A employee received an unusual present to mark their 40 years of hard work and service.
Shop assistant Kevin Parsons was gifted 40 sausage rolls, one for every year he worked at Alliance supermarket in Guernsey. The fifty-six-year-old clocked onto his first shift in 1984.
His bosses marked the milestone by awarding him a certificate, a tropical-themed mural for his home, and a sausage roll for each of his next 40 shifts.
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Described as as “alliance celebrity” by his bosses, Parsons said “words can’t express” his “appreciation” for his gifts.
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A ceremony was held on Monday, August 19 to mark the anniversary and was attended by staff and bosses.
Parsons said: “It’s been a long 40 years but I’ve loved every minute of it.”
Parsons started out at Alliance helping out with delivery, before moving to the freezer section 38 years ago, reports BBC.
He joked that he kept warm by “running”, and that people “need roller skates to keep up with me”.
Alliance chairman Chris Fish decried Parsons as great member of Guernsey’s community.
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He said: “He does a lot for the community and raises a lot of money for charity, which is very valuable”.
Company commercial director Laura Golden added that response to the Facebook post about Parson’s anniversary demonstrated how much he was adored.
She said: “For us, it’s great. We are a local independent retailer and Kevin represents that.”
On the other side of the spectrum, a MacDonald’s worker was busted behaving in a less exemplary manner.
The woman left customers revolted after she was snapped drying a disgusting, dirty mop head under the Brisbane branch’s French fry warmer, in a photo that went viral.
She was caught holding the detachable mop head underneath a heat lamp just inches away from a mountain of fries due to be served up to hungry customers.
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