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Ford employee fired after 11 years for stealing cookie he’d actually paid for (www.dexerto.com)

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A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.

60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.

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[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There always used to be a joke in the UK about Fords being cheap on the second-hand market. You could get parts easily, so they were cheap to maintain, as well. But you'd see the ads saying 50k miles, new clutch, new exhaust, new CVs, bearings, etc. because they fell apart all the time. This was back when Japanese cars were proving to the world how reliable cars could be. Nobody I knew wanted a Ford, though some people got them if they were really cheap.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Someone round my way has a Capri, I've seen it driving around a few times. Looks like early 80s, I have no idea how they've managed to keep that fucker alive. Actually looks in pretty good condition too.

[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

He gets a new one each time he needs to drive.