In my first few weeks at Kroger years ago some really nice women at Starbucks used to bring us free drinks when we closed Later they got fired for it. I had some of the drinks but I had no idea that what they were doing wasn't allowed because they said they were just using up the leftover tea for the night and it happened every night so I figured it was fine. I feel bad for them.
I am one of those hyper-organized types and well, when I worked at the Fuel Centre, I would be the "guy with clipboard." After some long nights, I wound up with a couple of pens in my apron when I got home. I still have a case full of pilfered pens. Unfortunately, they are pretty cheap pens that do not jive well with my meticulous print (Papermate Write Bros and the low-grade Bic pens). Still, they remind me of the years that I spent there. Now I am in a better department.
In my first few weeks at Kroger years ago some really nice women at Starbucks used to bring us free drinks when we closed Later they got fired for it. I had some of the drinks but I had no idea that what they were doing wasn't allowed because they said they were just using up the leftover tea for the night and it happened every night so I figured it was fine. I feel bad for them.
This certainly is a grey-area. It will wind up as waste anyway...why not? I have E40'ed a number of goods that would go on the turn in the deli/bakery for sampling which is a win-win. Gives management credit, gets customers interested in our products and not only that but uses up food that was bound for the bin. Ironically, when I put cookies in the basket, I have seen our department heads, managers plus fellow employees take from it. If you can't beat them, join them I say...
