Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Here's some Thief Story..... // 12:20 AM
Jerry was the line cook at Generic Chain Family Restaurant. He was the one cook you never wanted on your shift because he was a starer. Stared at you through the little window where your order came up. All the time. We were young college girls, he was a few years older, a townie. Part of Jerry's duties every night included taking out the trash. Though everyone else in the kitchen complained about this job, he never did. Found out why when I arrived to work one night and found all of the freezers and walk-in coolers padlocked.What the hell, I asked. I need to get some creamers for the line. Why is this effing cooler locked?Theft, said the night manager.
There's all kinds of theft taking place in a restaurant, from the
stolen salt and pepper shakers to the general time theft committed by employees who may or may not have clocked out when they took their fifth smoke break of the night. I suspect the same is true in grocery retail.
This is how Jerry stole the steaks: Every night when he had to take out the trash, he would first put a case of steaks from the freezer near all of the empty boxes meant to go out to the cardboard bin. He'd wait for that moment when the kitchen was empty and then put the box of steaks in a garbage bag which he would then put into an empty trash can. Then he'd double-bag the trash, put it on top of the steaks and "take out the trash". I had wondered why he always parked right next to the dumpster. After they fired him, they took the locks off the freezers and coolers. They probably should have left them on.
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