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Safeway Employee’s Suspension for Defending Pregnant Woman Draws Nationwide Protests

A logic-defying corporate decision in sleepy Monterey, California last week has turned into a headache for one of America’s biggest supermarket chains.

Ryan Young, a meat clerk at the Del Rey Oaks Safeway, was minding his own business and doing his job, right up until Quyen van Tran, a customer, decided to beat his pregnant girlfriend in the store, in full view of other customers, and Young himself.

Young was not prepared to stand for this:

“Every few seconds he would turn around and push her and then he actually kicked her,” Young said. “I told him to calm down and he was just irate.”

Young said Tran refused to stop and jumped in to stop the assault.

Outrage Sweeps Nation, News Media After Safeway Employee Suspended for Defending Pregnant Woman From Assault

Ryan Young

“I saw no one was intervening in the situation and I just became afraid for her safety and also other customers safety,” Young said. “The guy was out of control and pretty much lost it in there.”

Chief Ron Langford of the Del Ray Oaks Police said if Ryan did not intervene, things could have become much worse for the victim.

So Young came out of the whole affair a hero, even according to police. Surely Safeway gave him a pay raise for getting involved, right?

Just the opposite. Safeway has suspended Young without pay for violating company policy. What company police, exactly? This video from CBS 5 San Francisco explains:

 

That’s right. Apparently employees are supposed to just call security and not intervene in situations like this. Young broke this policy, apparently ruining Safeway’s attempt to cultivate a reputation for tolerating domestic abuse, so he was suspended.

As of yesterday, if public pressure still has any power, that suspension looks increasingly in doubt. Central Coast KSBW Action News 8 reports that a group of protesters has descended on Young’s old place of employment and begun actively picketing the store:

Protest held outside Del Ray Oaks Safeway

Safeway has reportedly issued a public statement about the event, claiming Young was not fired for the confrontation, but for other actions “prior to the confrontation.” What actions they mean have not been disclosed.

Safeway is, however, currently reviewing surveillance tapes regarding Young’s incident, and union representatives have been reportedly offering financial assistance to Young as the ordeal goes on. Local authorities have also been given surveillance tapes, though they have not yet been released to the press.

Still, the story has gone viral nationwide at this point. Everyone from the Washington Examiner to Slate has either covered the story or expressed outrage. Whatever happens, Safeway is likely to lose a lot of customers.

Comments (300)

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  • jungle J
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:26pm

    I would want him to protect my pregnant daughter…

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    • rickc34
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:41pm

      To jungle j. I agree I would want a brave young man to protect my dtr. Shame on safeway I smell a boycott coming on. Thank You Ryan for standing up and doing the right thing.

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    • BuzzardSays
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:42pm

      Rules, rules, rules…Judaizers have them by the score. Jesus is proud of Ryan Young and so am I. He epitomizes the “Love thy neighbor as thyself” rule that Jesus Himself proclamized as being the perfect adjunct to the act of loving God. As such Mr Young has shown himself to have decency and care for his fellow man.

      Now Sureway management have exposed themselve as shameless rule following Judaizers. Not helping your neighbor on any day, especially the sabbath, because of rules infuriated Jesus. I will let Sureway rot on the vine of non-business activity as they are unworthy.

      BuzzardSays  
    • BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:03pm

      God bless a man that has the courage to stand up for what is right and good. God bless Americans for showing they care about the injustice that has been done to him. I WILL NOT COMPLY…..if complying means standing around and watching a pregnant woman get hurt while I wait for someone else to do something about it. I’ll go down myself before policy takes priority over humanity.

      The one way to get a bad rule withdrawn from the books is to enforce it strictly. Whatcha gonna do Safeway?

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:13pm

      i thank our mothers for letting us know what is right and what is wrong……..i learned at the end of a belt and proud of it

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:16pm

      BUZZARDSAYS
      Most of those rules you are lamenting were put in place by : UNIONS

      rules are in place for safety and job protection, this incident falls mostly in the category of job protection. If the expectation was for all employees to do the ‘right thing’ then no longer would there be a need for security. This puts a bad light on the UNIONS and less so on the company management.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:20pm

      Not a safeway customer currently but I won’t be in the future either.

      Somebody in California give this guy a job please!

