Today, I started my first day at work, I've been unemployed for a while and am in college, so naturally I have no money. At the end of my shift, I ask what we do with the extra bread, and they tell me to throw it away. Being poor and hungry, I decide to take the bread home. I got fired for stealing. FML
I agree, your life sucks (28381) - you totally deserved it (4957)
On 10/19/2009 at 4:46am - work - by Anonymous (man) - United States (Colorado)
Those 5 little words "can I have it instead?" could have prevented him from getting fired.
#14 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:28am by Kristoffer
Agreed. YDI OP because you did steal it. Just asking something as simple as, "Hey since it's going to get thrown out could I take it instead?" Would have let you keep your job.
#36 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:54am by TheTruth1428
"I didn't steal it, i just forgot to throw it out." problem solved.
#47 - On 10/19/2009 at 12:28pm by Flamersplamer
I instantly thought Jean Valjean. Life is mirroring art at this point, isn't it?
#55 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:03pm by rockyhorrorshow
I don't understand how it's stealing. It was going to be thrown away and never used by anyone else ever again.
I mean if you want something, and the owner says they don't want it anymore, how is it stealing if you take it?
The corporation would have said no, and then started surveillancing him more. This is how business works. They will not give their garbage away, and he may have been fired for asking.
#115 - On 10/19/2009 at 5:38pm by lordhelmet
Its considered stealing because in many cases employees will make extra food if they are allowed to take the leftovers home.
Thank you 129. That and they report thrown out food as loss, similar to missing inventory. They have insurance against loss because of that. So it's cheating insurance to eat it. At my old job, they'd let us take the hot dogs when they weren't eaten by close. Despite what one person said, it's HIGHLY unlikely that they would have fired him for asking, just said no.
#137 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:37pm by americayay
It's so dumb, 129...
No, I mean, that people can't be trustworthy to not cheat like that.
It's sad.
#143 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:56pm by DameGreyWulf
# 129 - This sounds like the job I had at a Panera. We threw the bread out at the end of the night, because the company won't sell "day old bread". But when I worked there, employees could take any bread home that they were willing to, as the bakers worked night shift, and always made regulation amounts, and there was always extra.
The manager tried to get homeless shelters to come pick up the bread, but it was in a pretty high rent area, with few homeless shelters, so it didn't happen often.
You should've asked first. Some places have very strict policies about things like that, but they may have said yes if you had asked. Technically, you WERE stealing.
You could have asked about the store's policies, and you shouldn't have tried that on your FIRST day. YDI.
#7 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:11am by TheTragicReturn
That's complete B.S. I used to work at Einstein Bagels. At the end of the day, we filled all the extra bagels into paper bags and took them home. We were only allowed to take bagels, soda, and coffee... but we didn't have to ask for any of them.
This is not how most places work. He should have asked, especially after they TOLD him to throw it away.
#8 it's not complete BS. The store you worked at didn't mind if you did that at the end of the day. The place the OP worked did, it's the owners choice, not yours to make. If the bagel place said you couldn't take them would you have? If you say yes, you wouldn't keep that job long because you're stealing, just like the OP.
#37 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:57am by TheTruth1428
Many food service places (especially bakeries) donate the end of day food to charities. As such, it is a charitable contribution the business is rightly entitled to declare to the IRS. An IRS Audit (if ever), could potentially result in a Federal Charge of Fraud. I know it's extreme... and cannot fathom it happening over a bagel... but reputable companies have a zero-tolerance for such things. Such IRS charges are filed every single day.
Perhaps you should try one of the charities that may pickup your former employer's left overs.
maybe it's a common computer, like in a computer lab at his college?
#20 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:52am by elmyra_duff
Publix is like that too. It pains me whenever I'm in the back and I have to watch them throw away entire garbage cans worth of fried chicken and bread that was just made that day.
#10 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:19am by highwind886
Of course you were fired, they do that everywhere. You should have asked, and if it was no, then it was no.
Your life is not f***ed, it's a rule dude.
and you didn't shove the bread up your ass to hide it?
(checks over by judges' table) What's that? He did? Wow. Epic fail, dude.
#12 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:20am by Brave_Sir_Robin
Sorry, but I have to say YDI for not asking if you could take it. (Or for not being slick enough about fake-trashing it.)
You should've asked if you could just take it home instead of just taking it. I used to work at McDonalds and we were supposed to throw the cookies away after 4 hours, but there were many evenings when I'd ask if I could bring them home and the managers would let me, even though it was against the store policy.
