8. Olive Garden (Indiana)
We all know at least one person who has fallen prey to one of restaurant work’s silliest rules. It’s almost never permitted to eat leftover food, even if it’s going to be thrown away. That’s what makes it all the more frustrating that this unnamed individual from Glendale, Indiana was fired after he was caught taking a to-go box of extra food home at the end of his shift. What has the country come to where its preferred ravioli alfredo goes in the garbage instead of home with an underpaid dishwasher?
7. FedEx (Indiana)
What’s more insulting than getting fired? Showing up to a graveyard shift at your second job only to be fired for the second time in one day. That unbelievable scenario is exactly what happened to this former FedEx worker who has chosen to stay anonymous. Barely an hour into his shift packing boxes at a warehouse in Glendale, Indiana, he was caught “scarfing” pasta out of a foam container. When approached and asked to stop, he reportedly said, “I can’t! They know I have it and I’m not supposed to have it. They’ll throw it away!” He was let go on the spot after allegedly refusing to stop eating the pasta for 45 minutes straight.
6. Hot Topic (Indiana)
Preferring to go unidentified, this former Hot Topic cashier says his manager was a “total nerd” and “didn’t know how to have a little fun in the office.” We checked with the manager and they told us they had no idea why this particular employee referred to the store as an office, and that he was let go after tug-of-warring multiple customers who came up to purchase shirts he decided he wanted himself. He was quoted as yelling during the battles, “No way, I love Queens of the Stone Age. I gotta have this,” and “I haven’t seen this logo before, is this a new Queens of the Stone Age? It’s what? Death Note? Huh, cool… yeah I love Death Note, I gotta have this.”
5. Cinnabon (Indiana)
This short-term “bun runner” has asked to remain unidentified, but their firing from the Cinnabon in the Glendale Mall was too sweet to not share! Apparently, the first thing taught to new Cinnabon employees is how to operate, shut down, or flat-out avoid the massive icing mixer. The large metal fan blades that rotate through the icing, keeping it fluffy and scrumptious, could cause minor or even serious injury to an careless worker. The sources we talked to say that on one’s first full day, your only task is to simply avoid the icing stirrer for the whole eight hours. Easy enough, right? Tell that to this cinnamon-head who went in for his first-ever shift only to end up losing his brand-new summer job, as well as his entire left hand! Talk about a klutz!
4. Belk for Men (Indiana)
This firing was easily verified by checking the community Facebook page for the Glendale Mall, where the store is located. Because the ex-employee refused to comment, we’ve decided to omit their name. Apparently, they stole multiple piles of “Belk Bucks” with intent to then buy shares of the company. They learned almost immediately that the corporate office did not honor Belk Bucks as legal tender. Oops, always remember currency conversion, kids!
3. American Eagle (Indiana)
The store told us they once had to let an employee go for refusing to wear anything other than “the rudest or scariest shirts you’ve ever seen.”
2. Glendale Mall Teriyaki Counter (Indiana)
This failed Hibachi chef, who asked to remain anonymous, was fired after only one week at the Teriyaki counter, claiming “I was fired for only having one hand! These sickos hate me because one of my hands was lost in a terrible, delicious accident.” A lengthy civil case and a week’s worth of security footage would go on to show he was actually fired for eating the entire plate of free samples each and every time he was supposed to hand them out. Who amongst us hasn’t been tempted by grilled chicken before!
1. Glendale Mall Security (Indiana)
Only a badge for one day when it comes to this mall cop, who maced a pair of teens after they mocked his Twenty One Pilots baseball tee. When they threatened to call the police, the man apparently fumbled one-handedly to get out his wallet, then tried to pay them off using what they described as “Monopoly money, but for cardigans and furniture.” In a panic, seeing that he’d likely be reprimanded immediately, the employee allegedly grabbed a tray of food someone else had just purchased in the food court and ran out of the mall eating it. Talk about takeout!