Coffee Got this Principal Fired

The following article, Coffee Got this Principal Fired, was first published on The Black Sphere. Does the punishment fit the crime? After reading this, imagine how many American educators would be fired if this were the litmus test? According to News Beyond Detroit, this principal was fired over padding his coffee purchase. The Japanese junior high school principal lost his job and pension after cheating on his coffee purchase. He overfilled his coffee cup. Wait. He did it at least seven times. I know. The horror. Have any of you ever gotten self-serve drinks, drank some then topped the drink off again? And if you have, don’t be too hard on yourself. Because the Japanese already made up for all these transgressions with this one case. The 59-year-old junior high school principal lost about $135,000, based on his retirement pay estimates. Over coffee! An observant store clerk noticed the principal committing this crime. He witnessed the man pressing the large button on the machine, when he had only paid for a regular, according to allegations by the school board. The principle validated what the clerk said, and confessed to the crime. Next, he even admitted to having ripped off multiple...