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(80,736 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2015, 09:01 AM Dec 2015

Lunchroom employee fired for "theft" after feeding hungry student who couldn't pay [View all]

Source: wkow.com

Lunchroom employee fired for "theft" after feeding hungry student who couldn't pay

By Dani Maxwell

Posted: Dec 23, 2015 4:26 AM CST
Updated: Dec 23, 2015 6:12 AM CST

Pocatello, ID (WKOW) -- A school lunchroom employee was fired for theft after feeding a hungry student who couldn't pay.

Dalene Bowden says she was serving lunch last week at Irving Middle School when a girl came through her line and told her she was hungry, but didn't have any money. Bowden fixed the 12-year-old a tray, but when her supervisor saw what happened, Bowden was reported and sent home. She was eventually fired for theft, according to a letter she got a week later from the Pocatello Chubbuck School District 25 offices. ........................

Dean Molder, a Pocatello resident, adds, "If a kid cannot pay for a meal or a parent cannot pay for a meal and a person is punished for feeding that kid, somebody's got it wrong. Something is not right."

Bowden says, "My heart hurts. I truly loved my job and I can't say I wouldn't do it again." She has hired an attorney.................

Read more: http://www.wkow.com/story/30817326/2015/12/23/lunchroom-employee-fired-for-feeding-hungry-student

Where are the adults with common sense??

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Lunchroom employee fired for "theft" after feeding hungry student who couldn't pay [View all] riversedge Dec 2015 OP

What are we becoming? daleanime Dec 2015 #1

Coporate owned! RR2 Dec 2015 #4

We'll find that out..... daleanime Dec 2015 #5

Hope you are right N/T RR2 Dec 2015 #6

Nope I disagree. Iliyah Dec 2015 #9

It isn't capitalism anymore, it's now "social Darwinism". roamer65 Dec 2015 #11

Don't like where.... daleanime Dec 2015 #13

It's a bit of both nxylas Dec 2015 #19

Not all of us. Not Dalene Bowden. Would be interested in the name of this company? EndElectoral Dec 2015 #21

Yeah, right > come together. YOHABLO Dec 2015 #102

Was the lunch service privatized? Hoppy Dec 2015 #12

I bet it was, and I bet ARAMark is the vendor. marble falls Dec 2015 #15

I was thinking the same thing davidpdx Dec 2015 #98

Everybody I've ever met who've had anything to do with ARAMark hated it. marble falls Dec 2015 #100

Funny thing is I've worked for them as well davidpdx Dec 2015 #107

Seems like the Fourth Reich to me...(n/t) Moostache Dec 2015 #57

more like, what have we become. Javaman Dec 2015 #95

Very Trumpesque: You fed the hungry, you are fired! Helen Borg Dec 2015 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author lobodons Dec 2015 #3

The complete lack of empathy is what is going to destroy this country. N/t roamer65 Dec 2015 #7

But, but... it's a Christian nation, haven't you heard! Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #18

Funny how this scripture seems to evade so many so-called "Christians" deutsey Dec 2015 #46

Or this one: Paulie Dec 2015 #55

Exactly. gvstn Dec 2015 #70

Mike "Huckster" Huckabee! He is only in it for donations, book sales, and a higher Fox salary! Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #105

Haven't you heard? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2015 #93

This is just a vulgarized version of Calvinism. potone Dec 2015 #104

The country is already finished.... We'll just watch the denouement play out villager Dec 2015 #53

And right before christmas, too. Quantess Dec 2015 #8

GoFundMe Paulie Dec 2015 #10

Nowhere near what I expected the fund to be. Refusing to make a cake yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #29

I just sent something. DFW Dec 2015 #48

donated...thanks for the link - should make it an OP elias7 Dec 2015 #49

I kicked in 10 bucks Tab Dec 2015 #67

thanks! shared and donated boomer55 Dec 2015 #84

Lunchroom attendents need to have the power to feed children who say they are hungry... marble falls Dec 2015 #14

My question is why are there hungry kids in public schools? d_legendary1 Dec 2015 #16

Well even I have breakfast but still am hungry by noon yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #30

Children in poverty are supposed to eat twice a day in public schools d_legendary1 Dec 2015 #34

Unless we know for sure that she is poor or just forgot to get money from mom yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #52

I'd minimize it too... LanternWaste Dec 2015 #62

Something missing in this story. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #75

aaaanddd.... right on schedule. niyad Dec 2015 #63

What? You don't eat breakfast? Sorry but you should as it's the most important meal of the day. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #74

Almost a quarter of our younglings chervilant Dec 2015 #59

Because our priorities are fucked up. Instead of feeding hungry kids and caring for sick people, we MillennialDem Dec 2015 #86

