Being as Thanksgiving is approaching fast, I paid ahead of time an put my name on a Frozen Turkey. Well, we sold out of frozens, and some ASSHAT decided to sell MY turkey. being as I had my receipt, I grabbed a fresh one around the same weight and walked out. Well today I was suspended pending termination, DESPITE MY turkey being sold, and me having a receipt. Well I REFUSED to sign anything and walked out. Now, when I go to The Union, how long will it take for them to tell me that the suspension is null and void and to go back to work? I already know that the suspension is bull**** and void in my opinion. But how long for the union to verify that it is all null and void?
You stole a turkey. I am now 50/50 for you getting your job back. You took a thawed turkey instead of a frozen turkey. I don't see what the difference is except technicality. Good luck with it.
There was a better way to deal with this than to take what you thought was yours.
You should have asked a store manager if you could take the turkey you took.
You could have gotten a refund and then gone to Walmart for a turkey.
I have seen an old timer come back after a month of suspension without backpay after stealing.
I had another coworker that got her job back after 6 months after being terminated for poor attendance.
I have another coworker that has been suspended pending termination for the last two weeks. That is still going thru the union.
-- Edited by Anonymouse1 on Thursday 13th of November 2014 04:43:37 PM
Fresh turkeys are ALWAYS a bit higher than frozen ones. Automatically assuming that the suspension is null and void is the wrong way to go about it. Point is you stole the difference. For example, if your frozen turkey that got sold (probably by accident) went for $10.00 and the fresh one sold for $12.00 then you stole $2.00 difference. What you should have done is ask management what can be done, they may have given you the turkey, gave you a refund, or just said pay the $2.00 difference. But now unfortunately it may be too late. Consider this lesson learned; ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ask BEFORE you decide to take it upon yourself to take something, EVEN if you are technically in the right. Kroger may not see it as what's fair is fair. You may or may not get your job back.
-- Edited by mega-kitteh on Thursday 13th of November 2014 06:39:41 PM
Fresh turkeys are ALWAYS a bit higher than frozen ones. Automatically assuming that the suspension is null and void is the wrong way to go about it. Point is you stole the difference. For example, if your frozen turkey that got sold (probably by accident) went for $10.00 and the fresh one sold for $12.00 then you stole $2.00 difference. What you should have done is ask management what can be done, they may have given you the turkey, gave you a refund, or just said pay the $2.00 difference. But now unfortunately it may be too late. Consider this lesson learned; ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS ask BEFORE you decide to take it upon yourself to take something, EVEN if you are technically in the right. Kroger may not see it as what's fair is fair. You may or may not get your job back.
-- Edited by mega-kitteh on Thursday 13th of November 2014 06:39:41 PM
Even if the fresh turkey was below the cost of the frozen one, it's still considered theft as he didn't pay for that particular item. All of this could have easily been averted by explaining the situation to management. That being said, he'll probably still get his job back.
being as I had my receipt, I grabbed a fresh one around the same weight and walked out.
around same weight =/= exact weight you paid for. Nevermind the fact that you paid for a different turkey in general.
That is theft. Doesn't matter if you paid for a patio furniture but walked out with a chocolate bar. And knowing how Kroger loves to bust their employees (unless employee and management are in cahoots with each other), I don't think you can get around a form of penalty for this.
Yeah, basically OP screwed him/herself over with this. What happened was theft. The only way OP is getting out of this (undeservedly) would be if mgmt decided to drop the whole thing, but if they went far enough to suspend pending, there's not much chance of that.
Oh and here, the difference is a $12 frozen turkey vs a $30-35 frozen turkey.
You should have played dumb.... but going through the union has to take into account are you a paying member and how long they want to drag their feet on the whole ordeal.
Just because you made their numbers off is not a reason to fire you.
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Clerk on clerk theft/violence is so rampant in my store. ****ing ridiculous how many times I've opened the break room fridge to find my drinks or lunchbox empty. So now I just leave it all in the car.
I use to "sabatoge" my "lunch." Meaning I'd pack 2 lunches. One my regular lunch, and the other I'd have smothered in hot sauce. When I heard an agonized groan, I'd know who took it. But I got busted for that on the grounds of "willful endangerment." Meaning I 'knew' that the hotsauce could do minor damage. The other person got fired for theft.
In other words OP, hope the turkey was worth the job. Not to be mean, but being as Kroger is deadly serious about disciplinary action towards theft, all I can say is good luck
I use to "sabatoge" my "lunch." Meaning I'd pack 2 lunches. One my regular lunch, and the other I'd have smothered in hot sauce. When I heard an agonized groan, I'd know who took it. But I got busted for that on the grounds of "willful endangerment." Meaning I 'knew' that the hotsauce could do minor damage. The other person got fired for theft.
In other words OP, hope the turkey was worth the job. Not to be mean, but being as Kroger is deadly serious about disciplinary action towards theft, all I can say is good luck
Willful endangerment? Hell Kroger SELLS hot sauce.
I use to "sabatoge" my "lunch." Meaning I'd pack 2 lunches. One my regular lunch, and the other I'd have smothered in hot sauce. When I heard an agonized groan, I'd know who took it. But I got busted for that on the grounds of "willful endangerment." Meaning I 'knew' that the hotsauce could do minor damage. The other person got fired for theft.
In other words OP, hope the turkey was worth the job. Not to be mean, but being as Kroger is deadly serious about disciplinary action towards theft, all I can say is good luck
Willful endangerment? Hell Kroger SELLS hot sauce.
Kroger doesn't care as long as people use it outside of the store. All Kroger wants is their money.
