[CommerceComet]

Was the $20 the bank’s money or hers? The article doesn’t make that clear. If the money was the bank’s, then its actions are more justifiable but even in that case, a stern reprimand to her and her supervisor seems more reasonable. For $20, the bank should not be hard asses and have to deal with the public relations debacle of being seen as the Scrooge of the Year for 2019.

[eyedigress]

Line 1

A Portland U.S. Bank employee said she was fired after giving $20 of her own money to a customer who was broke and stranded at a gas station on Christmas Eve.

[goldstategop]

The way I see it, being kind is one of the things we’re losing sight of in our society.

It all makes us better people. I’d give the shirt off my back to someone In need of it.

I don’t care what society says. I will always do the right thing, even to my own hurt.

[Alberta's Child]

The bank’s explanation is that they can’t have their employees wandering out the door to bring cash to an unknown someone who makes a call to the bank and tells a story about needing money. They are worried about some kind of a hostage situation that could unfold.

That explanation makes sense, but it would seem like a verbal warning would suffice. I suspect there’s more to this story than what the employee and the customer are presenting.