Heroism is meaningless at Best Buy

Planning on robbing a Best Buy? Well, good news…turns out that if an employee tries to physically thwart you, they’ll end up getting fired. That’ll teach them to try.

Two employees at the Best Buy store at FlatIron Crossing in Broomfield have been fired for the way they tried to stop a knife-wielding shoplifter who stole two cellphones at the store on Aug. 1.

“I reacted on instinct,” said 20-year-old Jared Bergstreser, who was sitting at the “asset protection desk” near the front door.

“I tackled him (outside the store), and we ended up on the cement,” said Bergstreser, who is studying to be a paramedic at Front Range Community College.

Bergstreser and employee Colin Trapp, 23, who came to his aid, were both fired Sunday.

Bergstreser said his firing was decided by corporate officials, not the local store, because he didn’t follow company policy in his pursuit of the shoplifter.

“They don’t want us to get hurt,” said Bergstreser. “I definitely went against company policy. I don’t disagree with it (the firing). I put people in danger, and I put myself in danger.”

These guys seem unbelievably cool with getting fired, which I guess is what happens when you realize, “Oh, right, it’s Best Buy.” It’s not like you got fired from being the blow job stunt double on a porn set (which may not be a real job, but I’m all about job creation in this economy).

Seriously though, I really respect humility and all that when you do something fairly brave. But if I thwarted a robbery at the hands of a guy with a knife, I would be wearing a t-shirt that reads “Ask Me About That Mugging I Stopped” on the front with “…And I’m Well-Endowed” on the back. Sure it might confuse some people who’ll think there’s a correlation between the two, as though I beat a robber to death with my swollen member, but is that really any less impressive?

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