Get caught stealing chips - Win €8000 !!!

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I'm a scum bag so , I worked in the deli in dunnes and eat food , hell one night we got a frozen pizza from freezers on shop floor and cooked it in cuisine de France ovens, I got a lad on floor to get me a can of coke as well .

I went in back many times to catch deli manager tucking into chicken nuggets and wedges . It was rife at that time .

The textiles store manager was caught leaving one day with a load of stuff he said was going to a charity auction . O that was ok then .

If you worked in currys would stealing earphones be ok?

Many years ago I used to work for a large retail chain similar to Dunnes Stores.

When we did our induction, we were told that if we took anything, there was a zero tolerance policy towards theft and that you would be subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. They really stressed this point. We were even told that if we take something out of the rubbish bin, we could be dismissed.

A few weeks later, a guy grabbed a handful of grapes as he was walking past a pallet of them, stuffed them in his mouth, got caught and wound up getting sacked because of it.

The company followed all the correct procedures and did things the way they were supposed to.

No sympathy for him to be honest. Some people thought that it was a bit harsh to be sacked for a few grapes but the point was made very clear to us all - steal and you will be in trouble. We were all warned.

Staff weren't too inclined to graze after that.

There must have been widespread pilfering going on in Dunnes for them to sack 9 people.

The way they should have done it was to warn all staff that snacking isn't allowed and that anybody caught snacking would be dismissed. Then, be true to their word and dismiss the first person that they caught nibbling the products. That would bring the other eight people into line.

Dunnes deserve special mention for being stupid enough not to follow the correct procedures for dismissing staff or for not knowing the law regarding cameras. Every idiot and their brother knows that there are well laid out ways of doing this type of thing.

FTA69 wrote: »

You were lucky because hotels are known for being one of the most exploitative work environments in the country.

We always got well fed when working in hotels. All staff got free soup and sandwiches. There were certain dinners available to staff too. We didn't get a huge choice, but we got a free dinner all the same.

Lapin wrote: »

How much 'a few chips' goujons and whatever other food that the thief admitted to stealing?

Say it ammounted to €4 a day.

That's €20 a week.

€1000 a year.

Or €4000 over the four years she was employed there.

If the other eight employees dismissed for the same thing over the same period that is a potential €36,000 lost in one branch alone.

But that's ok because it's just 'a few chips'.

But that's exactly the point. You have calculated the end result but for the deli worker it is literally only 'a few chips'. They don't realise when you multiply across the board that few chips turns into thousands!

Getting called a scumbag for that is ridiculous in my opinion.

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

Getting called a scumbag for that is ridiculous in my opinion.

A thief is a thief

Scumbag applies across the board

Hands up, all those who support Dunnes, who have never srolen at least a biro from work? Go on? It's anonymous, I assure you - no names...? No?

Didn't think so...

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

And theft is breaking the law. What about people who go on forums/messageboards at work? They are 'time thieves' and also cost businesses thousands.

It is clear, by you and other posters black and white attitude toward this, that they should also be labelled scumbags? Or will the 'time thieves' not get called scumbags since they have an office job and the deli counter is a working class pig

I wonder.

She's a thief plain and simple she was caught red handed ,

In my book its black and white ,

Where people get the idea theres this grey area where its acceptable and as pointed out she knew from day one in the job,

She's a scum bag who played the system and gets to celebrate

This girl must be brainless to take this case, she will never ever get another job and all for the mighty sum of 8k. Nobody would have known about her crimes if she had just left it, like the other employees seemingly have.

Rocket19 wrote: »

Lol at people dramatically calling her "the thief".
Seriously, people surely must live very sheltered lives if the girl manning the deli counter taking a few chips and goujons is being described as a "scumbag"!

I work in a restaurant, and I find this funny because my manager (the owner) is always trying to feed me! Constantly trying to get me to take food home with me, and try stuff in the kitchen. The chefs are the same, always pushing food lol.

I thought most food places would be like this? I know in my case, I work in a restaurant, so maybe there's a different vibe, but most of my friends who work part-time in cafés, etc, are the same. There is no problem with them taking food while they are working or over their break.

Verrrry mean spirited people :P

Any restaurant, pizzeria, chip-van, pub, beer garden or anywhere else with food I have worked at over the years you basically helped yourself to all the food you can eat. On a J-1, none of the lads I lived with would eat all day because they knew I'd be arriving home with four or five entire pizzas that would have been thrown out otherwise.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Hands up, all those who support Dunnes, who have never srolen at least a biro from work? Go on? It's anonymous, I assure you - no names...? No?

Didn't think so...

Can you not be both someone who steals from work and support Dunnes.

I speed in my car, if I'm caught I'll hold my hands up to punishment without complaint.