Scott Armstrong

Christian. Father. US Air Force Veteran. Patriot 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Saints fan ⚜️#MAGA

[Scott Armstrong @asimba123]

@GoodSourceInc Boooo Aramark I would never do business with them. Go go your own thing.

[Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian]

Ford worker who was fired after being falsely accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie lawyers up | Ariel Zilber, New York Post

A Ford electrician who was fired over false allegations that he stole a $1.95 cookie is preparing to take legal action against the automaker and its cafeteria operator Aramark, The Post has learned.

Kurt Kromm, 60, who spent 11 years repairing robots and automated equipment at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky., says he was wrongly branded a thief after a self-checkout kiosk appeared to show he failed to pay for a two-pack of Grandma’s Chocolate Chip Cookies during an overnight shift in May.

Ford ultimately reinstated Kromm, paid him roughly $33,000 in back wages and offered him his job back after he produced bank records showing the $1.95 transaction had gone through.

But Kromm rejected the offer, telling The Post earlier this month: “I can’t come back to a company that just fired me like this and not give me any chance to show I paid.”

Kromm has now retained Kentucky attorney J. Will Huber, who plans to send a demand letter to Ford and Aramark this week.

“The accusations of theft made against him were absolutely false,” Huber said in a statement provided to The Post.

“The proof of his innocence was available to or in the possession of both Aramark and Ford from the very start.”

Huber added that Kromm “paid, but he was nevertheless labeled a thief and removed from the plant he devoted 11 years of his career to,” calling the companies’ handling of the incident “unacceptable” and saying the facts “give rise to substantial legal claims” that Kromm intends to pursue “to the fullest extent of the law.”

News of Huber’s hiring was first reported by the Shifting Gears newsletter.

“We don’t comment on the specifics of pending litigation,” a Ford spokesperson told The Post.

“We are working to review the limited instances where Aramark kiosk issues have been raised.”

“We do not comment on potential litigation,” an Aramark spokesperson told The Post.

“We remain focused on operating with integrity and accountability.”

The bizarre saga was first reported by journalist Phoebe Wall Howard’s Substack newsletter Shifting Gears.

Kromm, who is diabetic, told The Post his blood sugar had dropped to 60 around 3:30 a.m. on May 9, prompting him to buy the cookies at an Aramark self-checkout kiosk inside the factory.

He said the payment terminal flashed a red error message after he swiped his debit card. He swiped again, but while the screen never displayed the usual green approval checkmark, it also didn’t reject the transaction.

“I figured, well, it probably went through,” Kromm said. “This was so inconsequential to me — $1.95. I figured I paid.”

A week later, supervisors summoned him to a labor office and informed him he was being fired for allegedly stealing the cookies.

“The bargainer says, ‘This is bad,'” Kromm recalled. “I said, ‘For what?’ They said, ‘They want to terminate you for taking a cookie.’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about?'”

Kromm said he was immediately escorted from the plant and not allowed to retrieve his belongings.

Days later, after asking a former co-worker to photograph the kiosk showing the cookie’s correct price, Kromm found the matching $1.95 charge on his bank statement and sent screenshots to Ford and union officials.

The company later demanded a notarized bank statement before reinstating him with full back pay.

Despite being made whole financially, Kromm said he couldn’t return.

“There was no apology. There was no serious, ‘We’re sorry,'” he told The Post. “I expected to work for Ford until I retired. … This was tremendously difficult for me, but I couldn’t go back.”

Legal experts who spoke to The Post were divided over Kromm’s prospects.

New York civil litigation attorney Imran Ansari said Kromm “may certainly have successful claims against Ford for wrongful termination” and argued the strongest aspect of the case may be a defamation claim because a false accusation of theft can cause lasting reputational harm.

Ansari added Aramark could also face liability if it was responsible for the erroneous allegation that Kromm failed to pay.

But Chicago trial lawyer Andrew Stoltmann was more skeptical.

