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."
“I’m going to take the unpopular side here and say I agree with management. “
Might be the unpopular side with the marxists, but not to those who believe in individual liberty. This whole thing about helping the free-loaders is getting out of hand — to the point of helping freeloaders with other peoples’ money.
I say we should stop the charities that throw money at the losers. That is the root cause. If you stop “helping” the parasites, the parasites will stop being parasitic and work for a change.
Oh, wait’ll you read down the thread a while, and see all the posts supportive of her, if only she had paid. And that she didn’t get a chance to pay because the evil Capitalist boss was mean to the wino.
I wouldn’t fire my workers for that
We have had bums sleep in auto bays on badass cold nights
Long as they don’t drop off the kids or stay too long we are OK with it
What happens when they bring a dozen or two of their best friends? Still OK?
You are correct indeed. It would be a rare occurrence here to see support for this lying, marxist, scum of an employee.
“And her boss assaulted the homeless man. “
Aaaw, the poor tresspasser did not get his dignity with his freebie.
Look, if you have a business of attracting PAYING customers, you don’t want moochers (regardless of their home-ownership status) stinking up the place.
You and me Max
Freepers have to have one size fits all
Context and nuance is for sissies
I am a small business owner
I discount and gift quite a lot...even in bad years which have been frequent of late due to wet weather
One of my employees posts here
If he sees this I want him to know he can use my quarters to buy coffee or a dollar menu Mickey D menu for a hungry bum
Racist and sexist but foolishly generous war daddy abides
One would think. But not rare at all. Almost universal is not "rare."
Would you approve if they used your own store to distribute the freebies? I’m not talking about sending them to Mickey Dee’s. If you do approve, then good for you. Finally someone willing to put their business where their mouth is.
“...he can use my quarters to buy coffee or a dollar menu Mickey D menu for a hungry bum”
Hopefully your act of generosity does not cause traffic jam of bums that kill the businesses around you.
No generosity is without risk admittedly ...just ask anyone who helps family members...lol..but she was only giving to one at that time
I described what I do..it has never evolved into a cattle call
I used to live in Ipanema..my Brasiliodian Wifey stopped me from giving cash to gaminas
Pathetic actually homeless 3-8 year old Twistian urchins
Instead she had me buy them ice cream....30-40 at a time
I liked it.....they had brief happiness
We can’t cure the world but we can sprinkle it with kindness when it presents itself
That’s just my way.
Folks here do what they like.
Anyone knows me knows I have a soft heart but I am up for wet work
A soft violent man..
Maybe that’s another southern peculiarity...
Your Brasiliodian Wifey was/is a very wise woman.
Give them something of value, and it always turns into a cattle car.
1. He wasn’t a “trespasser.”
2. Who said anything about the guy’s dignity? All I’ve said is that the store owner had no right, or reason, to place his hands on the guy. Doing so anyway is assault (I.e., a crime). Hard to argue that the store owner has the moral high ground here, when he committed a crime that was arguably as bad or worse than the crime the clerk committed by giving away a cup of coffee.
I own car washes and warehouses
So far I have not put any out of business around me
I don’t get too many bums
Contrary to the stereotype I only build on good pricey dirt
Lowes front parcels
I share two spots with TSC....tractor supply company
one with a Jim and Nicks BBQ chain...who BTW....gives away food
Nashville is cold for winter bums
I’m in Miami...south beach right this sec....spring break...wife and kids...lots a winter bums here....but not like back when I lived here in 80s
I wash 700,000 -1,000,000 cars a year and give away washes and discounts to vets and leos and fireman
Prolly 50,000-75,000 bucks a year.....and I give totally free to purple hearts and ww2 vets
Morally they deserve it .....but some....are crotchety jackasses
I had to stop their family members from exploiting it......and they did
Not the ww2 sorts.....
I’m not greedy....57...always self employed....less ambitious in my old age
Were I a centimillionaire I can promise anyone all my key people would be rich too
Some folks in business have to take lions share and be hardasses...and many of them do well numerically
That’s just not me...I can be hardassed when provoked but prefer deals where all parties are fairly satisfied
Hence why I don’t wonder about bum rushes
I do notice some cultures value winning at others expense like its cool...a zero sum game...middle eastern based peoples often do this....
Its also a notion many Freepers have about business that have little experience
I actually marvel here about biz naivete....and a wee bit of populism class envy
Not u guys per se but I see it
Anyhow...nite....another tuff day at the beach tomorrow
PS.....NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE...that odd movie....the little gay Mexican guy....l let him live in a storage unit once when he was deadassed broke ...no joke
But I tell u who truly steals from me bed sides some employees ...local property tax
Man I hate them
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