Store Owner Offers Burglar a Job Instead of Calling Cops
A restaurant owner in Augusta, Georgia, is offering the man who burglarized his store a job.
Last weekend a man smashed the front door of Diablo’s Southwest Grill in an attempt to steal cash from the register, only to realize the register was empty.
Carl Wallace, the owner of the restaurant told Today, “You know my initial response was, you know, anger, frustration. I realized that we’re gonna have to kind of put up a Facebook post about our door looking really, really bad because here we are going to put up two sheets of plywood over the front door to just get through the day.”
While writing the Facebook post, Wallace had a change of heart.
“It really kind of occurred to me (that it’s) … Easter weekend and to just extend an olive branch,” he shared. “You know, extend the layer of forgiveness and kindness and give the … would-be robber some redemption and a different path.”
Instead of making the post focus on the door, he decided to offer the suspect a potential job.
“Our burritos are such a smash hit we’ve got people breaking in at 4am for their fix. So if ya see our door looking hurricane fabulous at Wheeler Rd this is why.
To the would be robber who is clearly struggling with life decisions or having money issues… please swing by for a job application. There are better opportunities out there than this path you’ve chosen. My personal cell is 706-513-3557.
No police, no questions. Let’s sit down and talk about how we could help you and fix the road you’re on.
Sincerely Carl”
Carl has received an outpouring of support from around the world since sharing his post.
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