Posted on 02/01/2024 2:00:58 AM PST by Libloather
Target reportedly sacked seven employees who bought a special Stanley Quencher cup.
Business Insider reported the fired Target employees said they purchased a Starbucks X Stanley Cup that the companies launched to much fanfare earlier this month and received their dismissals not long afterwards.
The limited edition cups, which have a $49.95 price tag, debuted Jan. 3.
According to the former employees, higher ups at their Target locations pointed to a rule about workers not being allowed to capitalize on their position as Target employees to "gain an unfair advantage over guests" to get products as factoring into the firings, the outlet reported.
FOX Business reached out to Target for comment.
Fired employees had no prior knowledge of the policy, they told Business Insider. In some cases, they also reportedly didn’t know getting the cup would breach it.
Store higher ups turned down several of the employees volunteering to return the cups, according to the outlet.
The seven workers that talked to Business Insider reportedly weren’t alone in losing their jobs in connection to the cups. They said the same fate befell some colleagues too, per the outlet.
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Is this a black market thing?
I lose brain cells every time I read about these cups.
I look around and I see case after case of the Employer seeming to go out of their way to stomp on their Employees.
Buy our products? You’re fired!
Stop a shoplifter? You’re fired!
Prevent a child abduction? You’re fired!
Use the sick days we granted you as a benefit? You’re fired!
Only stupid people show loyalty to their Employer. It is not returned.
I’ve been blissfully ignorant of them. Is this some kind of sippy cup for millennials?
Mostly teens, although its spreading. It’s one of those overpriced things that became trendy for no apparent reason.
I saw some of those in the Fry’s Supermarket. They are made in Red China despite the high price. Stanley used to make most of their stuff in my home state of Connecticut, in New Britain. New Britain is mostly sad now.
I thought the funny thing was the pun on “Stanley Cup”, as in the hockey trophy.
If it weren’t Target, I would sympathize with the store for having employees buy the special cups due to early access, and here’s why:
Years ago, I worked for a publisher, and we had a VERY HOT forthcoming title that would stave off bankruptcy. We had to print it outside due to a special arrangement, but people pre-ordered, waiting for the book to come out.
One young employee bought several when the shipment came in, but before we could get the orders out. He immediately listed them on ebay. Of course all the people impatiently waiting were justifiably steamed.
We kept him on, as he did good work otherwise, but he was written up and his leash got a lot shorter.
My yeti stainless steel 30 oz tumbler with Lilly Pulitzer printing has faded so I thought I would buy one of the Stanley cups. I have small hands and can only hold the yeti with two hands so when I saw the Stanley cup had a handle, I thought it was a great idea. Not paying $40 so ordered a knockoff one from Temu for about $10- on the website, not the app.
Anyhoo, I read one of the Target employees’ mother’s had breast cancer and she bought one of the pink ones and got let go.
“...have a $49.95 price tag.”
TY to Target employees who removed these cups from the shelves.
Right, I don’t get the big deal about these cups. It’s not like they are a replica of THE Stanley Cup.
The human species is doomed. Doomed by employers. Doomed by employees. Doomed by customers. Dooooooooommmmed.
I wouldn’t buy one for fear they might fire me as a customer. Oh, I guess that couldn’t happen, since I’m not.
Same as it ever was. But don’t talk bad about your master, or you’re fired
One of the silliest things I’ve ever seen Is someone walking around with an enormous cup, and a stupid “mine is bigger than yours” blank stare on their face. Dragging something like that around all day is one of the stupidest things someone can do.
I knew a Scientific Glass Blower that made one of these back in the late sixties early seventies for His personal use. His was made from glass. In the scientific world it's called a Dewar's Flask
He wrapped the outside of His with Adhesive Tape for a better grip.
My granddaughter said all of the Stanley cups have been recalled because of lead in the construction of the cup.
They’re made in China.
"Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer."
LOL. If it sells, NOTHING in corporate America will be "limited edition."
pure marketing nonsense.
Can this be right? Stanley pink Starbucks cup exclusive-----$270.
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