COMPANY POLICY

for failing a state police sting, the very night that it happened. I
will not allow someone to jeopardize our liquor license for not doing
their job, just like CVS should not put their license to sell tobacco
in jeopardy to keep someone employed that will not uphold policy.


My thinking is simple. If you don't do the job you are hired for, you
do not deserve to continue to be employed. Sorry.

If I made a mistake depositing cash, and was fired as a result, I own
the responsibility of it. Plain and simple.

Don't sell drugs to minors,

Thats the governments policy, not CVS.


Your lucky they didn't turn you into the 4o

I know a guy who went to jail for providing cigs to underaged kids.

It's simple.


If you "miscalculated" the ID it means you sold tobacco to a minor.
And you got caught.

Either you got caught by the store or by a sting operation - and if
you got caught by a sting... the company can get in a lot of trouble
over it.


Listing off what other employees did wrong won't change that.


If you do get hired back, I recommend getting one of those little
calendars they use to calculate the birthdate for selling. That way
you won't have to worry about it.

Yes it was the "Sting"....and no, the company didnt get in trouble.
They didnt get called into court, they didnt get fined, and they didnt
lose their tobacco license. The case was thrown outta court.

It is called do as I say, Not do what I do. THAT IS COMPANY POLICY

How do you "miscalculate" a birthdate? If you can't subtract 18 years
from today's year and figure out that someone is of legal age to buy
smokes, then you shouldn't be a cashier at a place that sells smokes.

Stores in WI have signs at the entrance, at the checkouts, and on the
cigarette display stating that one must be born on or before "Today's
Date" in 1992 to purchase tobacco. 1989 to purchase liquor.

The signs take any guesswork out of the equation for cashiers. Do
stores in your state have such signs?

As backwards as it sounds, stealing tobacco is a lesser threat to a
company than selling to a minor. Both should be grounds for
termination, but by selling tobacco and or alcohol to a minor, the
business risks losing its license to sell either. I guess CVS feels
that this theft case was costing them less than potentially losing the
right to sell tobacco.