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144. Not Much Probably - The Man Was Making 6 Figures

Sat Aug 31, 2013, 01:07 PM

Aug 2013

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and comes from a family with buku bucks, wrote a best selling book, turned into a movie - MEH...he's back on top and could care less about the hungry worker on food stamp.

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Starbucks Fires Employee on Food Stamps for Eating a Sandwich from the Garbage [View all] Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2013 OP

how is it stealing if they were going to trash it? noiretextatique Aug 2013 #1

Ask McDonalds. Or any fast food restaurant that tosses perfectly good shit out . . . HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #6

Well I will try rurallib Aug 2013 #21

thst is why he wss terminated Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #30

It's a reasonable policy. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #104

So maybe... OldEurope Aug 2013 #111

ding, ding, ding heaven05 Aug 2013 #119

This was back in the 70s. We were union with good wages & benefits. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #122

this kid stole because he was hungry noiretextatique Sep 2013 #161

Pfft. That was never the policy at the store I worked at. progressoid Aug 2013 #121

Yes one of the ways employees do this is to over-produce intentionally DebJ Aug 2013 #137

all fast food places have this policy iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #49

Boycott Starbucks Rockyj Aug 2013 #110

Insanity. Earth_First Aug 2013 #2

I do too. Delphinus Aug 2013 #25

Greatest Country On Earth! n2doc Aug 2013 #3

wtf? Locrian Aug 2013 #4

typical obedience to authority. nt Incitatus Aug 2013 #13

Just following orders... eom LiberalElite Aug 2013 #24

Sounds like Walmart warrant46 Aug 2013 #78

Workers are expendible parts, not people Scootaloo Aug 2013 #54

I believe the proper term is "fungible assets." calimary Aug 2013 #120

Buckin' for district manager. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #84

The one who needs their paycheck to feed their family. DebJ Aug 2013 #138

not how I read it Locrian Aug 2013 #146

Really, they should ask their employees if they want the left overs. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #5

The reason they don't is probably a liability issue. X_Digger Aug 2013 #9

Have them sign a wavier...just that easy. Rex Aug 2013 #16

Those 'liability waivers' don't have as much force as you'd imagine, reading them. X_Digger Aug 2013 #20

can't wave rights Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #32

Feeding employees expired food is one thing - LiberalElite Aug 2013 #26

*nod* Good point. n/t X_Digger Aug 2013 #27

Good point. Rex Aug 2013 #29

My boss at Quiznos did that all the time NickB79 Aug 2013 #101

this happens at restaurants and grocery stores a lot lunasun Aug 2013 #156

How very Third World FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #7

actually this is very first world. nt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #10

Yep. I have a feeling this would have played out differently freeplessinseattle Aug 2013 #73

yeah for many reasons. some good and some not so good La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #82

Howard Schultz needs to fire the store manager and replace WestSeattle2 Aug 2013 #8

Did he have nothing to do with writing his company's policy? nt Incitatus Aug 2013 #12

Almost certainly not. Corporations have "legal departments" for a reason. nt DRoseDARs Aug 2013 #71

Okay, then I will withhold judgement for the moment. nt Incitatus Aug 2013 #80

"who says he couldn’t get enough hours to pay his bills and survives partly on his food stamps", KamaAina Aug 2013 #11

"I admit it! I'm Jean Valjean!" KamaAina Aug 2013 #14

Look down! Look down! You're standing in your grave! elehhhhna Aug 2013 #48

Rec KamaAina's post! nt Ilsa Aug 2013 #67

How about marions ghost Aug 2013 #15

Exactly! nt adirondacker Aug 2013 #34

How about paying the employee enough so that the employee can afford lunch, or bluestate10 Aug 2013 #46

A lot of restaurants will provide marions ghost Aug 2013 #75

oh, but how they love to squueze every cent they can from employees freeplessinseattle Aug 2013 #76

