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Cracker Barrel Fires 73-Year-Old Vet Who Gave Muffin to Needy Man
Fox News Insider ^ | June 29, 2014 | Fox News Insider

Posted on 06/29/2014 7:14:21 PM PDT by lbryce

Edited on 06/29/2014 7:35:25 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A 73-year-old Vietnam veteran

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: fired; muffinman; severalthreads; theft
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To: Nifster

never been an owner or manager obviosly


21 posted on 06/29/2014 7:48:38 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Suppose the Pope doesn’t agree?


22 posted on 06/29/2014 7:50:22 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Blue Collar Christian

When I go to my local Chinese takeout and I ask for an extra packet of soy sauce and the guy at the desk (not the owner) puts several in my brown paper bag, should he be fired?


23 posted on 06/29/2014 7:54:19 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When I worked for McDonalds, at closing we had to throw away 15-20 lb trash bags of food. Closers were not allowed to take any home or risk being fired.


24 posted on 06/29/2014 8:02:19 PM PDT by Lynn
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To: C. Edmund Wright

My husband runs a restaurant and he thinks the management was complete overkill. And his restaurant is a hellava lot better than the awful Cracker Barrel.


25 posted on 06/29/2014 8:02:25 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Lynn

If Mickey D’s gave it to a shelter and somebody got sick they’d get sued.


26 posted on 06/29/2014 8:08:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, of course they’d get sued. That’s the problem with insane regulations that force good people to throw out decent food that can be given to homeless shelters or even an animal shelter. The destruction of good food by restaurants in this country is a national embarrassment.


27 posted on 06/29/2014 8:11:21 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein
Back on yet another thread on this topic, defending the indefensible.

God save us all from your twisted version of compassion.

28 posted on 06/29/2014 8:15:10 PM PDT by sarasmom (Extortion 17. A large number of Navy SEALs died on that mission. Ask why.)
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To: DisorderOnBorder

It said he’d been written up 5 times. I wouldn’t have waited for 5 if I’d been the manager. They must have liked him as a server to give him so many chances.


29 posted on 06/29/2014 8:18:35 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: miss marmelstein

“The destruction of good food by restaurants in this country is a national embarrassment.”

Without a doubt.

I do understand the legal liability but that doesn’t mitigate the loss of good food when people need it. I guess it is a protection mechanism by the restaurants. I get it.

I do wonder if Cracker Barrel has a food allowance provision for their employees. That dastardly muffin could have been part of his daily allowance.


30 posted on 06/29/2014 8:20:45 PM PDT by berdie
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To: lbryce; Larry Lucido; F15Eagle

Maybe we aren’t getting the full story.

Perhaps he only gave the homeless guy a stump.


31 posted on 06/29/2014 8:22:32 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is room for all of God's animals. Right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.)
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To: miss marmelstein
Just to remind the usual Scrooges here, we’re talking about packets of mayonnaise and a couple of lousy CB muffins. We are not talking about free meals, free steaks, etc. Or a free bottle of gin.

Cracker Barrel margins (~4.4%) are lower than Walmart margins. Except unlike Walmart, they have fewer units over which they can defray their expenses. Attracting hoboes into an eating establishment does have the unfortunate effect of turning off paying customers.

32 posted on 06/29/2014 8:24:18 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Just where are all these hoboes that everyone keeps talking about? You know, the ones lining up for the mayonnaise. Most Cracker Barrels as far as I know (and please correct me if I’m wrong) are out on highways, freeways, turnpikes, etc. I can generally see those nauseating billboards driving long distances. This is not generally the area where homeless people congregate.


33 posted on 06/29/2014 8:29:29 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: berdie

The guy got in trouble for taking a sip of Coke! 30 lashes with a wet noodle as Ann Landers used to say. Most of these fast food joints are complete skinflints when it comes to even giving an employee a drink of water. They give you those tiny, collapsible paper cups that fill about a thimble full of water. It’s impossible to wash down the mayonnaise on that small a quantity.


34 posted on 06/29/2014 8:32:40 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: sarasmom

Um...I guess you’re on the same threads that I’m on. Free Speech for Thee but Not for Me? Yes, I’m pretty twisted, we all agree.


35 posted on 06/29/2014 8:36:50 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

He is probably doing what he was told by the management, and that is why the packets are there. You bought the meal from the restaurant and are a paying customer. What you are comparing is not even remotely similar to what this fellow did.

I own my own business, and if my employees see fit to give away MY product, services or supplies, they have to pay me for them, or they will be fired for stealing.

Politicians generously give free stuff that isn’t theirs to win votes from people that don’t understand or care that anything given away for free had to be taken away from someone else.

If a person wants to be charitable, he needs to use his own resources, be it time, money, property, etc.


36 posted on 06/29/2014 8:49:46 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (There's only one reason for authorities to take the arms of good people.)
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To: lbryce

A business can’t keep employees who get caught with their hands in the till.


37 posted on 06/29/2014 8:50:40 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: miss marmelstein

It would depend on what his employer has instructed him to do.


38 posted on 06/29/2014 8:52:01 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: lbryce
Cracker Barrel Fires . . . Vet

The guy was a vet. Like John Kerry?

39 posted on 06/29/2014 8:53:03 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: jjotto
Suppose the Pope doesn’t agree?

Then he was mis-translated or taken out of context.

40 posted on 06/29/2014 8:54:08 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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