Manager Fired for Stopping Shoplifter

0:00On April 21st, a Morrison store manager named Sean Egan just lost his job after nearly 30 years of loyal service because he stopped the shoplifter, making off with two bottles of Jack Daniels Whiskey worth 50 pounds. This happened at the Aldridge branch near Walsall on December 3rd last year. Egan, a 46-year-old married dad, followed company rules at first by staying calm, but things escalated fast. The thief, 36-year-old Daniel Kendall from Walsall, turned aggressive and started spitting at Egan near the exit. Egan restrained him to protect customers, but that broke the firm's strict deter and not detain policy. A disciplinary hearing led to his immediate dismissal right before Christmas. Egan poured his heart out on LinkedIn, calling the job his life and identity since he started at 17. He talked about turning around struggling stores and the heartbreak of not giving his kids the holiday they deserved after three decades of commitment. Supporters flooded in, sharing similar stories, one time in the five-ing.

1:03Turns out Kendall is a one-man crime-wave with over a hundred offenses, including violence against shop workers and even trying to break into a cop's home. He's notorious locally for stealing everything from chocolate to cash and courts have jailed him multiple times before. Kendall got 42 weeks behind bars in December for this theft, plus others, like 90 pounds of goods from a co-op and 390 pounds from an ATM. Egan standing firm, bowing to speak up for workers caught in these no-win spots as shoplifting spikes everywhere.