Has Disapline Gone Out Of The Window Even In The Work Place.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249901/McDonalds-waitress-sacked-sprinkling-extra-chocolate-pals-McFlurry-given-3k-court-settlement.html

On the face of it it may all seem trivial, and if it was a first offence a verbal warning would seem enough, but in the end this amounts to stealing from her employer.

But the fact that she refused to accept the sack amazes me, hasn't the employer any rights left?

Her mother seems to be a rather nice person though.

/// Her mother, accountant Tessa Finch, added: 'We've been instructed not to say anything and I have to stand by that.

'But we had them firmly by the knackers and they had to pay
up.' ///

[woofgang]

dunno but it seems like spelling has.......

[Bluestone]

Lol @ the mothers response. Nice.

I don't get the "she refused to accept the sack" bit. So if your employer tells you you've lost your job, you can say you don't agree and you won't be going anywhere...?

With regards to the actual "crime", no matter how you dress it up, it is theft. What next, extra fries?!

[emmie]

it is so trivial, why didn't she get a reprimand and have done with it.

[237SJ]

I`m glad she sued them. Sacking someone for chucking a few sprinkles on a mcflurry is severe. A reprimand should suffice.

[jackthehat]

It doesn't amount to stealing, at all........

As there is no 'standard' amount of sprinkles per item, as Sarah Finch explained, there will always be more on some than on others, the item she sold was one of those with 'more'.

Stupid over-reaction by McDs and her mother seems to have summed the situation up perfectly well.

[Mick-Talbot]

Has Disapline Gone Out Of The Window


Dunno but plenty of free KFC has gone out the window, thanks to a friends daughter ;0)

[Sqad]

\\\But we had them firmly by the knackers and they had to pay
up.' ///

I just have the feeling that there is more to the story than reported and if the daughter's turns of phrase was anything like her mother's then perhaps this compounded the minor deed.

2 mouthy women...?

[237SJ]

Two mouthy women and the Daily Mail. A lethal combination!

[shoota]

Aren't they all Sqad, aren't they all....?

[Sqad]

-;)

[emmie]

do you bloody mind x x ^

[shoota]

Q.E.D.....

[sue11]

I am willing to bet that there is more to this story than someone being sacked for just giving away too much topping.
Also it seems that the media is slanting the story as though the defendants were in the right because the franchisee company paid up.
This is probably not the case at all, if the employer was in the right but had no employment insurance to cover the legal bills, they were in a position where it was probably cheaper to pay off an employee rather than pay to defend it through the courts and win it but have to pay the large legal bill.
Not saying that this employee is one of them, but spurious claims by aggrieved ex employees is on the rise (in the hope of getting a pay off in this manner by their employer) which is why the government are attempting to bring in no fault dismissals.

[ludwig]

Ridiculous. A good outcome at the end of the day.

[LazyGun]

If the story is to be believed, McDonalds via this particular franchise were way off the mark in sacking this girl on the grounds of gross misconduct over what it such a trivial offence - an offence difficult to quantify, by their own admission.

I would imagine their is much more to this story than meets the eye - but given the circumstances as explained - good result for her...

[jno]

if this had ever got to court, the equation of "extra sprinkle" (where the correct amount isn't even defined) with "gross misconduct" would have made them a laughing stock. They clearly decided the reputational damage would amount to far more than £3000.

[boxtops]

I wonder if this was just the last straw in a succession of misdemeanours (pure speculation, of course) - I can't imagine giving anyone the sack for something so petty.

They both sound charming women :-(

[jno]

I don't see how, boxy, if they'd previously descibed her as exceptional. (Unless they meant exceptionally bad.)