When Doing Right Is Wrong

There are times when I wonder if we have lost all sense of sound judgement and common decency. This is one of those times. Mark Beverly, an overnight shift supervisor at a gas station in Minnesota, was fired after he jumped on a robber who he believed was attacking a fellow employee. On a March night around around 3 a.m., Beverly was cleaning the bathroom and his female co-worker was behind the cash register. Beverly heard her scream, and rushed to her aid. Beverly said; "It looked like he was hurting her, so I jumped on him". The robber, who was armed, fled with about 15 bucks and nobody was hurt. For his trouble Mark Beverly was fired. The company SuperAmerica, said he violated company policy when he came to the employee's aid. SuperAmerica said Beverly was fired for not following the company policy as stated in their handbook. The company handbook tells employees to "cooperate: don't argue, resist or attack the robber". So SuperAmerica put aside his courage, and fired him. I don't give a #$% what the damn handbook says! What if the woman cashier had been killed? Well at least he could keep his job. This Country has serious problems beyond those attributed to Government. We have issues as a society. In "Spirit Of The Law", I argued that rules should not always be an absolute. In many cases we must weigh the circumstances surrounding an event, in along with the rule itself.
It was wrong for SuperAmerica to dismiss Mark Beverly. Until this situation is rectified, everyone should boycott SuperAmerica stations.

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