There have been a lot of such cases in Germany recently. Employees got fired for "stealing" six maultaschen (pastries filled with beef, spinach and other ingridients), or for returning pledge-coupons worth under 1Euro, "stealing" from a buffet before it took place...
sick world.
#17 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:40am by bugmenotmofo
Welcome to the wonderful world of capitalism: if the company is unable to make money off it, nobody is allowed to have it for free.
I have worked at multiple grocery stores... and it is common protocol at every food store that you will get fired if you are caught eating or taking home an item that has been marked a "Loss." (This includes cans that are dented, bread that is just one day expired, chips that have a small rip in the packaging.) Why is it so strict? BECAUSE SOMEOOONNEE IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO RETURN THE PRODUCT TO THE STORE AND RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US! SO yes.. you always have to ask, and sometimes they will say no, but most times a manager will simply take a sharpie and initial where you scan the item so it can not be returned for store credit. These rules are there for a reason people. We lose money for the idiots that go dumpster diving and then return the expired food that they find (and believe me, that DOES happen.)
#19 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:52am by mystomachurts
Dude....all you had to do was ask, you're IN college I KNOW they made you take a frikkin career development class where work ethics were discussed!
here's what SHOULD'VE happened.
You: what do I do with this left over bread?
manager: throw it away
you: ....can I have it instead?
manager: yes (win) OR no (oh well)
are you fired? nope.
too late now though =[
#21 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:56am by someone1989
Um, I'm a senior in college and I've never even heard of "career development" class, let alone been required to take that or anything having to do with work ethics.
However, it's common sense to ask before you just take it and the OP definitely deserves it.
one simple process could have saved that... Bag, Label, Reduce. youl have to pay, but you wont get sacked
#22 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:58am by joshmore666
I hate that. I have worked at several different fast food joints, and the good ones said that if its going to be thrown away, to mark it on the waste chart, and then quietly take it home. We also had a five dollar credit for food every day. Those two rocked.
Then I worked at one that allowed no meal credits, and forced us to throw perfectly good food into a nasty bucket, and hten some poor soul had to count out every fry, every tomato, every bun... it was repulsive.
You should have asked, or been smoother, though
#23 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:00am by alwaysalady
Sadly, that HAS to be the policy.
If you were permitted to take leftover bread, you would have an incentive to make too much or somehow discourage customers from getting it. It sets up a conflict of interest, and it has to be forbidden absolutely. because if a certain level of "stealing" is permitted while another is not, then the appearance of arbitrary discipline arises.
As you get into the "real world," you are going to be stunned and amazed at the corruption and fraud that goes on in the corporate world and the little sins that are capital crimes.
Dang it. This is exactly what I was going to say :]
Oops! I made 20 extra batches of cookies.. Oh wellsies
This is exactly why I had to crack down on my staff at work for taking food home. They were routinely making so many extra pizzas that everyone took one home... mostly out of laziness (preparing food in advance) but also with the intent of ganking the leftovers.
It sucks to throw food away, but management is running a business, not a charity. Don't expect any perks just because you work there. Isn't it enough to have a job?
Exactly! Well said. And multiply the loss by each end-of-day worker and it could add up.
To the OP: would you rather they paid you in bagels each week?
I agree. When the grocery store I worked at instituted this policy in the pre-made foods section, it was amazing how much less food was left over at the end of the night. It was obvious that employees had been intentionally making way more than what was needed so that they could take it home.
This is exactly right. When people get leftovers for free, unscrupulous people will purposely make too much. I've seen it all over. People routinely overbaked when I worked at a cookie place. My cousin worked at a pizza hut where the cooks would mess up pizzas on purpose because the staff got to eat the mistakes. I work at a craft store and we cannot keep the edge trimmings from the remnants for the same reason... if we could, some people would trim too much and take 5 inch strips home to use in their quilting.
#95 - On 10/19/2009 at 3:18pm by rightsaidred
Unless they're being paid enough to not need to steal food to eat, then no it's not good enough to have a job.
#178 - On 10/23/2009 at 3:28pm by dark_mullet
Would it really have taken that much energy and effort to say "well then would it be okay if I brought it home?" YDI
#28 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:21am by AndreaHatesYou1
i do have to say that it is a bit harsh to get fired after your first day for doing that, seeing as how you didn't know, and should've just gotten a warning. that being said, i have to agree with what everyone else here said, and you ALWAYS ask before just taking things no matter where you work, because yeah, otherwise it is stealing
Unless you are on Welfare or work for the Government, it is why you eat and have a place to sleep douche bag.
