Veteran Sprint store employees Paul Shoemaker and Mike McGee were heading for their daily break.

The pair was walking out of the store in a Denver-area shopping center when a security guard from the nearby Apple store shouted for someone to stop a suspected thief. The pair took off and actually tracked down the suspect and subdued him. Officials soon came, and the pair filled out reports and went back to work.

According to the Denver Westword blog, word got out and the pair received the proper props.

Then they received an email from corporate asking for details. They then found out Sprint has a policy that employees should stay free and clear of shoplifting incidents. But it wasn’t in the Sprint store. No problem, right?

The next day, Shoemaker and McGee were called in to separate meetings, where they were told that their Sprint days were over. “They didn’t really tell us anything,” Shoemaker says. “They didn’t let us know where they were coming from. They just said, ‘We looked into it further, and you’re fired.’ They labeled it a form of misconduct.”

Ouch. I can understand that policy. The last thing Sprint needs is for an employee to snap a leg in half while chasing a thief. Lawsuits, disability, etc. But it’s really an occupational hazard to be a Good Samaritan on your work break?

According to the blog, neither have stated intentions of suing for wrongful termination. WHY NOT?

My job clearly doesn’t want me sleeping on the clock, but if I catch a few Zs on my break — I’m not getting fired. Doesn’t the same logic apply?

What’s the moral of this story? Doing the right thing gets you fired (if you’re a Sprint employee). That sounded so bitter.

[Source: Denver Westword blog]

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