”Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life”
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Otake's mother was seen in tears, saying, "My daughter is not coming back".
I feel so sorry for their family. Imagine losing your child because their employer didn't want to risk losing a single day's sales
A sales manager reflected on the incident, saying, "Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life".
The company's director was also quoted saying: "This is a matter of profound sorrow, and I offer my deepest apologies to the bereaved family."
It's easy to say all this in retrospect. Two families lost their children because of this, no amount of retrospective analysis and apologies can make them come back.
If the company truly cared for the human lives they needlessly destroyed, they'd have never sent them back into harm's way.
Capitalism in action. Thousands die every day for the profits of a few. This one is just more obvious than some of the rest
I am unsure why you want capitalism in this fascist nation.
This is exactly how capitalism works.
I mean to be fair it's not the company director; it's the store manager. Presumably the company's C-suite wouldn't want this to happen as it'd expose them to liability.
Edit: See below.
"Yeah looking back on it all maybe we shouldn't have murdered that worker to get a sale" is a crazy take.
So the employer murdered someone...
"store worker dies"
Weird how people just die with no cause like that
The cause was an explosion.
Do a root cause analysis
Probably had to do something with the earthquake.
"Looking back the sales proceeds were not worth a human life... At the time though, it was totally worth risking it though..."
Why would they even follow that order?
Japanese work culture is brutal. I'm sure that young person considered the option of what may have looked like a small risk compared to a garunteed loss of work.
Why would I think there would be any danger after the earthquake ended unless the building was obviously damaged in some way?
Sounds like the building wasn't considered unsafe. A number of other people were also killed or injured in the explosion, so I assume people had started to be allowed back in.
So the other person who died was the person who ordered them to go back in?
A sales manager reflected on the incident, saying, "Looking back, the sales proceeds were not worth a human life".
Hindsight isn’t going to bring them back. What a tragic waste of life.
Looking back?! A normal person would know that in advance.
I know exactly what I'd say when the boss ordered that: "That's YOUR money. You want it, you go get it. If I go in there, it's abandoned property, and it's MINE. After all, I took the RISK."
Too bad 日本人 will side with 上野景真&the mysterious other exec that kowtowed, carrying on.
PT: Two イオンモール熊本 capitalists killed employees by forcing them to go to a damaged building.
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