I remember once the heat broke in the middle of winter at my work. I wore a unbranded brownish orange beanie because it was effing cold. I was told to remove it because hats were against dress code. When a customer asked me why I wasn't wearing my beanie I told them the truth. Management told me to take it off because it violated dress code. I was taken to the back for a disciplinary meeting for being "unprofessional". Then let me wear the fucking hat if talking about not wearing it is making you look bad.

I want to know who narc'd on Joe.

That person deserves an ass beating.

You should let the pantry know as well. They can be a force that could change this. They can let folks that go to the pantry know not to go to those kind of gas stations and also have them call corporate.

Joe should see a lawyer about a wrongful termination lawsuit.

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (pdf) brought to law in 1996 shields most liability for people donating food exactly like he did.

This may have been a knee-jerk reaction from the employer incorrectly assuming they could be liable if someone got sick. Though its also possible they've been looking for a reason to dismiss a long time employee to replace him with a cheaper one. Corporate ownership makes me leans towards the latter.

A manager doesn't have discretion to dispose of out of date stock in any other way than putting it in the bin?

Why would you even have the position of Manager then?

I work in food services and just yesterday a temp was fired for "stealing" leftovers that were going to be composted. Like excuse me? They could at least have gotten a warning since they were new not to mention its a cruel policy to begin with.

There is too much of this in the world, no big corporation is getting hurt by them donating food they just want to keep from helping people and making the world a better place who cares if they bring them cookies they were going to lose money in anyways at least they actually got used!

I work for a cookie factory and i can give away as many cookies I want :D. As long as I don't get the customers employees in trouble.

Fucking Casey's. Bad food, advertising on the pumps that can't be muted, and now this. Good thing there's alternatives where I live.

Everyone should call the number! The prompts to get you to a human are 2, 1. I just spoke with Stacy, and she literally wrote down my comment. Like with a pen and paper.

Casey's is actually one of the few ethical petrol stations and will actually listen to customer feedback.

Our society will not improve until we punish this type of disgusting behavior. The people responsible for firing others for things like this must be held accountable.