Lululemon workers say they were fired for breaking policy after calling police on robbery
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- Опубликовано: 24 май 2023
- Two Lululemon workers spoke out after witnessing a robbery at their store, calling the police and then being fired. “We didn’t really feel very protected or know what else to do,” said one of the former employees.
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Lululemon just lost a customer. Firing people for calling the police is a horrific message to send to your employees. Absolutely shameful Lululemon.
@@TyraHighirl please! They don't show up for that either and when they do they kind of berate you and say there's nothing we can do. I also have cops in the family. Cops want real cases that help their career. "drug cases" "human trafficking" That's where the money is.
@@andred3299 what does that mean?
@@andred3299 Exactamundo
@@TyraHigh You left the “S” off the end of Tyra,Your home is getting robbed don’t call the 911 because your taking cops away from other robbery calls…..🥜🥜🥜🥜
@@YarnCrafts4leftiesIt means Lululemon is saying: “oooooh….poor black people. They’re just getting their reparations. Leave them alone”
Boycott all companies that punish employees for trying to do the right thing 🤷🏻♀️
Yup! Plz tweet ur response. I did and I'm boycotting
So a Chinese and a Russian state this? Interesting… aka are you both boys? Majority do not because if in defending the company they get shot guess what they will file a lawsuit at said company
No. They wasted resources when people need police for much more serious threats to life.
@@TyraHigh You wouldn't be saying that if it was whitey.
@@TyraHigh when you allow someone to get away with petty crime it usually leads to them doing even more dangerous crimes and actually end up killing someone. The more they get away the worse it gets.
This is advertising for all thieves, Lululemon is having an everything is FREE event in their stores!
Well, you'll have to be a specific color though.
I would agree with that. If management of Lululemon is not even willing to call the cops, criminals could walk in on a daily, or even hourly, basis and just clean the stores out. Assuming insurance doesn't constantly pay for all the stolen merchandise (and I feel confident saying that, eventually, insurance would stop paying out the losses because the company isn't trying to stop the theft,) Lululemon is just going to go out of business.
@@chadevans4922 agree #boycottLululemon
Totally agree, new corporate motto, “Only suckers pay at Lululemon.”
Lululemon puts criminals over law abidding citizens and honest employees doing the right thing. Sickening that they would fire employees for trying to protect their business. Lululemon doesn't deserve to have good employees like these. Boycott this company.😡
No need to boycott when you can just head over to their store and get their crap for free 😅. That's what they are advertising
Sounds like the government.
@@yourealittlebitfat4344 Except the government makes everyone else pay for it and it's far more expensive.
@@samjam6989 Good point! 😄
No loyalty from the company. But they expect loyalty from it the employees.
Lol, they aren't loyal because they fired employees for violating the policies of the company?
And how tf are the employees loyal if they don't follow the rules of the store?
The victim mentality in this country is absolutely pathetic
@@Doomed-qu8yj Yea the people who were robed aren’t the victim??? Supporting shoplifting says a lot about yourself!
@@Doomed-qu8yj you sad mf
@@Doomed-qu8yj Why do the company have policies that appeases criminals and punishes employees for doing the right thing, protecting themselves, and preventing retail theft? They're more loyal to these thieves than to their employees, yet expect their employees to be loyal to the management.
@@Doomed-qu8yjNo company policy can override the legal right of any person. Calling the police to report crime is surely a legal right. The policy of lululemon has been set wrongly in the very beginning.
Unbelievable.. Will never buy from Lululemon anymore, since they are not being able to actually care for their employees.
Just steal from them
this is 100% real...I don't physically work at a store but online, and believe me, these multiple policies are just impossible to achive for us, I can ASSURE people that lululemon does not care about their employees :(
If you're allowing crime and not reporting it, then doesn't that make you an accomplice?
Exactly!
They don't want Al Shapton and BLM on them if the suspect gets arrested
No. There are guidelines to that too 😂
Lululemon is the criminals look at there prices for that ugly stuff
Anyone who actually worked retail knows how it works. The ones that can call are loss prevention and there are rules to that as well to limit liability. After all if the person stops the robber even before they robbed and left the store you are trying to stop a crime that may not have even taken place. Also if you do run after someone in the parking lot the criminal may run you over and companies do not want a you to be run over or b you to file a lawsuit at them for that. They file tax returns and claim this loss people! They know they are going to lose a percentage of units per day it’s how they get tax rebates!! Let the loss preventions do their job, and report it to corporate. It is not your responsibility ever to defend a company.