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:20pm

      No surprise here, the government, corporate America, the authorities, and all of those that presume to rule us, would highly prefer that you are and remain a stupid, do-nothing, sheeple, who do what you are told, don’t show any initiative, and act cowardly when confronted with evil……especially that last one

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    • OklahomaBound
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:26pm

      In today’s world where we see people turn a blind eye to someone being assaulted or stepping over the body of a hit and run victim it is refreshing to see someone stand up for the saftey of a stranger in need. And it is also equally disappointing to see a company (a company in this case and more often government) punish such heroic and selfless behavior by sending the message that no good deed will go unpunished.

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    • Pilgrimsarbour
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:04pm

      At least Safeway could have said, “You know, we really don’t want our employees doing that. In this case, we’re glad that there was a good resolution, but in future we need to let our security teams handle this.” Then they could have saved face and kept the employee. Wouldn’t that have been a good thing for Safeway?

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:19pm

      If you wish to contact Safeway:
      http://www.safeway.com/ShopStores/Contact-Us.page

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    • HUSSAR
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 11:44pm

      Providing this is the whole story…well done sir…shame on Safeway…contact Safeway and share your thoughts.
      Contact Us By Phone
      *
      In the U.S. Retail Store or Corporate offerings, call us toll-free: 1-877-723-3929
      Contact Us By Mail
      ***** All correspondence can be directed to:
      Customer Service Center
      Safeway Inc. – M/S 10501
      P.O. Box 29093
      Phoenix, AZ 85038-9093

      *****Press Contacts
      Public Affairs Department
      5918 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588
      Tel: 925-467-3000
      Fax: 925-467-3323

      ******** Ethics Hotline (( HAHA the irony here ))
      Safeway strives to maintain the highest level of honesty and integrity in its dealing(s) with employees and vendors. If you have any questions, concerns or information regarding business ethics or integrity in your dealings with Safeway, please contact our confidential Business Ethics Hotline at 1-866-239-1376 or email us at business.ethics@safeway.com

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    • rickr442
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 12:20am

      Kid deserves a raise, and maybe an invitation to test for the Police Department. The ;beater’ needs a serious attitude correction as well, perhaps a variation on the old Welcome Wagon concept, to make certain that the cultural elements are properly domesticated. If I saw it, the little ******* would be in traction and the ‘girlfriend would be visiting him in the hospital for a while.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 1:06am

      I knew there was a reason I started doing my grocery shopping at Walmart. bye bye Safeway. You will nevef know why I stopped shopping at your store in my city.

      I do agree at some point before he should have called for security or 911 then intervene. However, since it did not work out that way, a reprimand and a review of store policy should suffice. It seems they were gunning for this guy even before this happened.

      So Safeway condones domestic abuse.

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    • antiprogressive
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:34am

      Laws, lawsuits and insurance…

      A Walgreens employee once told me they are not allowed to intervene in the numerous jump and grabs (mostly for cartons of cigarettes) that happen at the counter near the front door.

      Unarmed CHILDREN and old ladies can steal right in front of them and they must let it happen.
      Call the police afterwards, etc.

      Granted, every employee’s LIFE is more important than the cash, but if the employee CHOOSES to get involved, he or she should NOT be reprimanded.
      Fair enough, no reward as it may tempt the NEXT employee to make a life decision based on MONEY, but at least no reprimand.

      Laws, lawsuits and insurance.
      Sums up America pretty good these days…

      Great job dude.
      I am proud of you regardless of what Safeway thinks.

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    • little big man
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:05am

      This guy is a hero he should be rewarded not fired. these big companies suck.
      I worked for LOWES for only 8 months when one day a hispanic family jumped a male casher. the casher asked them nicely to stop horsing around with the plastic yellow covers over the concrete ballards in front of the doors.
      Well they pushed him down started punching and kicking this kid was only 19 a few of us ran to help but the family ran out of the store into the parking lot where the cops caught them. 2 got arrested the family got a lawyer and sued LOWES the family would come back and intimidate the poor casher so LOWES dropped the charges on fear of the law suit. they would not stick up for the employee they tossed him under the buss.
      These big companies are only in it for the $$$$$ they really don’t care that this good man did the right thing.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:44am

      With sub-par meats and produce the safeways in my area all went under. I wish there was one just so I could plaster their paking lots with flyers about their pro-abuse stance.

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:54am

      Safeway mgmnt are a bunch of HOSEBAGS! Bloody cowards!

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    • PERSONONAMISSION
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:23am

      This is just as Jesus said when its time to return. The world ( humanity ) will be upside down. How can anything be more upside down then this story.

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    • centenium
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:24am

      I would want someone to step in and help my daughter as well. As a business owner I wouldn‘t want to deal with the legal pill of poo that would have come had the husband kick Young’s teeth in. Or from the husband had Young over did it. I can understand the business’ position in this litigious society. What the husband did was wrong and needed stopping. If that is where this would normally end then I’m all for it. I just don’t think it did end there.

