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Packers necktie gets car salesman fired
Chicago Tribune ^ | January 25, 2011 | Dawn Rhodes and Ryan Haggerty

Posted on 01/25/2011 9:13:09 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

John C. Stone might be the most famous Green Bay Packers fan in Chicago.

The 34-year-old Roseland resident was fired Monday from his job as a car salesman at an Oak Lawn Chevrolet dealership for wearing a Packers tie to work, but he’s already been offered a job at another dealership and been interviewed live on a nationwide sports radio show.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: fired; football; nfl; sportsmanship; ties; workplace
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He should have asked for overtime. That usually takes care of ties.
1 posted on 01/25/2011 9:13:11 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

*groan*

Post of the day!


2 posted on 01/25/2011 9:15:16 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 735 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

He’s an idiot.

SnakeDoc


3 posted on 01/25/2011 9:17:08 AM PST by SnakeDoctor ("They made it evident to every man [...] that human beings are many, but men are few." -- Herodotus)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Oh it was a REAL tie. I thought it was some kinda mob euphemism.


4 posted on 01/25/2011 9:17:08 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

You can easily see the manager’s point. He’s on the clock...And that’s the way it is. AND he was warned.


5 posted on 01/25/2011 9:19:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Would the Chicago mob and the New York mob feel better if the Jets and Bears played for third place? Maybe they could call it the Not so Super Bowl.
6 posted on 01/25/2011 9:20:36 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I have a feeling a lot of Bears fans are going to visit this dealership if they want a car. But the dealership may need all the extra money to pay this guy if he wins a wrongful termination suit.


7 posted on 01/25/2011 9:22:13 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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Packers necktie gets car salesman fired

Go ahead and sue. Dere ain't a jury in Chicagah dat'll rule for da Chedderhead.

8 posted on 01/25/2011 9:28:32 AM PST by K-Stater
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To: ConservativeStatement

I don’t get how anyone can be fired for a sports tie. Still, I think ANYONE that wears sports team birc-a-brac is a moron, but I can;t see firing anyone for it.


9 posted on 01/25/2011 9:29:38 AM PST by CWCoop
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Would the Chicago mob and the New York mob feel better if the Jets and Bears played for third place?

Interesting concept!

10 posted on 01/25/2011 9:32:27 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty too! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The majority of people realize that we each like our own team and enjoy wearing their colors. And the majority of people do so in jest, teasing one another and having fun on the way. People are tolerant - this dealership wasn’t. Time to shop elsewhere for cars.


11 posted on 01/25/2011 9:32:54 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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A Jets/Bears Superbowl would involve markets theoretically covering 30 million people, whereas Green Bay/Pittsburgh involves 3 million.
12 posted on 01/25/2011 9:33:08 AM PST by wideawake
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To: Sacajaweau

Plus it went against the company’s marketing plan where they used Bears’ players in advertising. You could make conflict of interest as a basis for what seems to me to be a solid reason for canning this insubordinate idiot.

Here in Da ‘Burgh a lot of local businesses run advertising campaigns with Steelers’ players, and I pity any damnfool employee who’d show up for work in Ravens or Browns gear.


13 posted on 01/25/2011 9:37:50 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m all for the Packers, but how many cars is he going to sell in IL with that on? I’d fire him for being just incredibly stupid! :-)


14 posted on 01/25/2011 9:38:26 AM PST by Dem Guard (Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
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To: JimRed
Just Ended Their Season


The only Jet going to Dallas will be the one carrying the AFC Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers
15 posted on 01/25/2011 9:44:15 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Locally, they probably won’t suffer from this. I imagine lots of Bears fans will flock to this car lot to buy a car from the place that stood up for the home team. Nationally, they will look foolish.


16 posted on 01/25/2011 9:49:21 AM PST by texaschick
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To: ConservativeStatement

Probably all for the best. His ex-employers sound like a bunch of assholes.


17 posted on 01/25/2011 9:54:33 AM PST by elli1
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To: wideawake
whereas Green Bay/Pittsburgh involves 3 million.

But those two teams have the largest nationwide following, outside of the Cowboys.

18 posted on 01/25/2011 10:02:48 AM PST by dfwgator
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The only Jet going to Dallas will be the one carrying the AFC Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers

How's Green Bay going to get there? By Boat?.............

19 posted on 01/25/2011 10:08:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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Probably right - although the Raiders still seem to have a huge national following as well. Not to mention that the Giants have a bigger following in the New York area than the Jets.


20 posted on 01/25/2011 10:09:14 AM PST by wideawake
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