Police don't have the option to decide what is a "Waste of time", crime is crime.
Untrue it is within their discretion. It sucks but that is what I have been told.
Next court summons i get I'm just going to send them an email telling them to pound sand because it's just not a huge priority for my department right now 😂😂
@@isaac634 well you've been "told" wrong
and what people tend to forget is that a lot of times, the people committing these "petty crimes" do go on to commit the more severe crimes later down the road.
Sue the managers for protecting the thieves.
BLM and AL Sharpton
Sue the CEO. Managers don't write the handbook. That comes out of HR who works under the CEO/CFO.
@@jamalwilburn228
Not them.
the managers are accessory to theft
Well no wonder the thieves are getting away with it....
Some of it is theft rings
In Skokie IL (next to Chicago) they busted a handful of people woth an entire warehouse full of stolen goods.
$3 million or more worth of stuff.
Sue the company. Honestly, the store has no right to fire you for reporting a crime. Sue the crap out of them. It's also illegal to not report a crime, so I would say whoever wrote and enforced this policy should be arrested for impeding in the reporting of a crime.
But this goes to show you, whether your a victim, a criminal, or a witness...nothing good ever comes from calling the police.
100% woke snowflake justice policy
I'd say sue the company, have the manager and company policy arrested, and Lululemon will go out of business.
Nonsense, you are not obligated to report a crime, much less is it illegal.
its not illegal to not report crime.
you literally just watched a video where they confronted and tried to stop the thieves, THAT is why they were fired.
they were NOT fired for calling the police.
If I were one of those employees, I would go on every social media site and let everybody know that everything in the store is free for the taking. You will not be stopped and police will not be called. Let's see how long they stay open after that!
Walgreens closed 5 stores in San Francisco because of theft.
You'd get fired for that too 🤣
@@ashton.mIf a company employee does that, they probably don't even care about their job.
I worked retail for over a decade before getting out. Timberland had the same policy when I worked there, but then punishes you by cutting the stores payroll hours. So if you tried to stop theft, you were fired, and when you reported the theft to corporate, they reduced the payroll hours for your employees. It is a system designed to keep workers in constant fear of losing their jobs
Ridiculous, if I worked there I probably would've helped them carry more merch to the getaway car just outta spite.
I would put the fear of God in the manager.
Sickening.
Just shows you how much theft is NOT hurting these companies.
You know, I never thought of that.
It's a company worth 43 billion...
@@acc8004 ... that's my point...
Imagine if it's a technique when sales are down. Hire some punks and collect the insurance. Though I'm not sure how that'd work if there's a deductible. Anyhow, there's probably so many loopholes in our system that only the taxpayers get shafted.
they dont want a lawsuit if the employees get hurt.
Bye, Lululemon. I'll never shop at your store again. Cruel of you to fire those women.
"They don't want to waste their time on an entry level shoplifting issue"? So the plan is to let them get experience and become better at it, then go after them?
No the plan is to have an LP (loss prevention) agent undercover, follow them, make documentation of evidence, and build a case. Then such agent either apprehends them or works in collaboration with local authorities who then apprehends them.
This is standard procedure in retail, but sales associate are generally given information to keep them self SAFE. What they did was down right RECKLESS and could have led to even fatalities. They endangered everyone in that store.
Fired for calling the police for a crime? Unbelievable. Thieves must be held accountable or it will keep happening.
Recently at work I've been getting in trouble for people stealing packages i deliver like how is that my fault? Yet if I don't deliver it due to safety i get in trouble at this point I should just be a criminal since I won't get in trouble
People are stupid , I work customer service and people still complain even when there is picture of the pkg in front of the door they will still say no there. Amazon got everyone used to home deliveries that people don't realize you have to come outside and check on your delivery. Once it s at your place it not our responsibility
Retail workers who deal with this type of robbery should be instructed to leave the store for their own safety. No one should be expected to stand by and watch this and put their own lives on the line for these GREEDY retailers.
Isn't that what the company wants them to do? Watch the video.
right? they are wrongfully calling this "shop lifting" but I dont think that is what shop lifting looks like. It was a robbery and they were right to call the police. I agree they should care more about safety of their own employee's. Just WOW
@@razmatazz9310 yes because the company doesn’t want liability if the person is shot
How are their lives on the line? They weren’t held at gunpoint or harmed.