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    • mtcountrygrl
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 10:21am

      All it takes for evil to thrive is for good men to do nothing.

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    • DissenterKnight
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 11:27am

      @ BuzzardSays
      The term your trying to use here, judaizers, is used but once in the scripture and it springs from the “Incident at Antioch”, wherein Paul challenges Peter over the need for gentiles to come under the law as well as Grace. [see Galatians 2:14] I’m going to give you the benefit of doubt and assume that you’re not just trying to stir the pot here with your choice of terms.

      While I won’t be shopping at Safeway anytime soon because I disagree with their policy, it is their right to have such a policy. And while I applaud the gentleman for allowing his sense of right and wrong to rule the day; he did so in violation of the company policy and with the all the personal risk that doing so carried. All the more reason to applaud him!

      Communities –families, businesses or civic- all have rules; even the church has rules and Paul was the not silent on the importance of church discipline in enforcing those rules. Having or following the rules and norms of our community does not make us judaizers; It makes us good citizens.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 1:37pm

      woe unto those that call evil good and good evil, society has lost it….. This man is a hero and he is punished?? This nation cannot last much longer going on like this.

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    • libertylouise
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:44pm

      It’s the “UNION RULES”. Blame the UNION.
      All my prayers to Young! GOD will BLESS you for loving thy neighbor!

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    • brezzeone
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 6:09pm

      I understand . I was fired from a job for about the same thing.

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    • Jim AZ
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 4:20am

      Meat cutters know how bodies are put together, and how to take them apart.

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  • chips1
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:23pm

    Knowing that Safeways has a policy such as this one and the fact that it’s company hires supervisors like these, I will avoid shopping there. Might just as well post their new slogan on the door, “SHOP HERE AT YOUR OWN RISK”!!!!!!

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    • jwt
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 10:33pm

      this is a Morman co that obeys all the rules

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    • hooch22
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 7:50am

      Maybe they are contemplating a name change to Unsafeway.

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    • Dinkiecb
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:33am

      Gives to the meaning of Great Customer Service taking the effort to PROTECT a customer from harm…and then be suspended or fired for doing the right thing??? UnSafeway should be ashamed!!! Fire the manager of the store!!!

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  • momrules
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:21pm

    Mr. Young is a man with integrity. Others would have pulled out their phone and taken pictures but he took action.

    This Texas woman would be proud to know him.

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    • lisa2994
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Me too! There are so many times that people just stand around letting these things happen. And I think to myself why would you just stand there and let that happen? Another Texan here. :)

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:19pm

      @MOMRULES

      Let’s make it unanimous.

      Another Texan approves.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:00pm

      MOM: In Texas the Safeway store is Tom Thumb. I live with 1 mile of 2 Safeway stores and hate it so much, I drive an extra 2 miles to go to Kroger which is more shopper friendly.
      How dare Safeway let this man go for doing the humanitarian thing, protecting that woman.

      Why I quit shopping at Safeway is because they have an organic vegetable section that has food so spoiled, I wouldn’t feed it to the hogs. They don’t take care of that section and charge more than the Whole Foods charge for same items.
      There seems to be a lot of contention among the employees as I became friends with many of them before I quit shopping there. They aren‘t helpful like they are at Kroger’s either. They always seem to have a chip on their shoulders if you ask for anything special. Don’t need that even tho I did enjoy 4or 5 of the employees. They know how I feel and why I don’t stop in anymore except for one item I needed for dinner. So, Safeway, you SUCK.

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    • ROCKETSMOM
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:05pm

      THIS OHIO CITIZEN approves!!!!!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:24pm

      MOM

      This Loveland Ohio man agrees with you as well

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 9:14pm

      Momrules i totally agree. I will be driving the extra 20 miles to costco. Character an integrity are hard to come by and never seem to be rewarded these days. Prayers for this man and the woman involved.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:03pm

      HEY!! You don’t have to be from Texas to APPROVE, Here is one who approves from North Carolina…..

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    • StoicsWife
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:06pm

      This Southern Woman would be proud to know him as well…it is good to know that there are still “Real Men” in this world other than my husband….God Bless you Ryan Young and your family and I pray that God will provide a miracle for you and yours!

