It is terrible to fire her for that.
The parents did pay it the next day, so the school was not cheated.
I agree. It was theft. Not hers to give away.
80% of it ends in the trash anyhow.
That’s way too harsh.
If she wanted to be generous she should have given him the $8 and he could have paid her back the next day.
this is great. We should live in a low trust cultural milieu where every interaction is reduced to it’s economic base as quickly as possible. After all, culture is entirely based on asserting one’s economic rights at all times. It’s theft to do otherwise, and theft was a capital crime at common law. Whatever makes us more atomized and fearful is good. Anything that involves relying on anything other than economic transactions is bad. Just stay at home, consume product, wait for next product, and don’t interact like people who live in a society, ever. Let’s take an interesting way to analyze interactions (economics) and turn it into a fetish! What could go wrong? Yes, sarcasm.
Words to live by!
Yes $8.00 is very high. I can live for a day, including a steak dinner, on less than that. Of course, I buy on sale and cook at home.
Just to put a fine point on it. Taking the CNN story at face value (risky), the people that fired her should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail. Those of you supporting the firing deserve about the same. Your ideology is clouding your common sense. Allowing the parents to just pay it the next day was the right thing to do. It’s 8 freaking dollars. That’s not going to cause a butterfly effect whereby we end up at Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunderdome next week. I used to think that Whittaker Chambers’ review of Atlas Shrugged was horribly off. Now, I’m not so sure.
There's more to this story. According to this other article, the lunch lady said:
"So, I have a district manager here. My boss has told me, 'Don't cause any scenes with the contract,' and I quietly said, 'Tell [your] mom you need money.'"
So, this lunch lady was following orders by not "causing a scene."
I wonder How the Kid feels about this.
In retrospect, she should have let the kid go hungry or called the cops on the villain for attempted theft. Those are the only acceptable options to the authorities.
Eight bones is ridiculous! I remember lunch cost less than a half a buck. Loved the fish sandwiches on Friday for two bits! Always had two, just like the ones at McD’s... Otherwise, I brown-bagged in 2 salami sandwiches mon-thurs.
What’s the difference between what she did and what democrats want to do ie take OTHER PEOPLE’S Property and money, and give to to folks who don’t pay?
I have an idea? Why don’t people bring their own damn lunches?
It’s a school, not a restaurant.
Why cannot the parents provide this meal? Why must a government entity exist to provide it? And who is really paying for both? Sorry, wrong question.
I wonder if that’s really the whole story....
.03 for 8 oz of white or choc milk from the machine. .02 if purchased with .35 hot meal.
Get to the ice cream sandwich machine immediately after stocking and .20 could be saved by exploiting a feeder belt vulnerability and swiping two sandwiches.
What schools still serve food?
We make our little dude’s lunch every day
I think they do have some optional delivery truck that delivers meals if you order them and pay whatever five or 10 bucks
I suspect this is one that depends entirely on the context of the employees behavior over the preceding months. This sounds like a last straw of an employee having no respect for rules.