“Embezzlement for eating three pieces of bread that were going to be thrown away?” ... Controversy over daycare teacher with 10 years’ experience being asked to resign [What do you think?]

[Financial News] A teacher who had worked at a daycare center for more than 10 years was reportedly asked to resign after eating three pieces of bread left over after being served to the children. The director reportedly said the teacher’s actions amounted to embezzlement.
A post titled “Does it make sense to be asked to resign for eating leftover snacks?” posted on an online community on the 19th described the circumstances surrounding a daycare teacher’s departure.

A, who is believed to work at a daycare center, claimed that a fellow teacher had recently left the job. “A teacher who worked with me was asked to resign,” he explained. “The reason was that they ate a few pieces of bread that had been served as a snack for the children.”
The bread in question was left over after being served to the children as a snack. A said its use-by date was that day and that it would have been thrown away if the teacher had not eaten it.
The director reportedly confirmed from CCTV footage that the teacher had eaten the bread. A said the director then called the teacher in, pointed out that eating the leftover snack amounted to embezzlement, and decided to ask the teacher to resign.
A said it was hard to understand the director’s decision to raise the issue of embezzlement over eating bread that was going to be thrown away. He protested, “How is eating three pieces of bread that were about to reach their use-by date and were going to be thrown away embezzlement?”
A said that at some other daycare centers, teachers share leftover snacks. “I asked a friend who works at another daycare center, and they said the teachers there share leftover snacks because it would be a shame to waste them. Isn’t that normal?” A asked.
A said the teacher who was asked to resign had worked there for more than 10 years and was popular with the children. He also claimed that colleagues were speculating that the director may have encouraged the teacher to leave because of the teacher’s high salary.
“That teacher had worked there for more than 10 years and was the teacher the children liked best. Everyone is whispering that the director seems to have wanted to get rid of the teacher because their salary was high,” he said.
Since the teacher left, the other staff have reportedly stopped eating leftover snacks, too. A criticized the director, saying, “Since that happened, we don’t even touch the leftover snacks. They all just go in the trash. If that’s what you wanted, congratulations.”
Most internet users who saw the post felt that the director’s response had gone too far. They commented, “Shouldn’t this be reported to the Ministry of Employment and Labor?”, “It’s awful that the teacher the children liked best has to leave the daycare center in such disgrace,” “The children left behind must be sad, too,” “What a cold-hearted director with no conscience,” and “Where on earth is that place?”

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