Japanese store worker, 22, dies after being told by employer to reenter earthquake-hit building to return sales proceeds
https://mothership.sg/2026/08/japanese-store-dies-aeon-mall-explosion-after-company-president-sales-earthquake/
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Quokka@quokk.au · 30 pts · 31d
Hindsight isn’t going to bring them back. What a tragic waste of life.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 31d
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."
alapakala@quokk.au · 3 pts · 31d
Too bad 日本人 will side with 上野景真＆the mysterious other exec that kowtowed, carrying on.
alapakala@quokk.au · 8 pts · 31d
PT: Two イオンモール熊本 capitalists killed employees by forcing them to go to a damaged building.