She offered to pay the $1.70 oberliner Dec 2015 #17

If she offered to pay RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #39

We really can't have that... Kalidurga Dec 2015 #20

you are quite correct--the horrors that would be involved!!! niyad Dec 2015 #77

It sounds like she violated policy TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #22

Of course she did. Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #45

Here is another article on this event... xocet Dec 2015 #81

Though they know better than to admit it in public... gregcrawford Dec 2015 #23

as long as the Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #89

A Republican would tell you... Chasstev365 Dec 2015 #24

8. And Merry Christmas! BillZBubb Dec 2015 #25

Are there no work houses? Chasstev365 Dec 2015 #43

Are there no work houses? AlbertCat Dec 2015 #51

Yep! Enough greed and selfishness. Enough is enough! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2015 #27

There's a dose of Christmas... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #26

are there no poor houses?... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #40

The supervisor is the one who should be fired. BillZBubb Dec 2015 #28

What have we become? This is sad. What a horrible message to those in need. n/t Paper Roses Dec 2015 #31

Lets put this in real perspective.............................. turbinetree Dec 2015 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #33

Reprimand, warning??? Deuce Dec 2015 #35

"Believe the children." CrispyQ Dec 2015 #36

Common sense is becoming rarer each day. n/t RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #37

No child left behind?... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #38

How cindyperry Dec 2015 #41

they used to be Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #90

what happened that asshole driver? nt restorefreedom Dec 2015 #110

One can only hope, R Merm Dec 2015 #42

Trump to both lunch lady and hungry kid lobodons Dec 2015 #44

Maybe we should elect more people who care about hungry kids than making bank$ter/donors rich, then jtuck004 Dec 2015 #47

How much could that lunch have cost? AlbertCat Dec 2015 #50

Bet that supervisor supports Trump or Cruz. nt Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #54

Well, it's Idaho BuelahWitch Dec 2015 #119

the student could have low blood sugar mgmaggiemg Dec 2015 #56

I wonder how kacekwl Dec 2015 #58

Likely, the answer to your question is chervilant Dec 2015 #61

Sounds as if the employee just didn't follow proper procedure for getting the kid a lunch. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #60

On second thought - read further and "proper procedure" is apparently to dump the tray and give yellowcanine Dec 2015 #65

I'm confused Martak Sarno Dec 2015 #64

would you consider making this its own OP so that we can rec it? niyad Dec 2015 #68

this is the adult in charge, apparently: niyad Dec 2015 #66

$1900 in gofundme account. some of the comments on that page are disgusting, and typically niyad Dec 2015 #69

Some are but some are questioning the need for a lawyer when she had yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #80

no, it wouldn't, because, sadly, this is not the only such case we have seen around the niyad Dec 2015 #82

As a former Pocatello resident... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #71

thanks for that insight. had forgotten about the lds/idaho thing. niyad Dec 2015 #76

Distressing information. A weird connection here, for some reason the new randys1 Dec 2015 #79

for someone who is not familiar Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #92

There is no such thing as 2naSalit Dec 2015 #97

isn't idaho also a bastion of political redness? restorefreedom Dec 2015 #111

It most certainly is one of 2naSalit Dec 2015 #112

i visited there once restorefreedom Dec 2015 #113

Indeed, it is precisely that... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #114

yup. i can only imagine restorefreedom Dec 2015 #115

Compassionate conservatism at work. Capitalism first, compassion second. valerief Dec 2015 #72

district charges 30 cents for a low income lunch, make meals free and dump the 'for profit' admin. Sunlei Dec 2015 #73

"Where are the adults with common sense??" Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #78

which always struck me as odd. Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #94

Good post. pacalo Dec 2015 #106

Even Oliver Twist was permitted to have a bowl of gruel. Chef Eric Dec 2015 #83

Yay America! tabasco Dec 2015 #85

World Wide Publicity for Pocatello Idaho, and the USA. unbelieveable Stuart G Dec 2015 #109

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Get fucked. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #87

If the student wanted to eat and couldn't pay, she should have worked harder! KansDem Dec 2015 #88

Where are the adults with common sense. At home 'cause they were fired. :/ PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #91

hope a judge Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #96

What's good for people is good for business, but what's good for business vkkv Dec 2015 #99

To Me, this action is an outrage to all people, no compassion to a kid who is hungry. rladdi Dec 2015 #101

thank you for that very helpful list. they should be inundated when they return after vacation. niyad Dec 2015 #103

Sad Story. How can this happen??? Stuart G Dec 2015 #108

USA! USA! USA! /sarcasm/ - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #116

Dalene Bowden for President The Second Stone Dec 2015 #117

public schools need to provide free meals to all students JI7 Dec 2015 #118

District 25 offers fired lunch lady her job back FrodosPet Dec 2015 #120

There's a real pattern of self-righteous hypocrisy in this and so many other ways lately. forest444 Dec 2015 #121