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A Japanese school principal was fired after he was allegedly caught not paying for coffee multiple times.
As a result, he will not be able to receive severance pay worth approximately 20 million yen.
The incident was reported in January in Takasago City, located in Hyogo Prefecture on Honshu. Japanese local media.
A 59-year-old male principal of a Takasago municipal junior high school was arrested for using self-service coffee at a convenience store.
Even though he only paid for a regular size coffee, he poured himself a large size coffee.
Regular coffee sells for 110 yen (73 cents), but he was buying the larger size for 180 yen ($1.20), a difference of just 70 yen (47 cents).
A store employee noticed the man, stopped him, and immediately called the police. Japan today I will report it.
The clerk claimed that the man had behaved in a despicable manner twice before.
The store did not file a complaint, but the school was notified, and during an investigation by the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education, the man admitted that he had not paid for the coffee seven times, and had paid the equivalent of approximately 490 yen in total. It is said that .
Japan Today reported that the man first did it by accident, but thought he was running away and repeated it.
He told the board that he had done it “on impulse” and that he was “truly sorry.”
The school board reportedly fired him on Jan. 30 for serious misconduct, which is unusual for an education official. ”
The board members said they were “deeply sorry.” [their] heart”, allowed it to happen.
according to Sora Newsthe incident sparked a heated debate online.
One person said, “I could have bought about 100,000 cups of large coffee with the retirement money I lost.”
Another added: “He could have gotten away with saying he doesn’t know how to use the machine because he’s an older guy.”
Professor Takashi Sakata of Japan Women’s University told the press. Asahi He said the punishment was “disproportionately severe.”
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