WHAT THE HELL?!!! Two Starbucks employees who FOUGHT OFF ARMED ROBBERS AND HELD THEM FOR THE POLICE… …have been FIRED for “violating company policy” because they did not just comply. They risked their lives to defend the store and customers… and Starbucks FIRED THEM for it. This happened at a St. Louis Starbucks where 2 masked men walked in, pointed a gun, and demanded money. Everyone hit the floor and one robber shoved a female employee to the ground. A worker named Michael Harris tried to just give them the cash to make them leave. They pistol-whipped him in the back of the head. Then his coworker Devin Jones-Ransom made a split-second decision and TACKLED the gunman into the drive-thru window. The weapon broke… and they realized it was fake. They subdued the robber and held him for police. Both robbers were convicted and they’re sitting in prison right now BECAUSE of these two young men. And a few weeks later, after the attention died down and Starbucks FIRED BOTH OF THEM. The reason? They “violated company policy” by not just complying to being robbed. Just so we are clear… a man gets a gun smashed into his skull, fears for his life, fights back, helps put two armed robbers in prison… …and Starbucks FIRES HIM FOR IT?!!!! WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THIS?!!!!!!
🚨WHAT THE HELL?!!!
Two Starbucks employees who FOUGHT OFF ARMED ROBBERS AND HELD THEM FOR THE POLICE…
…have been FIRED for “violating company policy” because they did not just comply.
They risked their lives to defend the store and customers… and Starbucks FIRED THEM… pic.twitter.com/ujGPLPPq5G
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) June 28, 2026
