Stop thief, get fired

How does Wal-Mart treat its own employees who try to stop shoplifters? Like shit, of course.

A customer service manager at a Wal-Mart in Wichita tried to halt a thief who tried stealing a $600 computer. During the confrontation, the shoplifter even assaulted the employee.

Wal-Mart's response? Why, it fired the employee who tried to stop the theft. Wal-Mart's excuse is that only loss prevention personnel are supposed to stop shoplifters. The terminated employee had never even heard of this policy before she was fired.

This is how Wal-Mart treats the mother of a 4-year-old, who was just trying to prevent valuable merchandise from being stolen?

Maybe I'll lift my Wal-Mart boycott, since now I know I can just steal from the damn place without being stopped.

(Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/25/1968760/ng-worker-is-fired.html)