Wendy's Managers Strip Search Employees After Falling For Scam

[matcom]

<snip>

Managers of Wendy's restaurants in Abington, Wareham, Whitman, and West Bridgewater have been suspended with pay, after they strip-searched employees, the restaurants' corporate office announced yesterday.

Bob Bertini, a spokesperson for Wendy's International Inc., said four Wendy's restaurants fell prey to a scam on Friday, when a caller who identified himself as a police officer informed managers that an employee may have stolen money from the restaurants.

The caller gave the managers instructions to perform a strip search of a single employee at each location, and the managers complied, Bertini said.

Later, however, each manager became suspicious, and reported the call and the incident to local police.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/02/26/strip_searches_lead_to_wendys_suspensions/

[bif]

1. "Hi, welcome to Wendy's. I'm not wearing any pants!"

How would that sound at the drive-through?

[Robb]

2. This could only have been funnier

...if it had taken place at a Jack in the Box. :evilgrin:

[Scairp]

3. What is wrong with those employee's?

They were dumb enough to go along with this illegal search?! I would have told that manager to get screwed. And now I would be quitting my shitty fast-food job to get a lawyer and sue their asses.:mad:

[trotsky]

4. Nothing's wrong with the employees.

The cons have made a lot of progress on making us worker bees feel "lucky we have a job." When you feel like you have no options, you will do whatever your boss tells you. No questions asked.

The managers are the stupid ones.

[DBoon]

5. Wendy's employees can't afford a lawyer

not at the minimum wage, and if you sue your employer, you have a justifiable fear of being tagged a trouble-maker and not being able to get a future job.