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Old 01-28-2010, 02:14 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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A McDonald's restaurant was wrong to fire a worker for giving a colleague an extra piece of cheese on a hamburger, a Dutch court ruled on Tuesday.

McDonald's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice - Telegraph
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Old 02-01-2010, 12:53 PM
 
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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A McDonald's restaurant was wrong to fire a worker for giving a colleague an extra piece of cheese on a hamburger, a Dutch court ruled on Tuesday.

McDonald's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice - Telegraph
That sounds like a petty reason to fire someone.
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Old 02-01-2010, 02:06 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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What's the cost of a slice of cheese in Holland these days? Yeesh, this is silly.
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Old 02-01-2010, 02:11 PM
 
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It has to be the Netherlands

Isn't that the weed capital of the world. Why am I not surprised.
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Old 02-01-2010, 02:49 PM
 
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What's news is that Dutch workers actually can actually seek redress of frivolous dismissals like this, whereas Americans don't, and similar actions happen all the time here.
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Old 02-01-2010, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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What's news is that Dutch workers actually can actually seek redress of frivolous dismissals like this, whereas Americans don't, and similar actions happen all the time here.

That's because the Dutch are far less servile than Americans. Americans talk about freedom and then kiss ass.
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