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To: unclewest who wrote (75439)	10/7/2004 9:14:47 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793896

As a policy just giving over the money is probably the safest but OTOH these people were being herded into the back room. When that happens there tends to be a history of dead bodies left behind. In this case I think self preservation out ranks company policy.

To: unclewest who wrote (75439)	10/12/2004 7:54:04 PM
From: jjkirk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793896

UW, I get mail....jj Subject: FW: Unbelievable! Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:50:51 -0400 From: "Maynard, Rick" <Rick.Maynard@yum.com> Add to Address Book To: jjkirk@pacbell.net Joe -- Our Investor Relations team asked me to forward to you this letter from Steve Davis, president of Long John Silver's. Thanks for taking the time to contact us and provide your viewpoint. Thank you for your thoughts on the recent events in our Richardson, Texas location. We always want to hear feedback from our customers. Unfortunately, the media coverage of the event has been one-sided. In order to respect the employee's privacy, we have not been able to reveal all the facts of the situation. However, I can tell you the following: Our top priority is the safety of our employees and our customers. We are fortunate that the employee's spur-of-the-moment decision turned out the way it did, but we need to set the facts straight on what happened. The employee told us that during the robbery, he realized the first thief did not appear to have a gun: "When I seen he only had his hand as a gun, I got mad." At that point, he said he grabbed a hammer and hit the suspect in the head. This is in the employee's signed statement. Although the media has portrayed this employee as a person fearing he was about to be killed, his own statement indicates he took action because he believed the robber was unarmed and that he was "mad" about it. His actions escalated the violence during a situation that was already potentially violent, and put his life and the lives of his employees at risk. Recently, Terrie Dort, the Executive Director of the National Food Service Security Council, issued a statement in support of Long John Silver's policy: "The vast majority of retail robberies result in lost money, but not lost lives. Responding to an attempted robbery in a violent manner dramatically increases the risk of harm to employees and customers." In a serious situation such as this, we appreciate that there may be differences in opinion. While we respect your perspective, we must stand by the decision we made because it supports our first priority of keeping our employees and customers safe. The decision was made after a careful evaluation of all the facts, many of which are not currently public. We appreciate your interest in this situation, and we hope now that you know more of the facts, we’ll see you again soon in one of our restaurants. Sincerely, Steve Davis President and COO, Long John Silver's, Inc., and A&W Restaurants, Inc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _