I've already started with the Canadian Association of Retired Persons... and
am continuing to spread the word. They have already tried to silence us by
threats of a team of lawyers... we have a defence fund being set-up and
contacts willing to take on the case as well as the media involved.

If it had happened to my parent... I would have waited until closing time
and put the head of the security in the critical ward. Nuf Said!

CM



"Joe" wrote in message
om...
| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
| Okay... I'm really really ****ed off now..... I'm putting this here to
let
| everyone know what happened..... read the following and know why!!!
|
| Both letters are an account of the occurrence that transpired..... I
need to
| hit these scumballs where it hurts the most... in the wallet!!
|
| Damn but I'm just so friggin' ****ed off at this whole thing!
|
| Anyways.. it's long... two letters written to our local paper.... both
about
| the same incident..... I'm starting a friggin' campaign. This woman is
| devastated about this and has been in tears.
|
| Any Help would be appreciated.
|
|
| Do you have a email address for the store?
|
| If so post it on every elder related site on the internet and request
| that everyone send them an e-mail telling them what assholes they are,
| and refuse to buy anything from them again unless they drop the
| charges.
|
| Get Scotty to drive his peterbuildt thru the store.
|
| Go into the store and pretend to steal something in front of a
| security camera, then beat the crap out of the security guard when he
| grabs you walking out the door, then sue the store ;0)
|
| Joe
|
|
|
|
| Joe
|
|
|
|
| As Follows:
|
| I am writing to you to express my disgust with the above company's
| policy and actions following an incident that recently occurred at the
| Zellers Store in the Bedford Place Mall. A friend of mine's elderly
mother,
| living on a fixed income and suffering from Alzheimer's and Terminal
Cancer,
| mistakenly walked out of the store with a pair of sunglasses without
paying.
| The security people stopped her and gave her a document that stated that
she
| would be charged with trespassing if she entered the mall during the
next
| six months. She forgot to tell her son (and legal guardian) what had
| happened, and her son was unaware of the prior events or the trespassing
| warning issued by the security people. A few weeks later, my friend's
| mother went shopping at Zellers in the Bedford Place Mall again, and was
| stopped by security after removing a few pieces of Kleenex from a full
box
| in the store. This time, security called the police and had the senior
| citizen charged with trespassing. Her son explained to security that he
was
| unaware of the first incident or the earlier trespassing warning that
they
| had apparently issued, and further advised them of his mother's fragile
| medical condition. He pointed out that, given the circumstances, the
| additional stress associated with a court appearance for trespassing was
the
| last thing that his mother needed at this point. The security people
| ignored this, deciding instead to file formal trespassing charges
against
| this 72 year old lady.
|
| While I can understand that Zellers and the Bedford Place Mall must
protect
| their merchandise from theft (normally done by troubled teenagers or
| professional boosters), I cannot understand why they would persist in
| prosecuting my friend's mother. If their actions were aimed at
deterring
| future incidents, under the circumstances their punitive action is
severely
| misguided in my opinion. If a four year old takes a chocolate bar from
| Zellers without paying and is caught, do the security people issue a
written
| warning to the child and instruct them to pass the document on to their
| parents? I am sure that if my friend had been advised of the first
| incident he would have spoken to security immediately to explain his
| mother's medical condition, and reassured security that he would
accompany
| his mother when she went shopping there in the future.
|
| I have mentioned the above to several of my friends, and they are as
| appalled as I am about the seemingly total lack of compassion and human
| decency shown by Zellers and Bedford Place Mall security towards this
| harmless older lady. I would welcome an investigation by your
newspaper
| into the above. Hopefully this would raise public awareness about the
| mistreatment of defenseless senior citizens by some large corporations.
I
| would respectfully suggest that Zellers and the Bedford Place Mall have
done
| more damage to their public image through their heavy-handed action than
| they have to gain by prosecuting this "case".
|
| My letter as follows:
|
| I thought this might be of interest to you....
|
| It deals with corporate policy and the mistreatment of the elderly!!
|
| If you wish contacts to verify this please contact me and I will be
happy to
| liaise your request to the party involved. I'm taking this to task
because
| it irks me to think this is the sum total of respect and consideration I
| might one day have to face when in my golden years of retirement.
|
| I was informed by a friend that an acquaintance of mine's aged mother
living
| on a fixed income and suffering from Alzheimer's and Terminal Cancer
goes to
| Zellers Store at the Bedford Place Mall.. She had been at this branch
| before. Apparently she tried on a pair of sunglasses and forgot they
were in
| her hand when she walked out... easily explainable but the store
decided
| that although she had been a regular customer, they would issue her a
| document stating that if she returned to the store again within the next
6
| months she would be charged with trespassing.
|
| So a month or two later she returned to the store... apparently she
forgot
| to tell her son what had transpired... I wonder how that could have
| happened! He only found out after she had been arrested and charged
for
| trespassing on Zellers property. They won't back down and are taking her
to
| court because it's "Policy". NICE!!! She not only has her current
medical
| difficulties to deal with.... but now thanks to this ignorant corporate
| entity's 'Policy'.... she now this added stress to cope with!! Is this
| indicative of the respect and value that ZELLERS places on it's elderly
| customers?
|
| Seriously now... I would expect this behaviour directed to adolescents
or
| career criminals... and it may not amount to anything in a court of law
| considering the circumstances.... but the appalling lack of basic
| consideration and common decent human values totally evades me. Even
after
| her son spoke to Zellers on her behalf and attempted to explain
things... he
| was given the "Company Policy" speech!
|
| Enough is Enough!! I'm sick and tired of the manner in which these
| corporate entities act without due regard to circumstance or respect.
|
| Needless to say I'm ****ed and the objective of this letter is to let as
| many people know what happened as feasibly possible.
|
| I would appreciate any investigation and a full public accounting of
| ZELLERS!!!
|
| So that's it!
| I'm friggin' livid about this incident...... I'm not putting up with
this
| crap from some pencil necked pimple faced wanna-be cop in a friggin'
store
| stealin' what little time this person has left!!!
|
| For those unaware... ZELLERS is a Canadian Retail Chain like Wal-Mart...
|
| CM