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[UPDATE: Safeway offered Ryan Young his job back.]
What would you do if you saw a man beating his pregnant girlfriend, right in front of you!?!
All too often, people don’t get involved, telling themselves it’s not their business. One Safeway worked DID step in to help a woman, and now he’s suspended.
YES, suspended for stopping domestic violence. The police even wrote his boss a letter saying he did the right thing.
Still, Ryan Young is suspended without pay, while his wife is pregnant.
LISTEN to Ryan descibe what happened.
The group I’m the VP of, Men Stopping Violence, is about men holding men accountable. We don’t condone violence, but we know many abusers need to be confronted.
This is really sad to hear. The world that we live in…smh
You wrote it perfectly, Kristal!
Good for him someone should give that Guy a medal for stopping that violence! I say we suspend or fire the person who suspended him!
I don’t know all the details but maybe he should go over that guys head because that little minion needs some help. I wouldn’t be surprised IF he was some sort of abuser himself. I mean I understand there is company policy but under the circumstances, this is what a grocery store. Now exactly a Fortune 500 one either (though I could be wrong)- If that particular job is important then again, go above the guys head to the top guy.
I signed a petition on this one. He did the right thing and then lost his job? There was a women and childs life involved in this attack. What is the store thinking. Give him back his job, and apologize to him. If not, i see a lot of people switching grocery stores. Everyone go sign his petition on change.org to help him not only get his job back, but maybe change branches. Whoever fired him should be fired. My god, i would hate to be the wife of guy who fired him.
Funny that you said that about change.org cause I was just thinking of doing the same thing. Good for you!!
The person that suppended him should be fired.what.s wrong with this world.when is it wrong to save someone .s life at this point too live.s .she was pregnant .SAD SAD WORLD WE LIVE IN.!!
How incredibly sad. I normally don’t boycott, but I think I might have to avoid Safeway for a while. Gives me a yucky feeling in my stomach. Ugh!
First and foremost, a big hooray for this guy. I think Safeway’s policy is bullcrap, but I do see where they’re coming from, since I work in retail. That guy could successfully sue Safeway for the guy assaulting him since he was on the clock and is a representative of the company. At my store, if we’re not asset protection, we’re not even allowed to mention to someone that we know they are shoplifting. We cant do anything that might mean that someone files a lawsuit or goes to the media. Only certain people are allowed to do it. Safeway should have someone in security who was monitoring the situation who should have intervened rather than putting a regular floor person in that situation. That would be the right way to handle it.
I am no lawyer and again do not know all the details but I am pretty sure he could not successfully sue the company. Oh he could try but nobody is going to want to touch the case when they hear that he was beating up a pregnant woman when he was “assaulted” I mean this guy was committing a crime himself and the other guy didn’t commit a crime when he came to her aid. I understand policy also and if the guy was assaulted for NO REASON then yes, of course he could sue but not in this case or situation. He would be way to foolish to try something like that. Totally backfire on him. He is in enough trouble as it is and to point out there are always loopholes. I don’t know who you work for but loss prevention has every right to detain someone if they are suspected of shoplifting. Not all retail establishments are the same.
Policy, schmolicy. Safeway looks out for themselves and that is it. Safeway has pretty much guaranteed a great loss in business and in reputation. Safeway should be praising this man for his heroics but instead he is punished. This man should not only get an apology, but monies in lost wages, his job back and a raise. The apology had better be a very public one and written too. Safeway you are a disgrace and until u fix this, consider yourselves boycotted.
I never liked that place anyway. Besides, with this story out I bet he could easily find a job elsewhere.
Hind-sight is always 20/20. Looking at things in retrospect we can always take the time to consider all legal ramifications, and proper procedures and all that. But the fact here is that a pregnant woman was in eminent danger of being abused and that man stepped up and did something about it. Considering the possibility that Safeway could be sued by an abuser or looking for security that probably wasn’t around could’ve meant the difference between that woman being safe and her being injured and abused. As a man I will always step in, whether it be on the clock or in my free time. No man should stand for violence against women and no man should fool himself with technicalities when considering if he should step in when he witnesses his fellows commuting such acts against women.
He might have lost his job…but he gained a never ending trust and bond with his girlfriend..wheather 7 to 9 months pregnant or “72 hours” pregnant dont ever let anyone hurt your girl no matter who it is.He could always find a job but another women, baby,love its worth doing something about, is there any other way to show your girl you really love her?…no,and ..yes?
Shout Out to Ryan Young for doing the right thing and to the local police for supporting his decision. Who knows what would have happened to her if he didn’t intervene. I don’t care how mad you get..Only a weak coward would hit his pregnant girlfriend or any woman for that matter.
I was in an abusive marrige so while I understand wanting to step in, as an employee, the company that you work for could be financially liable for any damages incurred by the employee stepping in and that is why he is SUSPENDED, not FIRED. Do I think that it is right to be more worried about your liability than a woman and unborn child’s welfare? No, absolutely not. But from a legal standpoint, they had to suspend the man. It is in many pre–hire documents that you sign that you are not to interfere.
I have worked in my share of establishments and never have I been asked to sign a form that states I will stand aside if I see a crime being committed. This is grocery store.I have worked at several. I understand to an extent the suspension, per investigation, however with that said they better lift that suspension and pay the back wages. I mean this is silly. This isn’t a normal every day thing or a situation where the employee was a trouble maker. But again. I don’t know all the details. Just seeing it here for the first time. Is it that the pregnant woman was being attacked or was about to be attacked because then I could understand the other side of the coin.
This is just why today people are not getting involved. You could find yourself getting punished or losing everything you worked so hard for. Many folks are just closing their fully opened eyes or swearing they never seen or heard a thing.
I hear that. Especially when if comes to children. Not enough people realize that if you know abuse or neglect is going on you are to report it and if you don’t and it is found that you did know then guess what, you are just as responsible. Problem is that law enforcement do not enforce that law. I myself have a big mouth and I am not afraid to dial 911. I was bar tending a while back and a guy kept messing with his girlfriend. It was not until he started hitting her head over and over with a full water bottle that I opened my mouth. Then he proceeded to come after me so I called the police. You know that sucker was a wanted felon and is still in jail? This happened 5 years ago. That girl may hate me but I felt like I did a good thing. I gave my boss the ultimatum, clean the place up or I was no longer going to be a doormat. I mean I wasn’t that desperate. He wasn’t happy. Was the second time in 24 hours cops had been to the place. I quit, the place closed,end of story. So never ever show fear even if you are scared to death and always try to do the right thing!