What is the name of your state? Florida
Ok this is in lieu of my g/f. But none the less here we go. Few days ago my girlfriend who is/was employed at our local Best Buy store, informed me that she had been awarded for selling the most PCP/PSP (product protection plans) etc. on Black Friday 2007. The value was $65 USD in the form of a Best Buy gift card that was issued by her Wireless Department Senior. (Who also had previously stated that he was about to quit working there; "this may or may not be irrevelent here"). Any ways yesterday she was pulled in to the Manager's Office to allegidly, be questioned about a stolen gift card. Hence the card she had been supposidly issued by her department. Ok so the GM/Store Manager didn't question her but managed to lock her in his office (Where the only way out was with his key) and persisted to be little her using all kinds of profanity, and false pretenses stating that she would be accused of using a customer's Best Buy gift card (stolen) and that if she did not confess to stealing from the company that she would be taken away in handcuffs. In those words. She insisted on explaining that the card was issued to her unknowingly stolen by her department. And the Store Manager said that it was Bull**** and that a fellow employee would never do that. He was yelling and swaring up in her face to where spit got on her. She later explained to me that she genuinely feared for her life as though he might hit her. Again the door was locked and she asked to leave and he would not until she wrote on paper that she was stealing from the store. So she briefly signed a statement (of her own) stating that she was not sure what happened but that she was being accused of stealing a gift card that she was making purchases on in the amount of $65. Now she did make purchases such as a CD, Bluetooth PC adapter, a coke, and a Zune case/sleve on this card, all of which we haden't even used/opened or thrown away the reciepts for. She called me the day of the questioning and was all upset crying and stated that I needed to return the items listed and that she was told to wait outside the store and that she would be suspended until the HR department had made a decision. We returned all the merchandise exactly as purchased nothing opened and left. We went to the local Police Dept. to file a report with them on the incident in reference to assault. When the Po;ice Department called to verify whether or not she had been terminated, they said they were coincidentally having a meeting about her(at Best Buy) and that she might not be able to pick up her check the following day. Later the Police informed us that this might be a Department of Labor issue regarding the paycheck. Otherwise we would be informed in about 5 days on the investigation. Naturally we have been seeking lawyers who will take interest in her case; however most have been blowing this off as a minor incident that will probably be placed in a concealed record for her. Last night the local Police called her to inform her that she was needed to make an appearance at the local police department in reference to an investigtation on Best Buy's behalf. The office gave his badge number and everything, the odd bit however was that he stated that he would be reading her Miranda Rights at that point and that she would be advised to have a lawyer present.
Any thoughts?
Ok this is in lieu of my g/f. But none the less here we go. Few days ago my girlfriend who is/was employed at our local Best Buy store, informed me that she had been awarded for selling the most PCP/PSP (product protection plans) etc. on Black Friday 2007. The value was $65 USD in the form of a Best Buy gift card that was issued by her Wireless Department Senior. (Who also had previously stated that he was about to quit working there; "this may or may not be irrevelent here"). Any ways yesterday she was pulled in to the Manager's Office to allegidly, be questioned about a stolen gift card. Hence the card she had been supposidly issued by her department. Ok so the GM/Store Manager didn't question her but managed to lock her in his office (Where the only way out was with his key) and persisted to be little her using all kinds of profanity, and false pretenses stating that she would be accused of using a customer's Best Buy gift card (stolen) and that if she did not confess to stealing from the company that she would be taken away in handcuffs. In those words. She insisted on explaining that the card was issued to her unknowingly stolen by her department. And the Store Manager said that it was Bull**** and that a fellow employee would never do that. He was yelling and swaring up in her face to where spit got on her. She later explained to me that she genuinely feared for her life as though he might hit her. Again the door was locked and she asked to leave and he would not until she wrote on paper that she was stealing from the store. So she briefly signed a statement (of her own) stating that she was not sure what happened but that she was being accused of stealing a gift card that she was making purchases on in the amount of $65. Now she did make purchases such as a CD, Bluetooth PC adapter, a coke, and a Zune case/sleve on this card, all of which we haden't even used/opened or thrown away the reciepts for. She called me the day of the questioning and was all upset crying and stated that I needed to return the items listed and that she was told to wait outside the store and that she would be suspended until the HR department had made a decision. We returned all the merchandise exactly as purchased nothing opened and left. We went to the local Police Dept. to file a report with them on the incident in reference to assault. When the Po;ice Department called to verify whether or not she had been terminated, they said they were coincidentally having a meeting about her(at Best Buy) and that she might not be able to pick up her check the following day. Later the Police informed us that this might be a Department of Labor issue regarding the paycheck. Otherwise we would be informed in about 5 days on the investigation. Naturally we have been seeking lawyers who will take interest in her case; however most have been blowing this off as a minor incident that will probably be placed in a concealed record for her. Last night the local Police called her to inform her that she was needed to make an appearance at the local police department in reference to an investigtation on Best Buy's behalf. The office gave his badge number and everything, the odd bit however was that he stated that he would be reading her Miranda Rights at that point and that she would be advised to have a lawyer present.
Any thoughts?
