Roseville gas station employee fired for attacking robber

[princewally]

Anybody hiring?

A local gas station employee is out of a job after he thought he was helping save someone’s life.

Mark Beverly was one of two employees inside a Roseville Super America when a robber came into the store on March 26.

Beverly was cleaning the bathroom when he heard the store clerk cry out. He came out to find a robber attacking the female employee.

"I just jumped on his back and trying to hit his head and pushed him over the counter. I jumped back over and he was out of there," he said.

Later that day, Beverly returned to work only to be punished for his actions.

"I didn't think I was going to get fired for it," he told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

Super America issued a statement, saying that ‘employees are never to take action that could endanger themselves or others. It’s regrettable this happened.’

Beverly was given a robbery prevention packet, but he says he got it after the attempted robbery.

"I didn't care about the money, I know Super America is insured. But I thought he was attacking her, that's why I jumped on him," he explained.

The Roseville Police Department has not made any arrests regarding the robbery. Beverly has been denied employment with Super America.

He is in the process of an appeal.

Here's the contact page for SA

[nyffman]

This seems to pretty common CYA. My guess is that it's partly born in the sheep mentality that has developed in this country and partly due to the general inclination of some folks to sue at the drop of a hat.

[princewally]

This seems to pretty common CYA. My guess is that it's partly born in the sheep mentality that has developed in this country and partly due to the general inclination of some folks to sue at the drop of a hat.

I can understand the policy to cooperate and not put yourself or someone else in harm's way, but to fire someone for rescuing a coworker being beaten, possibly to death, is disgusting.

I sent SA an email saying so.

[Stradawhovious]

Does anyone know if there are implications regarding price of insurance for these places if polices like this aren't enforced? Just curious.

[Pat]

I just called their home office in Cincinnati, and spoke with the CEO's assistant. I let her have an ear full for about 30 seconds, when she hung up. Strange, as I was ever so polite...

Anyway, if you have a few minutes today, give Tony Kennedy a call: http://www.superamerica.com/aboutUs/Default.aspx

[DeanC]

I've just about given up on SA anyhow. They have a near monopoly in the Metro area. And now I can't fill up my tank, using my credit card without going into the store at least twice and standing in line behind the lottery players and cigarette smokers.

This just seals the deal.

[Srigs]

I sent them an email stating I will never buy gas or other items from them again because of this!

I don't generally use SA or Holiday because they are the two local companies who set the monopoly pricing for Minnesota. They are the main blood suckers.

Appropriately this is my 666 post

[DeanC]

Appropriately this is my 666 post

Don't tell John McCain - he might decide you are 'evil'.

[Aceq2jot]

Ok let us look at the whole picture here as far as rules and regulation go. Companies make rules, which we all know because if you do not follow them you are FIRED



Let us look at why those rules are in place. If you show up late to work or take excessive lunch breaks etc, you get fired because you are causing the company and get this MONEY.

When you start loosing a company money, causing a company to loose money will get you fired; steal the money you get fired, so basically you get where I am going.



Now let's look at Super America as a company. They actually pay way more than minimum wage, believe it or not and they the technology in the surveillance inside the store and out is pretty sophisticated, as after all they are in business to make money not loose it.



Liability in a company like this especially a big chain across the country as they are owned By Marathon Oil Company so I guess you can say they are a big company. So first off, they are going to train their employees very well and supply them with a handbook with company policies right off the bat, to prevent any liabilities.



And because of people eager to sue, employees are a big liability. So the policies of company are very straight forward. Many Security Guards for example are not trained in the Use Of Force as the company does not want any liability so they cannot not help anyone who is being attacked ( there was a law suit against the mall of America several years ago that said they did not have to do more than call 911 ). But then again if you are trained in the use of force and you use force in a situation and do not follow training you are fired.



So let's look at this incident. And what can now happen. The Robber if caught could file a pretty serious lawsuit against Super America as the employee stated "I jumped on his back trying to hit his head " and the robber could claim he is suffering from this attack etc, etc. Or the employee who attacked the robber could file a workers comp claim for injuries that happened at work opening a whole bunch of issues that will cost the company money. Further more it cause the problem that one gets away with breaking the rules where does it stop? When the employees gets blown away for attacking his attacker because if Fred in St Paul got away with it I can

[Pat]

Sorry, Ace, but that's BS.

I say shop elsewhere. Just look what we did for George Dickel's finest

[Aceq2jot]

Sorry, Ace, but that's BS.

I say shop elsewhere. Just look what we did for George Dickel's finest

Its reasonable and the corporate view these days. Liability is a huge issue these days.

As for shopping some where else for the gas it does not really matter as S/A is owned by a big oil company and for the what 6 cents a gallon a station makes on gas is not a big thing, really as the gas in the cities all comes from Flint Hills Refinery and the other tiny one in cottage grove. So you are not really sticking it to the man

Now if you start refusing to buy products from inside the store that will make a dent if there are enough people. But honestly the chances of that happening is about the same as the dynamic Duo admiting they are not perfect

Its like not to far back S&W had a company policy that if you were riding a Recreational Vehicle or Motorcycle and involved in a accident if you were wearing a Skid lid you would be fine and covered by thier medical and life insurance. If you did not have a lid on you were SOL and not covered by anything

The first thing was they were flooded by letters from members of the A.M.A including yours truly, and the amount of letters were a significant amount

The letters did nothing to make them change their policy including people boycotting their products. What did make a diffrence was a bunch of people from the A.M.A office went and pointed out that the should be responsible for every death caused by one of their products etc. Finally in the end they turned the policy around and all was fine.

Remember the profit on gas is small, but the profits inside the station are huge

[EAGSCCW]

I think it comes down to the fact that if an employee is snuffed by a bad guy it will cost them less than if the crook sues them for injuring him (great legal system). FN lawyers cost us all a bundle in the long run.

[nyffman]

As for shopping some where else for the gas it does not really matter as S/A is owned by a big oil company and for the what 6 cents a gallon a station makes on gas is not a big thing, really as the gas in the cities all comes from Flint Hills Refinery and the other tiny one in cottage grove. So you are not really sticking it to the man

Flint Hills=Pine Bend=Holiday

Marathon=St. Paul Park=SA

[justaguy]

Like has been said it is the over all system more than SA. Instead of worrying about people that dont have jobs or criminals there should be laws against stupid people that sue of everything. We will never get that when states are suing gun companies because stupid people live up to their title.

[Pat]

I have a little different take, and I'll throw it out there in the form of a question.

What if the CEO, Mr. Kennedy, were a man of great integrity? What would he do then?