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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 100 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Wait for the next step: the franchise fires the employee because of several 1 star reviews and death threats

[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure it's already corporate policy to not question people abour fake bills or do anything to stop shoplifters (because insured and liability). Wouldn't be surprised if a new corporate policy crops up if something like that does happen

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Can confirm.. store manager.

I joke that our policy for shoplifters is to offer them a bag.

In reality it's to offer them a cart as a non accusatory way of saying "I see you"

As for bills I had my boss suggest I take them to the bank. I had to clarify "and I tell them I believe there is a counterfeit in there... Right ... Otherwise it's dangerously close to trying to pass a counterfeit myself... A felony...."

He paused and answered "sure if that makes you more comfortable"

To be clear I understand and agree with a lot of it. Why should I ask my workers to risk their life over some toothpaste? Why should I ask them to risk their life confronting a counterfeiter who is already done commiting felonies.

I also understand it doesn't help the company. One dead worker will cost the company more than all the product a person could steal. Even with insurance the cost of training even a cashier is nearly $1000. It goes up from there.

It is still frustrating and my employees often take a lot of training to convince them not to care if someone is stealing.

And customers also get frustrated when they tell me someone is stealing and I give them an answer like "that's unfortunate " and go back to work.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

and I give them an answer like "that’s unfortunate "

You might want to also let them know that "we're insured for this" and that "nobody is going to lose their job over this, so let's not lose our heads, either."

Also, it'll go a long way to acknowledge how unfair it is that an employee doing the same thing is completely different.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I've been told flat out the cameras are to watch employees

[–] echodot 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've never worked at McDonald's but I know for a fact that pizza hut had a policy of not pursuing thieves, we were explicitly told not to do it.

At one point somebody did walk out without paying and the manager yelled at everyone, because literally none of us noticed. But he couldn't really do anything to us about it because corporate policy was that we weren't supposed to do anything, even though obviously he wanted us to have done something.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Off topic but I was a manager of a pizza hut for a while. Drove my district manager nuts with technicalities.

"How many pepperonis go on a large one topping?"

"I look at the chart"

"As a store manager you should have it memorized!"

"As a store manager I have the training manual memorized. It says to look at the chart each and every time you make a pie. It specifically discourages memorizing the portion control. look at the chart every time."

The answer he wanted was 56 back then btw. 56 pepperoni on a large one topping. I still remember that. The correct answer was "look at the chart" so that was the only answer I gave him.

Another funny story, it was my first food service job. He yelled at me for using the sanitizing cloth from the pizza area on the wing area. Cross contamination, I know that now.

I told him I didn't know about cross contamination and that it was my first job in food service.

He yelled "I trained you myself"

I replied "yeah ... I wasn't going to mention that but you did train me yourself... Yet here I am not knowing anything about the concept of cross contamination... Maybe more time should be devoted to that in the future"

He did not like me lol

Edit: I had been a retail manager for a few years and got hired on as a store manager for pizza hut. I was vocal that I had zero experience with food. I don't even cook for myself. I microwave or order food. I know it sounds silly now that I didn't know anything about cross contamination. I didn't know, he hired me, he didn't explain it during training. Call me stupid for not knowing, that's fine. Hes responsible for making sure I knew, he was my trainer. That's his fault. I'm still a manger (retail again) and it is very much my job to train my crew properly and never assume something is "common sense". If it's important you go over it in training.... But I guess I never trained any of my cashiers to not throw poop at customers I just assume that's common sense... So I guess there's that flaw in my theory lol

[–] echodot 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh I wouldn't worry about it I grew up extremely privileged and when my parents insisted I actually got a job I really didn't understand the concept of being paid. I didn't quite understand why anybody cared about that because the money was so insignificant, why would anybody care about it?

I was a really stupid kid. At one point I worked at a petrol station (gas station) for free because I didn't really understand what jobs were for.

I was a really really stupid kid.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I totally get that. After pizza hut I worked for 4 months at a dominos franchise with my friend Kayla. The franchise owner would bring his son around sometimes. He was probably around 17-18. To be clear they were rich. Franchise owner of a dominos doesn't sound like much but he owned like 10 including the one we worked at on international drive in Orlando Florida. It's like the Vegas strip of Florida.

