Wow. Remind me again why I don't eat at Subway. That is totally asinine. Those drinks cost them maybe 32¢, plus the cup, which she was allowed to use anyway since she was working. To get the police involved is ludicrous.

Sounds like Karma to me.

Most places won't let you give your friends free stuff cause it can be abused too easily. However, a reasonable business would warn her and make her pay for free drinks, rather than fire her and have to train a new worker (which costs them WAY more than two sodas do), and they sure as hell wouldn't get the police involved.

Man, that must be one manager who hates life.

I blame Jared Fogel, that ugly sumbiatch.

Kyosuke: "Sounds like Karma to me."

Sounds more like a devious plan masterminded and executed by idiots. Even if she didn't deserve to be fired, would anyone honestly want to work there after crap like that?

32 cents? Not hardly. The most expensive part of a soft drink is the cup, which is generally on the order of 5 cents or so. The actual liquid costs next to nothing. When you have a contract with a single supplier (as all food joints do) and buy large quantities of syrup it is damn cheap, and it requires but a few drops per cup of soda.

There's a reason why places offer free refills: You can't drink enough to cut in to the profits of it. Soda is where the money is made in the food biz.

How long in PMITA jail for theft under 60 cents?

I wish there was a Court of Common Sense which could try cases like this.

/and in this case, impose death penalty on the manager.

Wow. She should sue the crap out of them for wrongful termination.

Worker had Asperger's. A cynic might wonder whether this incident is merely being an excuse to be rid of her without, say, risking ADA-based action.

Now here's a stupid question. TFA says she was consoling her friend, but does not say what she's consoling her for.

Oh, and for the people who think "at-will" means "can be fired for no reason," you're very, very wrong. Even with at-will employment, you must give written warnings and document everything.

Hey... I've ordered water... got a refill of hi-c. Works everytime!

/I know. I'm a bastard.

I quit eating subway years ago, when Quizno's came to town.

Koroyyov, I was thinking the same thing

With a clean employment record, it would take a little more than something like this to want to fire an employee. They must have not liked her

Until they fix this, no more Subway for me.

I actually like their food; you can get anything put into salad form. Granted they use iceberg lettuce, but it's still better than white bread.

I'm sure she feels really bad at the moment, so she can come see me during my lunch break at Wendy's so I can console her. Just bring your own soda, I ain't offering you crap to get a soft drink criminal charge thrown at me.

So, whilst at work she is off gasbagging with a friend and handing out free shiat.

I would be all for what they did, except the businesses profit from hiring teenagers for a pittance, yet, somehow magically expect them to not be obnoxious teenagers.

You dont get it both ways.

I call my first Shennanigans ever!

The employee was autistic, hence she couldn't be consoling her friend since autistic people find it most difficult to sense others' states and sympathize.

/Shurlok Homs strikes again. And he hates Subway now too.

Her manager will die of cancer, probably, so... she has that going for her.

outragious, absolutely outragious

Weak.

I used to give free drinks to people who came into the restaurant I used to work at all the time. If all they wanted was a coke- I was happy to provide.

/very glad I quit, but I miss the free drinks

This exact same situation, minus the cops, happened to a girl I worked with at a movie theatre.

It's an easy to abuse policy and definitely within the employer's rights to fire over. However, the cops? Not so much.

I had a friend who was shift manager at a Subway back in college. We had to have stolen about a grand worth of crap from there. Free sodas were the most common, but also free chips, free extra meat (we'd actually take craploads of ham and turkey and cheese back to the dorms rather than go shopping), etc. He'd also ring up a footlong sub as a small round cheese ($8 sub for $1.09) for me all the time. Hell, sometimes he'd do that for customers and pocket the difference. He never once got caught. He even taught the store manager the trick. This is pretty nuts, and there's got to be more to this story than just a couple of stolen sodas.

Wow. Remind me again why I don't eat at Subway.

Because it tastes horrible?

I can't eat Subway or Blimpie any more. Jersey Mike's, now there's a sub. Quiznos, Firehouse, Philly and the regional sub shops have their moments but Jersey is on a whole other level.

Wow. This is just bizarre. Especially considering the shiat that went down at the Subway stores my friends work at.

My buddy Geoff has the dubious honour of being the reason why they finally installed security cameras. Did the double meat-double bacon-double cheese (plus charge it as a vegetarian) routine a few too many times. Amusingly - at the time, at least, I don't know if it's still the case - the only food item that Subway franchisees actively keep stock records on is bread. Which is why the scheme (along with the distribution of ridiculous numbers of Subway stamps) worked so brilliantly.

More creeping fascism. No one sees these events as linked...

Charges are valid but entirely overkill. As a result they'll be dropped.
The firing will stand. A lawsuit will occur, but she'll lose. And tomorrow we'll have some sort of other mundane drama that's the most important thing that ever happened to the people.

About 20 or 25 years ago some lady was arrested at a Burger King for using the restroom without buying food. Seems she needed to go the bathroom urgently before ordering her meal. Busted by some douchebag.

Thinking he was speaking off the record, a BK spokesman said, "We made a GD stupid mistake and we're sorry."

Did the Subway store owner come out with any apology afterward? Probably too late now since there's a lawyer involved.

Subway is garbage anyways, almost all of the other brand name subs are much better.

Employers are using the police like schools use the principal's office.

ignite ice

Oh, and for the people who think "at-will" means "can be fired for no reason," you're very, very wrong. Even with at-will employment, you must give written warnings and document everything.

Uh, yer wrong.

ignite ice: Even with at-will employment, you must give written warnings and document everything.

Actually, the only reason for documentation etc in an at-will state is to avoid having to pay higher unemployment rates. A person terminated for cause doesn't qualify for unemployment. A person terminated "at-will" does. I have dealt with both situations. The at-will was just a matter of convenience for the employee and the company both.

Jersey Mike's owns all.

I was nuts for Quizno's when I first had it years ago, but they've gone way downhill. They seem to think they can make up for cheaper ingredients with an ass-ton of spices, which sucks and is why they smell like freakin' Indian restaurants.

IAmRight

Realized, but my statement stands.

You guys realize that franchises can control their outlets?

Anyone else notice what country this happened in?

Tell you what - the minute you fire me from a job, I suddenly lose all interest in working there.

There is a big gulp of difference between free and complementary.

Oh, and Subway can go fark themselves. Any sammich shop that tries to put pastrami on white bread needs dragged into the street and beaten.

A similar thing happened to me when I worked at the snack bar of a major discount retailer (the one that starts with K, not Wal).

I grabbed a cup of ice and was eating it and the security cameras caught me. I got a written warning and a private meeting with two managers who told me that they considered my eating ice theft. Strangely, they didn't say a thing when I showed up to work at 7am on New Years Day still drunk from being out until 4.

From then on, whenever anyone asked what I recommended, I suggested they go next door to Wendy's. I only lasted a few more weeks at that job, as I recall. Surprisingly, it was I who ended the professional relationship.

That job sucked so hard, I still have a hickey from it. That said, I did get to bang one of the cashiers that worked there, so it wasn't a complete waste of time, I suppose.

Cheers!

Theft is Theft no matter how small it is. if the company says you can't share you can't share. Geez folks they own the company and it is their rules you agree to abide by when you are hired.

Now I agree if it was a sip who cares and maybe it was the opening they needed to fire a lousy employee.


Oh, and for the people who think "at-will" means "can be fired for no reason," you're very, very wrong. Even with at-will employment, you must give written warnings and document everything.

You are never required to give warnings for theft.