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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Revilo1st on 2026-02-15 21:30:16+00:00.

This article is being carried by a lot of media outlets with the shock headline however, Lidl actually won the tribunal as the employee clearly knew the process. They even had their own water bottle but apparently their squash was too strong!

After their length of service they clearly had the correct understanding of the process and just took the stock.

Stock is stock no matter the value, and taking said stock without paying for it constitutes theft and will likely result in dismissal. I don’t understand how anyone would think it would be treated as anything less, and the outcome being a lesser sanction, as it’s clear the company have a zero tolerance approach to this sort of thing.