I shop at the Grocery Outlet a lot, mainly short-dated foods there freeplessinseattle Aug 2013 #81

you're talking heaven05 Aug 2013 #153

Fuck Starbucks. The Wal Mart of coffee houses. Rex Aug 2013 #17

What gets thrown away at an average store or worse, bigbox would make people pass out in shock. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #18

As a seasoned dumpster diver.... I agree 1000 percent. TalkingDog Aug 2013 #28

These new dumpsters are terrible aren't they? WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #102

The couple of places I frequent still have the small ground level ones. TalkingDog Aug 2013 #108

Round here some stores pour bleach over the meat when they put it in the dumpster lunasun Aug 2013 #160

The employee violated about a million health and safety laws . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #19

Well, then, we'd better not just fire him - how about some flogging? hatrack Aug 2013 #23

And if he spends a day in the stocks, Art_from_Ark Aug 2013 #31

And counseling is equivalent to flogging how? n/t MrModerate Aug 2013 #86

Was counseling involved? I thought it was a straight-up firing . . . hatrack Aug 2013 #93

Yeah, you missed reading the post you responded to. MrModerate Aug 2013 #94

and just ask me for a day old sandwich heaven05 Aug 2013 #151

I'd say day-old might be pressing your luck . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #159

???? heaven05 Aug 2013 #36

Gee. I think health and safety laws should be followed. MrModerate Aug 2013 #87

Yeah, hunger and poverty are a 'chip on the shoulder' Cal Carpenter Aug 2013 #103

Ooh, snap, 'carrying water for the ownership class' . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #128

truth will set you free heaven05 Aug 2013 #141

And fatuous piffle will make you fall on your face. n/t MrModerate Aug 2013 #147

Yep heaven05 Aug 2013 #107

I 'sense' a childish lack of discernment in you . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #129

I actually heaven05 Aug 2013 #142

[Makes twirling motion with forefinger in vicinity of temple] n/t MrModerate Aug 2013 #148

Did the employee tell the manager he was hungry or ask for the food? rl6214 Aug 2013 #113

did the heaven05 Aug 2013 #117

Unknown if the manager was approachable or not. rl6214 Aug 2013 #124

oh ell yeah at least a million elehhhhna Aug 2013 #45

At least? Are you sure that's not a conservative number? nt Incitatus Aug 2013 #53

Hyperbole. Mea culpa. MrModerate Aug 2013 #88

Feel the warmth. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #126

Can you cite any health and safety laws he broke? Incitatus Aug 2013 #52

Well, it's been years since I worked in Seattle . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #90

hunger ofter supersedes regulations... LanternWaste Aug 2013 #55

And actions have consequences, regardless of motivation . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #91

Ten HUT!!!! heaven05 Aug 2013 #118

Being an optimist, I'm going to take this as a teachable moment . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #130

Some rules heaven05 Aug 2013 #145

So, as an experienced supervisor . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #149

million? too much heaven05 Aug 2013 #150

How many health and safety laws were violated at the factory that makes what Starbucks sells? AdHocSolver Aug 2013 #83

Well, I don't know. And neither do you. MrModerate Aug 2013 #92

I guess you never saw the film "Supersize Me" or read the books about unhealthy food. AdHocSolver Aug 2013 #97

Food additives (not to mention hormones in meat, etc.) are hard to avoid . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #98

Have you worked in a restaurant? WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #125

I have, and I know what you're talking about . . . MrModerate Aug 2013 #132

He was hungry JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #22

He should have just asked for it. rl6214 Aug 2013 #115

They wouldn't have given it to him JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #116

I managed a restaurant for 25 years and we had the same rules rl6214 Aug 2013 #123

Could be a shame issue. I don't think I'd fire a value employee. WCLinolVir Aug 2013 #127

