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Convenience store employee fired for being robbed

A Massachusetts convenience store worker survived the harrowing experience of being robbed at gunpoint, only to then be fired by his employer.

Douglas Moore was working the cash register at Cumberland Farms in Massachusetts when he was robbed at gunpoint by a thief who made off with $100-$150. The next day, he was fired because company policy only allows workers to keep up to $75 in their cash drawer. For safety reasons, company policy dictates that all additional money over the $75 limit be put in the safe.

“It was actually very busy,” Moore told local affiliate WGGB, addressing why he didn’t put the additional money in the safe. “People were buying lottery, gift cards, so it was hard to keep track of the drawer and do all my other responsibilities.”

“Due to a desire to maintain employee privacy, the facts surrounding his termination must remain private; however, the policy that limits the amount of money that can be held in the register is ONLY there to provide a safer environment, as well as to act as a deterrent to crime,” Cumberland Farms spokeswoman Carin Warner responded with a statement.

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