You make the call: Would you quiet a cranky toddler for 16 cents? Yes? Then you’d get fired.
Nicole Lilliman was working as an attendant at a Tim Hortons coffee and donut shop in London, Ontario, Canada.
An agitated toddler was pointing at donuts. Lilliman decided to give her a Timbit, a piece of fried dough that sells for 16 cents each.
The store manager fired her for giving away the donut. The manager even went to the trouble to review the store’s video camera records to confirm Lilliman gave away the Timbit, according to the Toronto Star.
The case got lots of press – and negative reaction from the public regarding Lilliman’s firing.
The Tim Hortons’ gang aren’t fools. They’ve reinstated Lilliman, saying the firing was the action of an overzealous manager.
