For the few who know mw know I've been out of work for about 2 1/2 months. Well now as Paul Harvy say now for the rest of the story. For the past couple of years i have lived with real serious back problems first diagnois in 2005 as 3 compressed and bulging discs, surgeon recommended stomach buy pass surgery because a 5'8" I weighed over 365 lb's any way I spent almost an entire year jumping through hoops and got the surgery in Feb of 06, I now weigh 245 lb's and the back has gotten worse. now 2 copmressed and bulging and 2 degenerated discs. despite this I continued to do my checking job at King Soopers a Division of Kroger despite my pain I continued to do my job. But I was still a liabilty to the store. Now go back to 3 months prior to March 15th. The stores Deli counter started a self service soup bar., with 3 different flavors of soup each day. I ask the Deli Manager if I could get samples of the different type of soup, he says "Sure that what it's there for". So for the next 3 months almost everyday while I worked on breaks mostly I took half a ladel full of soup in a styrofoam cup and drank it. Store security filmed me for 3 solid months then on day I'm called to the office and I'm informed I'm being terminated for shop lifting. I say WTF and they say the samples were not permisable
not only did they take my job they took away my vacation and sick leave and cancelled my health insurance. Additionally they gave me a Letter of Restitution of payment of $250.00 to be sent to the companys Attourny with in 10 days or faqce further leagal action then they called the citys police in and had me ticketed for petty theft. When i applied for unemployment I was turned down due to termination. I have had to go to the state and I'm registered as an indegent to receive health care an medications for high blood preassure and diabetes. The state will not pay for my opain meds, Percocete and muscle relaxers every 6 hours and and Morophine every 12 hours. I have to pay this to the tune of $250.00+ dollars every month with out any form of income. Now 2 and 1/2 months after I see human sevices on Monday for food stamps, Tuesday I meet with the Union Rep and Arbitrator and a Rep from King Soopers to appeal my wrongfull termination and attempt to get my job back, Wednesday I meet with the Unions Attorney and we face the states Labor board to try and get my unemployment benefits re-instated. How have I lived all during this time my 82 year old mother has supported me from down in Texas. They scariest part of all if I get my job back I just found out a new rule has been instituted and if something heavy is stacted on the bottom of the buggy we are forbidden to ask our sackers (Young Teens) to pick it up for us if we do we are written up. do we see a pattern forming here. When talking with the Countys assistance people they inform me I'm not the only on ourt of work it is hitting epidemic proporssions. At this rate I'm better stay out of work then take the extra hits of getting my job back. Which doesn't sit well with me that is not how I was raised. I beleive in getting honest pay for an hopnest days work. but 51 year old males with bad backs don't have a lot of emoployment options. Sad but true. And as i said now you know the rest of my story.
PS I did mange to plea deal a defered judgement on my ticket so I will not have a criminal record , MY NAME IS CLEARED
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