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What a Lulu !

The following incredulous story was reported on multiple sites including The New York Post, Fox News, Yahoo News, the Insider, and undoubtedly many more. The reason that is was reported everywhere is because it is so unbelievable.

From PJMedia:

Rachel Rogers was employed as a sales associate at the Lululemon store in Peachtree Corners, Ga., for five years. But after the same group of looters attacked the store for the fourth or fifth time, making off with thousands of dollars in merchandise, she called 911.

Assistant Manager Jennifer Ferguson described the scene. “All of a sudden we see some gentlemen run into the store in masks and hoodies,” Ferguson said, “They swiped until they couldn’t hold any more product and ran out the door.”

Certainly one can understand a company directing employees not to interfere in a looting incident. But Rogers was fired for disobeying a company policy that prevented her from calling the police to the scene. As it was, the same group of thieves hit another Lululemon store in the area the next day and were caught.

The “no 911 call” policy was initiated to protect the company, said Ferguson.

A week later, Rogers was fired. She had apparently run afoul of a company policy that had a “zero tolerance” for calling 911.

Regional Manager for Lululemon openly questioned why they would call the police. Stating that it would “look bad for Lululemon to be the company calling the police”. 

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Understand that I have never set foot in any of the three Lululemon stores in the San Diego area, and probably never will especially after reading this story, which is absurd on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to start.

First of all: If the policy of Lululemon is just to allow shoplifters free reign, then it stands to reason that it’s prices must be way too high as the other Lululemon customers are, in essence, paying for all of the losses incurred because of the shoplifters.

Second: How many times should Lululemon just ignore the same brazen shoplifters?  One? Two? Three? This was the fourth or fifth time that these same shoplifters had victimized that same store! I cannot belief that this Lululemon store had allowed it to go on for so long.

Third: Once the word gets out that Lululemon is just going to look the other way when someone is robbing store A, then how long before these brazen thieves hit Lululemon stores B,C,etcetera? To me closing one’s eyes while sustaining losses in multiple stores, is not a good long term way to run a business.

Fourth: It’s amazing that two employees were fired because they were trying to look out for their employer. I sincerely doubt that there will be a line of people trying to work for a company that treats their employees this badly.

And finally: If the regional manager who fired the employees for calling 911, is still working for Lululemon, then Lululemon deserves all that it gets!

6/1/23

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