Whatever. Granted, it was not her property to freely give away. And, she lied about it, initially. Fired, by the standing policy.
Yet, I sense a lack of experience here.
“...where he got it and that 7-11 would be swamped with hobos within hours.”
It is a simple procedure to make the food-drink for the indigent and clearly instruct them to not disturb customers during such process and to go on down the road and not come back. As long as these companies have been doing business, they should have known this event would happen.
Thus, I said that “she should have bore the consequences”. For that, she violated a...what...a rule. That was not expressed by the management with clarity. And, the manager should be fired as well...for incompetence and the regional manger should be called in for questioning.
You turn away the hungry and destitute at your own expense...from experience.
“But after facing a public backlash, he said he’s had a change of heart and Lins can come back to work this week.”...now how much business was lost due to this backlash? ANSWER THIS!
“Granted, it was not her property to freely give away. “
End of story.
That's what unmarked cups are for. When buddypal walks up with a cup that has "7-11" proudly written all over it, they know where the free stuff is. I hate that this is where we are, because we can't even be charitable without living in fear of being ripped off.
Take a look at this link. There are descriptions of various "hobo signs." These are posted to help hobos figure out who to hit up for free stuff, and who to stay away from. It's very enlightening.