@@julietn72 What’s the difference?
The women should have held the door open for the thieves. They also failed to tell them, "Thank you for coming! Have a nice day!" SHAME on them!
Just crazy to fire employees for calling the police. It wasn't like they walked out with under 5 items, but handfuls. You call the police because you want to feel safe at work.
File your unemployment.
Go see your doctor for ptsd from the incident and file a workers comp claim.
Great advice!!! No retail employee should be expected to put themselves in harm's way for this BS.
Boycott @lululemom
@@rosemaryrukavina761 guys if you boycott everything that you disagree with you will live under a rock.
@@ireneswackyjournals8810 If you won't stand up for what's right then everything you value will be lost. Convenience is a crutch for people like you.
I feel bad for these two fired employees. I hope they are hired by companies that care about the safety of their employees. It will be interesting to see if there are any companies that do care. It's a crazy and dangerous world!
I hate workplaces that tell you you are “family” and treat you like trash afterwards. I haven’t gotten paid for 2 paychecks now. I will file with the state to report my employer. It’s awkward but you gotta stand up for yourself.
Oh don’t believe any of that rhetoric for a second. Its corporate culture to manipulate employees emotionally to gain influence over them. You have every right to get paid. The feeling of hesitance you have is very much engineered.
They didn't tell you what kind of "family" they were. Often, companies act like very dysfunctional families.
If you are in texas, your only recourse is a lawsuit. When I was horribly abused by an employer, I tried to report her to the state labor board. They took no information, and told me to get a lawyer. All consumer protection agencies in texas are an illusion. They have employees and budgets, but they do precisely nothing for consumers. Nothing.
What? They aren’t supposed to report a robbery !?? That last honestly more suspicious on the company than anything.
Employees shouldn’t endanger themselves but crimes should be reported.
Don’t be fooled, Lululemon is writing off this stolen merchandise on their taxes & insurance. So in a way the greedy owners will be paid twice for the theft. 💯
Y do u think their prices r so high? They're writing it off alright AND they just raise their prices more!
@@rosemaryrukavina761 Their prices are high because people pay it....if they pay it businesses will sell it for that. Cost to produce their junk is pennies on the dollar.
he employees went after the guys dumb chicks should be fired
Moral of the story: If you work for these retailers find way to work with the thieves to supplement your income 😂
Just have people you know come take things!
I just yanked a shopping cart with $4,300 worth of merchandise from a well known grab and runner, she was attempting to exit an emergency door to her friend who was parked at that door outside, we had a shouting match as I escorted her to the front door. Needless to say, I could lose my job now...but idc really, we are getting robbed blind and as a manager, I'm fed up. Hours and pay are terrible, prices are high, and accountability placed on the wrong people. Anyone hiring???
And here they are spreading the message that if you and your friends want to do this, no one is going to stop you. Then they wonder why it keeps happening. 🤦🏻♂️
Boycott Lululemon for what they did to those girls. Not notifying the police is crazy. Confusion is the word of the day.
in disbelief how they try to apply the company policy on shop lifting to this situation. It was clearly a robbery and calling the police was the right thing to do for safety. They will come back!
Lululemon is the criminals look at there prices for that ugly stuff
This is just ridiculous and that’s why our society is in decay.
Which is why now more than ever decent people have to stop degeneracy at its roots, and those instruments that promote it i.e companies that promote anti family values, lack of accountability . The consumers have the power now that we have finally found a way to send a crystal clear message
When I worked in retail years ago not only would we say something we would have went after them taking the stuff back . I understand being scared of getting injured but being fired for calling the police or saying something is BS
The problem is by not getting the proper authorities involved, your perpetuating this behavior and in turn putting your employees and potential customers at risk by simply being present at the store when one of these events happen. Not all thieves just focus on the inventory and will easily turn focus on the people there, especially customers that have the disposable income to purchase medium to higher end consumer goods like this. Then what happens when a customer is injured or worse during this sort of event? This is the result of a disconnected corporation that only sees the numbers and loss prevention stats but not the real world consequences of these actions. They need to understand the potential loss in inventory isn't the only thing they potentially have to loose, there is also the future negligence and wrongful death lawsuits because if this continues at this rate, someone will end up paying the consequences and I shudder to imagine the heartache that may bring to an innocent family.
Please tweet ur response! It's true, and they need to see it! Boycott @lululemon
Calling police on the Usual suspects very un-PC.... Which is the worst crime of all in our PC world.. Lululemon didn't go far enough... They should have pressed charges... ... how dare they...