No matter how arbitrary or Byzantine some policies may appear, there's usually a good reason behind them. Many companies used to donate leftover food to the local homeless shelter, but nowadays there are liability issues associated with that kind of practice. Explicitly allowing employees to take leftover food home invariably leads to some people hiding food throughout the day. At the end of the day, that leads to extra food being marked off as waste, and more to take home with them. If everyone was honest there wouldn't be a problem with letting employees have excess food, but that isn't the world we live in.
#31 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:37am by cthulhu1138
I was really sad when I read this. Maybe this could have been avoided by asking if you could take it home?
#33 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:40am by Darling_Cherry
Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment.
as a college student, i get the not-having-much-money thing, but don't act like you don't have a dollar to eat with. you probably have a meal-plan paid for by mommy and daddy and get to eat 3 times a day at the dining halls but choose not to because you don't like the food.
its called a credit card? not that debt is a good answer, but until people realize that the bad economy is caused by people not spending money, its going to be a bad economy.
#38 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:59am by guitardedman
Not everyone has a meal plan paid by mommy and daddy. My roommate has to pretty much pay for his whole college expenses and isn't on a meal plan.
Also that's a terrible idea about the credit cards. Getting a loan is a good idea, but crediting money you don't have is NEVER a good idea. People not spending money has been a problem for the economy, but so has people spending money they don't have and going horribly into debt. It's possibly even more of a problem. There is a HUGE amount of people foreclosing on their homes and defaulting on loans. Not a good idea to keep that kind of idea going.
Who the fuck are you to assume all this? Do you know this person? Do you know their parents? Shut the fuck up.
While your at it, quit saying "mommy and daddy." It doesn't make you sound any older or cooler than if you just said parents.
Asshole.
guitardedman, the recession was caused by people spending money they don't have. That's what a credit card is: a piece of plastic that lets you spend money you don't have. Yes, the economy needs people to spend money in order to function, but it needs people to spend REAL money, not imaginary money. Credit cards are not the answer; they're what got us where we are.
There are numerous reasons for a recession. While you point is valid, the recession was exacerbated because Oil shot up... expensive gas meant people could not pay credit cards, mortgages, automobiles, etc.
True, there are always numerous causes. I was just alarmed by the person who was basically saying that if the OP got a credit card, it would help the economy. The inability to grasp the difference between buying with money and buying with credit is a huge problem in our society.
The following is in response to 120. FMylife posted here (?) by mistake.
1) First, I did not state what you insinuate. Read it again.
2) Second, of course 73 has the right to his opinions. Many have died for his right to be unhappy. You are tilting at wind mills. If he is unhappy, he should go somewhere else. Am I less undemocratic because of my position? Of course not. But if you start bitching about the ideals that make this country great, prepare to defend your position. 73 cannot defend his position, and your's is germane to the discussion.
3) Third, I do not accept your premise about charity. I am intolerant about law breakers, period. What I give away or contribute is for me to decide. What YOU "think" I should do does not concern me in the least. Your whining appears to allude to the fact that the "big bad corporate employer" should have "given" away what they produce. Nonsense. It is their's to give, their's to keep, their's to throw away. OP was told not to do something, he did, and got fired. You obviously think the World, especially America, owes you a living. No one, not even Canada, gives more to the rest of the World... and you question our personal, corporate, and federal charity? You are ignorant.
4) Fourth, most American's do not care what OTHER American's think. Do you honestly believe most of us give a damn what the rest of the World thinks about us? No one can change another's attitude or opinion.
We were, are, and shall be hated for our success, perceived arrogance, opinions, and doctrines. When you start worrying what other people/countries think of you, then you have a DMSO certifiable mental illness. Just how many countries care about what the USA's socio/political/economic ideals? We don't know, and we don't give a damn. Please feel free to worry about it; especially if you think it makes you compassionate and helps you sleep at night.
Finally, I hope you feel better after your moot, lame-ass attempt to question my disgust with one of MY countryman. And before you pre-ejaculate your ill-considered diatribe next time, consider knowing your facts before shooting off your mouth, boy.
When you require further education on USA politics and ideals, send me a private message.
I am well-prepared to defend my position, Mr. FarSide.
Now, you seem to feel offended because you think I intend to impose my beliefs upon you, as evidenced by your comment "What YOU "think" I should do does not concern me in the least". This suggests that you, too, are "tilting as windmills", as you so aptly put it. But if you don't care, why did you take the time to write a reply? I will be frank: I do care what you have to say, and that's why I am replying to your comment. So if you really don't care, and you write another reply after this one, you won't be wasting my time, but you'll be wasting your own. And if you want the last word, I'm fine with that too - just tell me.
