Canadian Dad fired for taking candy bars out of a trash bin

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Originally posted by FSUZeta
am i missing something? he is taking chocolate that the store is throwing away, so the powers that be label him a "bad employee?"i wonder if a homeless person had been caught taking the discarded chocolate, if the store would have prosecuted ?

i wonder if there is more to this story than we know?

While I don't agree with firing the man, I can see why the store would have such a policy in place.

What would stop an employee from throwing out perfectly good items, and then dumpster diving later to retrieve them?