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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Just a heads up, if that was their response then your mom's lawyer friend bamboozled you as well. If what you're saying happened is true you could have filed a duty to fair representation complaint against your Union. It sucks that trusting a coworker to do the right thing resulted in you getting fired, but in all likelihood MLSE probably had some sort of policy relating to this sort of thing and I doubt giving the wallet to a non manager was the protocol. So if that was the reason they gave you for the firing, then it would appear that they had just cause. Once that wallet goes missing and you've admitted to having had it in your possession after your coworker has told them you kept half before you ever brought the matter to their attention, you're in a tough spot.
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Couple things on that. The lawyer warned that the union had to represent you, but the problem really lay in the resignation letter which they put pressure on to come up with (so they wouldn't have to represent me). He gave fair warning that he really couldn't do much aside from send a letter for an apology, and that's all I wanted so I agreed. As for the missing wallet, yup, it was my responsibility in hindsight, but at the time if someone is offering to do a favor while you're busy serving customers, I didn't think less of it and handed it over. I explained them that right from the start, and it was a good life lesson to be careful who you trust (especially with others' possessions). I doubt there was an explicit policy on it to that degree - it was moreso to hand to fan services.
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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
How did they even find out he had the wallet?
How did they pin the blame on him? If they were caught red handed, did the guy get fired for Jedi mind tricking the rest of them to play on the practice court? I'm sorry I just can't see any scenario where a company would hold someone accountable for the actions of others like that. Stories like that seem to always stem from a game of telephone between coworkers which twists the story into gossip.
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When they interviewed me, I let them know that I passed it along to him as he was volunteering to take it for me. So they knew it was in his possession last. Apparently it took awhile for him to admit to it, and I guess once I said I gave it to him, he had no choice but to admit to it.
As for the story of the coworker, I actually heard it from several people who were there that they pinned it on the junior guy. They claimed that was the first time they did it when the new guy organized the game. So my understanding is they went for the "mastermind" rather then reprimand the whole lot of them. Could've been a BS story, but I worked with a couple involved and they openly talked about it. Sad really.