@boycott lululemon
It's almost like this is being done on purpose, because it makes no SENSE
Have you ever been in a Lululemon store?....those dudes stole like $75,000,000 worth of leggings!
Really? no wonder i keep hearing the news about retail roberry because its allowed.
Boycott @lululemon
The employees went after the guys dumb chicks should be fired
So Lululemon is reporting burglaries as shoplifting? That is insurance fraud. If their insurance companies knew if the crime rate of the location the rates would go up or the location may be considered uninsurable. The city data would show the accurate crime statistics for the area. Are the police complacent or active participants? The fired workers are whistleblowers.
IMO The store is inviting theft with their own policy. They are also endangering their employees by putting them in stores that are obviously welcoming theft as many criminals do use weapons. Any crime should be reported to the police immediately. I think the firing of these two employees is outrageous. Passivism & not reporting after the fact are absolutely different things. No wonder they're so high priced they have to pay for all the merch they invited ppl to walk off with.
Now I know where to do my 'Christmas shopping'. 😁
I need an accountant to figure out this for me. Is the company writing off the thefts on their taxes or getting some kind of insurance claim? Why wouldn't they want employees to not call the police? I get not confronting thieves for safety purposes.
Service manager here, it is too much of a liability to the company if an employee sues so we file an insurance claim.
Yes. And there is a liability to the company as well. Companies account for a percentage loss. This partially why they do annual audits on inventory. It’s a way to see if they align to their estimated loss. This is used in tax to reduce overhead since it’s a loss to them. If employers were to suddenly fight with criminals or try to stop them it could lead to an employee getting shot and they will not stay silent, a lawsuit will come from that and workers comp. This is a true loss to them. To balance this and reduce the loss that they did not account for they hire loss prevention. Those are the only ones that have more of an ability to stop crime and even then they have rules such as not stopping someone until they have left the store
Yes they get insurance payout they want this vs the stolen merchandise plus they can lie on an audit and claim more
Next company policy is to assist robbers in stealing merchandise and you’ll be considered for promotion.
Though it makes sense to tell employees not to intervene DURING the robbery, it makes zero sense to me that this business (and apparently other retailers) FORBID ANY reporting of thefts to police once the report can be made safely. How are thieves going to be stopped if they're not reported? How will future thefts be deterred if no sentences are served? I don't understand why any one-time reporting of an actual crime that was witnessed should be considered "bothering" the police.
I encountered this attitude in Portland, Oregon once when I called to report that my car window had been smashed and vehicle contents stolen, only to have the dispatcher actually raise her voice while reprimanding me for daring to suggest that an officer should be bothered by something so petty. She said she'd send me a form to fill out
(... none arrived).
I felt angrier about her response than about the crime itself, because I expect criminals to commit crimes, but was blown away by the response I got from the entity my taxes help support to "serve and protect" me!
It also filled my drive to work with questions about why I bother working at all, since theft, for all practical purposes, apparently goes unpunished there. Ridiculous!!!
Unless citizens vote to reprioritize laws & redistribute enforcement, then understaffing SHOULD be conspicuously evident to all voters
vs
being covered up through what's essentially a hidden agreement between retailers like LuLu Lemon and the police departments they've forbidden their employees to report crimes too.
Isn't aiding and abetting criminals a crime in itself? Therefore, how is it legal to prevent employees who witness a crime from wanting to avoid aiding and abetting the criminals they witnessed?
I thought that basic civil rights couldn't be signed away (Ex.: Exclusion clauses limiting where one can open a competing business after quitting are unenforceable, as are NDAs in many cases, Etc.).
I hope we'll see more follow up on this, in greater detail ... including input from expert legal consultants (& hopefully these employees' law suit against this employer!).
Now since this has been aired i bet more people are gonna shop lift those stores ...smh mind blowing 🤯
I’m confused … The Lululemon on Market St here in SF has a security guard. Now I’m wondering why if, according to this policy, someone can just walk in, grab a bunch of stuff and walk out?
Try it and find out.
Yeahhhhhh. After their employee got MURDERED in their store, they actually tell their employees NOT to call 911! That’s horrific!
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Is it them again Yogi?
Lululemon is horrible. They moved a criminal from store to store and she eventually killed a co-worker.
