In Detroit, a city without a major supermarket, food has long been an issue. The demand for food has now reached an all time high and Detroits middle class is now feeling the pressure that has previously only affected the city’s poorest families.

“Families are forced to buy food from corner stores with less healthy and more expensive food.”

In the recession racked town, delivery men stack boxes of goods outside stores while men dressed in military fatigues, combat boots and flak jackets stand directly beside them protecting them from any thieves.

“With unemployment over 16% in July, the food crunch is intensifying,  and it is spreading to people not used to dealing with hunger. As middle class workers lose their jobs, the same folks that used to donate to soup kitchens and pantries have become their fastest growing set of recipients.”

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This would be quite possibly one of the most embarrassing reasons to get fired. Well, I could think of a lot more that would be more embarrassing, but this is pretty bad…

The  former chief counsel at a multinational corporation was forced to resign after stealing food from his companies on site cafeteria. The Supreme Court of Kansas disciplined Troy H. Ellis after a video camera caught him stealing food.

According to the companies website, the company, which a subsidiary of Koch Industries, is the world’s largest producer of nylon and spandex, and it has locations in 24 countries.

“The Kansas Supreme Court’s April 17 decision issued a public censure against Ellis, who was forced to resign after the theft at Invista’s Wichita, Kansas, office came to light in 2007. The court found that he had violated the rules of professional responsibility by failing to “maintain his personal integrity” and by causing “actual injury” to the legal profession.”

Ellis said “I think I was just overworked.” Said Ellis, “I made a mistake.”

“Ellis could not be reached for comment. A spokeswoman for Invista (the food service company) declined to comment on the court decision or Ellis’ employment with the company. On the audio recording from the hearing, Ellis said that he had received the biggest promotion of his career just prior to committing the theft. He had worked for the company for six years. “

That was an awefully expensive bag of cheetos and sandwich.

During a five-day period in September 2007, Ellis eight times loaded a tray with food and left the cafeteria without paying. After cashiers at the cafeteria noticed his behavior, security employees installed a video camera that caught him in the act. The senior vice-president and general counsel of Koch Industries, confronted Ellis, who denied it until he was presented with video evidence.

The same day, Ellis sent Holden an e-mail that said he was “embarrassed and disgusted” with himself. “I lied. I stole. I violated the Code of Conduct,” he wrote.

His e-mail continued: “I have had to tell my parents, who are here, my wife and my children what I did. I received no sympathy and the same question — why? I have no good answer.”

That’s the way the Cheeto’s Crumble.

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