In 2013, a Burger King cook (who'd worked there for 24 years) was fired for taking home a sandwich, fries & a drink after her manager claimed she had only asked permission for a sandwich & accused her (www.reddit.com)

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of stealing. A judge ruled that the cook did not intend to steal the food and awarded her $46,000.

An old boy named, I think, uh, Marx, talked about this. How the worker isn't even entitled to the fruits of their labor.

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

Yeah I've worked food service and eating stuff was a perk of the job.

[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

my friends used to ping me when they knew i was at work and then swing by 15 minutes later to pick up some free burgers and shit out the back door lol

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Same. Even my old piece of shit hog boss once said “Why’d you place an order lmao? Just make something before hand and don’t blow the cash.”

Sounds like some middle manager on a power trip.

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