"An Employee Stole From Me.."

The conversation begins with someone revealing they recently caught one of their main employees stealing, describing it as 'giving off the top feeling.' Rather than seeking money back, they spoke with the employee and reached a middle ground solution. In response, another person references a scene from the Netflix series Ozarks to illustrate their perspective on handling employee theft. The scene involves a drug lord who tells a story about his father's grocery store employee named Lupita, who was beloved by everyone but was caught pocketing a $5 bill. The drug lord asks various people what they would do in this situation, receiving responses that minimize the severity due to the small amount. However, when asked, the character Marty responds definitively that he would fire her, explaining his reasoning that this likely wasn't the first time she stole, just the first time she was caught. The underlying philosophy presented is that having a 'snake in the business' is unacceptable regardless of the dollar amount involved.