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UnfairRepresent
01/13/18 1:46:49 PM
#1:


Do you think this is fair?


A sales assistant has lost her job at the Spanish department store after a complaint that she deliberately revealed the big Christmas secret to a seven-year-old girl.

According to an employment tribunal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a mother and father were browsing in the jewellery department of the Corte Ingles with their seven-year-old daughter when the mother spied the perfect Santa gift for her husband.

She surrepticously asked the shop assistant to put the gentlemans watch to one side so she could buy it later but the worker approached the little girl and told her to take your father to the perfume department so your mother can buy him a watch for Christmas.

According to the courts sentence, the child apparently immediately told her father, therefore ruining the surprise.

But more importantly she apparently expressed confusion and dismay to learn that it was her mother buying Christmas gifts that were supposed to be brought in Santas sack. The incident, led to a complaint to the manager over the assistants disrespectful and malicious attitude, and brought about her dismissal.

She had previously had several warnings about her attitude including over an incident when she chastised a family shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve telling them not to buy gifts on Christmas Eve with the reminder that in Spain, it is the Kings and not Santa Claus who brings the presents.

The woman, who had been employed at the Corte Ingles since 2005, had been given official warnings on numerous previous occasions for showing a lack of respect towards colleagues, bosses and customers, according to the employment court sentence.

But it was her Bah Humbug attitude at Christmas that finally led to her dismissal.


Full Article: https://www.thelocal.es/20180109/corte-ingles-fires-sales-assistant-for-revealing-santas-true-identity

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Turbam
01/13/18 1:48:40 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude

Then yeah this makes is double fair.
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Irony
01/13/18 1:48:48 PM
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The department store are literally Santa truthers
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glitteringfairy
01/13/18 1:49:30 PM
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Turbam posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude

Then yeah this makes is double fair.

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Fin_Dawg_004
01/13/18 1:50:56 PM
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woww tc should lose his account for revealing that Santa isn't real.
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Skye Reynolds
01/13/18 1:54:40 PM
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A sales assistant has lost her job at the Spanish department store after a complaint that she deliberately revealed the big Christmas secret to a seven-year-old girl.


The woman, who had been employed at the Corte Ingles since 2005, had been given official warnings on numerous previous occasions for showing a lack of respect towards colleagues, bosses and customers, according to the employment court sentence.


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Sad_Face
01/13/18 1:58:33 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude including over an incident when she chastised a family shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve telling them not to buy gifts on Christmas Eve with the reminder that in Spain, it is the Kings and not Santa Claus who brings the presents.

The woman, who had been employed at the Corte Ingles since 2005, had been given official warnings on numerous previous occasions for showing a lack of respect towards colleagues, bosses and customers, according to the employment court sentence.


Gee, I wonder why she was fired.
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DeanAuryn
01/13/18 2:03:04 PM
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Need to see more pics of her feet before I come to a conclusion.
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UnfairRepresent
01/13/18 2:04:06 PM
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DeanAuryn posted...
Need to see more pics of her feet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw7dlXrkrEU

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UnfairRepresent
01/14/18 3:09:24 AM
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Interesting that "No" is dominating the poll

Yet "yes" is dominating the replies
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PiOverlord
01/14/18 3:20:42 AM
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The no answers are probably people who didn't read the article.
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Guerrilla Soldier
01/14/18 3:23:28 AM
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yep, triple fair

*votes no*
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KingCrabCake
01/14/18 3:23:48 AM
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Turbam posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude

Then yeah this makes is double fair.

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L0Z
01/14/18 3:42:36 AM
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is there a law in spain where adults can go to jail for not lying to children?
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kingdrake2
01/14/18 3:48:15 AM
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L0Z posted...
is there a law in spain where adults can go to jail for not lying to children?


nope. but we can make an exception to lie in this one scenario. would save plenty of trouble.
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tri sapphire
01/14/18 4:12:39 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude including over an incident when she chastised a family shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve telling them not to buy gifts on Christmas Eve with the reminder that in Spain, it is the Kings and not Santa Claus who brings the presents.

