Save Big Money at Menards!

From a reader:

• I was at Menards in Hanover Park, buying some lumber for a job. I began talking to one of the managers, and I noticed that he was wearing a police style taser in a holster on his belt, very similar to the Chicago Police tasers. I asked him if he was a policeman, and he stated no.  I asked why he was wearing a taser. He explained to me that Menard's policy is to tease “run outs.” A run out is the term they use for people who grab merchandise and run out of the store. Later, I was in the Menard’s in Morton Grove and asked the manager about the tasers and was told that yes, managers wear tasers. Finally, it's nice to hear about a retailer fed up with theft and taking serious action to combat it.

Hardware shopping just got a lot more interesting, at least in the suburbs (which is where we try to do all our shopping anyway). It also fits in with our years-long personal boycott of Home Depot which supports a number of political positions that we object to.

It's good to see businesses taking a proactive approach to stopping crime as the police statewide have been restricted from actually enforcing laws. Hopefully, after a tasering, we see them follow up in court to fully prosecute criminals.