Current Events > Woman fired for eating co-worker's chocolate bar wins back job in court.

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A woman and her employer reached a settlement on Wednesday in a case over how she was fired without notice from her job of 30 years over eating a colleague's chocolate bar.

The woman, Juliane L., had been employed as a care worker at a facility for disabled children for more than three decades, when she was fired in February without notice over accusations that she ate a colleague’s chocolate bar worth €2.50, and also used a work washing machine for private purposes.

The employer had argued that these were violations of house rules, and that she had repeatedly stolen other items. Aside from the chocolate bar, the employer said she had taken a colleague’s bag without consent and given it to a student as a “secret Santa” gift.

At the age of 64, Juliane L. was up for retirement in just a few years.

A Heidelberg court found that the personal use of a facility washing machine had not been explicitly forbidden, and that the fate of the €10 bag could not be clarified. Therefore the only remaining allegation was regarding the chocolate bar.

But the judge also noted that the chocolate bar had been replaced.

"Infringing on someone's property is still not funny," said judge Daniel Obst.

The two parties agreed to the terms of a settlement suggested by Obst, stipulating that Juliane L. would accept a formal disciplinary warning for consuming the chocolate, and that her employment contract would resume.

"We do not want to hurt the woman," said employer spokesman for SRH-Gruppe Nils Birschmann.

He added that the woman's termination was not so much about the chocolate bar, but about setting an example for the children at the centre.

"With my head held high, I have done nothing wrong," said the 64-year-old. "I do not feel relieved."

A similar case also in Heidelberg was heard in court as well on Thursday. A journalist was fired without notice from her local publication because she was using the office mail system for personal mail. The total cost of the postage she used: €3.70.

Full ARticle: https://www.thelocal.de/20170727/woman-fired-for-eating-co-workers-chocolate-bar-wins-back-job



~ Care worker
~ Steals


WELL okay then!!
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The fuck? Some bullshit here.
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Stealing is stealing.
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Gimme a break, indeed
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UnfairRepresent posted...

With my head held high, I have done nothing wrong

Fuck that you stole from someone.
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She even stole a bag and still has the job?!
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she had taken a colleague’s bag without consent and given it to a student as a “secret Santa” gift.

If true that's hilarious lol.
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LightHawKnight posted...

She even stole a bag and still has the job?!

That's alleged
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I don't suppose they couldn't come to a more sensible resolution of "you owe me a chocolate bar you fucking thief"?
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ChromaticAngel posted...

I don't suppose they couldn't come to a more sensible resolution of "you owe me a chocolate bar you fucking thief"?

Nope, in modern America any and all infractions must be dealt with as harshly as possible
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ChromaticAngel posted...

I don't suppose they couldn't come to a more sensible resolution of "you owe me a chocolate bar you fucking thief"?

The transcript even mentions she replaced the chocolate.
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Also, it was never clarified that the bar was labeled

Unlabeled food is fair game
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HylianFox posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

I don't suppose they couldn't come to a more sensible resolution of "you owe me a chocolate bar you fucking thief"?

Nope, in modern America any and all infractions must be dealt with as harshly as possible

She replaced the chocolate and this wasn't in America...
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lol
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There's a right way to fire someone, and that wasn't it. It sounds to me like they don't like her much, but they dun goofed and now they're stuck with her
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HylianFox posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

I don't suppose they couldn't come to a more sensible resolution of "you owe me a chocolate bar you fucking thief"?

Nope, in modern America any and all infractions must be dealt with as harshly as possible

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At one place I worked where were cameras in the kitchen with a sign on the fridge stating if you were caught eating someone else's food, you would be fired immediately.

I agreed with the sign. Stealing food from the workplace fridge is bullshit!!
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Kajagogo posted...

At one place I worked where were cameras in the kitchen with a sign on the fridge stating if you were caught eating someone else's food, you would be fired immediately.

I agreed with the sign. Stealing food from the workplace fridge is bullshit!!

Do you work for Big Brother?
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