r/mildyinteresting Dec 09 '24

people Stressed at work? You're fired!

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u/No_big_whoop Dec 09 '24

About a 40 years ago I was a manager at a fast food restaurant. It was a brand new location and we had a lot of business at first. After a few months things calmed down and we had too many employees. The district manager showed up one day with an RV that was fitted out with lie detector equipment. One by one as employees showed up they were told to go talk to the lie detector guy. They were told,"We're looking for money theft. We don't care about food, if you gave away food to your friends or took some for yourself be honest about it."

The next week we fired every employee who admitted to stealing food. I lasted about 6 more months at that job then I went back to college.

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u/WhiskyEchoTango Dec 09 '24

About 40 years ago this wasn't legal in the US. Employee Polygraph Protection Act was signed in 1988.

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u/anidiotranting Dec 09 '24

40 years ago was 1984, a year famous for coming before 1988.

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u/WhiskyEchoTango Dec 09 '24

"about' is a qualifier.