Houston-area Home Depot employee was run down by a van while trying to apprehend pallet thieves in 2008.
Home Depot offered a reward of $50,000 for the perp.
Employee dies.
Home Depot ups reward to $100,000.
Florida man comes forward with tip leading to arrest of suspect who immediately confesses.
Home Depot begins negotiation on reward; their current offer is $40,000.
Snitch sues.
Hmmm, HD - AH(A**hole)?
The article says that HD's position is "He said the company=92s argument is that it announced the reward was =93up to $100,000.=94
How does anyone, in good concience, start with an award of $50K (even if it was stated as "up to $50K") then increase it to "up to $100K" but offer less than the original amount? What was the point of raising the stated amount? Did they do it just entice someone to come forward?
"I ain't snitching for $50K, but for $100K I'm singin' like a bird!"
If they got a confession via the tip, but think it's only worth $40K, I wonder what someone would have to have done in order to get closer to the "up to" amount? Run the perp over with an HD rental truck?
Need I say it? For the most part big box outfits are just sheenies who spend a fortune in marketing trying to create an image that isn't reality.
What's a 'sheenie'?
"George"
You mean like our government does?
Jon
"Race" is an artificial construct designed to categorize humans by their external appearance. It has no biological basis whatsoever.
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