Gas Station Cashier Fired After Robbery

[Ghost in the Machine]

Gas Station Cashier Fired After Robbery
Published: 7/27/07, 4:26 PM EDT

LODI, Calif. (AP) - A gas station cashier who was held up on the job and helped track down the robber has been fired.

The company that owns the station said Cynthia Lopez lost her job because her cash drawer was $16 over its $50 limit.

"We do have policies on cash limits in registers to protect our employees' safety," Tesoro Corp. spokeswoman Sarah Simpson said. "We have a zero-tolerance policy."

Lopez, 31, was working behind the counter July 11 when a masked man put a gun on the counter and demanded the contents of the cash register.


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[Deja Q]

1. Next time, don't track the robber down.

:shrug:

[1monster]

2. Sixteen dollars over? What is she supposed to do, count her cash drawer in front

of the customers every five minutes?????

Good grief! One sale could put one over the $50.00 limit.

I remember in the days I used to be a cashier. We were given $50.00 as a starting point for change. We usually did cash pulls after we took in $150 to $200.

I think, were I the victim, I'd turn around and sue the company for unsafe working conditions.

Another case of money/property of the employer is more important the the employee's life.

[bluestateguy]

3. That's an outrage

Instead of a thank you note, or a raise or a promotion for tracking the criminal down, some little peckerhead fires her.

[musette_sf]

4. and i am SURE that Tesoro Corp

has a "zero-tolerance policy" on price gouging to pad their profit margin, too... :eyes:

oil companies... evil to the core, down to harassing a worker bee who was trying to do right.

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

5. This is why unions are important n/t

[Trillo]

6. "We have a zero-tolerance policy."

Don't you just love living and 'pursuing happiness' under the corporatist's concepts of what is good?

If it's so easy to fire a cashier, then why isn't firing AGAG just as easy? Or is zero-tolerance only for little people?

[Vilis Veritas]

8. Ding, Ding, Ding...You Win!

This fabulous Cupie Doll.



Zero Tolerance - Only for the Leetle Sheeple...

Peace.

[VP505]

7. Who wants to

bet the woman had that job long enough to either max out on pay or long enough to get some bennies (paid vacation) etc, and this happened giving them an excuse to let her go to hire someone working for less???

[damntexdem]

9. Next time, tell the robber where other Tesoro stations are located.

Tesoro: not much of a treasure.