We don't know how many times he's done it, no, yet that doesn't stop you and others from wildly speculating that he'll be bringing down the moral fibre of the country if he does it again.
What does his vet status have to do with anything?
That's a nice list but I don't see what it's got to do with the news story or your continued insistence that restaurants are closing down because their staff are handing out free muffins all the time.
I love how people are focusing on the fact that it was a $0.10 muffin and not the fact that he had broken company policy five fucking times.
Does it matter what it was? He broke the same rule 5 times. Fire that guy!
If I showed up for work 5 minutes late and was told about it 5 times, should I not be fired?
Let's be honest, the amount of work that loss of 5 minutes will be negligible, but that isn't the point.
Well mainly because it WAS a 10 cent muffin.
Well given how much this forum foams at the mouth over "zero tolerance" stuff it seems weird to see it willing to suck corporate cock over this.
No?
So what is the point? Do you think people in head office get canned for taking home biros?
OMG! Think of the muffins!I really hope you never run a business, as you will be letting down everyone who chooses to work there.
I really hope you never run a business, as you will be letting down everyone who chooses to work there.
If I owned a small café/restaurant and one of my employees was giving out free food against my direct orders I'd fucking fire his ass too. The fact that it is a big corporation is moot.
Why don't you try actually answering what he asked:
So what is the point? Do you think people in head office get canned for taking home biros?
Wtf is a home biros?
Why don't you try and actually see the real point. The point is if you continuously break company policy, regardless of the policy, you are fired. Only under special circumstances is this not the case (like, if the policy is illegal).
It is painfully obviously some of you are not in any sort of management position, or incredibly incompetent if you are. Veliko, don't ever start a business. It will fail and you will lose someon else's money.
OMG! Think of the muffins!
Well given how much this forum foams at the mouth over "zero tolerance" stuff it seems weird to see it willing to suck corporate cock over this.
That's a nice list but I don't see what it's got to do with the news story or your continued insistence that restaurants are closing down because their staff are handing out free muffins all the time.
Theft is the #1 cause of failure for small businesses. And that isn't even the point. He's just an arrogant bastard who thinks he can do what he wants. The foodservice business just doesn't allow a lot of room for free thought.
OMG! Will someone not save the muffins!Zero tolerance? He was warned repeatedly. Zero tolerance would be fired on the first offense.
But keep sucking homeless guy and 73 year old vet cock.
Yeah you're right, people crying over the loss of corporate profits on a 10 cent muffin. How will those companies survive without our help!The bleeding hearts are strong in this thread.
These rules exist to protect the company, if the needy man got food poisoning or claimed such then what. Yeah its messed up but greedy attorneys screwed up acts of kindness a while ago.
QFT...bakeries and delis have to throw out tons of food a day. While they cannot stop the homeless from going into a dumpster, they cannot hand the food over.
Lawsuits are very easy and the company usually just pays out up to $10k to avoid a court battle.
Lawyers get about 50% of it or more now at least here.
I'm enjoying the theatrical leap from "employee gives person a free muffin" to "having to pay out several thousand pounds".
If you think this is a theatrical leap, you are ignorant to what goes on everyday and why food must be thrown away and not freely given out.
No, you're just being completely ridiculous and your logic for this news story seems to be:
Homeless person buys muffin from 73-year old man in restaurant = 0% chance of him bothering to sue for something.
Same homeless person is given a muffin by the same 73 year old man in restaurant = high chance of him bothering to sue for something.
Homeless people buy things all the time and as far I'm aware there isn't an epidemic of court cases being brought against the cafes and restaurants that serve them... so where are you getting this idea that the employee placed his employer at such a great risk of being sued?
The paucity of your reply speaks volumes.