If I ACCIDENTALLY pour food all over a rude customer on my last day of work, will I still get my paycheck?
Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2009
And since it was on accident, can I avoid legal action?
I am 19 and give free food samples out at a grocery store, for my summer job.
Most customers are nice, but today I was serving a family and this lady on those electric store scooters rams into my cart and is like, "I want watermelon!" and I was like, "Ma’am, you will have to wait a second because these customers were here first." and she mumbled, "Well, I thought they were done!" and when I got to her, I pulled a large watermelon piece out for her to be nice and she was like, "You don’t have to take one from the bottom — just take it off the top!" and then she rolled away and was like "WHAT A BITCH!"
I’ll be quitting my job in two weeks for college, and am hoping she’ll be there my last day so I can accidentally spill whatever I am cooking all over her.
I’m just curious, since it would be on accident, most likely from her raming into my cart, would I still be able to get my paycheck and would I get in trouble?
Thanks! 
hkeel505, I don’t understand your English…
You have to recieve your paycheck regardless of what you do. Or else you should be pursuing legal action against your employer.
Sure…after they take out the customer’s dry cleaning, free meal. Comped future visits and any legal damages. Grow up.
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Legally, they have to pay you for days worked but I wouldn’t recommend planning on this "accident"
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Legally, you can never be denied a paycheck if you are clocked in.
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They cant hold your check for that. They can only hold your check if you owe them something like a uniform or something. Go for it who cares if it’s an accident.
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you spill on her on purpose that can with hold your pay to cover the cost of her clothes and legal fees if its hot you can be charged for that too and have to pay all medical bills
pus criminal charged for malicious wounding and premeditation
think they cant trace this to you your wrong
that is very immature
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You should be fine.
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You have to recieve your paycheck regardless of what you do. Or else you should be pursuing legal action against your employer.
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lol thats funny but no i think you still get your check.
1. it was an "accident" she cant prove that it wasnt
2. the store cant take away money that you have already worked for
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you’ll still be entitled to your paycheck but they may take out money to pay for any damages you cause. also, yes, of course you can and probably will get into trouble. you’re going to be in college…be mature and let it go. it can also affect your chances of getting your next job, since most jobs call your previous job for a reference.
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unless you hear from your supervisor about what happened,don’t sweat it…accidents happen…if the woman was Really concerned about the quality of service you gave her,you probably would have been pulled to the side right then and there.
unless she was injured..or the scooter did not belong to the store..don’t worry.it’s just a job.
you have all the rights to your last paycheck,you worked for it,,you have the right to it…if not,contact the department of labor and explain the circumstances…
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the customer is not always right…they just think because they’re the customer that they can run over you on a scooter and eat free watermelon!!
You are 19. Don’t play this game. A year from now, you won’t even remember it — unless the bitch sues you, in which case you will remember it for many years as you pay off your legal fees.
This woman sounds like a nasty one. For your sake, let it pass and go on with your life.
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No, it is illegal by law for an employer to withhold pay for damaging something. Nor can they make you pay the dry cleaning bill. If they did you can fight them.
BUT, I would just let it go. You are going to meet all kinds of A-holes in the workforce and if you’re lucky enough, you will be working for one. Just use it as a "worst day at work" story.
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Were a store employee do that to me, I will financially destroy both and be well within my legal right to do so. The store then recoups it’s loses by going after you, congratulations, you’ve just been had, twice. Yes, have a nice day.
You might want to rethink your approach.
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You may get the paycheck, but that won’t start to cover your legal expenses. You can still be fired on your final day at a job.
Because you have pre-meditated this attack, it is not an "accident". When the woman sues you and your employer for negligence, assault and battery, they will both subpoena your computer and online transactions and find out your Y!A identification, which will lead them to this question. Y!A archives these things for years.
With hard proof of your evil intent, the woman will win a large award for your intentional tort, perhaps punitive damages and her attorneys’ fees.
She may move to amend her complaint to include "intentional infliction of emotional distress."
You will also be charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, simple assault and possibly malicious destruction of property (if her clothes are ruined or if food is destroyed).
The owner will be sued for negligent hiring and retention of an immature psycho loser, and for failure to properly train and supervise an employee who could hurt a customer. That is why it would be in the manager’s best interest to fire you on the spot, after you are caught in the act. At least they can claim they took action as soon as they discovered your defective mental state.
As a so-called "adult", you will have the criminal record for the rest of your life, not to mention the employment history of being fired for attacking a customer you didn’t like.
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corporate attorney writing risk-reduction manual for managers, so they can avoid getting sued for hiring bad people or keeping them too long.
yes u did ur time
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