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LNER Worker Sacked for Serving Binned Sausage Rolls to Passengers
Peter Duffy was dismissed for gross misconduct after serving discarded sausage rolls to first-class passengers, with his unfair dismissal and discrimination claims rejected by a Newcastle tribunal.
- On May 7, 2023 first-class passengers on an LNER service from York were served sausage rolls, prompting a company investigation.
- Reports that the rolls were discarded and laughter in the kitchen led staff to complain to managers after a host from standard class said the sausage rolls had been thrown away and staff heard `lots of laughing`.
- Footage and staff accounts indicate discarded food was plated and reheated before a colleague served first-class customers; they added, `A couple of minutes later one of the hosts from first class took the sausage rolls to Coach K.`
- A tribunal in Newcastle dismissed Mr Duffy's unfair dismissal and discrimination claims, with the tribunal judge on Wednesday saying London North Eastern Railway acted reasonably in its decision.
- At an investigatory meeting ten days later, Mr Duffy said he had gone over and beyond for the customer and cited transient global amnesia, while a colleague denied seeing the retrieval and her evidence was deemed unreliable.
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A man who worked for a British railway company was suspended by his employers. The man was accused of having served sausages from a trash can on a train trip.
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