School principal in Japan fired for coffee theft, denied retirement pay

The principal admitted that he had up-sized his coffee without paying three times before at the same store, and four times at another store. - PHOTO: PEXELS via The Straits Times/ANN

TOKYO: Despite paying only for a regular-sized coffee, a principal at a junior high school in Japan helped himself to a large cup at a convenience store self-service machine.

He was caught in Takasago, a city about a seven-hour drive from Tokyo, after a worker saw him pressing the button for a large cup on Dec 21. He was dismissed from his job and had his teaching licence revoked, reported Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun on Feb 16.