Seattle Bank Shows Gratitude For Not Being Robbed By... Firing The Guy Who Apprehended The Would-be Thief??

No, seriously, that's what they did. Jim Nicholson lost his job two days after preventing a robbery at the bank where he worked. He chased the thief out of the bank, and pursued him for several blocks, finally knocking him over with the help of another stranger. However, since bank policy requires that employees just hand over the money to thieves, Nicholson is now out of a job.

"Key Bank spokeswoman Anne Foster declined to comment on his termination, but she said protecting the safety of employees and clients was the bank's top priority."

Just going out on a limb here, but wouldn't apprehending a thief protect the safety of employees and clients-- not too mention the security of their assests?? Yes, I realize a lot could have gone wrong. The thief could have started shooting everyone in sight; dozens of innocent people could have been hurt, in which case, Nicholson probably would have been held liable for his actions because he was acting outside of accordance with company policy. But the thief DIDN'T start shooting everyone in sight. Dozens of innocent people WEREN'T hurt. In fact, NO ONE was hurt (well, the thief may be suffering a bit of hurt pride, but who cares?). And yet, instead of Key Bank saying, "Thank you for what you did, Mr. Nicholson, we really owe you one... but in the future, please remember that it is our policy to cooperate with thieves-- if someone gets hurt, you could end up being held responsible, and we'd really like to prevent that," they fired the guy!

What rotten behavior!