Starbucks Fires Employee For Heating 'Personal Food' In Work Oven; Stirs A Debate

During a busy day at work, a warm meal feels incredible. Isn't it? Heating lunch at the office also calls for small talk and banter between employees. It seems like an ordinary day at work.

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Not for a Starbucks barista who got in trouble for doing something that might seem harmless: heating his food.

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In a new TikTok video,?user @fugnarr?shows how they made steak tacos at work, including frying them in a convection oven at a Starbucks and putting pieces of steak in tacos with all the other ingredients.

After finding out that one of their employees had used the company oven to prepare steak tacos to share with their coworkers, things quickly escalated to a situation of complete disarray at Starbucks.

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The TikToker then posts a picture of themselves in the parking lot with the caption,

"Goodbye, Starbucks, that steak was fire."?

The video also includes @fugnarr in a picture and "notice of separation" papers.?"Steak so scrumptious, HR investigated me for the secret recipe," @fugnarr captioned the video.?

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In the video's comments section, @fugnarr said a coworker had "tattled" on them.?

But they also detailed the steak-cooking process they used at Starbucks.

"Turkey pesto button x3 times, then flip and three more Turkey pestos," they explained.

A Starbucks employee fired for using the company's oven to warm up their food has started a conversation on social media.

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As soon as @fugnarr’s video started circulating online, many supported and sympathized with the barista.?

"They should’ve promoted you. Instead, I’m tired of the 3D printed sandwiches," one commenter said.?

"You were just reheating your lunch, wrongful termination, fr," another commenter said.?

In a Reddit post, a Starbucks worker explained that employees could not reheat their food in the oven. It's still unclear if this was the only reason the worker was fired.

"Per Starbucks policy and food and safety procedures, we are not supposed to warm up the food we bring from home in the ovens."

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