The woman, who had been employed at the Corte Ingles since 2005, had been given official warnings on numerous previous occasions for showing a lack of respect towards colleagues, bosses and customers, according to the employment court sentence.


On one hand, this.

On the other, it seemed like she was trying to help the mom out by distracting the dad. And what parents tell their kids that all presents to everyone are from Santa? Do relatives just get no credit at all? And do they put no presents under the tree until Christmas eve? What about if the kid visits other houses and sees presents already out?
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008Zulu
01/14/18 5:09:01 AM
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Fin_Dawg_004 posted...
woww tc should lose his account for revealing that Santa isn't real.

At least maybe put it in spoiler tags.
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Kelystic
01/14/18 6:15:02 AM
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i thought only christians believed in santa klaus
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AsianFury2020
01/14/18 6:19:25 AM
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DeanAuryn posted...
Need to see more pics of her feet before I come to a conclusion.


You spelled ass wrong.
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KingArthur3D
01/14/18 6:25:50 AM
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AsianFury2020 posted...
DeanAuryn posted...
Need to see more pics of her feet before I come to a conclusion.


You spelled ass wrong.


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UnfairRepresent
01/14/18 11:59:41 AM
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tri sapphire posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude including over an incident when she chastised a family shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve telling them not to buy gifts on Christmas Eve with the reminder that in Spain, it is the Kings and not Santa Claus who brings the presents.

The woman, who had been employed at the Corte Ingles since 2005, had been given official warnings on numerous previous occasions for showing a lack of respect towards colleagues, bosses and customers, according to the employment court sentence.


On one hand, this.

On the other, it seemed like she was trying to help the mom out by distracting the dad. And what parents tell their kids that all presents to everyone are from Santa? Do relatives just get no credit at all? And do they put no presents under the tree until Christmas eve? What about if the kid visits other houses and sees presents already out?

Take it with a pinch of salt though.

This is what her employers said after the fact.
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Vengeance29
01/14/18 12:13:28 PM
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You know how I felt, when I realized Santa Claus wasn't real?

I didn't give a fuck, because I was a kid and ultimately it was irrelevant where my presents came from.
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DeanAuryn
01/14/18 6:13:44 PM
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AsianFury2020 posted...
DeanAuryn posted...
Need to see more pics of her feet before I come to a conclusion.


You spelled ass wrong.


How utterly revolting.
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El Mexicano Texano
01/14/18 6:17:38 PM
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So they wanted her to lie to customers?
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UnfairRepresent
01/15/18 1:14:04 PM
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El Mexicano Texano posted...
So they wanted her to lie to customers?

Yes
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Muffinz0rz
01/15/18 1:16:05 PM
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She's hot
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SavenForever
01/15/18 1:18:54 PM
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Lol, what a bitch.
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TheGrindery
01/15/18 1:38:23 PM
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Spooking posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
She surrepticously asked the shop assistant to put the gentlemans watch to one side so she could buy it later but the worker approached the little girl and told her to take your father to the perfume department so your mother can buy him a watch for Christmas.

Was she paid on commission or something?

I see no problem with the quoted part. I thought all Santa-including homes had the "from Santa" gifts AND the from family members gifts.
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brotrrwinner
01/15/18 1:44:41 PM
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Lying to children - OK
Telling them the truth - *triggered*
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TheGrindery
01/15/18 3:54:28 PM
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brotrrwinner posted...
Lying to children - OK
Telling them the truth - *triggered*

The fact that mom is buying dad a gift doesn't disprove Santa to the kid.

It isn't like she prefaced it with BECAUSE SANTA ISN'T REAL...

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Damn_Underscore
01/15/18 3:58:08 PM
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Santa is a cool tradition

Lying and saying Santa is an actual person isn't tbh
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voldothegr8
01/15/18 4:01:30 PM
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I have a sack she can investigate
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Axiom
01/15/18 4:02:59 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude including over an incident when she chastised a family shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve telling them not to buy gifts on Christmas Eve with the reminder that in Spain, it is the Kings and not Santa Claus who brings the presents.

