Easy enough when someone's clearly done the wrong thing, or when despite performance management efforts they just aren't prepared to make an effort. Not all terminations are for those reasons though, and sometimes the circumstances are such that you might have some sympathy.
For example, I was called in to terminate a fellow in his 30s, married with children, who'd suffered a back injury (outside work) which clearly was not his fault. Unfortunately for him he could no longer perform the requirements of his job as a storeman and despite his best efforts it was actually unsafe, on medical grounds, for him to continue. With his education and skills, there was no other role for him, and his prospects weren't good for getting a job anywhere else either. Poor fellow was in tears, and I have to say that I felt for him.
