Tim Hortons fires an employee over one TimBit.

And Consistently. Inconsistent application of policy can blow you out of the water.

Train the managers!

Maybe, but wasn't it consistent application of policy without exception that got the girl fired?

Yes, but unfortunately, the bad publicity overrode the practicality. Comes down to training managers. There are times to look the other way.

What got the girl fired was an insecure ego-tripping little vacuous malodorous toffee-nosed megalomaniac manager who didn't like it that she stood up for a fellow employee who was being belittled by the power-tripper.

You live by the sword.....

That is exactly what makes a good manager. Picking and choosing which hill to die on. The manager made a horrible error in judgement. He pays for that.

He might stop and help me. It is possible to have a good heart AND being too stupid to be a manager. On one hand a 16 cent timbit. On the other hand, a woman's (mother's) livelihood. If that manager could not see the contrast, he has no business being in a decision making position.

This was NOT a situation where you stop, rub your chin, ponder and make a decision. It was a 16 cent Timbit. If I was in his shoes, it would have been sooo easy: " I don't make the rules, I am hired to enforce them, please do not do give out any more timbits." If she continued, it is no longer about a timbit.

He is a better manager now that he knows what kind of consequences stupid decisions can have. In the real world, however, I can't see it being helpful to his career.

I have been in management positions before and I am again. As a business owner, I hire people who can do MY job.

What got the girl fired was an insecure ego-tripping little vacuous malodorous toffee-nosed megalomaniac manager who didn't like it that she stood up for a fellow employee who was being belittled by the power-tripper.

Maybe. But, even the most extreme of control freaks must have occasional moments of lucidity and this was a situation that certainly called for it. Wonder what went wrong? This is something he will never be able to live down, whether he's fired, demoted or not. There can't be too many things more embarrassing than having your life destroyed by a Timbit. It's so ludicrous that I actually pity the guy.

You live by the sword.....

Very easy, but callous of you to say. What if it happened to you? I for one will be the first to admit that more than once, I've headed down a path with what I thought was the proper way to go and found myself sinking fast in the virtual pile crap. With some of the things that go on today in our society, I can't see someone's business life being potentially destroyed by a Timbit. He didn't kill anybody and he didn't physically attack anyone. Hell, he didn't even break the law. Outside of this situation, he might be the first guy to stop and help you out when your car breaks down twenty miles outside of town.

He seem fortunate that his name is not public. Timbit will go into the lexicon of manager screw ups, as in To Timbit, but apparently not the manager's name.

One piece of advice I hope you already know: Never be afraid to hire someone smarter than you, whether you are an owner or manager.

Emergence of new form of tongue lashing from manager to employee: "Smarten up or I'm going to Timbit you!"

LOL ...... or: "What kinda TimBit move was that????!!!" or in the nightly news: "In what can only be described as a TimBit move, Prime Minister Harper today announced today that**************

Re-hired:

It's not as if she ate the damn thing herself... even...

I wonder what that TimBit ( 16 cents) will end up costing TimHortons by the time the dust settles... My call? Fire the three managers! Hang them in a public square! Tattoo the words: "I'm a public relations clusterfuck!!!" on their foreheads!

Thanks Robatoy:

Only 2 more to get to 100!

What a non-woodworking event this turned out to be. Yeah, I know, I posted a reply as well.

Can we talk about tablesaws now?

MJ

Only a fool would take that deal.

Lew

With or without consealed damage?

Lew

One that ONLY saws tables.