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  • FromSeaToSea
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:20pm

    Rules are more important than Human life. Morals take a back seat to policy. That’s the world we live in.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:25pm

      Only if you let it……………

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    • Wolf
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 12:38am

      “…Rules are more important than Human life. Morals take a back seat to policy. That’s the world we live in…”
      Depends on who you want to believe, God or the devil. I’m pretty sure devil worshippers will agree with your conclusion.

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  • hicycles
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:19pm

    I’m gonna be the odd-ball and stand up for the employer on this one. Most employers have policies like this. I’m guessing the reason is that most people are not trained to effectively handle situations like this, and if Safeway were to provide that training, they could be held liable for anything that happens, to the employee or the customer.

    The problem isn’t Safeway. The problem is the litigiousness of people. If the employee was hurt, he could have sued. If the customer was hurt, he could have sued. Would either prevail in the suit? Who knows, but it costs money to defend.

    I am glad that the employee did what he did, but I‘m not surprised by Safeway’s action.

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:36pm

      In other words, anyone helping someone in trouble must be an officially trained professional or your preventing nature from taking it’s natural coarse. Sort of like survival of the fittest!!!! Hog Wash. Americans always help those in need. Anything else is just Liberal thinking.

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    • Apple Bite
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:38pm

      That’s pretty much what I was thinking. And being in California, well, you got the more reason to believe this to be true.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:45pm

      And it’s because of this fear that someone may sue, that we have stories of people taking out cell phones and taking pictures of people drowning, or so many other such situations instead of stepping in to save lives.

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    • carlschulz
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:49pm

      As odd as it may seem to a lot of readers, hicycles is right. I was at work one night and saw a person walking around the front of the store with cuts all over their head acting strangely (I think it was a mental problem, not a fight or anything based on the behavior). I called a manager over and the manager refused to do anything because we didn’t want to risk offending the person in question. All of you reading are thinking exactly what I was “but that person needs help” and your right. But thanks to our hyper-litigious society, businesses can’t afford to take the risk of getting sued. Some may think the pregnant lady can sue Safeway for not protecting her. But as far as I know, no business is required to provide security for it’s patrons. You can’t really blame Safeway for that policy. You gotta blame the ambulance chasing lawyers and the citizens on the juries that not only find in favor for those lawyers but award large sums of money. It’s those sorts of things that force these sorts of policies on corporations.

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:57pm

      I got out in 2005 and moved my parents out 5 or 6 months ago. I never expected that homes were about 60% less than Calif. and everyone out here speaks English. People wave as you pass by. I thought something was wrong, however, they are friendly.

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    • crazyrightwingmom
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:14pm

      Hicycles is mostly correct. It’s the lawyers, and until we have some TORT REFORM, this won’t change. But he did the morally correct thing.

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    • wisehiney
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 8:27pm

      You are correct, but the problem is the judge or jury that would rule against him. It is OK though, what is unsustainable will not be sustained.

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    • VinnieSquawker
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 9:06am

      Horse manure. There is right and there is wrong. Whatever happened to moral clarity. Anyone who would stand by and watch some guy smack around a pregnant woman should be pummeled, as well. Chivalry? Honor? Anyone. Well done, my good man. Just don’t take the union money.

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    • BellaMia7
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 2:59pm

      Beating and kicking a pregnant woman could result in the death of the unborn child. No decent person could stand and watch a murder happening if he had a good possibility to effectively intervene. My daughter broke up a fight once in high school between two girls. Later, the big bully girl called her over and apologize and thanked her. Said that if a teacher had seen it – she would have gotten kicked out of school because it was her third offense for fighting. (This was in an affluent school district – not some urban hell hole.) This employee did this guy, not just the woman, a favor.

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  • dmforman
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:19pm

    Wish I could offer him a job!

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    • edmundburk
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 12:33am

      as mr. murphy said”no good deed goes unpunished.”

      CORPRATE AMERICA SUCKS!

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  • HelloWorld
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:19pm

    If this did indeed occur the way Mr. Young conveys then he should be complemented on acting as a gentleman and coming to the aid of the weak. In this case: a pregnant women. Our society has become so fraught with companies protecting themselves from liability, I would expect that the security division of Safeway is outsourced. This individual that made an inherent decision to do the right thing must therefore must be punished. We certainly can not have grown adults making decisions without the permission of the lawyers and upper management. This might result in a liability to the company. Better safe than sorry. So what if people have to witness the inhumane treatment of another individual. Are we not getting used to this type of behavior? After all, company and attorney’s first – employee and consumer last. Pathetic. Thank you Mr. Young for coming to the aid of the weak. Please keep up the good work.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:46pm

      That is the result of a litigious society that sues over every imagined slight.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:48pm

      @helloworld
      We truly do need a like button on this site!

