An employee of the UK grocery chain Sainsbury’s, who had worked there for nearly 20 years, was fired after he didn’t pay for plastic grocery bags at self-checkout, the BBC reported.
The employee reportedly purchased £30 ($37) of food, pillows, and bedding from the store after working the night shift.
When he went to pay at the self-checkout, he clicked “zero bags used” despite having used multiple bags. His employer saw the footage on CCTV and took this as grounds for his dismissal.
Okay, but if we’re being honest with ourselves this isn’t because they didn’t pay for the bags; the employer was seeking a reason to fire the employee. Probably wanted to replace them with someone who doesn’t get 20+ years of benefits or some kid who they can abuse into a tougher work schedule the fired employee wouldn’t have been able to accommodate/accept.
Retail worker here and I will get far more cursed than that. Forget to charge the customer $0.25 for their paper bag = fired for theft.
Mark my fuckin words before the decade is out we will have a headline along that line.
Store worker of 20 years was fired for not paying for grocery bags at the self-checkout
An employee of the UK grocery chain Sainsbury’s, who had worked there for nearly 20 years, was fired after he didn’t pay for plastic grocery bags at self-checkout, the BBC reported.
The employee reportedly purchased £30 ($37) of food, pillows, and bedding from the store after working the night shift.
When he went to pay at the self-checkout, he clicked “zero bags used” despite having used multiple bags. His employer saw the footage on CCTV and took this as grounds for his dismissal.
Well fuck.
It’s pretty bad when “think of the worst thing possible” and it’s already happening or worse than anyone can imagine. Hang on let me google it and …
Okay, but if we’re being honest with ourselves this isn’t because they didn’t pay for the bags; the employer was seeking a reason to fire the employee. Probably wanted to replace them with someone who doesn’t get 20+ years of benefits or some kid who they can abuse into a tougher work schedule the fired employee wouldn’t have been able to accommodate/accept.