I am a high school graduate taking a gap year working, had been working at a cafe for nearly 2 months (which is coincidentally my test period). Yesterday I accepted a 2e tip from a nice old lady who thanked me for the service. She put it in the shared tip jar. I was the only one working that shift and thought as the tip was given to me that I could use it myself. I took the coin from the jar and bought myself a coffee from the shop. The owner went back through hours of footage from the security camera filming the work area and fired me on basis of theft from the tip jar. I thought the tip was for the employee but apparently the tips belong to the owner and thus I was untrustworthy and let go.
It was my first proper job, and this really shocked me. The owner was trying to scare me through threats of reporting me to the police for theft. I wasn't enjoying the work environment anyways but was just scared to quit myself. Don't know the reason I'm writing this, probably just to let out steam.