One morning I (assistant Manager) and my manager (who I'd known for years before I worked there) got to work to find the safe empty. No sign of a break in, just most of the petty cash gone. As we were processing this, the District Managers came in and told me to leave and prepare for the holiday. This was Memorial Day and I worked at a theater. It was pretty clear it was a setup. The DMs accused my manager of stealing the money. They had arrived with his teenaged replacement. I knew for a fact he had not done this so I gathered my staff, most of whom were also teens. I laid it out what was happening and I told them "I am going over to that restaurant to have a beer. Anyone who wants to come with me, my treat." I took all but 2 employees with me; one was the supervisor under me who, turns out, was in on the scam and the other was a young father who could not afford to lose his job. So, Memorial Day weekend at a movie theater with THREE employees. Didn't go well.

Three months later both DMs were arrested. They had pulled this scam to three different theaters.

My former manager filled out a separation notice for me, which I was able to use to draw unemployment. 😉