A routine snack break at a Ford factory turned into a workplace dispute that has drawn widespread attention in the US. Kurt Kromm, a 60-year-old electrician who had worked at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, was fired after the company accused him of stealing a $1.95 chocolate chip cookie from a self-checkout kiosk. Kromm insisted he had paid for it, but was escorted out of the plant before he had a chance to prove it. Days later, a simple bank statement confirmed the payment had gone through, prompting Ford to reverse its decision, offer him his job back and reportedly rethink how it handles similar cases.
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