Getting the sack...

[countrygull]

50% of the donuts were plain, and the others are JAM. We normally put the jam in the donuts using a plastic syringe, but to get my REVENGE on the supervisor I put in four squirts of jam into each doughnut instead of one. They were then sent out to every Tesco in East Sussex. The following day about 20 customers complained after being OUTRAGED when their doughnuts exploded, covering them in jam and ruining their clothes. After an inquest it was traced back to me, and lots of dry cleaning bills were paid for by the firm, I received a letter from HR terminating my employment for "Doughnut abuse bringing the name of Tesco Stores Limited into disrepute"[/QUOTE]

That is the funniest post I have ever read on NSC. Superb.

Incidentally Hampshire: I think the real story here is that a teacher has to work part time in a supermarket to supplement his wages. Take it to the Daily Mail - they would love it. Sort out a deal with a local hack and you might even get some dosh for it.

 

[BensGrandad]

One of my sons, when at Catering Colledge said to a tutor 'MrX if I swore at you I could be sacked couldnt I, but if I only thought it you cant sack me can you. No because I dont know what you are thinking. Well I think you are a prize c..t. He was asked to leave that class and had to join another that this chap didnt teach, and as it happened he got on brilliantly with the new one.

 

[bhaexpress]

My now ex wife worked at Walmart. She was popular as she was a bit of a character. However she had some total tosser of a management trainee as her immediate superior. As he was a scum sucking toady he didn't like the way she cheeked the customers (they never objected). He had her moved from the camera department to the perfume counter which he knew full well that she was allergic to. Anyway, she had to leave. Over here that would be 'Constructive Dismissal' but most US States have few if any employee protection laws.

Seems that they are trying to apply the same ethics to ASDA although I worked for Amex in the 70s and they had that idea until much to their shock they had a strike on their hands.

Mind you over there instead of financial compensation it seems that torching the bloke's Saturn was the end result !

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Sent a letter to ASDA saying that I couldn't make it, and followed it up with a phone call this morning. I was told that the "Cheap and Cheerful Manager" or whatever they call the head of the Trading Team these days would call me back to talk about getting a new date, etc.

Luckily I was not holding my breath for that phone call! Useless admin, just proves the point really.

On the plus side, my SEN child did not actually hit anyone today, which is an improvement. Unless you count strangulation as violence (which he doesn't!)

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

A cheap and cheerful manager sounds like a graduate trying out "stepping stones" for a laugh. The manager's new title maybe replacing that of Smart Price Manager as it was often mistaken as Smart Arse Manager.

 

[Everest]

I'm curious about the job-related benefits of a library. Are those female librarian types really that hot ?

Or have they started stocking hardporn?