Situation: On the 9th, my coworker, K, took an order for a gift basket full of snacks. It was supposed to be delivered on the 13th to a hospital employee for their birthday. The receipt with the original information was filed away at the end of the day and we had a delivery slip with "Dr. So and So" written in the recipient line.
The 13th rolls around and the weekend girl, L, tries to find Dr So and So. No dice. There is no phone number for the people who placed the order on the delivery slip. The basket sits until today when the owner of the store comes in to give me a lunch. K is away on family business, so I'm working doubles for the rest of the week so she can go (we just don't have the staff to cover absences).
The owner and I pull the original receipt, realize it's not Dr So and So, but Physical Therapist So and So, hence why he wasn't found on the 13th. The owner calls the phone number on the original receipt and tells them that it will be delivered and we won't be charging them for the basket either. So, the gift for Physical Therapist So and So is going to be free for the inconvenience.
The owner then mentioned to me that the cost of the basket and it's contents will be coming out of K's paycheck. Is this legal? I know that K made a mistake, and that the owner is getting really irritated with K's continued mistakes due to her laziness, but still.
So any advice on what I should do/say would be greatly appreciated.
The 13th rolls around and the weekend girl, L, tries to find Dr So and So. No dice. There is no phone number for the people who placed the order on the delivery slip. The basket sits until today when the owner of the store comes in to give me a lunch. K is away on family business, so I'm working doubles for the rest of the week so she can go (we just don't have the staff to cover absences).
The owner and I pull the original receipt, realize it's not Dr So and So, but Physical Therapist So and So, hence why he wasn't found on the 13th. The owner calls the phone number on the original receipt and tells them that it will be delivered and we won't be charging them for the basket either. So, the gift for Physical Therapist So and So is going to be free for the inconvenience.
The owner then mentioned to me that the cost of the basket and it's contents will be coming out of K's paycheck. Is this legal? I know that K made a mistake, and that the owner is getting really irritated with K's continued mistakes due to her laziness, but still.
So any advice on what I should do/say would be greatly appreciated.
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