Now, the notion that anyone discontent with his own society should simply move somewhere else is flawed. The purpose of democracy is to give the people the opportunity to reform the society they live in. I make the point that people are not going to assume you want to give them sincere advice if you go out of your way to use harsh language. You wrote, "STFU or get the hell out of the USA". That is not an encouragement to move to a society with a different social climate -- that is a demand to take his unwanted ideals somewhere else, an assertion that his expression of his ideals hurts his country (instead of strengthening it). My point here is: Logic without according rhetoric will never be effective in communication.
I made no reference to any "big bad corporate employer". It is not relevant if the OP worked for a large company or a small company. The point here is that the attitude of "I don't want this but you can't have it either" is not ethically justified, regardless of whether or not it is legally justified. To prepare food and then not eat it, while unfortunate, is sometimes difficult to avoid. But if someone is there to take it off your hands, you ought to be glad that the energy and raw materials that went into its production will not have been wasted.
Intolerance against lawbreakers is misdirected. I'm sure you have heard this a great many times and do not really want to hear it again, but I still have to say it: we should always be conscious of the reasons why laws exist before becoming overzealous about their enforcement. Be intolerant against those who cause harm to the society in which they live, or to its members, but be intolerant only against such people.
Why have you made the assumption that I think America and the rest of the world owe me a living, and how is that even relevant? And why do you think I have questioned the personal, corporate, and federal charity of Americans?
You also misinterpreted my comment about the American stereotype. I meant not to imply that you should really care. After all, we Canadians aren't ever upset that Americans laugh at our "socialist" ways. I was just pointing out that you are intolerant and that you are intolerant in a way that is stereotypically, if untruthfully, associated with Americans - the way of pretending not to care. For you are just as much a human being as I am, and I am sure you have compassion, even if your upbringing has suppressed it.
Just something to think about.
That does suck, but you should have just asked. I have worked in a chocolate store and they let us take the fruit covered chocolate home each night.
I've never heard of fruit-covered-chocolate before. Is it in the produce section?
#141 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:48pm by doof_fisch
How is taking home trash the same as stealing? It's trash why would they care?
#43 - On 10/19/2009 at 12:11pm by blueknight1st
They care because, it gives workers an incentive to make extra bread/ food during their shift, so they can take it home after. It's a huge issue in the food industry, so a lot of places don't give any employee extra food, and they simply throw it all away and you get in HUGE trouble if you don't.
#46 - On 10/19/2009 at 12:17pm by Poppycorn22
Its actually not against the law to steal someones trash if its already been thrown in the garbage can outside.
Not in a lot o places in the US it's not. That's why cops will go through criminals' trash looking for evidence--they don't need a warrant and it's legal. Once something is thrown out, it's open season on it
I feel bad for you but you could have avoided it by simply asking if you could take the bread home since it was going in the trash. I guess you know that now. Good luck looking for another job.
#44 - On 10/19/2009 at 12:15pm by patticake1601
You should have asked. I worked at an infamous craft store where they would throw away 'damages' this = to opened items (sometimes missing pieces). So I asked If I could take home the damages instead of chucking them. Got a lot of free stuff that way!
You should have tossed it out, and come back late at night when the store is closed and dug through the trash.
I know, this sounds gross, but lots of thrown out stuff is still good/wrapped/otherwise edible.
Unless of course, they lock the dumpsters.
You should have asked; but still, if something is going to be thrown out anyway it tecnically isn't a crime as such. [I guess it's because I'm an art student we take stuff people are about to throw away all the time.]
I think firing you is a bit harsh, but I guess it's the principle; you took something without asking.
The rules about taking trash vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
In some places, once the trash hits the curb, it's fair game, in other places once it hits the curb it becomes the property of the sanitation department/city or whatever. If the city really wanted to they could go after you for it.
Should've asked but it still seems a little bit harsh. My boss would rather the spare food went to us and our families than go to waste, but you should still ask, just to be polite. Especially if it's your first day.
that sucks but you should have waited a couple days before you took stuff from them. Eyeball and see what the situation is, not just do what you want on day 1.
#60 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:13pm by ultraslick
He's unemployed > has no money > meal plans cost money
#145 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:17pm by jthm_guitarist
YDI. Some companies have that policy for ethical reasons. They don't want employees to purposefully make too much bread and there by getting to take it home.
#62 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:18pm by ObadiahtheSlim
Honestly you thought that would be ok? If you supervisor/manager told you what to do with a product that's what you do with it.
"What do you want me to do with this bread?"
"Throw it out"
"I'm just going to steal it instead"
I think most people believe that once a person or company decides that something is garbage, they've pretty much forfeited their ownership of it, and therefore it can't be stolen from them.
