Self defense at work

Evil HR Lady has more:

Now, to be honest, I don’t see the gun jamming, but I don’t pretend to know anything about guns. What I do see is darn scary and everybody in that pharmacy had reason to believe their lives were in danger. The would be robbers didn’t calmly walk to the counter and pass a note, like robbers do in movies. They had already taken one person hostage and leaping over the counter shows that they aren’t content to have the pharmacist put their drugs of choice in nice little bottles with childproof caps and leave.

In theory, I support non-escalation rules. Whatever is stolen will not be of more financial value than the cost to a company if an employee or customer is accidentally killed or injured due to the escalation. But, in the past, escalation has been things like chasing the robber out of the store and tackling him. That’s not self defense.

But should a company be able to demand that you sacrifice your own life in deference to the policy? That, I have to oppose.

Sounds like she has some sense. According to the video, it's pretty obvious that Koven wasn't escalating, he was responding to a threat.

Good call on his part ... even if he got in hot water from his employer.

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