The Responsibility Project

1. Interesting

   I was in a similar position once. A young man, not 18, entered into the video rental/retail store where I was assistant manager. He set off the alarm sensors while leaving, and I asked him to give back what he'd taken. He told me he didn't take anything, and I told him if he left, I would have to call the police. He did eventually give the video back, and I told him to get out and not come back. I was advised by corporate that I should have called the police and he would have been prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I felt then, as I do now, that while the justice system was not involved, that I did the best thing I could at the time, hoping that he chose a different path... I just couldn't bring myself to potentially ruin his life over a video tape. Maybe I was wrong but if I had to do it over again, I would not change my choice.

   • James Allard
   • 6 months, 2 weeks ago

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