“I think that’s going to be a pretty weak case. I won’t say frivolous, but it is at least nearing that level,” Stoltmann told The Post.

“He might be able to get a technical win, but I don’t think there’s going to be a jackpot of money for him at the end of the rainbow.”

Stoltmann said Kromm faces an uphill battle because Ford reinstated him and made him financially whole, limiting the damages that typically drive wrongful-termination lawsuits.

While Kromm may be able to argue that the theft accusation harmed his reputation, Stoltmann said the company’s decision to offer him his job back likely mitigates much of that damage.

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[Queen of France Ted Bundty-Cakes @CakesTed]

"'We do not comment on potential litigation,' an Aramark spokesperson told The Post...
'We remain focused on operating with integrity and accountability'."

Aramark (formerly ARA food services) wouldn't know anything about integrity and accountability even if Jesus himself reappeared, scolded them and tossed and flipped over all their self-serve kiosks around in every one of their dining halls in every business and university in the US.
I believe they have state and federal government contracts too including prisons, the DOD and Department of Homeland Security.
They got a dedicated long term employee, an honest person fired for their computer glitch. They didn't even politely ask to see any proof of purchase before they went all ape shit over $1.95 and lost someone their job.
I smell the lily white Karens in Aramark HR pulling their usual Screw the White Guy, Destroy Him schtick. In fact I'd bet money on it.
Just saying.
https://t.co/vQrSnKUS66

[@DrK_VeritasMea @DrK_VeritasMea]

@Aramark sounds like a horrible company. Having innocent @Ford workers fired by lying about theft of chips.

And Ford? wtf. It’s not like you never made a mistake. Edsel ring a bell ?

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[Automotive News @Automotive_News]

Ford and Aramark, the vendor that manages self-service payment kiosks at its factory snack bars, are reviewing multiple cases of workers who say they were terminated over technological glitches.

#Ford #workplace #automotive

[Scott Armstrong @asimba123]

@Automotive_News Seriously what is wrong with your snack company and Ford. Wow. 🤩 you guys are hard asses. Something isn’t right and smells. It’s happening way too often and no way of fighting for your rights. So you guilty until proven innocent. Over chips and cookies 🍪. Wow. Just wow

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

Yes

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

This commie teacher union is as hysterical as its looney leader.
They stopped teaching kids YEARS ago and are only interested in making children protest and indoctrinating our kids.
Children’s Reading levels are at a 40 year low…

[John Solomon @jsolomonReports]

Hey @bariweiss, when Biden admin announced China obtained 40 million of Great Britain’s publicly available voter files @CBSNews covered it seriously. But when DJT announced China got 240 million of Americans voter files your team dismissed like it was no big deal. Why?

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

Perfect

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

You work, pay taxes, and follow the law. Meanwhile, Washington funnels your money to non-citizens through welfare programs riddled with fraud.

I introduced the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act to end this practice.

[nunya @nunya88788772]

@RealSLokhova You know what will happen? Not a freaking thing. https://t.co/QzkSpipXs7

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

IF the United States of America makes it to 300 years…
It will be because we fought back against the Leftist Democrat/Communist/Islamic attack against our Constitutional Republic👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
https://t.co/AsZjXuAnId

[John Solomon @jsolomonReports]

To @CNN, you have a short memory. In 2024 you credibly covered that China hacked Great Britain’s voter files. Those files are public like the US. Why was it news then but now disinformation when Trump reveals it happened to Americans? https://t.co/7DBIjgn6fN

[Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan]

Republicans want to:

-Secure our elections
-Deport criminal aliens
-Fight government fraud

Why is that so controversial?

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

If you find yourself defending a child molester, saying: “WE can’t be judged by OUR worst day”, you probably need to have your hard drives checked. https://t.co/JYvSApplIU

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

Imagine this: you get paid by our tax dollars and you don’t even show up to do your job when it involves our tax dollars being stolen.

Wtf are these people doing in office if they don’t even care about our money being stolen and wasted? They are simply working against us.