I’m flabbergasted. I have been a model employee. I have never been late or off sick in 11 years,’ said the 47-year-old, from Didsbury, Manchester. 'I can’t believe they can sack someone for something so trivial as using the wrong tea bags. I would have thought at the very worst this would deserve a warning – it’s a storm in a tea bag.'
He was told in a formal letter that his offence was 'misappropriation of company stock by taking items into the canteen without making prior payment'.
Prior to this Mr Alden had been disciplined for not keeping a note of the ages of people buying cigarettes and alcohol. Along with many other supermarkets, Co-op is part of a 'Challenge 25' initiative, where anyone who appears to be under that age is asked for ID. If they're definitely over 25 and haven't been challenged, staff still have to input their estimated age into the till.
A Co-op spokesman said Mr Alden was dismissed for breaching ‘a number of our business procedures’ but could appeal.
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