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In reply to the discussion: Starbucks Fires Employee on Food Stamps for Eating a Sandwich from the Garbage [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)person and ask them to ask next time. If not you'd have to do what you feel is necessary....too many managers/supervisors take their responsibilities overboard. I had one on the shift after me with more grievances than the pages in the old and new testament. Just talk to employees, they are human just like you. Extenuating circumstances are usually at work. In 18 years, I fired one person. Just would not try to do better. Bent over backwards, just didn't care. Found out later the individual was going through bad marriage and finally divorce. Too proud to talk about it but definitely made the individual a danger to all and their self. One of the worst days of my working career. Even the union stood down. Don't get me wrong they filed the proper paperwork to save this individual, but nothing could be done after so many chances. But many others straightened out after some heart to hearts. And some of the life situations some of these people were going through made me very sad. Human was my way, not robot.