Cafeteria worker says she lost job for giving boy free lunch

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A New Hampshire school cafeteria worker's kindness may have got her fired.

Bonnie Kimball tells the Valley News she was terminated March 28 by her employer, a vendor that supplies food to the Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan. It came a day after she gave a student lunch, even though he couldn't pay for it.

Kimball says that when the student's account showed no funds, she quietly told him "'tell (your) mom you need money,'" and provided a lunch. She claims a manager asked what was on the boy's plate and walked away.

A spokeswoman for Manchester-based Cafe Services said in a statement Thursday :

"Although we are not at liberty to discuss the confidential details regarding an employee's employment or termination from employment,
we can share that the company has policies and procedures in place that are shared with and acknowledged by team members," Jaime Matheson, the director of human resources, said in a statement.

"When established policies and procedures are not followed corrective action is put in place up to and including termination."

http://www.startribune.com/lunch-lady-says-she-was-fired-for-giving-student-free-lunch/510028002/

[MagickMuffin]

1. Jaime Matheson by all means deny a child food and fire the person who feeds the hungry child

Geez, I wonder if he is anti choice.