"Fired for eating a sandwich out of the garbage at work? This is a case for a living wage if I ever saw it."
As sad as it to waste what was probably perfectly good food, they have to do this.
If this employee got sick off of it, Starbucks could get hit with a workers comp claim because workers comp is a no fault (meaning even if you are stupidly doing something, and get hurt, they still pay) type of policy and after so many of these claims, the policy would increase due to their claim rating.
I worked at McDonalds back in the day when they actually closed.
It was company policy that any unsold sandwiches had to tossed at closing. It became common for the grill guy to take the orders of the employees 15 minutes or so before closing so these items would be “in the bin” at closing time and, as such, subject to being thrown away, yet mysteriously rescued. It was the sole, unspoken, perk of working the late shift.
during my (thankfully!) brief career in a restaurant that also had drive-up service in high school, the kid who handled the outside deliveries managed to consume all the “wrong orders” that somehow got placed just before his scheduled break time. The outside orders were placed via telephones, so he’d just disguise his voice and call in what he wanted from a position where he couldn’t be seen. Eventually he got caught and fired, but before that, he always put the unwanted food bag in the trash first, under the theory that he would then be free to scrounge it out and eat it.
Management on a power trip.
Kind of off topic but remember when we used our nose to determine the expiration date?
Just another fine reason for NOT partaking of ANY of Starsucks’ overpriced swill....EVER!
Had she eaten it and gotten sick would she have sued them?
It’s sad but places have to make rules like this because of litigation.
Not to mention employees who take items and remove them from inventory just so they can hand them to their friends.
Recently we stopped at a Starbucks in an unnamed tourist area. We were seated outside in a common area when they closed. One of the workers approached us with a large brown bag. He said, “You had to wait so long I’m sorry. Would you like these? “They were end-of-day leftover breads of various kinds. He said they throw them away otherwise. We had grandchildren with us. They were thrilled.
I didn’t think of it as stealing on his part, but throwing it away would be wasteful.
Hmmm am I the only one that caught the BOLD on the fact that he recently had his hours cut to under 30 a week? Perhaps he complained to the notoriously LIB company about their skirting Obamacare in such a transparent way!!
Was his name Costanza?
another O victim..
They should give him a medal for demonstrating their crap is marginally edible.
Charbucks has a Scorched Barista policy (along with their scorched coffee)
I just came back today from a business trip to Tacoma... I think I counted five Charbucks in a 4 mile stretch of 74th st/ave/whatever.
Seattle could do better, they just don’t know it, or care.
Our local Starbucks (Texas) is very generous in giving our church food bank day-old unsold pastries, sometimes several containers.
We offer them as treats both to those we serve and to our volunteers, and the generosity is much appreciated.
Was the Employee named George Costanza?
People get fired ever day in this Country, why is this a story?
Good thing he was fired. Hey, I’ll reach into the trash to get a sammich, then later, I’ll serve people coffee!