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The Formula | A security guard, a young mother and $82 of baby formula
At 4:10 p.m., Earl Simmons, a 61-year-old security guard at a Memphis supermarket, stopped a young mother at the sliding doors. Two cans of baby formula were hidden under her jacket. $82. Her baby slept in the stroller.
The rule was taped above his desk: anything over $25, call the police. No exceptions. Earl was two years from his pension, and last month a guard who let a thief go was fired the same day.
When Earl pulled up the security camera to write his report, he saw something that changed everything. Then his radio crackled. The manager was watching the same camera.
What should Earl do? Call the police like the rule says, pay the $82 himself and defy his manager, or let her walk out the back door?
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