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    Lidl-Mitarbeiter wurde entlassen, weil er eine 17-Pence-Wasserflasche getrunken hatte, die er nicht gekauft hatte, weil er sich „dehydriert“ fühlte


    Lidl-Mitarbeiter wurde entlassen, weil er eine 17-Pence-Wasserflasche getrunken hatte, die er nicht gekauft hatte, weil er sich „dehydriert“ fühlte

    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/lidl-employee-fired-drinking-17p-33425161

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    2. RecedingQuickly on

      What kind of jobsworth manager do they have working there, after 10 years of employment at least have a quiet word with the guy first.

    3. Plastic-Suggestion95 on

      Huge mistake. If he would just walk into any shop and do his weekly shopping then walk out without paying that would be acceptable

    4. kittyhawk94 on

      This is such a negligible value that I have to wonder whether management wanted the employee gone for other reasons but seized the opportunity for a simple termination.

    6. Background-Factor817 on

      Bit clickbaity:

      – A customer discarded a multipack bottle that wasn’t paid for because it was missing a label.

      – Employee drank this bottle rather than his own sat at the till because he’d made his own bottle (with squash) too strong and couldn’t drink it.

      – Kept changing his story on whether he paid for it (said he couldn’t remember) or had it written off.

      – Employee admitted he was in the wrong and isn’t sure why he didn’t get the free tap water instead.

    7. AnotherGreenWorld1 on

      Sounds to me like they might’ve been the person who would eat a pack of chocolate muffins because they felt hungry.

      At the end of the day if you’re working with stock then you’re trusted to handle it accordingly. You can’t just help yourself. I suppose if you’re really thirsty then go and see your line manager. There should be some facilities provided for staff.

      I highly doubt someone would’ve got sacked for solely stealing a 17p bottle of water. This employee will have been a doylem.

    8. Special-Nebula299 on

      At lidl nearly everyone takes the odd thing here and there. They have a policy not to eat written off waste but everyone did.

      I think most of us just kept it to small things. Most common one is bakery or energy drinks.

      It is a sackable offense but everyone does it so they think its fine. I guess it just takes one boss to not want you around and they can just use that as a reason to get rid of you

    9. GodDamnShadowban on

      When the lowest paid person in the building take a 17p bottle of water its a „gross misconduct“.

      When a manger fiddles expenses or sexually harass their underlings its an „honest mistake“ and „lessons are learned“.

      When a manager manually goes through clocking in/out data of people who stayed over or arrive early to „fix“ it, they get a Christmas bonus.

      If you’re poor and you take from the rich, fuck you. If you’re rich and take from the poor, you’re a upper management material.

    10. Embarrassed_Note9793 on

      Disgusting. Unrelated story but I usually use Lidl, last night needed a roll of tinfoil. Went to Lidl and the only roll on offer was like 25p shy of £4. I thought I ain’t paying that. Went into a Tesco express of all places and found a roll for £1.75. I always assumed Lidl was a lot cheaper than competitors but honestly the prices have gone up a lot for a lot of stuff. After reading what I just read I’m going to shop around and see if I should start doing my shopping elsewhere. I can’t justify shopping in some dystopian company that’s treating their workers like this. Nice one Lidl now I hate you, you clearly don’t “value is more” your employees. 

    11. Vast_Description_201 on

      This feels like the straw that broke the camels back. We’ve all had employees that take the piss and these people don’t generate goodwill. 

      So when it comes to the minor offence if you have that goodwill, then the management turn a blind eye. If you don’t the management throw the book at you.

    12. Familiar-Woodpecker5 on

      Sacked over a 17p bottle of water, I’ve seen people keep their jobs for hell of a lot worse. Crazy.

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