A pen here, a pad of paper there. Employee theft happens – and sometimes it’s hard to track. Not so for a New Jersey restaurant.
A highlighter goes into a pocket. Some sticky-note pads find their way into a briefcase. As long as employee theft is small and infrequent, many companies may not even notice that certain items are leaving the supply closet more quickly.
So if this incident took place as reported, it apparently took some skill for Carlos Trinidad of Vineland, NJ, to almost get away with stealing hundreds of dollars worth of ribs and prime beef from his employer, Texas Roadhouse.
Trinidad allegedly took the meat out of a freezer and hid it in back of the restaurant near the trash bins.
Someone tipped off the restaurant manager who found the beef and called the police.
Trinidad turned himself in. Police arrested him, and the restaurant fired him.
There’s no word on whether Trinidad had a childhood fascination with the Hamburglar.
(Has your company ever caught an employee “borrowing” something out of the ordinary? Drop HR Blunders a few lines about it below in the Comment box.)