#75 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:44pm by ChunAsperEndao
Everyone keeps saying this is a common rule in the food industry. I've never had to work around food, so I've never heard of it. Seems pretty stupid to fire someone over taking garbage from work.
#65 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:24pm by bigcrazymike
THAT. SUCKS. ASS. seriously if they fired me 4 dat,, i wud quit -_- poor yoo good luck tho!! xO :DD
#67 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:25pm by sanem0808238036
Same thing happend here germany with a lady working in a hospital ;)
you aint the only one
#69 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:33pm by Chaldean710
Ewww, who'd want anything a hospital would throw away?!?!? Gall stones, biopsies, cancerous lungs...
I work in a grocery store and once my boss had me throwing out expired ice cream bars, I asked him if I could have one, he said no. Meanwhile there was a homeless person reaching up into the garbage taking all the ice cream.
HAHAHAHAHA #67 xD
how do you wanna quit after you get fired ?
#71 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:35pm by Chaldean710
as far as i am aware.. if they give food to there employees they are taxed for it.. so throwing it away is to avoid tax.. u need to actually throw it in the bins then once it is out side take it from the bins as once its on the street it is public property :)
That's a good idea. But why not just say it has been thrown away to avoid having to take it out of the garbage?
#96 - On 10/19/2009 at 3:26pm by bigcrazymike
this is true ... just pointing out the only way there is no way to get in trouble for it... you could put it in to an air tight back and put it in the bin... or a box
This is why I absolutely despise retail in America. Profit trumps ethics every time.
I was once made to throw away dozens and dozens of perfectly good winter coats because they had gotten soot on them from a small fire elsewhere in the store.
#73 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:42pm by ChunAsperEndao
And while I am at it, STFU or get the hell out of the USA. You are in Buffalo.... go across the border and renounce your US citizen ship.
You will never own a business... you are destined to always "work for the man".... so if you are going to be miserable anyway... just go be miserable anyway.... before the rest of the honest and charitable Americans have to pay YOUR welfare check.
What an incomprehensible, selfish, Michael-Moore loving, son of a bi*ch.
I can understand your distaste for retail, #73. I used to work at a bookstore, and when some of the paperback books (usually cheaper/mass market paperbacks, like romance novels, fantasy, thrillers, or sci-fi) didn't get sold, we tore the covers off and threw them away. Even though I might not have read them normally, it killed a part of my soul to watch all those books get chucked.
#110 - On 10/19/2009 at 5:24pm by dijitaruhana
#85, the intolerance of some people never ceases to amaze me. I have a few questions for you to consider...
* Why have you made the assumption that #73 lives on welfare?
* Aren't you glad that the Constitution grants #73 the right to express his discontent with some aspect of American society? Does it occur to you at all that his opinions are just as valuable as yours? Do you think it would be justified if he told _you_ to "STFU or get the hell out of the USA"? If you answered "no" to any of these questions, I think you're the one who should live somewhere else (but definitely not in Canada). Not because I think you're unworthy to live in the USA (this is how you seemed to mean it to #73), but because your ideals are obviously undemocratic.
* Do you think that a true charitable American, or any charitable person, would really mind if someone took food that was destined to be thrown away anyway?
* Do you think that your comments do anything to dispel the stereotype that Americans tend to be intolerant?
110 - I've just cringed in complete and utter horror. Not even donate, but cover-rip and throw them out? *cringes in her corner of lit-cringing*
#146 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:37pm by LemonFairy
FarSide, I could debate you point-to-point on all of your thoughtful contributions, but I don't feel like wasting that much time. I'm busy trying to be a productive member of society. Instead, I'll just ask you this: What the hell happened in your life to make you such a self-righteous, insecure prick? Does it really help your self-esteem to make baseless, asinine assumptions about everybody whose social views you disagree with? Or are you genuinely that pissed off and personally threatened by the fact that not everybody shares your highly developed sense of chauvinistic greed?
#163 - On 10/20/2009 at 11:41am by ChunAsperEndao
You're wrong for taking without asking. But a warning should suffice. I've worked at fast food before and I've seen people got off with worse offence.
#76 - On 10/19/2009 at 1:45pm by WonderBlunder
Why not just ask if you can have it instead? They had every right to fire you. YDI.
On the other hand, I hate it when people needlessly waste things. At the very least, they could've donated the leftovers to a worthwhile cause (i.e. let someone take them home, give them to a local food bank, etc.) since they're write-offs anyway. I hope your your boss(es) starve to death - the irony would serve them right.
