGadgetBlogs What’s the context here? It doesn’t sound bad to me. Sounds like she’s engaging in black humour; something the police should understand. And where are we deporting her to? Scotland?
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The 44 ⚽️@The_Forty_Four·
LINCOLN CITY WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AS IT STANDS🤯🤯🤯
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@jongaunt @waitrose That can’t be right. If that were true then Waitrose would be really expensive compared to other supermarkets. Oh, hang on …
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Jon Gaunt@jongaunt·
I worked for @waitrose security was a complete joke. We were all told not to confront shoplifters . Result? They came in store in droves and just emptied the spirits shelves! There was only 1 security guard and what could he do? They must price in the nicking to their prices
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@Lusa42874 @IsabelOakeshott On a serious note, thank you for the work that you do. And I want your management to back you if you intervene in retail theft. And I hope that those more able can physically intervene and also be backed by your management.
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Isabel Oakeshott
Isabel Oakeshott@IsabelOakeshott·
IN an extraordinarily stupid statement, Waitrose has just declared its stores are effectively a free-for-all. The company has publicly confirmed staff are told not to tackle shoplifters. How do they think this feeble policy will lead to less theft??
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@Lusa42874 @IsabelOakeshott Yes. I want to remove all women and older people from the workplace. Congratulations. You saw through my ruse. I masqueraded as pretending I cared about a high trust and low crime society where everyone plays a role in keeping the peace. But secretly I just hate women and the old
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Lisa
Lisa@Lusa42874·
@orwell168 @IsabelOakeshott So security guards not retail staff? Security guards that Waitrose already employ in certain stores. I work in retail and I’m a lot older. No way would I be able to physically restrain anyone! Or do you want to get rid of a majority female, older employees?
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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@EC2man Yes yes yes. Why are not more people pointing this out? The architects of our low trust, individualistic society are bemoaning the fact that people act like they’re living in a low trust individualistic society.
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The City Dissident
The City Dissident@EC2man·
What this grandstanding MP will not want to discuss is the role he and his fellow parliamentarians have played creating the social environment in which shoplifting is now widespread and tolerated by the police, and the legal environment in which an employer can be hauled before the courts, fined, censured and held liable in damages for failing in its duty of care towards employees.
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Letter to CEO of Waitrose calling for their employee Walker Smith to be reinstated and given a bonus - after he was disgracefully sacked for tackling a shoplifter

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Floydian Slip@orwell168·
@DavidDavisMP This is a society shaped by Thatcherism. No such thing as society; just individual men and women. Everyone looks after their own self interest. Businesses are free to do what they want with minimal regulation in order to maximise profit. Doing the ‘right thing’ is irrational.
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David Davis MP
David Davis MP@DavidDavisMP·
Has the world gone mad? In a more sensible era, this man would have been rewarded for being brave. Instead, Waitrose sacked him for stopping a suspected shoplifter from stealing a bag of Easter eggs. thesun.co.uk/news/38732283/…
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