I hope I get a parking spot nowI got fired yesterday for taking home an item that was to be thrown away. I’ve worked for target almost three years and know almost everything at the front end and help out when I can on the floor. About a month ago I did a return for a set of dishes and they automatically went to toss, not salvage. I got pulled into an office with AP yesterday where they told me I was immediately terminated for stealing. I wanted to put them in the break room but I figured they’d end up thrown away anyway, so I took them home so I could use them or donate them, as long as they’d get used. I just hated they were gonna get crushed and wasted. I didn’t steal anything of value, I basically took home garbage. Is this fair?
Yep, because this was still-usable merch.Is this fair?
Like Commie said probably not fair but technically you stole from the store regardless of it being thrown away, donated or put in the breakroom. If you really felt the urge to take them home, you should have talked to your SD about it. I've seen extremely rare cases where they let people take stuff home but it had to go up the line. Life is about living and learning.I got fired yesterday for taking home an item that was to be thrown away. I’ve worked for target almost three years and know almost everything at the front end and help out when I can on the floor. About a month ago I did a return for a set of dishes and they automatically went to toss, not salvage. I got pulled into an office with AP yesterday where they told me I was immediately terminated for stealing. I wanted to put them in the break room but I figured they’d end up thrown away anyway, so I took them home so I could use them or donate them, as long as they’d get used. I just hated they were gonna get crushed and wasted. I didn’t steal anything of value, I basically took home garbage. Is this fair?
If you wanted those dishes, I’m sure there was a new set on the sales floor you could have purchased. This was theft, plain and simple. No way you can justify doing this.Lol, I can't believe this is actually a question! How entitled can you be? You stole merchandise from the store, it was meant to be thrown away and you didn't follow through with the way Target wanted it to be dealt with.
It is 100% fair and a legitimate reason to be terminated. If they let you take home some dishes you couldn't bear to see thrown away, what's to stop the next person from taking home a defective PS5 because they couldn't bear to see sent back to CRC?
You stole from Target, there is no other way to label it.