[the truth]

ok so I own a few businesses...one of which is a taxi / minibuses business

so I get a driver dropped off at his house and tell him we will get a taxi to him for tomorrows shift....he asks me where is a particular I tell him its being fixed in the mechanics and should be ready tomorrow at 12....I tell him the day driver will be picking that taxi up from the garage at 12 and we will get a taxi to him ready for his 5pm shift tomorrow

ok so the next day the driver on day shift goes to the garage at 12 to get this car that's been fixed and its gone.....so we immediately suspect the other driver has taken it....he doesn't answer his phone all day ....I send a driver around there and he has taken the car from the mechanics without permission.....the car is locked outside his house...my drivers knocks for 10 minutes and he doesn't answer...eventually after endless calls and texts he answers ....I tell him to give the key to the driver....he gets shirty tries to talk over me...I say we haven't got time we have fares to pick up ...give him the key....he then says hes put £20 fuel in the car and wants his money back....so we check the car and get a receipt and give his his £20 and take the car....he claims I as the owner told him to collect the car from the garage, which is a lie

now the question is, is this a sackable offence? this is not the first or second time hes done this....hes done it many times..why does he do it? because he wants to choose what car he gets and doesn't listen to me even though I own the cars and the business

ive never had this problem with other drivers to this extent though it is surprising how fussy they are about what cars...several drivers simply wont drive 6+ seaters....but to actually take a car from a mechanics garage without permission is surely totally unacceptable

im undecided whether to suspend him or sack him to be honest