coronavirus protection measures, Birds introduced a no cash policy in recent months in an effort to help limit the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus.
However, Ms Metcalfe found herself heartbroken as elderly customers were being turned away for only having cash to buy baked goods – and decided to take matters into her own hands.The 60-year-old employee asked customers to give her cash for their purchases, then used her own debit card to make the official payment, showing receipts to those who agreed to her method.But she was shown the door and axed form her job after bosses discovered what she had been doing.
Md Metcalfe told Nottinghamshire Live: "I realise what I was doing was against company policy. But they had picked up the items and.