Posted on 03/19/2014 4:13:46 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A 7-Eleven clerk in Salem, Mass., says she was fired for giving a homeless man a free $1 cup of coffee last Thursday.
"He was freezing," Ava Lins, 19, told NewsCenter 5. "You could tell. It was one of the coldest nights of the month."
So she said she offered him a small cup of coffee, which would normally cost about a dollar.
Then, she said, her boss came in.
"My boss...grabbed his jacket and began screaming and yelling, 'Did you pay for this? Did you pay for this?' And I lied for him, I said, 'Yes,'" she said.
But when the boss pressed the issue, Lins confessed.
Then she was taken off the work schedule.
When first contacted for comment, Lins' boss Romany Youseff told NewsCenter 5 he couldn't let employees get away with stealing.
But after facing a public backlash, he said he's had a change of heart and Lins can come back to work this week.
"I told her it's OK. Everyone forget it. It's OK."
Shame on her for lying. The initial intent is well founded, IMO.
When first contacted for comment, Lins’ boss Romany Youseff told NewsCenter 5 he couldn’t let employees get away with stealing.
“Romany Youseff” Hmmmmm.....
Interesting indeed...
“The initial intent is well founded, IMO. “
Taking from one to give to another is ‘well founded’?
Then Obamanomics is ‘well founded’.
I think any retail chain would have fired her. I worked in retail when I was young. Everybody knew that failure to record a sale, giving merchandise away, or taking inventory home is grounds for immediate dismissal. Even the labor union would not defend you. I knew a guy who took a plastic comb off of the shelf and put it in his pocket. The union shop steward saw the theft and turned the kid in. The kid was fired and his job went to somebody else who joined the union. The unions know that employee theft causes job losses.
I’m going to take the unpopular side here and say I agree with management. When this “homeless guy” gets back to his buddies with his cup o’ joe, he’ll tell them where he got it and that 7-11 would be swamped with hobos within hours. Many won’t “ask” for handouts, they’ll just take them.
Giving free stuff to bums is the most sure-fire way to find yourself surrounded by more bums.
She should’ve paid for it. It wasn’t hers to give away. The boss overreacted, perhaps, but that doesn’t change the fact she stole. If it was only a dollar, why couldn’t she pay for it? It’s the principle of the thing in any case.
I’m with the boss on this. He may have overreacted, but it’s his coffee the employee is giving away. If the employee wanted to do a good deed and feel good about herself, she should have put $1 from her own pocket into the till for the coffee. It’s not so noble to give away stuff that isn’t yours.
That is the marxist playbook in a nutshell.
I don't think that is the unpopular side, I would guess 99% of people here would agree with you.
That isn't her coffee to give away. Period. If she wanted to buy the homeless guy a cup of coffee, and the company rules permit her to buy customers beverages, then obviously she shouldn't be terminated. As is she essentially stole from the company.
She shouldn't have gotten her job back. I worked retail during college and no store that I can think of would let me give the company's stuff away because I happened to think it was a good cause.
Is it her job to give away things that do not belong to her?
No, she should have paid for it or, at least, told her boss the truth and bore the consequences. I know from experience. I share your sentiment when it comes to give-aways and free-stuff-for-all, but the government was not involved here.
She should have paid for it in the first place.
This is the problem with social justice. People begin to believe they’re doing something good when they take from someone else to give to the less fortunate but there is no personal sacrifice which renders the gesture meaningless.
I believe Pope Benedict said that social justice was demonically inspired for that reason. Its false salvation.
She could have put the dollar in herself instead of giving away the company’s coffee, which I seriously doubt she had the right to do.
Then it would have been paid for and not a problem.
Absolutely right.
She was “kind” to him, using OTHER PEOPLE’S property. Nice.
Her heart is in the right place. She should have bought it for the poor soul. Too many people think it’s fine to be generous as long as they are using another persons money. It gives them a good feeling with no real investment. They are called democrats.
So do I.
She should have thrown a buck in the till for her good intentions. Charity is neither spending your employer's money nor is it spending someone else's tax dollars.
You are ALL missing the most important point here!
Were the coffee grounds from that FREE cup of coffee properly recycled into the compost pile?
I’m calling the Green Police! *SNORT*
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