A Seattle bank teller who knocked a would-be robber to the ground on Tuesday was fired from his job on Thursday. [More]
That's because
Key Bank would rather...but here, let me have others tell you, from a Google search for terms
Key Bank robbed--and these are just from the first page of results:
Salt Lake City: "There was no weapon displayed or seen."
Burien: "No weapons were displayed and there were no injuries."
Seattle: "He did not display a weapon or imply that he had one."
Medford: "Bank employees reported that a lone male suspect entered the bank and presented a threatening demand note. No weapon was seen or displayed."
And
Eugene: "
A man entered the bank, approached the teller, and passed a note demanding cash. "Ahh, but that's not always the case!
Williamsville: "Amherst police are looking for a bank robber who displayed a handgun...The robber, who did not display a weapon..."
Huh?
The "Authorized Journalists" seem more certain about
Fort Collins: "The suspect entered the bank through the front door, approached a bank teller, brandished a black handgun..."
Now for our story about the guy getting fired, I suppose we could listen to the words of Seattle "Only One"
Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, who says ""We always recommend citizens, including employees of institutions, be good witnesses."
Shall we meet a few "good witnesses"?
Here's one: "A pregnant teller shot in a bank robbery has lost the twins she was carrying..."
Here's another: "A teller was shot when three gunmen robbed a bank in southwest Miami-Dade County on Tuesday."
And another: "Doctors amputated the arm of a female bank teller shot by a robbery suspect last week in a bizarre holdup..."
No one is suggesting anyone incapable of resistance try it, although it is part of a physically and mentally capable adult's responsibilities to know how and have the means to protect themselves. If they don't take those responsibilities seriously, they may just end up helpless and at the mercy of a reptile.
But "just give him what he wants" is a risk too.
Point being, you don't KNOW what he wants. Anyone deranged and evil enough to threaten your life, which is what the creep did, using money as an excuse, is capable of doing anything.
It's not a matter of protecting the bank's money, it's a matter of either trusting that someone this untrustworthy and violent won't hurt you and obeying--or acting. At that point, you owe no loyalty to the idiot suits interested only in their bottom line. Screw what they want.
It's Key Bank's right as an at-will employer to fire the teller. It's my right as an investor to not patronize them because of it, and to not place myself at risk at an establishment which, based on results, might as well advertise to predators what an easy and compliant target they are.
[Via Mack H]
