Trouble for taking Doctors candy

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I am a tech in a urology floor, I have had my ups and down and made my intention to transfer floor known to my HR and director. I agreed to work until the end of the current schedule. On 25th December, the Xmas decorations are already being taking down and hanging in the nursing station are socks filled with candy with dr names. Walking the hall way I saw a nurse with unit secretary eating candy and taking it away from the socks and I joined the party. They had pen in them and being in nursing school, I went hunting for the pens. We shared the candy among some nurses and kids that came visiting the patients. I took some candy for any kid I see and I honestly don't eat them at all.

Fast forward to 30th dec, rumors started that they are about to fire some worker for stealing candies and I was shook. I said I took some cos I didn't know it belongs to any and decoration are already being taken down and candy was inside the Xmas socks.

Called the HR this morning and he said " your manger said you can't transfer cos they caught you camera stealing candy, you need to settle that because is a big problem".

I dont even even know how to defend my actions, the nurse with me has gone to face panel about this and tomorrow they wil call me. How can I explain being fired over candy???

Update, the nurse just called me and said that they are upset we took Doctors candy cos it was not for us to eat. That since they need nurse they will not fire her and since they will not fire her they can't fire nobody. So ladies and gentlemen , my nurse just saved the day, if this was just me an ordinary tech, they would have fired me over candy. The nurse offered to pay for the candy since they are so pained about it. I hope my own panel will go well and at lest termination is out of the way.

Good luck with your panel. I would think that, as an attorney, you wouldn't be overly concerned about facing a panel regarding accidental candy ingestion. Do they know you are a lawyer? Why not just casually drop terms like "unlawful termination" and "harassment"? Even if you no longer have a license to practice law, any "panel" in a hospital will surely not try and take advantage of somebody with your level of knowledge and education.

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Specializes in Critical Care.
No sockings for nurses , they over worship the doctors on my unit. They are more like a demigod here

Where I work several doctors give the nurses gift baskets of fruit or candy. Never heard of a stocking filled with candy for the doctors. Why would it even be in the nurses station? Instead they should have left them in the Dr's office.

That said there was a poor cafeteria worker fired for eating an old donut that someone had left by the cashier and was going to come back with the money, but changed their mind and never returned. That donut would have been thrown away, not saved and they fired some poor soul over that. Talk about ridiculous and cold hearted!

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

This post may win allnurses.

On a related note, I am glad I had those cameras installed.

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
Never heard of a stocking filled with candy for the doctors. Why would it even be in the nurses station? Instead they should have left them in the Dr's office.

For that matter, wouldn't putting the offending candy at the nurses station be a cardinal sin in the first place? Food in a patient care area??? Somebody should be held responsible for that! ASSEMBLE A PANEL IMMEDIATELY!

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You know the doctors do not give a $@#% about the gummy bears. Like, seriously. If there is a single doctor on your unit who is upset that you took their gummy bears I will eat my weight in gummy bears right now.

That is so ridiculous.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
You know the doctors do not give a $@#% about the gummy bears. Like, seriously. If there is a single doctor on your unit who is upset that you took their gummy bears I will eat my weight in gummy bears right now.

That is so ridiculous.

Actually I think I know some that would legit throw a fit about it.

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Specializes in allergy and asthma, urgent care.

Apparently, the powers that be at that hospital have never heard that sharing is caring.

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I would replace the candy you took and then run for the hills. This is an incredibly petty situation and does not sound like a place of work I would want to be in.

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Specializes in Nursey stuff.

Oh my gosh, you got caught on camera diverting candy? Did they check your glucose and do you have to self report? Did anyone report that you had gummy bear breath?

For shame, and for the next three years you will probably have to undergo random glucose testing and attend twice daily, candy eaters anonymous meetings.

No, seriously, someone needs to get a life.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

I have witnessed so much crap with regard to petty stuff like this. It's ridiculous. Nurse managers and nurse administrators definitely need to just say to those who report these things, "Are you kidding me? Don't you have enough to do? I know I do."

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I knew one doc years ago who actually tried to write a nurse up for cutting in front of him at the Starbucks in our lobby. At the time this doc was head of our critical services and very used to having nurses kiss his little tiny old-man butt and I was a union steward. Of course this complaint went nowhere as we have a collective bargaining agreement and this was considered to be outside the boundaries of work as neither the nurse or the doc had started their shift yet so crybaby complaint dismissed.

However, during that time I've seen a zillion cry-baby, petty, trifling complaints issued by nursey-poo. Trust me if this complaint actually happened it wasn't by a doc. It came from some twit nurse who should be on meds. Speaking of taking meds .... what set of idiots puts up stockings for doctors with candy in it? Let them buy their own candy as they make many multiples of what nurses make and such acts of good will (inappropriate worship???) are rarely reciprocated. Apparently there is some kind of doctors week at my hospital and butt-sucking nurses all get in line to collect and obsess over planning the festivities. Why? They get there "appreciation" the same as us which is every two weeks in the form of a check & they are way more appreciated than we are. I've never given a dime to this and never will.

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Specializes in Case manager, float pool, and more.
Oh my gosh, you got caught on camera diverting candy? Did they check your glucose and do you have to self report? Did anyone report that you had gummy bear breath?

For shame, and for the next three years you will probably have to undergo random glucose testing and attend twice daily, candy eaters anonymous meetings.

No, seriously, someone needs to get a life.

Oh my gosh, random glucose checks and candy eaters anonymous.. hahahahaha. I about snorked my tea when I read this.:laugh:

I can only imagine getting fired for candy diversion and trying to explain that on my next interview. What a petty place to work for. Ridiculous.

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