Another Slice of Pizza

Yesterday, I noted in a post the recent firing of a Pizza Hut employee for brandishing a gun at a robber wannabe.  The article linked hinted at boycotting of Pizza Hut for this event, something you, as an individual, can participate in, or not.  I will not eat Pizza Hut pizza because I prefer mom and pop providers of pies.  Be that as it may, Rainbough Phillips left a couple of comments to the post of yesterday, and then expanded on those comments in a post at her blog Somewhere Over the Rainbough.

Rainbough notes, from experience and discussions with other individuals, the insurance industry’s hand in the policy of acquiescence to would be robbers, rather than fight or flight.  My main point in linking to the firing article, was to note the continued push for individuals to acquiesce in all circumstances of their life to others, rather than personal responsibility and self protection.

Posted by on 06/03 at 06:58 AM

  1. My issue is that people always get up in arms when it involves… well arms. But the policy extends well beyond firearms, and if people have a problem with it as I think they should, they are going to have to do a little more than “boycott Pizza Hut” because Pizza Hut happened to get media attention. I personally don’t think it’s worth the effort of boycotting dozens of companies because of their weapons policies. I would simply choose not to work for them. But I can definitely respect people who do choose to go that route.

    But no one is, they are boycotting Pizza Hut because Pizza Hut made the news. They are probably going to choose Papa Johns or Dominoes instead; companies with the exact same policy.

    Here’s one for example: http://www.50minutehour.net/archive/2004_05_01_index.htm#108498068542348340

    In any case you are right about the push to acquiesce in matters of personal responsibilty. That’s the issue that comes along with the “moral hazard” of insurance companies. In their attempt to save money do they make robberies more likely and thus make everyone less safe by encouraging employees to cooperate rather than resist attackers?

    I think that they do. The Indianapolis case is a good example of that, a man believed that holding an unloaded gun was enough to get what he wanted: Pizza. If I thought a boycott could change that I would participate. Perhaps I am pessimistic in that regard.

    Posted by Rainbough Phillips  on  06/03  at  03:54 PM

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