'I got fired over a $5 hamburger': Worker gets fired from gas station for eating an expired $5 burger during shift

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    Font - Posted by u/Either-Post-1197 14 hours ago I got fired over a $5 hamburger So this is my story from working at a s gas station. 2
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    Font - I worked for this company since August of last year and i got fired last month. I didn't have problems with the manager but she did promise the shift that I was started to work with which was 2pm-10pm but one of
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    Font - my coworkers who was old and she had a lot of medical problems so she quit on us immediately. So without any training I was put on the overnight shift which was from 10pm-6:30am. I took so many peoples shift and worked my a off in the
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    Font - that job but nothing was never good for that job, because without any training they was yelling at me for something that wasn't getting done overnight. But this was recently. I'm autistic and I have a stimming problem when I
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    Font - pull out my hair due to stress or when I get overwhelmed and my manager said that I need to stop or she was going to fire me. But I'm getting off topic, so when there is expired food in the coolers we have to write them off and throw them
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    Font - away. I'm a person that doesn't want to waste food so I ask if I can take them home, and they allow me. So I checked the cooler to see if any food was expired and there was one sandwich that was expired. I took it
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    Font - and started to eat it and thought that I can write it off later, but I didn't which was on me, but mind you that this was after working 5 days in a row because my coworker was going to be out due to a surgery.
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    Font - After my hours went back to working overnight for two days in a week for a break and one day that I was working from 2-10 I was told to go talk to the manager because she had to tell me something, and that's when she told me that I was fired
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    Font - for the reason above. I was trying to explain that it was expired but she didn't want to hear it and they sent me home. Now Karma is striking that company because they can't get anyone to work for that
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    Font - 2-10 shift that I was going to be taking soon :) I'm sorry if this sounded like a rant but I am still peeved over this. I have plenty of stories of this company if y'all want more just let me know
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    Font - grieve2believe. 11 hr. ago I had one of my best employees I ever had get fired because someone in upper management got mad at him for paying for a burger after eating it. The burger was $1.
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    Font - RosariaRain 14 hr. ago • I worked at a gas station and we used to save the expired food and give it to the homeless that would come in. We had to do it secretly, ofc, or we would get fired, but they appreciated it. 4121 121 Reply Share
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    Font - DazzlingPoppie. 13 hr. ago If it was expired, it was a zero dollar hamburger. 4 46 Reply Share
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    Font - limpingpigeon . 14 hr. ago You deserve better than that place. They fired a hardworking, reliable employee who was willing to pick up people's shifts even though they threw you into the deep end without adequate training, because of what
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    Font - amounted to a $5 paperwork error. And wouldn't even hear you out about it. They had a legal right to fire you, but that doesn't mean they're not a land bad managers. Now they're struggling to cover shifts and they deserve it.
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    Font - coolsellitcheap 13 hr. ago So maybe you find a different job that doesn't have dealing with public. Warehouse or factory job? ↑ 1 13 Reply Share
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    Font - No_Cartographer_2909 hr. ago You quite clearly got fired over being incompetent amongst other things. I don't think the sandwich had anything to do with it. Because if you were in any way shape or form good or useful they wouldn't have fired you. Reply Share 42 23
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    Font - dream_walker09. 12 hr. ago This is standard practice. I understand you don't want to "waste food" but you got fired because you were not following policy. Not because of a hamburger. 2 Reply Share

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