My sister just called me and told me she got fired from her job.
She was working at Macy’s in the women’s shoe dept. She was doing really well, and actually enjoying it. She even told me a few weeks ago that she actually had ambitions to do well here, because she’s had problems with jobs in the past and she doesn’t want to repeat them. She was working hard and regularly outselling every body in the department.
So she had to give a customer $2.77 in change, but there wasn’t enough in her register. She made an error in judgement by taking it from another register and leaving a note in its place - a little IOU saying “Took $2.77 12/10, owed from register #3” or something like that. The next day they called her up to security and played good cop/bad cop with her about it for a half an hour, trying to get her to say something incriminating. Then they told her that they wouldn’t prosecute her, but they were fining her $150 and she is being terminated. They made her sign something agreeing to these draconian, humiliating terms with the standard “I was not coerced into signing this” bullshit disclaimer.
What the fucking FUCK?!?!?! I am having such vivid homicidal fantasies right now. Have these dickless corporate weasels ever heard of a fucking warning? Y’know, “Don’t do that again, call a manager next time,” something like that? For two piss-shitting grandmotherfucking dollars and seventy-seven cunt-dripping semen-guzzling goat-raping cents they fired her? Two weeks from Christmas? This is not a thief! This is not someone who can’t be trusted! She left a goddamn note for the love of Charlie fucking Brown! She was giving a customer his change! And what is this “fine” shit? Do they even have the authority to do this? They’re not the law! I already told her she is not giving them one god damn red cent.
Fuck Macy’s in the eyes with a hepatitis-infected icepick dipped in pigshit and stuffed inside Osama bin Laden’s dick! May their flammable asses burn hot and long, for a stupidly long time, in the deepest pit of hell.
At least she can be perfectly honest when asked “Why were you fired from your last job”, and will come out smelling like a rose while having the pleasure of trashing Macy’s in a perfectly professional manner, by simply telling this little story.
My best wishes of good luck to her. And thanks for sharing this here - this really sucks.
Macy’s died out around Kansas City a long time ago. I’ve certainly never missed them.
I hope your sister is able to find another job. Keep a close eye on her and keep her spirits up, it’s easy enough to get depressed around this time of year without the added burden of assholes like her former employers. And don’t let her get the idea that all retailers are this fucked up, either, it sounds like she was on the right track.
Unfortunately, they will probably just take the $150 out of her last paycheck.
This whole affair really is just . . . . unfair. She should probably contact the local labor relations board, or somesuch. She may not get her job back, but the “fine” crap might be waived. People DO have some sort of legal recourse in situations like this. But she really shouldn’t have signed that form.
Wow, what a bunch of assholes. (Macy’s, not you guys. I mean, you guys are probably assholes too, for all I know, but not right now. Now you’re great. I love you guys.)
I agree with others, I’m never shopping there again. Bunch of jerks. They could have just told her “it’s against policy to take money from other registers, please refrain from doing this in the future or further action will be taken”. problem solved, but nooooo.
I think she should sue.
How long was she employed at Macy’s? Is she eligible for unemployment? If so, she should definitely pursue that.
Also, the “fine” is totally unfair. I’ve never heard of such a thing. Maybe a Doper will come along who knows more about such things.
Tell your sister we are all sorry this happened.
Oh, god, I just remembered a pattycake/jumprope song my sister and I used to sing a LONG time ago. Does anybody else recall this?:
“I won’t go to Macy’s any more more more
There’s a big fat policeman at the door door door
He takes my by the collar and makes me pay a dollar
And I won’t go to Macy’s any more more more”
I agree! If she stole the money, I would understand the fine, but my goodness, the money was within the store! They understand that right? I mean…they didn’t mistake “took” as pocketed did they?
I have worked in retail for a long time, and I have never heard of anything that strict.
Let me add more to that. When an employee was caught stealing at a store that I worked at, instead of pressing charges, they made him pay a fine. That is why I am so confused about the fine, since your sister didn’t seem to do anything wrong. The store never lost any money.
That sounds illegal, the fine business. She should contact her state Department of Labor – I know ours has a toll-free number you can call with questions like this.
Sorry to be the Devil’s advocate here but this story just doesn’t make sense to me. Why would a large department store get rid of a good employee in the midst of the Holiday rush over a minor infraction? A $150 fine for $2.77? No way that would happen. Are you positive your sister told you the whole truth? What were the nature of the problems that she had at her previous employees?
Are you people who are claiming that you are going to boycott a store over an anonymous message board post that is a second hand story to begin with serious?
Oh, yes. In fact, I just taught it to my sister-in-law the other day. Except, I also taught her the revised words, which I wrote as a kid in “honor” of my dad: I won’t go to Macy’s any more more more
There’s a big fat accountant at the door door door
His name is Norman and he really is boring,
And I won’t go to Macy’s any more more more
Cracked him up every time.
Macys sucks major ass and I hate going there, but my f***ing mother-in-law keeps buying us presents from there that require exchanging.
That’s a god awful story but something does seem to be amiss besides Macy’s being assholes. Not saying your Sister’s guilty of anything but the different elements don’t add up. Somebody’s lying, covering their ass or has an ulterior motive.
A “fine” as an alternative to prosecution? Sounds like blackmail, extortion, and even soliciting a bribe in exchange for conspiring to obstruct justice.
Shame on Macy’s.
Sorry about your sister, cuauhtemoc. Was there any reason she didn’t call a supervisor over to help her straighten out the change problem?
