A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.

60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.

      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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        44 minutes ago

        Exactly. Ford is the company that took “fines for illegal actions as a normal cost of doing business” to the next level. There are others, but they’re pretty much at the top of the list, IMO.

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      7 hours ago

      The mental image i got is that they are kicking their own ass using a broken leg. Pretty accurate if you ask me - it hurts doubly every time you do it.