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>In the Spangler case, he was awarded a few million dollars because
>of at least three separate reasons:

Interesting thread, correction here though.  The man was awarded almost 12
million dollars, the biggest civil award in the history of Franklin County.
Meijer employee Terrence (Sawmill Road, Lottery desk) said it's being
appealled.  Part of his job is to check people's receipts when they leave.  I
jokingly asked him if they don't show it, does he stop them and break their
necks.  He said that wasn't funny.

> 3. At the time, the Meijer store cops were taught to use, and did
>    use "Pain Compliance" to stop people from leaving.
>
>    What's pain compliance?  If someone starts to leave, hurt him;
>    inflict pain, to prevent him from leaving.

All during the trial and after the award, Meijer's refused to modify their pain
compliance policy.  Only a few months afterward did they say they will no
longer use pain compliance.  BTW, the main security bimbo at Sawmill looks like
Michael Bolton.

>    In Spangler's case, it left him paralyzed.  I recall he was a
>    short, non-athletic 50-ish man, and the two store cops were
>    young, strong, tall, muscular types.  Surprise!

Sorry again to interrupt but I think the man was 60 or more.

My own ramblings:

I don't steal (from Meijer's) :-) so I haven't been too worried.  I have
noticed that Meijer's seems to take shoplifting very seriously (confirmed by a
Michigan resident.)  I live off Sawmill Road and spend nearly *ALL* of my
available money at Meijer's.  They still have the best prices on food (beating
even Cub imho) and they have everything I can ever need except for lumber and
Pounce (cat snacks.)  The fact that they're open 24 hrs. really helps as my
schedule doesn't always fit that of the usual Dublin area shopper (everything
seems to close at 9:00, I'm just getting my second wind by then!)  Lil'
Professor and Barnes and Noble are staying open later but you never have to
worry about rushing to Meijer's because they're always open.  (The bagels are
right out of the oven at about 5:30 a.m. on weekends, mmmm....)

If anyone has anything bad to say about Meijer's besides them being strict loss
prevention freaks, I'd love to hear it.  Are they racist?  Are they
homophobes??  Do they contribute money to Rev. Wildmon or other crazy
evangelists?  Do women have equal opportunity for advancement?  If former
employees want to say the management worked you hard, that's more of sour
grapes from someone who wanted a cushy job and didn't get it.  If someone has
information that Meijer's funds Operation Rescue, that's the kind of stuff that
would keep me away, no matter what the convenience, prices, etc.

Thanks for letting me air my humble opinion....

Brian
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