#89 - On 10/19/2009 at 2:37pm by blastvortex
Would you fire a kid who worked for your restaurant 'cause, instead of the bread rotting in the dumpster, he took it home and it is now sitting in his stomach? That makes no sense. It's not stealing if you DON'T WANT THE DAMN STALE BREAD.
THIS IS WHY I HATE HUMANKIND
#139 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:46pm by kellydee1056
what a strange comment. you can get free internet a lot of places, like at school since he's a student.
lol do you work at Panera Bread Company by chance? Cuz i work there and we take the bread home all the time at the end of the night....its like a free for all lol even the managers dig in!
Where the fuck do you work? I once saw a manufacturing plant in China where people folded cardboard boxed and they treated their employees better than that.
#100 - On 10/19/2009 at 3:51pm by freudianego
This is so fake. You can't be fired for stealing stale bread that's meant to go in the trash. Anyone who said he's stealing is missing on key point... for it to be stealing, the company would WANT/NEED the product that was stolen/is missing. Stale bread that is going in the dumpster in 10 minutes is not valuable; thus, it is not stealing. DUH
Every restaurant I've ever worked for throws out tons of food at the end of the day, and, obviously, it's fair game to the employees.
#138 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:42pm by kellydee1056
Dear God. Are you from New Jersey?
Stealing is taking property that belongs to someone else. Why in hell do you make this difficult, unless you are a thief and have arrived at this convoluted conclusion to justify your own guilt??
what a bunch of stupid ppl who fired you, they were gonna throw it away anyways, ppl have no conciousness left nowadays. Ftheirlives
There's a reason that's in place. If you had read ANY of the replies above yours you'd understand why.
FYL for not having the capabilities of comprehension.
#104 - On 10/19/2009 at 4:36pm by Shuinoshina
i worked at jersey mikes subs and at the end of the night we would always have enough bread left over to easily feed 25 homeless people. so we politely asked our managers if we could donate our day old bread to the homeless shelters, and u wanna know what the greedy bastards said? "they shouldnt be homeless in the first place, this is just telling them its ok to mooch off of other people, just throw it away, they arent worth it" douchebags
#103 - On 10/19/2009 at 4:26pm by missmousilini7
So, another thing to point out. Where I live, a lot of businesses will throw out their leftover, good, food in a certain container with the expectation that homeless people will take it, and employees can be fired for taking that.
#105 - On 10/19/2009 at 4:44pm by evilhobbitofdoom
Those bastards. Throwing away food like that is the most inconsiderate thing to do. Especially since throwing away good food increases the need for food since there are just as many mouths to feed in this world, which in turn increases the price of food in general.
You should have asked to begin with. Anyway, I know how that is...working at Pizza Inn we had buffet food we would throw away every so often. Towards the end, when the last is about to be thrown away, they would want us to pay to take it home. Stale, over-cooked, cracked, baked pizza! Yum!
ohhemmqee .
lmao thiss madee me lauqh soo hardd .
inn a way thiss is fuckedd upp "/
thenn he deserves itt .
ihtt garbagee .
no one wants it ;P
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SOME ONE SHOULD HAVE IT INSTEAD
OF IT ROTTING IN THE GARBAGEEE !!
butt thennn . . .
DID YOUR BOSS SAY YOU COULD TAKE IT?! >:O
DID HE SAY . .
heree havee this breadd :D
NOOOOOOO APPRENTLY HE DIDNT !
soo even if it was illeqall you
couldd still qett firedd fromm
DISSS - OOOH - BAY - INGG
yourr boss ;]P
ANDDD . . . you talk aboutt you being broke , and hungry
likee your a homeless bumb !
iff yourr so poor you cant afford a computer !
you cant affordd interntt !
AND #94 ITS NOT A STRANGEE FUCKINGG COMMENTT !!
YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR INTERNETT !
DO YOU PLUG IN YOU COMPUTERR . .
CLICK YOU INTERNET BROWSERR . . .
AND YOUR ON THE INTERNET ?!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!
IDIDOTTTTT ;]
xD
#79 do you want to switch places w| the homeless quy so you can get . . .
A FREE FUCKING FROZEN ICE CREAM BAR ?!
do you wanna be in his nasty dirty shoes ?
do you wanna wander the city looking for food ?
sleep on street corners hoping the weather stays nice ?
I DOUBT YOU DO !!
SO DONT COMPLAIN CUZ YOU DIDNT GET A
FREE FUCKING ICEE CREAM BARR !!!
# 83 haha .
you madee me lauqh
- hands you a trophyy :D -
#63 HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNNA QUITT . . .
IF THEY AlREADY FIRED YOU ?!?!
