Posted on 05/16/2012 7:47:24 PM PDT by artichokegrower
When Ryan Young, a butcher at the Del Rey Oaks Safeway, stopped a customer from hitting his pregnant girlfriend in the store last month, he won praise from the police department.
But Safeway slapped Young with a suspension — without pay — while the company investigates the altercation.
The story, which appeared Tuesday on KION, has spurred a public relations headache for the supermarket chain. Its Facebook page was peppered with outraged comments.
"Safeway is taking this matter seriously," Safeway spokeswoman Wendy Gutshall said in a statement. "We have store security video of the incident and have been engaged in a careful and thoughtful forensic review of what transpired."
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I sincerely apologize for the the insulting post. I knew that I was wrong when I hit the “post” button. Forgive me for my insensitivity lmr. God Bless you, my friend.
Read my previous posts, bro.
Take your ribbing like an adult, man.
I’m sorry too.
We understand that we are FRiends, and that’s good. :-)
The way I read and understood ir, it was the butcher who stopped a customer from hitting his[the customer’s]pregante girlfriend. I did/could see any mention of the butcher’s wife, girlfriend, or any other relative being in the store. Then again, it may be my reading comprehension that needs improvement. A lot of times I read things like I want them to be instead of as they actually are.
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