Subway employee fired for giving sandwich to fire victims... [View All]

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A Dartmouth, N.S. woman says she was fired from her full-time job at a Subway restaurant because she gave sandwiches to two neighbours who were left homeless and hungry following an apartment fire.

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When Heise was working, the two men came to thank her for her hospitality.
"They showed up. I knew they had no food, no money and no where to live so I gave them each a six-inch sub I was supposed to write down as my employee meal," Heise explained.


Subway employees are entitled to one 12-inch sub or two six-inch subs as a staff lunch, but the meal must be marked down. Heise said she simply forgot to record the free lunch and when she went to work Wednesday, the employee, who never received warnings or punishment in the past, was fired.

"I had no intention of stealing the sandwiches. It was just a really hectic week and I wanted to help the people around me who needed it," she said.

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Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Subway+employee+fired+feeding+fire+victims/3137826/story.html#ixzz0qVyIw1YW
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Now I know most of these stores are franchises, but it just seems that in a world where corporate responsiblity ends up being who can avoid blame that sometimes corporations need to be reminded about basic human dignity. She was giving up her own lunch, for cryin out loud. She has stated she doesn't want to work for them any longer, (imagine that) but maybe they could encourage their franchisees to look for small ways they could help in the community, and that firing someone for taking such initiative might not help other franchisees? I have lost my taste for them for awhile, and I live 80 miles South of the Canadian border.

Anyway, if the mood comes upon you, Subway has a comment page at:

http://www.subway.com/Applications/CustService/frmCustomerService.aspx