Why are employees expected to pay for cookies in the break room?
Oh right, capitalism. Human decency be damned.
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2026
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Under socialism, employers must supply free cookies in breakrooms.
Thats some fantastic labor law right there
You don't just fire a $200k worker over a $2 cookie without looking for a reason to fire them.
60-year-old
That's why. I guess Ford won't have to pay him some retirement package.
There are 35-year-olds that have worked for Ford longer.
100% this is 'we want to fire this guy because he made somebody one or two or three levels above him on the totem pole look really foolish'.
Its the same bullshit as 'oh you don't get your security deposit back because ... we decided you scratched something, somewhere'.
Or as someone else here said, he was getting too close to retirement or some other kind of seniority/longevity-based benefit that the company didn't want to pay out.
Yeah. If your company is looking that closely into your behavior, they are looking for an excuse instead of a reason.
The manufacturer later offered him his job back and agreed to provide back pay for the time he’d spent out of work, but he chose to take a new job elsewhere.
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.
If it ain't in a vending machine, it should be free.
I have definitely seen vending machines at various office over the years.
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).
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.
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.
Should sue for defamation and damages
Wrongful termination for sure, idk about defamation. I think it'd be hard to argue being accused of stealing a cookie actually hurt your reputation in any meaningful way.
I think Kromm should give them a first hand lesson in the riddle of steel... 
Howez man if you're going to use an Arnie meme in this context then use this:
For modern cars, it's the riddle of aluminum
Should buy a Komatsu D355A and a mig welder.
Law suit territory. Time for a comfortable retirement.
Seems like a slam dunk case. What a joke of a company. Hope they fire everyone who thought it was smart to fire this guy. Huge waste
Union didn’t help him at all
Uhhh.... It didn't help him as much as it should have, but my understanding from watching a video about this yesterday is that he already got paid back for the time after he was fired because of the union. So, it did help him some.
UAW is an awful organization that's basically a "good old boy"'s club. Most reps are just a revolving door of former execs from the Big 3 anyway who work with their buddies to keep workers at bay.
Getting off topic but I'm all for increasing Union membership in this country, but think we also need to discuss the rot that's in the ones that do exist.
Reading the best democracy money can Buy was a really good read
But the executives can get away with making decisions that kill innocent people to save a few bucks.
But the executives can get away with stealing an employee's pension that he actually earned.
They get away with both, and plenty more
Ford is really kicking ass lately. In a bad way
The mental image i got is that they are kicking their own ass using a broken leg. Pretty accurate if you ask me - it hurts doubly every time you do it.
What are they on the honor system in their break room?