Dad fired ... for make his kids happy for x-mas

A single father of three was fired for taking chocolate bars from a garbage bin at the store we worked at.

Guy Masse, 47, had planned to give the discarded chocolate to his children, aged 6, 9 and 15, for Christmas. Masse, who was on welfare and had been working at the store only for a couple of months, was first suspended and then fired.

Zellers, which is part of Toronto-based retailer Hudson's Bay Co., has said Masse should have notified his supervisor he was taking the chocolate out of the garbage at the St-Hyacinthe store, about 50 kilometres east of Montreal.

"It's a very unfortunate situation. We would never have willingly let an associate go at this time of year without just cause," said Hudson's Bay spokeswoman Hillary Stauth. "Unfortunately, this associate breached the trust of his supervisors by removing merchandise from the store, and as a result, he was let go from his position."

WTF? They fired this guy for trying to make his children happy. He was is a position in which he doesn’t have a lot of money- and he is trying to support a family. Hmmm… lets think about this business decision. Not only did they lose an employee in which they now must take the time to re-hire and re-train a new one, but they are also getting the WORST negative press possible. Why in the hell would you want to be known as the company that fired ‘that’ guy. The managers/corporate executives should of thought this one through a little better. Article here.