YDI for working at Wendy's, stealing, and stealing from Wendy's.

as long as you enjoyed the cheeseburger, thats all that really matters.

Wow, that blows. I worked as a cashier at a fast food place in the mall and I stole food almost every time I worked. I would just make a ticket for whatever sandwich I wanted and then void it after the order was prepared and take it home. It really is a minor offense, especially if you, like me, saw the thousands of dollars that went into the cash registers each day. I don't think anyone noticed that I did this, but if they did I can't imagine they would care. At worst, they would just tell me not to do it anymore.

#31 - The rules of the food service industry become stricter by the year, especially as prices rise and profit margins fall. Too, these days, morals seem to be going out the window (I'm not going to generalize, but I think you know what I mean) and if you don't crack down on ALL theft, it's as good as allowing it - that's even written into the law. If this person had been warned even once before for this behaviour for any reason, then it's the manager's responsibility to punish/fire them for it... even if it seems trivial or they don't really want to. If this were someone in a jewellery store and they pocketed the cheapest item in the store, nobody would be laughing or saying it wasn't their fault. Sorry, OP, but rules are rules. You may not necessarily agree with them - I know I very often don't - but that doesn't automatically abrogate the consequences for breaking them.

why didn't pay the dollar?

he never said he stole it, or that he took from his job.

why did u take the cheeseburger

Yeah it's trivial, but it is stealing. I worked at fast food joints before and we were only allowed to have food that's been sitting out after a certain limit of time (we couldn't serve it then.) But still, it sucks you got fired for it.

lol,couldn't u just pay for it ?

...which u didn't pay for. ydi