Fair next. Problem employee gets fired
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A_Good_Boy
01/15/18 4:09:44 PM
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I didn't know it was a thing to tell kids that Santa is responsible for each and every present that ends up under the tree. I've always thought that there was an understanding that parents, siblings, and friends are responsible for a few of the gifts while Santa is responsible for the remainder. I can totally understand the sales lady asking the kid to help her mom get a surprise for her father, since that seems like a pretty typical thing for a wife to do for her husband and the lady was just trying to get the kid to help with that. But in light of the repeated warnings she's gotten over Christmas shenanigans there's really not much defense for her to give when all of those other incidents are placed along side this one.
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gguirao
01/15/18 4:55:22 PM
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Considering she'd been a problem employee in the past, fair.
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UnfairRepresent
01/16/18 7:31:17 PM
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gguirao posted...
Considering she'd been a problem employee in the past, fair.

Is it though?
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Kazi1212
01/16/18 7:33:48 PM
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I wouldnt have clicked yes if I had seen her picture first
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Sphyx
01/16/18 7:54:16 PM
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I guess it's fair, but i can't help but feel she's going to manage just fine somewhere else.
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Syntheticon
01/16/18 9:02:12 PM
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This on it's own isn't worth a firing but if the rest of the info about her conduct is correct then she should have seen it coming and known they'd be looking for any reason to get rid of her-sounds like she wasn't well suited to the work anyway so they did her a favour and hopefully she'll find something she enjoys more.
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Lorenzo_2003
01/16/18 9:30:25 PM
#42:


UnfairRepresent posted...
She had previously had several warnings about her attitude including over an incident when she chastised a family shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve telling them not to buy gifts on Christmas Eve with the reminder that in Spain, it is the Kings and not Santa Claus who brings the presents.

The woman, who had been employed at the Corte Ingles since 2005, had been given official warnings on numerous previous occasions for showing a lack of respect towards colleagues, bosses and customers, according to the employment court sentence.


Good riddance. She was there to assist her coworkers and management in conducting business, while providing customer service that doesnt make her employers look bad or their customers feel like shit.
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UnfairRepresent
01/17/18 4:28:58 PM
#43:


Sphyx posted...
I guess it's fair, but i can't help but feel she's going to manage just fine somewhere else.

What makes you say that?

The economy isn't what it used to be?
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Sphyx
01/17/18 9:34:38 PM
#44:


UnfairRepresent posted...
What makes you say that?

She's pretty. Someone will hire her.
They might not keep her, but...
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UnfairRepresent
01/20/18 5:03:32 AM
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Sphyx posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
What makes you say that?

She's pretty. Someone will hire her.
They might not keep her, but...

Being pretty doesn't mean you'll get a job dude.

I'm going to guess you post on Reddit
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Lorenzo_2003
01/20/18 5:09:45 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Sphyx posted...
She's pretty. Someone will hire her.

Being pretty doesn't mean you'll get a job dude.


She could always do porn. I read it pays well, though theres a smaller window of opportunity compared to most other jobs. Its a legit option nowadays.
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gmanthebest
01/20/18 5:10:50 AM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
I didn't know it was a thing to tell kids that Santa is responsible for each and every present that ends up under the tree. I've always thought that there was an understanding that parents, siblings, and friends are responsible for a few of the gifts while Santa is responsible for the remainder. I can totally understand the sales lady asking the kid to help her mom get a surprise for her father, since that seems like a pretty typical thing for a wife to do for her husband and the lady was just trying to get the kid to help with that. But in light of the repeated warnings she's gotten over Christmas shenanigans there's really not much defense for her to give when all of those other incidents are placed along side this one.

This
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Howl
01/20/18 5:13:03 AM
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I didn't even bother telling my 6 year old step-daughter anything about Santa the last 2 years at Christmas because I'm pretty sure she already knows he isn't real, but I just don't want to outright tell her that.

I think just not saying anything is the best route to go, they'll figure it out on their own anyway.
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UnfairRepresent
01/22/18 3:24:11 AM
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...


She could always do porn.

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