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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my house was broken into. I'm really poor and don't have a television or nice clothing, so they just dumped my trash all over the house and stole my one loaf of bread that was supposed to last me for the week. FML
Today, I went into work. After three years of working 55 hours a week, they fired me by putting the contents of my locker at the front door, with a note that said "If not picked up by 10:00 am stuff will be donated." I work the night shift. I just lost three sweaters, two pairs of shoes, $60, and my job. FML
Today, it was my first day on a £600 a week job. I was fired for being 10 minutes late. FML
Today, while working at McDonald's, I was pulled into the manager's office and informed that I'd been caught stealing money from the safe. When I told them to show me the security footage, they refused and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I was in a bad mood after being stuck in traffic for 2 hours and late for work. I was walking to my building when I saw a 100 dollar note flying my way. A man called after me for it, but being selfish I took the note in my pocket as a little reward. That man was my boss. Yes, I'm fired. FML
Today, I was so ashamed of being broke that instead of asking my parents for money, I snuck into their house while they were at work to steal some of their food. FML
Today, my financial situation is so dire that I tried to steal toilet paper from work. I got caught. FML
Today, on my first day of work, I got fired after 45 minutes. FML
Today, my boss fired me by locking me out of my workplace after I went out to throw out the trash. FML
Today, I was getting lunch at a fast food restaurant. My boss was in front of me, and in order to get on his good side I offered to pay. Instead, I got fired because I guess my boss assumed I was making fun of his salary, which I knew nothing about. FML
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Giskard 0
You should have just asked if you could have it.
Chibi_fml 9
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.
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RandommmNameee 0
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.
theshinepolice 0
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.
crashmld 1
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.
zethioth 0
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?
michaelcarell 0
That's so ridiculous! Maybe you should've asked…
israelnotjacob 20
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.
jemma_aussie 0
i do agree that you shouldn't have taken it, but come on....its leftover bread
aaron9989 0
asking never hurts
RRupe24 0
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
Darling_Cherry 5
Best comment ever: Dear God. Are you from New Jersey? Lmfao.