Quick! You're being robbed at
knifepoint. What's the first thing you do? For most of us, unless we're
actually put in that situation or have some prior training in how to
escape unharmed, it's hard to know how we would react.
An Arby's employee named Maria
Archer is grateful to have escaped last Friday, when a man attempted to
rob the restaurant where she worked. Archer, who was an assistant
manager, said she was doing the closing duties at around 1 a.m. when she
heard the doorbell ring. She assumed it was her co-worker who had just
left and went to answer the door. To her surprise, it was a man with a
knife, who tried to push her into a corner. Archer's instincts kicked
in, and somehow she was able to push the man away and give herself
enough time to escape through the drive-through window. She recalled
thinking, "I'm not going to die at Arby's tonight. I'm just not."
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Here's where things get
interesting. When Archer returned to work, she was fired. Archer told a
local TV station, "I just never thought this would happen to me.
Especially since my life was at stake." Arby's defended its decision,
saying that violations of its safety and security policy mean
termination of employment without exception. Archer broke policy because
she was alone in the fast-food business when it was robbed.
A vice president of human
resources in Arby's corporate office told a WHIO-TV reporter that he
felt badly for Archer but that she knowingly violated the company's
safety and security policy, and she had been warned before.
This is the third time that this
Fairborn, Ohio, Arby's location has been robbed in a six-month period.
Archer said that while she was working there, no alarm or security
cameras were ever installed to help protect from future intrusions. So
far, the suspect has not been apprehended.
Archer said that she does not
want her job back, even though January would have marked her 23rd year
with the company. She's thankful to have escaped with her life.
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