It's consumers that pay for retail theft.🙄 This is crazy because going forward, customers and off duty police officers are going to think twice before they intervene. It's your own career on the line when you were acting in good faith. 😔
Unbelievable!!!!!
If we keep raising the bar on what crimes are punishable then criminals will continue pushing the limits at the risk to the public. When does this stop?
I wonder if there gonna be any marches for the fired workers 🤔
The employees went after the guys dumb chicks should be fired
What about safeguarding the employees?
Omg. I was planning to shop at Lululemon tomorrow with my friends, I sent this video link, we decided not go and no shop at Lululemon.
There's got to be a reason they don't want you to call the police
That's one way to hit their bottom line. Insurance money from clothes stolen. They basically just sold out half the store
That's depressing to watch, hope these lovely ladies find a new job that appreciates them, honest customers are paying for the losses so why should Lululemon care. They profited 40 Billion dollars last year, so apparently these robberies doesn't move the needle.
God bless these ladies hearts for caring🙏
Law the way it is, will ultimately turn even law abiding citizen to criminals.
This is an encouraging add for thieves. Come on in and help yourselves. They won't even call the cops.
It's how this country was built.
There are other retail stores. Just remember not to do anything again. With your experience you can probably get a job with a higher end retailer.
How stupid for firing employees to tell THIEVES to leave after stealing merchandise from their stores. Are they in the business to sell overpriced workout yoga pants or have THIEVES just come in and take whatever they want? We should all just walkout without paying…what’s the difference if they are not doing anything about it? It’s in their policy to do nothing…simply ridiculous.
They got arrested...
So there needs to be a department at the Police Department just for shoplifting. You can't allow shoplifting. It degrades society.
The funniest part of all this is now everyone knows lululemon will let thieves walk out the door with free merch, so why even purchase it.
More so if anyone can identify the exact store since we now know this exact store's stance of theft.
I think the bigger issue was whoever was recording left the building to try to get a plate number, most retail will fire you the moment you leave the building, but for calling the police ? thats not right.
Wow, so they are supposed to "assist" the robbers by "clearing the path".
The fired employees can always steal lulelemon clothes and sell them to make up for their lost wages... I'd be tempted if I were them.
Lol!!!
😅😅😅😅
Yuuuup
After more than 30 years in various retail jobs from stockboy to corporate management, I could never handle what retail staff have to go through in today's society. I'd have been wearing an orange jumpsuit years ago. Instead, I ended up in a straight jacket and early retirement.
Just cancel Lulu lemon for letting this happen. Don't shop there
Boycott @lululemon
The employees went after the guys dumb chicks should be fired
They have a relationship with law enforcement, another way corporate says we're passing the loss onto customers!
Lululemon should be charged for gross abuse of their staff. I'm guessing this publicity will spur a wave of shoplifitng attacks against them - and they deserve it. Bravo to the girls.
And people are wondering why crime rates are going up🙄
Working Immigrants or 13%? Which way western man
Wrongful firing lawsuit ahead. Companies can have policies, but policy doesn't override the PERSONAL CHOICE of an employee to do what's right.
I say good job to the employees, they dealt with it well. And to the executives, if you don’t want to waste resources on petty crime, realize people who actually need and want these items cannot buy them if they are being stolen. Also, quality will go down in the future as a result of shoplifting. I cannot remember the last time I was able to buy a cotton pair of yoga pants without polyester.
Shoplifting is wrong 😑. Prosecute all these criminals. Tough on crime!
They don't want the police called? If I ever get the urge to steal clothes I know where I'm going
1) Lululemon deserves to go out of business. These two women did the right thing. 2) Rachel Rogers could be a model, easily. Wishing both women the best.
This is why shoplifting is on the rise. It’s the police’s job.
Wouldn’t it be strange if the manager/boss was paying others to steal from their own store, so they can pocket all the money themselves when they resell it? Hmmm!!
Gang members’ and drug dealers’ girlfriends are getting jobs as bank tellers and tipping off their boyfriends on who to rob and how much they will have. So, it’s a possibility.
How is the store supposed to file an insurance claim for the theft without a police report? Lululunacy
They have their own communication with police, you think a company of this scale is going to just let free money go?
this is good to know. everyone should rob their stores. since it's their policy to not call cops. and if cops are called, you can sue them for breaching their own policy. clearly they have unlimited amounts of money to give away, so take the cash too.
I'd apply here and ensure the store would be emptied out on my first day. Then, see if they change the policy.
