Doing the right thing can sometimes have consequences, but if you are convinced that you are doing good, it is fair and honest to appreciate such a gesture. Bryan Johnston is a 16-year-old who earns his living as an employee of a well-known American donut chain. Although the boy always showed that he was working hard, he was fired for violating the company’s protocol. Specifically, Bryan was tired of having to throw dozens and dozens of donuts in the trash every night, so he thought of creating some gift packages and giving them to the homeless. Action more than justified, but which was not to the liking of his boss.
Bryan is a very active user of the TikTok platform and his dismissal is partly due to the video he posted and which was watched by over 2 million people. In this short clip, we can see especially what happens every night: Bryan and his colleagues have to throw away all the unsold donuts. Food waste is huge and you have to do it every night, knowing that people are starving on the streets.
It should be noted that each franchise of the famous American chain can independently decide to donate unsold products at the end of the day and that the parent company itself has created special collection points for this type of donation.
However, Bryan, who seems horrified by the food waste in the video, was fired from the restaurant where he worked for months. According to the young man, some franchises are too “greedy and lazy” to get involved in helping the homeless. “He would rather throw food at the end of the day than pay an employee two extra hours of work to transport the food to a designated collection center. Although the decision belongs to each restaurant, most managers ask us to throw everything away because they have not set up a donation program. This waste of food and the lack of proper procedures disappoint me a lot “, he commented.
Following his dismissal, Bryan received many messages of support and even financial support – a little help until he was hired by another company. His mission of self-help will certainly not stop here. Bryan said he will use TikTok and social media to express concerns about issues relevant to our society, such as the world hunger problem.
Finally, after he was fired, Johnston made another video in which he buys donuts from another American chain and donates them to medical staff in hospitals. We hope that this young man will find another job and that his message will not remain without echo: that of acting for the benefit of the people, regardless of the cost!