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  • Faith in God
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:18pm

    Young broke this policy, apparently ruining Safeway’s attempt to cultivate a reputation for tolerating domestic abuse, so he was suspended.

    love it

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:25pm

      I agree with your statement .. he is a hero and should have been treated as such. I just hope the woman doesn’t stay with the abuser … or him putting his job on the line and losing it will be for nothing. Hopefully someone sees the good in this gentleman and he gets a BETTER JOB!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:17pm

      Right! Only sick people stand by while someone’s being abused like that.

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  • HelloWorld
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:18pm

    Add your comments

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  • spfoam1
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:18pm

    Safeway? Now known as Unsafeway. Shop there at your own risk. We see you getting beat, we’ll just tend to the meat. Perhaps the Safeway administrators would be giving him a raise if he had offered the attacker a meat tenderizer so he could finish the job and get on with his shopping.

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  • Glynrd Skynrd
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:16pm

    Safe-Way? Maybe not so much… If the grocery chain suspended this local hero for things done prior to the incident (yea right) they picked a poor time to display it. They should have (still could) riden the fantastic wave this choice employee provided them, come on Safeway, honor this man.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:15pm

    Some of these business’s practices of not allowing employees to protect themselves or others has apparently sprung from all of these schools that have their little zero tolerance policies. Those just allow bullies to take over and a kid raises a finger to defend himself he is suspended as well. Some just suspend both or all involved even if they attempt to defend themselves. These businesses just do the same thing.
    I hope the protesters are able to help persuade a sensible change and get this hero back on the job.

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  • ProudInfidel
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:14pm

    This is something you would expect from a government agency not a private enterprise.
    Hey Safeway, if that Pregnant woman was hurt do you think she would sue her husband? NO she would sue YOU ! ! ! Duh !

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  • Ron_WA
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:14pm

    Safeway is your standard California politically correct commie corporation

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  • cvanrijn
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:13pm

    They have now lost at least one customer in the Los Angeles area. What if the woman had a miscarriage? Or worse, lost her life and the baby? Can’t these buffoons see beyond their noses? I can’t believe any HRD would act this way. Then again, it is California, people here are just insane. And TUPID

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  • John in Connecticut
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:12pm

    Sometimes you have to do things right and sometimes you have to do the right thing. Evidently, the management at Safeway isn’t aware of this.

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  • Midwest Blonde
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:11pm

    Young should have been given a raise and a promotion for his heroic deed. NO ONE should tolerate domestic violence, anywhere, private or public. Good for you Young!

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  • LouC57
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:10pm

    Is there NO common sense anymore, anywhere? The guy‘s a hero for God’s sake, give the man a raise!

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  • MommaGrizzly
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:10pm

    So this is being handled through their union – that should work out well for him…

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    • SidneyDave
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:49pm

      Why would this be a union issue? Who is the employer? Does not the good Samaritan law cover this? California is a sewage pit where doing the right thing is frowned upon. What if this was a gay person being beat on in the store, Is it Safeway’s policy to allow hate crimes in their stores?

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  • Bruce P.
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:09pm

    This may be the best thing for Mr. Young. He may have been suspended for his actions, but now that his story has made headlines, other business will want a hire a man of his character. He is a gentleman who will not allow his customers to be abused. What business would not want him?

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:08pm

    It’s too bad that we have become a nation of not responding to a situation in a positive way. I applaud Mr.Young for courage and Safeway will suffer.

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  • LemonyFresh
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:07pm

    Hey, maybe it was sharia law… we would hate to jump between some of that.

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:05pm

    This man did the right thing…if common decency is trumped by a piece of paper, then there is no Honor left in this world….you beat a woman, pregnant or not, in front of me, you will get your teeth knocked clean out…and I will gladly go to court and pay a lawyer to defend me….most of the people I know would do the same…if people are afraid of lawyers, then they are cowards, and as we all know GOD HATES A COWARD…;-)

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  • SgtB
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:03pm

    There are policies like this everywhere in corporate America. The problem is lawyers and people with big degrees and no life experience or common sense.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on May 21, 2012 at 5:02pm

    My Kid would have pistol whipped him.

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    • DissenterKnight
      Posted on May 22, 2012 at 1:43pm

      @SMOKEY_BOJANGLES
      Shoot, my grandmother would have pistol whipped him. But then, she and the rest of her generation would be so incredibly disgusted with who we’ve become as a nation.

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