[KILLSCAM]

Funny how the original poster hasn't made any further comments or indeed offered more details, re: owing the company money ?

[lucyj2007]

to save your time, and get the position, you may want to just pay the ticket and move on. I think that sometimes it's best to focus on the solution and put things behind you.

[cathouse]

I haven't replied cause i was too busy looking for a job.
Plumber, you don't know the whole story.
Tinkerbell, thank you for your kind words of support and information
Punk, you'd think in this day and age people would be more accepting
everyone else, many thanks for your time to respond.

The ticket was for an expense that didn't get authorised so they want me to pay for it. i didn't steal it. a small amount which i can pay for but my issue was why didn't they collect it from me before letting me go by deducting it? or bring it up. why so long? it was so long ago i couldn't believe it when they told me.
I will pay for it because i have no other choice. they just keep saying they won't release any information on me until i clear the "paperwork". not even the simple info like my dates of employment. i feel like it's blackmail.

i don't pull the race card. ever, and the health and safety issues are still outstanding in that office so i'm glad i'm out of there.
i have witnesses as it was during a presentation and they were the ones more offended by me when the comments and motions were made. i was in shock that someone in this day and age would make the remarks that they did. i spoke to the director and was laughed at, told to forget about it and go away. it's not the first time where i've mentioned that i was offended by their comments and then told not to be so sensitive.
as tinks said, i've got bills to pay and weighed options on whether to rock the boat. i did have the support of co workers but don't have the time or money to hit up an employment lawyer.

plumber, you shouldn't cast such quick judgement.
you will be judged yourself.

[punk rocker]

[Tinkerbell37]

The reason I decided to contribute to this thread was because Cathouse clearly needed some pointers on how to deal with the situation.

I never held myself out as an expert on employment law because I'm not, I specialise in contract and consumer credit, so it would have been pointless to pontificate on an area that is not my field. So C/P's assertion that I'm a, "2 bob touting advisor" is utter rubbish! At no point have I stated that I could help Cathouse above and beyond the general info that I offered detailing where he/she could obtain legal advice from.

My subsequent posts on this thread have been about defending Cathouse because it was blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain cell that only a few facts of the situation had been provided! As I've said previously, it never ceases to amaze me how quickly people are prepared to jump to conclusions without knowing exactly what's happened in a situation and C/P is the worst example of this as his comments were absolutely despicable. In light of what Cathouse has said, he looks like even more of an idiot now, if that's possible!

C/P has been at pains to convince (himself mainly) that he has common sense! Well of course he has, in his own deluded mind! Because the first thing all right thinking people do when given scant information about a situation is to accuse someone of being a "thief"! Why wait for the full facts, when you can go off half cocked and make vicious and unsubstantiated remarks?

He is full of hatred and contempt, as only such a person would deem it appropriate upon reading Cathouse's post to suggest that he/she is a "thief".

He was never intending to give constructive advice it was all about character assassination, no doubt fuelled by his misguided belief that Cathouse had "played the race card"! He then went on to explain away his own clearly racist agenda by claiming that all of us engage in racist behaviour! Go figure?! The motivation behind his comments are not difficult to dissect!

In the light of what Cathouse has said, lets see if C/P is man enough to post up a grovelling, unqualified apology for everything he has said that no doubt caused profound offence to Cathouse. Personally, I don't think he's man enough because in his mind to apologise is to concede defeat. If he were a real man he would know otherwise!

Thanks Cathouse for posting up the additional info about your situation, it was clear from what you said in the beginning that you had given just a bit of detail. You rightly pointed out C/P DID NOT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY!!! Try telling him that! Well I have, as you can see, (lol) but unfortunately, this joker doesn't see a lack of factual information as being an obstacle to abusing people. It's prejudice and judgment first, don't bother asking questions later!

I can understand why you didn't take out a grievance when you worked there, as you no doubt felt you were caught between a rock and a hard place. It can come down to keeping a roof over your family's head and buying food or the frightening alternative!

I wish you every success in securing a new job and it is always worthwhile exploring all your options as far as legal advice is concerned, as there are free services that you can access. If you are receiving benefits and depending what they are, you may well qualify for help from a Solicitor. I'm sure CAB can advise on this.

Hi Punk Rocker, basically C/P started to call my degree a "duhgree" because in his considered opinion because he knows so much as he's already demonstrated,lol they're not worth the paper they are written on! It was his sad little attempt at a spot of levelling. In other words, even though I have a law degree I am no better than him, blah, blah, blah...! It's what he feels he needs to do to claim some sort of false superiority.

At the end of the day, he was totally wrong about Cathouse and all his subsequent remarks like him, are idiotic!

I wonder when that apology will be making an appearance.........?

Tinkerbell.

[scambusters]

[Tinkerbell37]

So the gobby plumber didn't have the balls to apologise, no surprise there then!

He couldn't have been any quicker or more vehement in his condemnation and he's now so quiet it's positively deafening! He lectured, preached to, accused, insulted, demeaned, judged and defamed Cathouse without any legitimate reason for doing so.

This is one real upstanding guy! He's a bully boy with a racist agenda that pounced on Cathouse when he thought he saw an opportunity to pick on someone who obviously isn't ethnically white and it takes a lot of courage to do that doesn't it?

This guy doesn't give a damn if he upsets people and only someone without a conscience would firstly call a person a "thief" without there being any evidence of this and then fail to apologise for his despicable comments!

He has behaved exactly as I expected him to and proven that he is nothing more than a coward and a bloody hypocrite! He is beneath contempt.

Tinkerbell.

[lucyj2007]

I agree with castlegr... go to the Citizen's Advice Bureau to see where you stand legally before deciding on a course of action.

[Russet Guzzler]

A quick read tells me you have some money that's really owed to your ex-employer and that he's withholding your reference

The only reference your ex-employer is bound to give is to confirm your employment dates and at what position

If you hang on to the money he's hardly likely to do more...

Just a thought