Lululemon should absolutely be boycotted. They are putting employees in harms way. That's against Federal law!!!
How many times must this need to happen before corporate decides local staff should call the police?
Lululemon said they have a zero tolerance policy...but the clip didn't say towards what - can anyone explain?
The companies will have to a) hire security; or b) lockup their clothing; or c) have customers make appointments before coming in. Companies realize that by stealing from their stores, that takes away money that pays employees.
...and it increases prices. No wonder y their clothes r so expensive. @boycott
Wow, THEIVES can't make an honest living. To hear what Lululemon did to employees, well Lululemon deserves what they get, THEIVES!
I'm absolutely shocked that I just had to delete my comment because someone was stupid to think that a store policy overrules state and federal law and then proceeded to be patronizing. Practice positivity.
Please, do your research and fight for your rights, don't just bend over, that's how they get to continue doing these things to people.
Theft will continue with those kind of policies. Customers and employees feel unsafe. Eventually the company will have to close down a bunch of locations because they can't afford to stay open. Heard that story a thousand times.
Sue the company, collect tons of $ for grievance and unemployment and make them close the location.
Maybe that will help the company wake up.
So much wrong with this! # 1 Lulumon is providing protection and safety net to thieves, inviting them to steal. What happens if they become violent and injure employees and/or customers. #2 Shoplifting causes increases in Prices. and Lulumon is already overpriced. #3 My daughter will never work for a company who puts thieves actions ahead of employee and customer safety.#4 My business is going elsewhere - gift cards have been cut up.
Lululemon just needs to put some of the merchandise they think rubbers will like outside to prevent stress on their employees.
What if the robbers have a WEAPON? They could have just given the employees a warning. I don't agree with this at all, because at some point a robbery could happen and when an employee gets hurt or killed, what will the company say at that point. The company will say, well we allow people to rob us, without ever calling the police, because that is what we do. I would not even want to work there, because they are putting people lives in danger, but just allowing this to happen. I would sue them if I could.
If they fired me for that. I would've quit anyway.
Were they told as employees that this was policy and would result in dismissal? If they can prove they had been explicitly informed, maybe. If not, I'd sue. Especially if they had no prior write-ups. They obviously were not properly trained and that falls to management. Terrible
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Wow good to know!!! I don't need to pay for anything anymore. Next time I go shopping I'm just walking out without paying..
They’re scared of the backlash. They turn it into there insurance companies. I’m not shopping with them anymore. Those criminals to be definitely right back.
I’m HAPPY they were charged and in jail. Lululemon sucks for firing them. I won’t be waisting my money on them. There are dupes galore online.
Anyone noticing a trend with the suspects?
That's why this stuff from Lululemon is so expensive because the company does not want to deal with security issues and huge amount of theft in their stores and passes the costs of theft to a customer and to employees by paying them less to make up for losses. When Lululemon employees get fired for calling the police about theft in their store, it is ridiculous. If we as society will be allowing for small crimes, the bigger crimes will follow since crooks know that won't be prosecuted and avoid punishments for their crimes.
I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to pause for a moment and give thanks for the great contributions of the Black community to our society. Their peaceful and generous nature makes them ideal neighbors, lending testimony to their dedication to exceptional civic values, stable traditional families, and parenting skills unrivaled by any other culture. Their unflagging pride in maintaining exemplary clean, neat and orderly homes is always first-class. Their commitment to academic excellence enriches our schools and serves as an example to all who hope to achieve prominence as a people. Real estate values are boosted and energized by the mix of African-Americans into an area due to their caring and respectful nature in these communities and their absolute dedication to lives of law abiding peaceful neighborliness. There are numerous examples of all they have achieved through their enthusiasm for self-improvement by hard work and a self-reliant, can-do culture of integrity and honor. Without their industrious and creative drive, we would be poorer as a nation.
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I am disgusted with Lululemon's reaction to two women who were actually trying to protect the merchandise. Really disgusted! I will therefore NEVER buy a Lulu product, which is overpriced to begin with, along with the fact that the chain doesn't bother to reward employees for sticking up for the store, and instead punishes them, is beyond repulsive. Lululemon CEO, down with you. You are enabling crooks while punishing the good guys (the two nice women). Who's side are you on, Lulu?
When stores and restaurants are all gone, and you can't sleep or go outside for fear of people robbing you, will you wonder how it ever got so bad if you do nothing about it now? You better wake up America. 😕