Comments on: Held Captive at Work http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/ Issues that matter and resources for white collar workers of any profession or employment status. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:54:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: where did the real America go? http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-46749 where did the real America go? Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:32:54 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/#comment-46749 Justin, that was a horrible experience, and you show courage and defiance by posting here. This post is an act of bravery and generosity that allows others to understand what is happening. Frankly, I am shocked. Shocked! It is all so Kafkaesque. I know it is easy to sit here in a comfy chair and say gee, why didn't you do this? Or why didn't you just leave? I won't say that, because I get that you were totally blindsided by this, that you were hoping to keep your job, and that you had no way of knowing you could not cooperate enough to get them to behave in a civilized manner toward you. Everything is easier to see in hindsight, and you did just fine in a very unfine situation. To the person who says why not just leave, and suggests that your job was not that important, are you kidding? Any and every job is important when you rely on the money you earn to put food on the table and pay the electric and see the doctor for a flu shot. Good luck to you, Justin, and please post an update soon. Justin, that was a horrible experience, and you show courage and defiance by posting here. This post is an act of bravery and generosity that allows others to understand what is happening. Frankly, I am shocked. Shocked! It is all so Kafkaesque. I know it is easy to sit here in a comfy chair and say gee, why didn’t you do this? Or why didn’t you just leave? I won’t say that, because I get that you were totally blindsided by this, that you were hoping to keep your job, and that you had no way of knowing you could not cooperate enough to get them to behave in a civilized manner toward you. Everything is easier to see in hindsight, and you did just fine in a very unfine situation. To the person who says why not just leave, and suggests that your job was not that important, are you kidding? Any and every job is important when you rely on the money you earn to put food on the table and pay the electric and see the doctor for a flu shot. Good luck to you, Justin, and please post an update soon.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-33041 Jamie Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:13:56 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/#comment-33041 Well, I have no idea how you'd fight it legally. But as Underwood said, why not just leave? It's not like a job at Target is irreplaceable. Well, I have no idea how you’d fight it legally. But as Underwood said, why not just leave? It’s not like a job at Target is irreplaceable.

]]> By: a good friend http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-31965 a good friend Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:14:21 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/#comment-31965 This happends every day at target wal mart and stores just like them. the cameras you see are not for shop lifters it is to keep an eye on the employees. Yes he should have just walked out but when two usally big guys tell you that you cant go well you tend to beleve them. yes it is technically kid napping but you have to prove it. now some one needs to tell me how some regular joe like you and me can affored to fight the giant that is target corp??? This happends every day at target wal mart and stores just like them. the cameras you see are not for shop lifters it is to keep an eye on the employees. Yes he should have just walked out but when two usally big guys tell you that you cant go well you tend to beleve them. yes it is technically kid napping but you have to prove it. now some one needs to tell me how some regular joe like you and me can affored to fight the giant that is target corp???

]]> By: rjunderwood2000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-28126 rjunderwood2000 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:58:24 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/#comment-28126 Target has no authority to hold anyone against their will. You should have just walked out, if they used force they would have been guilty of kidnapping. Target has no authority to hold anyone against their will. You should have just walked out, if they used force they would have been guilty of kidnapping.

]]> By: Alan King http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-18210 Alan King Tue, 22 May 2007 15:06:42 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/05/13/held-captive-at-work/#comment-18210 May 22, 2007 Dear Justin, I was appalled and disgusted by your story, and the way you had been inhumanly treated. I would not have allowed them to intimidate me much less have cooperated with these thugs. Instead, I would have kept my mouth shut and asked to speak to my attorney. If you didn’t have an attorney, you are entitled to one by law. What these people did to you was unconscionable and a form of (self-incrimination) and entrapment. I certainly wouldn’t have written anything – much less under duress or coercion. Simply put, your civil rights had been violated, and they were illegally holding you against your will without substantial evidence. In other words, you were kidnapped, i.e. a federal offense. Did you take your case to the State Attorney General's Office? May 22, 2007

Dear Justin,

I was appalled and disgusted by your story, and the way you had been inhumanly treated. I would not have allowed them to intimidate me much less have cooperated with these thugs. Instead, I would have kept my mouth shut and asked to speak to my attorney. If you didn’t have an attorney, you are entitled to one by law. What these people did to you was unconscionable and a form of (self-incrimination) and entrapment. I certainly wouldn’t have written anything – much less under duress or coercion. Simply put, your civil rights had been violated, and they were illegally holding you against your will without substantial evidence. In other words, you were kidnapped, i.e. a federal offense. Did you take your case to the State Attorney General’s Office?

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