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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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[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago

We throw away at least 30Ib of food EVERY MEAL but are no longer allowed to take any home at all and I really wish someone would murder my boss over it

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

Fucking capitalists.

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

if I were corporate, I'd fire that manager for wasting everyone's time with this bullshit.

[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seriously. The fries and drink are literally 5% of the total cost to make that meal. A 24 year veteran BK worker is worth their weight in gold, that manager might as well be a fucking customer compared to them.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Probably thought they were slick picking on someone who's esl (assuming she's an immigrant to Canada) and be pricks.

[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago

Which is why you'd never be promoted to corporate.

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

what a joke. people ate shit all the time at burger king when i worked there.

if you have a particularly hard-ass boss who thinks they're going to lay down the rules, you just make a mistake burger that no one wants, wait the 15 minutes for it to expire and then you go eat it.

[-] 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.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago
[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 week ago

I used to work at panera, they always have leftover soups at the end of the shift that you either put back in the freezer or throw away.

There was one day there was 1 spoonful of broccoli and cheddar soup left at the end of the day. I went in and scooped it out, ate that shit.

Manager was walking by and told me to meet him at the register and he charged me for a full cup's worth. I quit not long after that.

Got paid $8 an hour and served hundreds of customers during lunch rush who each paid like $12 on average, and they didn't even pay for our meals.

[-] BGDelirium@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

I worked for two years as a food preparer in a hospital patient kitchen. This was back in the late 2000s, as I was also a full-time college student.

Loved the job, got along with my coworkers.

Got fired by the one disciplinarian manager that everyone hated, for taking home plates of food from the warmers that were literally going right into the trash after the dinner shift

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