Employee fired for giving a toddler a 17 cent pastry at Donut Shop

she was not in the wrong, they were, and she didn't get fired once the head office found out, that was a wrong dismissal, yes they could have made her pay for it and given her a warning but not fire her for 17 cents.

your right the shop was very miserable.

good point, but facing them and winning makes her a hero in my books.

yes but just telling them to shove the job, means they win, she was the smart one she fought it and she won.

me too, I would not want to see those creeps either.

she won her case they can't fire her for that, she will just work at another tim hortons

yes she should have put the money in the till but for .17 cents I guess she felt there was not reason too, and it was just a good will gester, the money was a paying customer. They wanted to fire her and were looking for a reason, I am glad that she fought back and won.

I agree there are always jobs available, but the problem the only place you could live is the streets on minimum wage in Southern California. This area has a serious problem with a lack of affordable housing. Many business have left to set up their business in a business friendly city where crime is lower and people can survive on less income.

Yes rent is definitely a problem. I don't know if the government understands this. If gas is $6 a gallon, there is no public health care and rent is more than people can make in 3 weeks there will be a revolution. It is only a matter of time. Rent should be controlled. If our government can find money to kill people then we should have free health care. If our government can find money to give to people who do not want to work then we should have free health care. I own a landscaping company. I do more work as well as work harder than any of the employees. However on the days that we mow lawns, I make about the same amount per hour as my employees. The only reason why I mow is because most of them are older and their children do not care enough to take care of their parent's lawn. So they need someone dependable. I usually plant annual flowers for them too. Some offer to pay for them. I always tell them they don't have to pay me for them because they didn't ask me to do it. If they want to give something then whatever will do. Some pay others don't or can not. However they are all very grateful. I look at it like there is an open area where I can plant something cool to look at. I am familiar with more plants than most people so I can give them something truly unique that they can enjoy. Sometimes I will plant some from my own personal collection as a loaner. I'll plant them into the ground while leaving them in the pots. That I way I don't have to take care of them during the summer and all I have to do is pop the potted plant out of the ground and store it for winter. Now if could get an employee worth paying $15 an hour and the business would be set.

I agree, she complained to the head office like I did with my problem, she didn't have to pay for that.

I agree, Galena. And if you can not trust an employee why keep them on? If she felt compelled to give the child a treat she should have paid for the item, if it was against the rule.

Exactly.

This is true.....It is a sad story but you cant give away your employers items.

me too, I am happy she got them back but good.

you are absolutely right but remember when head office found out about it, they put a stop to what was happening at the particular store.

just being nice, as the last commenter says, dunkin donuts does that all the time where she lives.

So, they are just being petty and picking on the empolyees that go the extra mile to make the customer happy.

there are laws for that in canada, and thank god for that, it was wrong to give stock away but to be fired for 17 cents is also wrong, and not acceptable by law. She could have had to repay that money and given a warning but not a dismissal, galena have you ever heard of the end justifies the means, think about it.

how could it be unfair dismissal. she took shop stock, and didn't pay for it. if she had put the money in the till then it would not have been theft, and it would not have been a sackable offence. just because you work in a shop it does not mean that the stock is yours to do with as you will. your job is to look after and sell someone elses property. if you give it away without paying for it, then it's theft. she would have no grounds for unfair dismissal.

really galena it was a tidbit,so if you call that company stock so be it,i call it called a bit of dough.i think it makes good customer service and if the employer fires her over 17 cents,well they just prove that they are not worth working for.if i had someone who was good at her job and promoted the store with offering them a tidbit worth 17cents,i would call it a good business move,and if some-one got petty over calling a bit of dough company stock,i think they would be laughed out of a unfair dismissal court ,and if anyone thinks a bit of dough given to a child is theft,then they are simply pathetic in my eyes.so in your eyes i would be a thief because i gave a patient a bandaid that belonged to the hospital.i think a few of us we would be up on charges in your eyes,i call it a kind heart ,you call theft.

it wasn't the company it was the franchise, these are chains, the company forced the franchise to take her back, but she opted to go to a different franchise.

then I am glad that they got that bad publicity after what you have just told me.

I totally agree with you.

with all those kids, and being a single mother, and the state of economy in her town, it could be the only thing available to her.