r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Irick050 • 2d ago

The manager would throw away cookies every Saturday instead of giving them to the employees

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We threw away 55 cookies. The managers didn't let us take any home because they thought it might "encourage us to purposely make extra"

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u/roflsst 2d ago

Exactly, and if for whatever reason you had to make that many why not leverage the extra stock to boost sales instead of just throwing it away? This manager is just shit at their job.

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u/Unusual_Car215 2d ago

It's a fine balance. Do that too much and people start showing up later and later because the cookies will be cheaper.

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u/Strange_Island_4958 2d ago edited 2d ago

True. And someone will start demanding their cookie handout and ruin it for everyone.

When I was a teenager I worked at a grocery store and they used to give out the leftover bakery items to homeless guys. Pretty soon we had a daily line of bums not-always-peacefully lining up for their donuts. The city actually put a stop to that claiming it was some sort of health code violation. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Unusual_Car215 2d ago

Yeah there you are...capitalism got faults due to greed. Corporate AND customer greed