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Ford employee fired after 11 years for stealing cookie he’d actually paid for (www.dexerto.com)

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A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.

60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.

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[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Would such a suit make sense, given they reversed course after he has proven he did pay?

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 17 hours ago

they wanted to avoid paying out all the benefits come with working that long. plus retirements.

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Yes because they "poisoned the well". He's got them by the nut sack.

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