Undercover Boss USA returned on Monday with a repeated Channel 4 episode, which caused a major stir after an employee was given the sack by their boss.
During the episode, Jane Grote Abell, chairwoman of Donatos Pizza and daughter of the company’s founder, went undercover posing as an employee and a contestant for a new reality TV show. However, she made a shocking discovery.
Wearing a disguise, the pizza shop owner visited their campus location at the Ohio State University.
She joined Aaron – the delivery driver – and was left in shock when he made a candid admission about other activities he likes to partake in while on company time.
Aaron revealed: ‘A lot of people smoke pot, and they will invite me to come in for a little bit.
‘If I’m not very busy and I don’t need to be super focused then I’ll kind of indulge.’
Undercover Boss USA returned on Monday with a resurfaced Channel 4 episode, which caused a major stir after an employee was given the sack by their boss
During the episode, Jane Grote Abell, Chairwoman of Donatos Pizza and daughter of the company’s founder, went undercover posing as an employee and a contestant for a new reality TV show
Jane appeared shocked after her employee admitted to smoking marijuana while delivering pizza and wanted to take off her disguise and fire him on the spot.
Later in the programme, her true idenтιтy was revealed and a stunned Aaron received a stern grilling.
Jane reiterated: ‘So, Aaron, when you told me you smoked pot on the job, I’ve never been so angry in my life.’
While he attempted to play down the incident, she interjected: ‘You said you did it while you were at Donatos, working.’
Aaron apologised before his boss followed up with: ‘Well, you know I have to let you go as a delivery driver.’
However, all was not lost for the employee as his boss agreed to give him a job in the kitchen if he took a drug test within the next 30 days.
Aaron said: ‘Jane kind of fired me and I’m glad she’s taking into account all of the positives in me. I’m glad she’s giving me the opportunity she’s giving me.’
The resurfaced episode from 2019 caused a stir among viewers as several took to social media to express their rage.
However, she was left in shock after her delivery driver Aaron openly admitted to smoking marijuana while on the job and wanted to take off her disguise and fire him on the spot
Later in the programme, her true idenтιтy was revealed, and a stunned Aaron received a stern grilling before getting the sack
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One angry viewer wrote: ‘He put himself and others in danger. And now the CEO!!! Are you kidding me!!! She should have fired him no questions asked!!! He knew he did wrong!!!’
While another fumed: ‘Well, she has no choice but telling him this cannot be tolerated.’
A third agreed: ‘Yeah definitely not on the job bro. Show some restraint. Especially when you drive.’
While a fourth suggested the moment was blown out of proportion, saying: ‘It’s really not that deep if you put things in perspective.
‘He’s probably driving his own vehicle, being severely underpaid and he has a good reputation (which means a lot of experience) as a delivery driver so I ᴀssume he doesn’t get into many accidents, if any.’
Undercover Boss airs weekdays on Channel 4 at 11:10am and is available to stream on channel4.com.