AREE YOU A RETARD ?
boss : hmm . . your firedd
you : I QUIT
boss - stands there with a confused face -\
I FIRED YOU ! >;O
YOU IDIOTT . ANDD WRITE IN ENGLISHH !
DATT ?
THOU ?
- hands you a go back to school cupon -
GO BACK !!
AS FOR YOU ALLL . . .
Y O U J U S T G O T P U T T
I N N Y O U R P L A C E
XP
#111 - On 10/19/2009 at 5:27pm by ASHLEEBAYBEEx3
I see how selfish it is for them to just throw it out...but really?
How hard is it to ask if you can have it?
Honestly not that hard.
;]]
Here is the thing...its prolly Panera, which means, you put the bread in a bag and drop it in the dumpster...then after work..go get said bag...don't be an idiot...
#116 - On 10/19/2009 at 5:39pm by DannyCovino
you have to wait untill it's put into the dumpster before you can take it... But yeah, that definitely sucks. FYL, but you should have asked or gotten it out of the dumpster.
You shouldn't have gotten fired. If they told you to throw it out then it wouldn't have mattered if you took it home (its pretty much like throwing it out but someone gets to actually use it). I work a Panera and we have the same policy about bread but everyone takes food home.
I automatically thought Jean Valjean too. Somebody I knew once stole a loaf of bread and I called her Valjean but she didn't get the allusion.
On your first day, you were probably on a trial shift to see if you were suitable. You stole on your first day, so no, you're not suitable.
So where's the FML here? You stole, you got fired. Yes, it is still stealing even if it was destined for the garbage. It's true at the place I work at too.
There is no FML, just a stupid person with no functioning set of logic or ethics here.
#125 - On 10/19/2009 at 7:48pm by Nemephosis
Obviously they don't want you to have it without paying for it. That's just getting free bread, even if it was going to the trash anyway. Gotta think like corporations.
#126 - On 10/19/2009 at 7:56pm by Avenging_Angel
It is comforting to know that 98% of posters on this FML understand what was wrong with OP's actions. Interestingly, that correlates well with the other 2% of the US population who are in jail, who cannot figure it out.
Can't wait to see all you far-right capitalist poodles who love putting business profit before the common man when the EU, China and India all overtake you as the main economies in the world. Maybe then you might realise that all of America's wealth is just paper and speculation and your gold reserve counts for nothing anymore. Maybe then you will waken up to just how brainwashed of a society you have become and are in a similar position to the OP. Oh, how I will laugh. The clock is ticking...
#142 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:51pm by buckfasthero
I am not going to hold my breath, seeing as China and India cannot feed their own population, and have not overtaken anyone in 5,000 years. If the US goes bankrupt, China is screwed, not us.
But they do have nuclear weapons.
I worked as a baker at a Perkins Restaurant. The rule was that if a pie was more than two days old - it got tossed. Almost every night I had at least 3 or 4 pies to throw away, as well as cookies, brownies, etc. Since I worked from 2am to 8am, I would smuggle them out back to my car trunk about 4 in the morning - since the manager was not there at that time. I would then rendezvous with a pastor friend who would take the baked goods and give them to the poor. Perkins also has a rule that if the meat portioned out in the cooler is more than two days old - it must get tossed out. I smuggled out some of that food, too. I knew that if i had asked, the answer would have been no, so I just felt it was worth the risk of losing my job - to help others. Which is the worse sin: taking food destined for the dumpster and giving it away - - OR --- throwing perfectly good food away?
#144 - On 10/19/2009 at 10:59pm by doof_fisch
@ #144
Which is the worse Sin? Taking food destinded for the dumpster, as its 1 of the 10 Commandments, ya know, Thou shalt not steal? Would have thought someone who is as clearly religous as you are could have figured that one out.
Not that i condone what you do, just a stupid question to end on.
I don't disagree that it was breaking the Thou Shalt Not Steal Commandment; but I also think it was in line with keeping one of the two greatest commandments: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. As I said, I was willing to take the risk in getting fired for doing something I thought was humanitarian and not wasteful. I also occasionally put quarters in other people's expired parking meters - which is against the law, too. I guess one could consider that "stealing" from the city government.
#154 - On 10/20/2009 at 1:40am by doof_fisch
I agree. A teacher of mine used to manage a KFC and was telling us about how at the end of the day they were supposed to toss out all the food and sprinkle something on it to make it taste weird ( bitter or something, don't remember exactly) so that no one would try to eat it, and by no one, of course the poor. He didn't do that and said that all of the other managers he talked to said they didn't do that either.
