Oh no not the Murlocs!

“Mglrmglmglmgl!!”

OP admitted that they at least mildly engaged with the thief, had OP not gone even that far there probably wouldn’t have been a physical confrontation, also OP’s version of events could be biased as well, I’m not accusing OP, I’m just open to the possibility.

So with that said, sure people panic in tense situations, but if they know the policies in place, especially a manager with 20 years on the job, they would probably know that they shouldn’t engage if the policies forbid it, or at least I’d hope they would, managers are supposed to be some of the arbiters of the rules in the workplace.

The problem in these situations is usually the worker’s ego and sense of outrage at the crime, and obviously also the shithead or desperate criminal committing said crime, people have to overcome their ego and outrage and simply not put themselves in harms way, push folks to safety in the back areas, lock yourself in, and call the cops and corporate who ever you’re supposed to call in such situations.

I’m also not talking out of my ass, I’m going off accounts of what my 26 year old daughter has done as an assistant manager at Walgreens in similar circumstances, thankfully she no longer works at Walgreens, as it’s a shit company that does not give AF about their people.

This is one of the many reasons why you should just call the cops and otherwise not get involved unless they’re immediately dangerous to people, a.) The companies have insurance against this stuff, and they usually have policies against would be “heroes” getting involved, and b.) They will fire you, you could get sued, you could wind up with charges yourself. You as a manager should have had an understanding of these things, but you didn’t and now you are facing the consequences of your actions, or the actions you felt forced to take.

Nobody should care that much about their faceless corporation, especially not in retail, why? Because they absolutely do not give a fuck about you, they will fire or lay you off for any silly reason, often just to make or save a few more bucks.

Everyone should just learn how to do your job and go home peacefully, and enjoy your time, or do something more meaningful with your time. You sound like you’re a nice meaningful person, maybe spend some time volunteering with the homeless or other needy groups, those people need the help, not some faceless greedy corporation.

Also get out of front line retail, it’s a shit show at every level, as a manager there are plenty of other fields you can move to if you have the ability, also getting into something like Project Management doesn’t take much, and the Project Management Professional certification is fairly easy to get, albeit somewhat pricey.

Good luck with your next move in life, hope it’s something that brings you happiness.

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Pootie don’t need no language, pootie is universal, he the baby of the tower of Babylon I tell ya. (In the voice of JB Smoove)

Wah da tay

That’s why Willful Child is probably the better Star Trek fanfic, where it’s like “what if we really emphasized how much of a misogynistic asshole Kirk could have been?” Or “what if we merged Kirk with Zapp Brannigan?”

They should make that black mirror episode into a series as a contrast to The Orville.

Also good is John Scalzi’s Red Shirts or Steven Erickson’s Willful Child

Kirk gives her the ole’ Sean Connery (say it in your head in his voice)

You know how you can tell this meme was made by a white supremacist? They make sure to specify how you can only get away with using racial slurs on whites, because racists always have to ensure that they have a grievance that justifies their racism.

Oh and because it’s not that funny.

His name is Mudd

Wouldn’t Picard be the Trek version of Kenobi?

With a fantastic cast.

I’m pretty sure they were using San Francisco as a fleet academy, there were a whole lot of officers there, and eventually San Francisco became where Star Fleet command was headquartered.

One other thought though, the people on NX-01 were some of the most foremost experts in their fields, Archer recruited his Comm officer from Academia, Archer himself had been assisting his father with his work on the ship itself, a lot of these people were possibly recruited straight from being Frontline experts in their field or from Academia and college.

I’m going to have to rewatch Futurama now too once I’ve gotten caught up with all of the Trek I have left to go, especially since Futurama has a new season.

I’ve never been that big of a Trek fan and just started doing a chronological binge of the shows starting with Enterprise. My reaction to the Elon references when I got to Discovery was “well that aged like milk”. That doofus really ruined his reputation to simp for Nazis and dictators and became just another subject for Behind the Bastards to laugh at.

Lol “oh yay another energy cloud episode” was my exact thought while rewatching the series.

Oh definitely, but still, lol

Kirk and Spock work their way through the animosity aboard the ship and happen upon Chekov sexually assaulting Mara.

Season 3 Episode 7: Day of the Dove

And just a few episodes later Chekov tries to rape a married Klingon