Ex-Waitrose worker needs our support | Brief letters

Don’t-shop Wednesday | Saved by the dog | Farage/Braverman birthday | Double-barrelled surname | Spelling test Perhaps the boss of Waitrose should leave his ivory tower and spend an extended period on the shop floor to experience the life of a shop worker and see the shoplifting epidemic that is happening day in and day out. He may then reach boiling point one day and react out of character. Perhaps a “Don’t-shop Wednesday” at Waitrose, in support of Walker Smith (Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs, 5 April), might have some effect and reach top executives.Roy WilsonHarrow, London The heartwarming column on how Beau the labrador saved his master’s life after he suffered cardiac arrest on a beach (The pet I’ll never forget, 6 April) reminded me of when we got our new collie. Arriving home, my husband went on ahead to open the house door and didn’t see that I had tripped and landed face down on our lane. The dog ran back and sat on guard until hubby returned to find the dog, and me. Jeanette Hamilton Buxton, Derbyshire I noticed that Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage share the same birthday (Journal, print edition, 3 April). Hopefully this isn’