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Popeyes restaurant worker fired for not paying back $ after robbery

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OutHouse said:
shouldnt the manager be fired for having that much money in her employees till? when i worked in retail (fast food and busy hardware store) i never know how much money had unless it was obvious like a few 100 dollar bills under the till.
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She was the manager.
She was fired.
She was also re-hired.
 
DrDoug said:
And of course you take the business owners side in this without considering that he may be lying to cover up for his firing her for not paying him back for the robbery.

I don't know about you but unless the employee confirms that she was disciplined in the past or the employer provides proof of her being written up in the past, as claimed, then I'm going to lean to the side that if this employer is enough of an ass to demand that she pay him back for the robbery then he's enough of an ass to lie about her having had a problem with making timely cash drops. Besides that, is she the manager or do they just let all employees handle the cash drops? My wife worked in fast food out of high school and she said that the managers always handled removing and adding cash to the registers, even having extra cash trays ready to make quick changes to avoid delays during rush periods.

Either way, the owner was an ass for demanding that she pay the money back or lose her job. The fact that he is now offering her a return to her job and $2,000 in "back pay" makes it seem that he is backtracking really fast.
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It was her news story and they didn't deny it. :colbert:
 
Svnla said:
Cheapest chicken from Popeyes around here is $2.49 plus sale tax for 2 pieces mixed (usually a thigh and a breast or a wing and a leg) and a biscuit.
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that sucks. Tuesday we get 2 pc for $1.49; the large side of red beans n rice is more expensive than the 4 pieces of chicken.

their normal deal is also not bad, 5 pc of chicken + 2 biscuits + 2 reg sides for $9.
 
It's good that she's being offered her job back, but things won't be the same. The owner was humiliated, they won't blame the robber. They'll blame the employee. There will be subtle forms of retribution once she's back on the job. Especially given what we've seen of the owners character already.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
She didn't get fired because she was robbed, she got fired because she had $400 in the register which is against policy. That policy is there to keep things such as this from happening.

Agree or not....they are within their right unfortunately. The making her pay it back was their half-assed attempt to let her keep her job (although more so to get their money back, they may still have fired her even if she had paid the money back).
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Bad choice of words. I smell lawsuit. You can NEVER give employee's an ultimatum of "Pay us for a robbery that occurred or you get fired".

I mean, maybe there is something there... Like the employee knew the robber and left extra money in the register on purpose. But we don't know. Regardless. Horrible choice of words by the manager.
 
Rakehellion said:
So if he isn't lying then the firing was justified, correct?
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Why "if this then that"? More important is the fact that if he fired her for her refusal to repay the money that was stolen then he was wrong for doing so. The issue of the cash drops is really a side issue, if it even exists. The facts are that they were robbed, she handed the money to the robbers and that she was fired 36 hours later. Those are the only facts we know. The only issues in debate are if she was fired for not repaying the money as she claimed the owner demanded and the owners response to that claim was to say that she was fired for having too much money in the registers and that this had been an issue in the past. That's it.

The fact that he is now offering her back pay and her job if she wants it back tells me that this owner fucked up and he knows it. He could have kept her on and fired her later for the same thing (if true) and it wouldn't have been an issue. As it is, he looks like a cold bastard because one of his employees had to stare down the barrel of a gun and he fired her afterward.

No, IMO he wanted the money back. As always, follow the money.
 
EBT stands for electronic benefits transfer. What type of benefits does your debit card transfer?
 
I'd let her pay with blow jobs at a rate of 5$ each instead of paying me back with cash because I'm a nice guy.
 
I can imagine how the conversation went between the CEO and the Franchisee:

CEO: what the hell is going on there?
Franchisee: what? I fired her for cause.
CEO: You idiot! You're making our company look bad. You are going to undo this fiasco right away or you will lose your franchise.
Franchisee: but that will make me look like a fool!
CEO: too bad. Now fix it.
Franchisee: ok.
 
Sonikku said:
It's good that she's being offered her job back, but things won't be the same. The owner was humiliated, they won't blame the robber. They'll blame the employee. There will be subtle forms of retribution once she's back on the job. Especially given what we've seen of the owners character already.
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Yup. Time for her to polish that resume. she know the owner don't care much for pregnant women robbed at gunpoint.
 
I have told this story before:
Sunday Morning, 11 AM. I am in line at Popeye's and they are waiting on Manager to get back with "Change". They take order, Fill it and then say "Sorry, can't do transaction, no change." 3 angry folks in front of me. I had correct change so I got to eat.
 
Svnla said:
Cheapest chicken from Popeyes around here is $2.49 plus sale tax for 2 pieces mixed (usually a thigh and a breast or a wing and a leg) and a biscuit.
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You don't have the Tuesday leg deal?

also, if you're a southerner, wtf are you eating Popeyes? Don't you have something that's actually good near you, like Bojangles?
 
Iron Woode said:
I can imagine how the conversation went between the CEO and the Franchisee:

CEO: what the hell is going on there?
Franchisee: what? I fired her for cause.
CEO: You idiot! You're making our company look bad. You are going to undo this fiasco right away or you will lose your franchise.
Franchisee: but that will make me look like a fool!
CEO: too bad. Now fix it.
Franchisee: ok.
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Absolutely
 
Phokus said:
These idiots never figure in weighing bad publicity on their bottom line when making these decisions.
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Maybe they figured any reporting on the story would be accurate and not sensationalized....their mistake.

However, a spokesman in the company's human resources department said Holcomb was fired because she didn't follow company policy, leaving too much money in the cash register. And this wasn't her first offense.
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I have no problem with firing her. She is an idiot.

-Keith
 
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