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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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[-] baines@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 week ago

when has ford ever been the good guy

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I didn't say they were... but the company has been successful in the past

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly. Ford is the company that took "fines for illegal actions as a normal cost of doing business" to the next level. There are others, but they're pretty much at the top of the list, IMO.

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