Wow big surprise

You can run, but you can’t hide, no matter how far away from Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, crime will come to your small towns. These are probably not first time offenders. They have looked at targets with minimal security and easy egress. The truck stop’s convenience store gave them both. The store was a soft target. The thieves got their faces on video but they also learned what they could steal in a given amount of time. These guys are professional thieves. It is their job. Some of us used to punch in to a job. Now you wave your digital employee ID at the time clock or cash register to log in. Others turn in weekly call reports or driving/delivery logs. When these guys need cash they rob businesses or people. They have zero interest in getting a different “job.” All kinds of employers are desperate to hire people. Past history including prior convictions and time at a drug treatment facility are no longer deal breakers for a lot of employers. This isn’t 20-30-40 years ago when people wanted decent jobs and couldn’t find employers to hire them and “get a job” was a derisive phrase made by people who were employed in a tough job market. People like those in the video don’t want a legitimate job. J & H and other owners are going to be ready to spend thousands on renovations at their locations to protect employees and make their stores along 131 look and operate much more like similar businesses, like those on I-94, I-96, I-69 and I-75. They had also be ready to pay higher wages because their cashiers' jobs in the hinterlands have become more dangerous. I’m sure J & H’s business insurance premiums will climb even higher if they don’t protect their employees following another robbery and next time employees are hurt or worse.