I have to wonder if Pizza Hut will fire the worker for doing this or for carrying a gun.
I wonder if east Charlotte is some kind of neighborhood where it’s especially useful to carry a gun for self-protection.
My first thought also.
They will throw out the employee to avoid being sued. It is just a cold business calculation. They have a “no gun” policy for employees and that exists for no other reason than to protect their financial interests.
I wondered this too. Still and all, I like stories with a happy ending.
If they DON’T fire him, I’m going to order some Pizza Hut for my cube mates! Need to follow this...
The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA, 04/03/08
State: IA
American Rifleman Issue: 7/1/2008
Pizza Hut deliveryman James Spiers thought he was making a routine delivery, but he was walking into an ambush. As Spiers approached, an armed man sprang at him with a gun, but Spiers, a concealed-carry permit holder, was no easy target. Police say Spiers struggled hard with the assailant until he was able to produce his handgun. “It was a long ordeal ... my life was, without a doubt, in danger,” Spiers recalls. Spiers shot the suspect three times. The suspect fled and was arrested at the hospital. Pizza Hut summarily fired Spiers, a 10-year employee, citing a corporate policy forbidding employees from carrying firearms. To voice your displeasure, call Pizza Hut Corporate Offices at 800-948-8488 or visit pizzahut.com.
I just re-read this yesterday...don’t know if the number is still valid. Go to http://www.nraila.org/ArmedCitizen/ and select IA to see this story...a lot of others out there also, but this one seemed applicable...
Had a friend that worked in a pizza joint. He said that if he was getting herded to the cooler, he'd kill the guy and find a different job. Nothing good happens in the cooler.
Most likely. A friend who used to work for PH says they have a written policy forbidding the carrying or possession of firearms while on duty or on company property. But at least a number of PH employees and one soon to be former employee will be alive to live another day because of one brave armed person. Kudos to that person.
Most likely; but of course he won't worry about it.
Thank God he was able to protect everyone and probably save them from being executed.
My first thought, too.
Given the alternative, if I were the employee, I’d take getting fired.
Or I will eat hay