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A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.

60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 171 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Who puts cookies in the break room and expects you to pay for it.

It's cookies.

They're cheap.

Treat your workers.

Treat your colleagues.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 33 minutes ago

If it ain't in a vending machine, it should be free.

I have definitely seen vending machines at various office over the years.

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 hours ago

Gotta milk every last cent out of us. Honestly the absurdity and cruelty only make the revolution come that much faster and if they are cruel enough we won't even have any moral hangups about it (for those that would).

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 61 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Lolz. Public corporations don't care about your well being. If there is an ROI on any action, it's worth taking and if that means no cookies because it ensure the shareholders get a fraction of a percent return, then no cookies for you.

I'm working hard to leave my current corpo. They're down to the "bring the dry pen back to get a new one" stage of bean counting. That's a sinking ship to disembark from ASAP.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago

Last two companies I worked for treat their workers to a lot of goodies, like food, after work parties, stuff like that. Not everyone is that stingy. But of course, they only care in order to make workers happy to make more money for the company.

In the end, it's all about the moolah.