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Pregnant Popeyes worker fired after armed robbery

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CHANNELVIEW, Texas -- A fast food restaurant is robbed and the shift manager says she got fired for refusing to pay the money back.
"I told them I'm not paying nothing," said Marissa Holcomb. "I just had a gun to me. I'm not paying the money."
The heist happened on Mar. 31 at the Popeyes restaurant in the 500 block of Sheldon Road in Channelview and was captured on surveillance video.
In the video, you see a man with a beanie over his face run in waving a gun. He forced all the employees to the floor.
Then, he turned his attention to Holcomb.
"By the back of my shirt, he pulled me up and he pushed me to the front," she recalled. "He told me to give him everything out of my safe."
But the only thing Holcomb could open were the registers. The gunman got away with nearly $400.
Holcomb claimed that after the robbery, one of her managers gave her a choice to either pay the money back or get fired.
"I don't think it's right because now I'm struggling for my family because what I had to do to keep my life," Holcomb said.
Less than 36 hours after the robbery, Holcomb was fired.


Pregnant Popeyes worker fired after armed robbery

Gotta wonder if the $400 was worth the publicity? I like their chicken, but mercy me, not the brightest move on their part.
 
Sounds unreal or like something massively important is missing from the story.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the gunman was her boyfriend/son.

The Popeyes franchise owner, Z&H Foods Inc., wouldn't talk on camera. However, a spokesperson in their human resources department explained that Holcomb was fired because she broke policy by leaving too much money in the register, and this wasn't her first offense.
Sounds like she made herself eligible for the firing by screwing up previously.
 
Perhaps cooler heads have prevailed. Said top management at Popeye's:

"We recently became aware of a story in Houston involving a Popeyes restaurant and employee. The restaurant is operated by an independent franchisee of the Popeyes brand. We have spoken to the local franchise owner of the restaurant, and he has taken immediate action to reach out to the employee to apologize and rectify the situation. While the facts are gathered, we will closely monitor this until it is appropriately resolved. We deeply regret the distress this situation has caused."
 
Sounds like she made herself eligible for the firing by screwing up previously.

Even if so, that's simply too much Snidely Whiplash for public relations to bear.
 
Sounds like she made herself eligible for the firing by screwing up previously.

$400 is to much to have in multiple registers? thats a stupid policy
 
$400 is to much to have in multiple registers? thats a stupid policy

most places limit what I in the drawer to 200 or less. it doesn't make it worth stealing.
my question is why didn't the supervisor take the money out? that doesn't sound like a job of a casher to be messing with banking stuff but the manager or supervisor.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the gunman was her boyfriend/son.


Sounds like she made herself eligible for the firing by screwing up previously.

wow way to stereotype. it just had to be an inside job.
 
most places limit what I in the drawer to 200 or less. it doesn't make it worth stealing.
my question is why didn't the supervisor take the money out? that doesn't sound like a job of a casher to be messing with banking stuff but the manager or supervisor.

I guess they get robbed a lot

the registers at my store start with $200
 
$400 is to much to have in multiple registers? thats a stupid policy

it's a common policy in fast food joints and convenience stores..... the policy is intended to prevent large losses due to robbery. ( and put a barrier on "inside man" type robberies)

I knew a manger and a clerk who both got fired after an armed robbery.. same exact reason.
the manager got canned for not making sure the clerk made her drops according to policy, and the clerk got canned for not making the drops.
i heard it ended up being an inside job, but that was just a rumor i heard.
 
wow way to stereotype. it just had to be an inside job.

it not uncommon...
low paid clerk fails to make drops, has friend or accomplice come in and rob the joint after the register gets flush with cash... payday!
 
most places limit what I in the drawer to 200 or less. it doesn't make it worth stealing.
my question is why didn't the supervisor take the money out? that doesn't sound like a job of a casher to be messing with banking stuff but the manager or supervisor.

drops are made by clerks... it's as easy as sticking the money in an envelope or plastic roll and inserting it into the slot in the safe... nuthin too it.

supervisors are supposed to ensure the drops are being made at regular intervals, though....
 
it not uncommon...
low paid clerk fails to make drops, has friend or accomplice come in and rob the joint after the register gets flush with cash... payday!

that takes proof and evidence. people are conjecturing.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the gunman was her boyfriend/son.


Sounds like she made herself eligible for the firing by screwing up previously.

I was wondering about that, seems like $400 is a bit much for leaving in the register. However, I leave open the idea that there was a reason she had not been able yet to put it in the one-way safe thingy places like that seem to have.
 
From the video it looks like there were two registers, at $200 each register...doesn't seem like much for a day that they know is going to be busy. I can't see a fast food joint like Popeye's starting with less than $100 in each cash register at the start of a shift. And I can easily see them making $200 dollars inside an hour.

I think that what happened to this gal was BS.
 
"I told them I'm not paying nothing,"

There's the reason she's stuck at a low paying fast food job
 
this isn't a court of law...

does it matter? if you want to accuse someone of something then you better have the facts to back it up with otherwise you are conjecturing with no evidence.
it means is that you don't have an argument.
 
"I told them I'm not paying nothing,"

There's the reason she's stuck at a low paying fast food job

why should say have to pay back the store for a robbery?
 
From what I understand, she wasn't a clerk. She was the manager on duty, and it was her responsibility to make sure that the cash drops were done. As soon as the register meets the drop threshold, the cashier is alerted. If the register is like most registers, it alerts you every single time a transaction is made, so you don't forget.

She was warned about this before. That is why she was fired. Being as young as she is, and being pregnant with her 4th child, and struggling, makes the cynical side of me also wonder if it wasn't an inside job.

If Popeye's goes back on this and gives her her job back, then it gives all other management permission to not make timely cash drops, either. :shrug:
 
why should say have to pay back the store for a robbery?
She repeatedly violated the store policy which cost the store to lose money. An argument could be made that she should only have to pay the difference between what she was supposed to have in the drawer and the $400
 
Unless it was my business I wouldn't risk my life by not giving up the money, nor would I pay it back.
 
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