Waitress is sacked by exclusive Oxbridge club for trying to take a piece of lasagne home because she had no time to eat it during her lunch break

‘A waitress at an exclusive London club was fired for trying to take her lunch home because she had not had time to eat it.
Bosses at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in Pall Mall searched Silvia Mecati’s handbag as she left work and found a piece of vegetarian lasagne wrapped in tin foil.
Even though the club had provided the meal for free, the 43-year-old was accused of ‘stealing’ and dismissed.
The institution – a private members’ club for Oxbridge graduates whose members have included Stephen Fry, Benazir Bhutto and Clement Attlee – argued that she had not sought permission from the chef or a manager to take her lunch home.
The waitress, who has been on a zero hours contract during her three years at the club, is appealing against the decision.’
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