A Boring Dystopia

I work in food services and just yesterday a temp was fired for "stealing" leftovers that were going to be composted. Like excuse me? They could at least have gotten a warning since they were new not to mention its a cruel policy to begin with.

I remember once the heat broke in the middle of winter at my work. I wore a unbranded brownish orange beanie because it was effing cold. I was told to remove it because hats were against dress code. When a customer asked me why I wasn't wearing my beanie I told them the truth. Management told me to take it off because it violated dress code. I was taken to the back for a disciplinary meeting for being "unprofessional". Then let me wear the fucking hat if talking about not wearing it is making you look bad.

Fucking Casey's. Bad food, advertising on the pumps that can't be muted, and now this. Good thing there's alternatives where I live.

I want to know who narc'd on Joe.

That person deserves an ass beating.

Imma need to see bodycam footage and his hr files. If he was grazing the salad bar again, he's toast.

You should let the pantry know as well. They can be a force that could change this. They can let folks that go to the pantry know not to go to those kind of gas stations and also have them call corporate.

Joe should see a lawyer about a wrongful termination lawsuit.

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (pdf) brought to law in 1996 shields most liability for people donating food exactly like he did.

This may have been a knee-jerk reaction from the employer incorrectly assuming they could be liable if someone got sick. Though its also possible they've been looking for a reason to dismiss a long time employee to replace him with a cheaper one. Corporate ownership makes me leans towards the latter.

A manager doesn't have discretion to dispose of out of date stock in any other way than putting it in the bin?

Why would you even have the position of Manager then?

This is very much wrong, and something I've always disagreed with.

The reasoning behind it, is 'conflict of interest' (I'm just passing on the reason I was told when I worked for 7-11). The employees in the store look at a 'product forcast', decide how many cookies to make (heat up some pre-made dough) and package for sale. If they are permitted to keep or donate expiring product: they may intentionally make more than needed, ensuring they get free stuff. This goes for all of 7-11s 'made in house' (assembled as best, usually just re-heated. Fried Chicken was the closest to 'fresh' they sell) products. Cookies, sandwiches, hot food, etc.

I get that viewpoint; but I think they should punish abuse of the system, not outright prohibit saving perfectly good food, if nearly expiring/expired, for good causes like the needy/homeless.

Everyone should call the number! The prompts to get you to a human are 2, 1. I just spoke with Stacy, and she literally wrote down my comment. Like with a pen and paper.

Casey's is actually one of the few ethical petrol stations and will actually listen to customer feedback.

Our society will not improve until we punish this type of disgusting behavior. The people responsible for firing others for things like this must be held accountable.

hello - -
my name is joe - -
i have a wife - a dog
and a fam-il-ee
and i work - -
in a cookie factory
one day - - -
my boss came up to me he said
hey joe are ya busy i said no
he said do this - -
so i did - - -