Anyway his son loved hanging out with Kayla and I because we didn't give one single shit that he was the owners son. He thought it was wild that i would be a total smartass to his dad...Also Kayla was pretty hot. I'm asexual so we were only just friends but the boy clearly had a crush

Anyway some conversations I remember that shocked his son

His dad: I need the key to the cash drawer Me: it's my drawer, only mine. I can ring the customer up. Dad: I'm not going to steal from my own business- Me: you're divorced right? so you understand that mistakes happen even with the best intentions? No. You can't have my key

Manager meeting at ale house.

Other managers order

Me: I'll have a double scotch in water and (burger order)

Owners son: can we drink at this meeting?

Me: I can because I'm over 21 lol

Owner: no one can drink. It's an employee meeting. Waiter cancel the scotch.

Me: I'm sorry Is this a paid meeting?

Owner: no it's team building

Me: but you're paying for all of our orders at least?

Owner: no, you aren't required to order food if you don't want to. It's just an option that you can choose.

Me: cool. Since it's my time and my money I choose to order a double scotch with water.

Kayla: I'll take a margarita with my order.

Sorry I don't have any real point I'm making. Just reminiscing. And yes scotch in water is a real drink. It's not a common drink but it's been around as long as scotch has. It brings out the more subtle flavors of the scotch.

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 50 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Is it just me that doesn't believe the McDonald's employee thing? I think they used a Pegasus or Stingray type privacy violating device/exploit and just said it was a restaurant employee.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or they pretended to be a customer and said to the employee, "Gee, that guy really looks a lot like the killer, doesn't he, ha ha wouldn't that be funny, anyway give me a big mac and fries. He does look like him though."

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[–] lilsolar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

100% the whole story is too convenien lul.

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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 75 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Anyone have a citation about the rat not getting the money? People keep saying that, but I haven't seen a single article posted about it.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 59 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 62 points 6 days ago (1 children)

this doesn't really add to the discussion, but i just wanted to say thanks for sharing a source. I feel like i don't see it enough, so i appreciate you taking the time to share it

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I don't feel like you need to ~~apologize for~~ excuse saying a heartfelt thank you with a text comment, just because it doesn't add to the discussion. We need more of this kindness in the world. ❤️

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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

both the arrest and conviction of the suspect

Makes perfect sense, but that's just a matter of time.

might not be eligible for [the NYPD] part of the reward.

OK, so maybe they won't be getting 10k of the 60k. They would still get 50k if he's convicted. So many people are definitively saying that they're getting none of the money, and that makes no sense.

[–] chillinit@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 6 days ago

The tip didn't contribute to conviction, only the arrest. The words "both" and "and" rather than "consequent" are explicit.

The rat won't be paid.

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[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-reward-money-tips-c17b08531049edb381b954e6b876cfda

"McDonald’s employee who called 911 in CEO’s shooting is eligible for a reward, but it will take time"

Yeah its good to be skeptical of something like this that everyone wants to be true.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I don't have a citation. But I do believe that you'd normally have to wait for a conviction before getting the reward. Otherwise it could be the wrong guy.

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[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

There isn't actually any citation for this, there is however a bunch of articles written pointing to the red tape around reward money and saying "maybe" he wont be paid. But so far I havnt seen anything that shows this as more than conjecture

Also this snitch not being paid would be the dumbest fucking move imaginable if their goal is to have murdering Capitalists not be the new trend.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 18 points 6 days ago

Do a favor for the cops, they give you nothing and often end up revealing who you are, sometimes by accident.

Do a favor for the mafia and they do one for you

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

.wav

Well aren't we the audiophile...

[–] uis@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Audiodegradant. Lossless compression exists for decades.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Degradant?

Lossless compression exists for decades.

I know 😄 Just making a joke.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Police: Here's 10, thousand dollars! Thanks for the tip!

The fed: oh I see you made some extra money, Here's your entire one thousand dollars after tax!

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

How much money does a McDonald's employee in the US make to be in the 90% tax bracket? I'm jealous.

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[–] Ithorian@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I hope someone put the dude face on the internet so everyone knows where to spit when they pass by him

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wasn't a dude, some old lady, she's been chased off social media and threatened.

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