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.

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      My employer offers free fruits in breakrooms. Life safers when you have low bloodsugar.

      That coupled with other benefits like free gym, company paying half of any bicycle i buy and discounts with local massagers have made me healthier and i have turned down an job offer from better paying job because they had worse benefits.

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      Technically yes. The employees own the company, and part of the company expenses, it’s make sure the break room have free cookies.

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      Historically every job provided all workers a meal, often two if it was a long day. This didn’t stop being the norm until clocks and factories became common.