A bit too much? rl6214 Aug 2013 #136

Ahhh JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #140

Yes is is one of the largest casual dining chains out there. rl6214 Aug 2013 #143

feed a hungry heaven05 Aug 2013 #152

mean spirited heaven05 Aug 2013 #33

Its the Republican way... AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #38

probably wasn't smiling hard enough either. elehhhhna Aug 2013 #44

Why can't Starbuck's Politicalboi Aug 2013 #35

Yeah Plucketeer Aug 2013 #43

Like many service jobs, most are part time TexasBushwhacker Aug 2013 #60

"a crime here that goes beyond denunciation" Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #65

Exactly. Let them take a fresh sandwich! reformist2 Aug 2013 #68

"Don't muzzle the ox who treads out the grain." BillyRibs Aug 2013 #37

I was just gearing up to post this Sentath Aug 2013 #135

Every Single Privately owned Restaurant, BillyRibs Aug 2013 #139

How can anyone work around food while starving? Starbucks management is blind. bluestate10 Aug 2013 #39

After a fair bit of sleuthing on my part, I've discovered that a couple mutual funds in my HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #154

Go to their website and complain....I did Uben Aug 2013 #40

They Don't Care About Gun Complaints otohara Aug 2013 #50

If the manager "found out" TexasBushwhacker Aug 2013 #41

I'd imagine that hunger does not recognize uniforms. LanternWaste Aug 2013 #57

Stuck Farbucks. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #59

in 76 my first job (pt, high school) was bussing tables at HoJo's elehhhhna Aug 2013 #42

My guess is that this was the brainchild of some profit-maximizing analyst. reformist2 Aug 2013 #69

My Mom waited tables for years BuelahWitch Aug 2013 #89

yea the good ole days questionseverything Aug 2013 #109

Horrible. Jeebus Christ. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #47

I know what I would have done. "I heard about you eating the sandwich" "One of your .. BlueJazz Aug 2013 #51

friends don't let friends drink Starbucks.... mike_c Aug 2013 #56

It was hovering. Orrex Aug 2013 #58

I don't need their products THAT much. defacto7 Aug 2013 #61

We need to start unionizing all these fast-food & coffee shop workers. reformist2 Aug 2013 #70

You steal a trillion tax payer dollars on Wall Street and you get a huge bonus Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #62

Got to wonder dickensknitter Aug 2013 #63

A friend's daughter worked in the cafe LibDemAlways Aug 2013 #64

I would love to vomit a sandwich up on that manager. nt Ilsa Aug 2013 #66

Well if there is a DD and a SB, I go to the DD..... Historic NY Aug 2013 #72

This is for all of you that have never worked in the food industry or retail: kentauros Aug 2013 #74

les miserables... WCGreen Aug 2013 #77

What empathy. Oh, the humanity so many corporate giants show their underpaid and indepat Aug 2013 #79

what also bothers me is that a co-worker apparently informed on him. When I applied for a job KittyWampus Aug 2013 #85

Yes I have words for the rat and the boss -@$$)*&*%$ !! lunasun Aug 2013 #158

A Home Depot store throws away an amount that would stun. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #95

+100 lunasun Aug 2013 #157

Long time ago I was living in my car in a church parking lot. hunter Aug 2013 #96

Seems awful, but I understand the policy michigandem58 Aug 2013 #99

FFS. nt TBF Aug 2013 #105

They should have given him a raise instead. eShirl Aug 2013 #100

I used to like Starbucks. Oh well. There are other coffee shops. nt TBF Aug 2013 #106

I managed a restaurant for 25 years and I can see why this happened rl6214 Aug 2013 #112

Fair and sensible - if done right. But employees gotta follow the system, or too much shit happens. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #131

I agree with this Travis_0004 Aug 2013 #133

I find the rationalizations here fucking hilarious. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #114

Didn't someone write a book about how Starbucks saved his life. Melynn Aug 2013 #134

Not Much Probably - The Man Was Making 6 Figures otohara Aug 2013 #144

At least there was no prison time ! lunasun Aug 2013 #155