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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 920798" data-attributes="member: 14668">The clerk did not have the luxury of making deliberate, thoughtful, rational decisions about &quot;company policy&quot; when that gun was pointed at him.&quot;Company policy&quot; is usually designed to protect the COMPANY from liability, not the employee from harm.When one thoughtfully analyzes this decision using 20/20 hindsight from behind the complete safety of a desk, one can probably conclude that the clerk&#039;s actions were not the best ones, and that he could have used better judgement.However...the clerks judgement at that point was IMPAIRED by the &quot;adrenaline dump&quot; of a life-or-death situation that he did NOT create. He had a GUN pointed at him by a CRIMINAL. He is the VICTIM here, and he does NOT deserve to be victimized any further by suffereing the loss of his job.If he were a UPS driver...would his actions truly constitute a &quot;cardinal infraction&quot; that would justify his termination under the contract? I am betting a panel would say NO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 920798, member: 14668"] The clerk did not have the luxury of making deliberate, thoughtful, rational decisions about "company policy" when that gun was pointed at him. "Company policy" is usually designed to protect the COMPANY from liability, not the employee from harm. When one thoughtfully analyzes this decision using 20/20 hindsight from behind the complete safety of a desk, one can [I]probably[/I] conclude that the clerk's actions were not the best ones, and that he could have used better judgement. However...the clerks judgement at that point was IMPAIRED by the "adrenaline dump" of a life-or-death situation that he did NOT create. He had a GUN pointed at him by a CRIMINAL. He is the VICTIM here, and he does NOT deserve to be victimized any further by suffereing the loss of his job. If he were a UPS driver...would his actions truly constitute a "cardinal infraction" that would justify his termination under the contract? I am betting a panel would say NO. [/QUOTE]

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