[VIDEO] Chicago CVS Employee Has Enough: Beats the Tar Out Unruly Customer

Between the increase in shoplifting and the "Karen" epidemic in this country, retail workers really seem to be at their wit's end.

It's incredibly stressful to go to work and worry day in and day out about people stealing merchandise. Of course, it's not your pocket they're stealing from, but the entire ordeal is both a hassle and a threat to their safety.

One particular CVS employee in Chicago was clearly fed up when he decided to fight an unruly customer and literally forced the man out with his fists. You can hear bystanders saying in the background that fighting the customer is not worth risking his safety or job, but clearly, this out of control behavior is spreading from the criminals to the retail workers themselves.
 

#CVS employee is ready to go toe to toe pic.twitter.com/jfz4PSx3s0

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From Newsweek: 

The 42-second clip, which is believed to have been filmed at a store in Chicago, appears to have been filmed by a bystander as the worker repeatedly hits the customer, driving him back out through the doors and into the street outside. The footage was uploaded on video-sharing site TikTok before being shared on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter) on Sunday, although it is unclear when the incident occurred or why it took place.

The altercation comes as the city remains in the grip of a years-long crime wave. Former Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat who took office in 2019, has faced criticism over her handling of the situation and was replaced as Mayor by Brandon Johnson in March, who has vowed to improve public safety. But Chicago is not the only city battling crime on its streets and in its stores; cities across the U.S. have been struggling to deal with a spike in thefts and violence against store staff, driven by organized retail crime and a current trend for "flash mob" or "street takeover" shoplifting sprees.

Nevertheless, it is unclear what sparked the violence at the CVS store featured in the footage.
 

We don't even have to know exactly what happened before this altercation occurred because we've seen this situation so many times.

Any retail worker can recount at least a dozen crazy instances with customers and shoplifters without hesitation, many of which they've had to report to the police.

I'm sorry, but this is not normal and is a clear indication that something is crumbling in our society.