Crime & Safety

Giving Unused BART Tickets to Teen Costs Agent his Job

Jim Stanek of Novato found out by letter that he'd been let go for giving away $300 worth of unused tickets.

He thought he was doing a good deed even though it was against the rules.

According to multiple reports, Novato's Jim Stanek, got fired from his job as a BART ticket agent for giving $300 in unused tickets to a needy teenager.

Here is a San Francisco Chronicle blog post about it, and here is a piece from CBS5.

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