He also said he had an employee who was really poor and had trouble with food, so he would let him take the food home. Near closing time he would sometimes say, "I feel a wave coming, better toss some more chicken in the fryer" and the guy knew what he was doing, and appreciated it. Even though he would be eating the same thing repeatedly, if you gotta eat, you gotta eat.
#148 - On 10/19/2009 at 11:56pm by RandommmNameee
fired does seem harsh. i honestly don't see why a warning wouldn't suffice.
and it may be legal to hord your trash, but seriously, are americans THAT territorial now? if the workers aren't purposely over preparing, then i don't see the problem. can't it be marked as loss AND given away? and if the worker clearly cooks way too much/hides food, fired, but if its extra anyway, who cares?
these corporations remind me of golemn (sp?) from lord of the rings, i hope they want their stupid rings so much that they like fall into lava. seriously. greedy greedy greedy. or you know what, at least the bosses should least keep it for themselves, better than the trash to rot forever.
#149 - On 10/20/2009 at 12:01am by theshinepolice
what would have happend if this op had gotten sick from the food? would he have sued the company? that is why there are rules and regulations in place concerning food and the disposal of it. it may have only been bread but what next? working in retail i totally understand why this op was fired for this infraction and I to would have terminated him as well. protecting my company from a possible lawsuit (think McDonalds and hot coffee) and protecting my bottom line is what I as a manager do. seeing these posts that people who work for KFC and other corps would cook extra food to help someone out etc. only makes more waste and causes prices to go up. i understand being hungry, but there are other ways.
If it was going to get thrown away, how did they know you had it? Do they check the garbage in the morning to see if they can take it back out and use it?
Even though this does really suck, you did kind of deserve it. You never take stuff from work assuming they don't care. Even if it's something they told you to throw away, you should have asked if you could just keep it for yourself. Don't forget this in future work.
#155 - On 10/20/2009 at 2:23am by israelnotjacob
i do agree that you shouldn't have taken it, but come on....its leftover bread
#161 - On 10/20/2009 at 5:37am by jemma_aussie
yu sooo work at subway =D das wot they all do. they rather throw away the bread than let yu take it home, wot a waste. its retarded too
Best comment ever: Dear God. Are you from New Jersey?
Lmfao.
#165 - On 10/20/2009 at 1:17pm by Darling_Cherry
Oh yeah, YDI. I worked in a store that sells a bit of food (no joke, it was mostly home decor stuff, no idea why Jelly Bellys count as decor) and we would have to mark out candy if it was past its expiration or damaged (opened). I asked if I could take some home, (Do Jelly Bellys really go bad?) but no. The reason? It looks fishy and management/corporate doesn't know the difference between it legitamately needing written out, or you were writing it out for a freebee. I would assume restaurants would have similar rules, and "because people would purposely make too much in order to take some home" is a pretty darn good reason.
This guy obviously had no clue, which sucks, but doesn't excuse not asking first. That's just common sense. You don't do anything at a job if you don't know for sure its okay, and you certainly don't make assumptions. Because retail/food service requires a whole new type of thinking. One thing I learned in 8 years of retail: the "crazy" or "silly" rules, procedures and things companies do are usually not crazy or silly at all. (#1 reason everyone should work retail or food service at some point in their lifes.)
#166 - On 10/20/2009 at 2:12pm by Improbability
you know a few things of bread and a "don't do it again, because now you know it's wrong, or you're fired." i believe would cost less than paying him for the whole week for nothing, but you know, if you like your stale bread that much guess there's no messing with it.
they do have to pay him for a week if they fired him, right? thats what i think, but im not much of a business buff. too young.
#168 - On 10/20/2009 at 4:52pm by theshinepolice
i got fired once for telling my boss a joke about how i was drunk, because she kept persisting i was. i really wasnt.
Sorry to hear this, tho I can't help but agree with others that you should've asked first.
I work at supermarket and our boss allows to take the leftover bread home. Every grocery got their own rules. So ask first next time >_
#176 - On 10/21/2009 at 9:53am by Sucks2beYouxD
Being fired over something like this is ridiculous, regardless of policy. Especially for a first time offense. Verbally reprimanding him would have made LOTS more sense than the action taken, so the manager in question is a douchebag, regardless of policy.
#179 - On 10/23/2009 at 3:31pm by dark_mullet
Do you work at Tesco?
Cause I do, and we get the same treatment XD
#181 - On 11/01/2009 at 9:25pm by isthebrogan_x
FYL. There are only 2 jobs you should ever steal from
McDonalds - The slippery when wet signs
Bank Teller - Nuff said ;)
#182 - On 11/08/2009 at 5:17pm by ThatFailed
