Posted on 01/08/2010 11:47:12 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
Greeter Terminated For 'Gross Misconduct'
PALM BAY, Fla. --
A Walmart greeter who was shown on video getting punched by a customer has been fired.
Ed Bauman, 69, said the act of defending himself cost him his job.
Bauman went into Walmart hoping to get back to work for the first time since police said he was punched by a customer. Instead, Bauman said he was fired. His termination notice called the incident an act of "gross misconduct" and accused Bauman of fighting with a customer.
"They told me I did a good job of defending myself," said Bauman. "Then they turned around and fired me. I guess they just wanted me to stand there and get beaten."
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What is Walmart thinking?
Black customer?
Fixed.WhatIs Wal-Mart thinking?
He followed a customer to his car to get his tag number. That is against Walmart policy and is grounds for termination.
What do we expect? We live in an increasingly matriarchal culture where those in power expect us to take a beating and thank them for it. We are expected to cater to the worthless and the incapable as if we owe them something because they are worthless and incapable when they should be glad they aren’t sent away starving for their indignity.
A Wal-Mart greeter in Chattanooga was assaulted by an off-duty Chattanooga Police Officer and had to be hospitalized. The police department initially only suspended the the officer, but the howl from the public was a bit too much and they initially fired him for what they called other unrelated matters.
The greeter is suing the officer and the department and it was mentioned int he news that Wal-mart was upset the greeter had filed a civil suit and was reviewing the incident.
Which I feel is code speak for they are looking to fire him.
Sounds like working for Wal-mart is very hazardous, in more ways than one.
Poor retiree comes from another place and time where if someone slugs you, you can slug back in self defense.
What would have happened if the the man just stood there and took it? At that age, who knows what a series of unanswered blows will do to you? I don’t care if Wal-Mart pays all my bills if all that’s left of me is in a vegetative state.
Hope the man can find other work elsewhere.
Boycott Wal-Mart if the man doesn’t get his job back.
Regardless of whether or not this man gets his job back, whether or not there is a boycott...our time as a great (I’d settle for decent) nation is over if the attitude behind this kind of thing is not curtailed. I’d give odds it will not be. The little things are what matter most.
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A good friend of mine, a very decent lady who was in her late 60’s @ the time, was fired from Wal-Mart a few years ago for accidentally backing into one of the cart corrals in the parking lot one night. No major damage was done. She had worked there for well over 14 years.
Thank god I am not beholden to a low paying job in the US.
Every day there seems to be some story about a guy doing his job and getting canned for it.
Life in the US just not seem to be worth the crap today.
As the war effort winds down and security contracts expire there may be a number of Gurkhas looking for work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha
Well they certainly followed their regulations to the letter.
The bar owner said I had a right to defend myself, I was expecting him to say no problem. He didn't, I had to leave. (after getting my hat back and finishing my beer).
There is something about a struggle and the aftermath they are worried about. This nation is becoming very lame in that area.
Maybe so but his pink slip says he was fired for fighting with a customer, not for following him to get his tag number.
“One never know, do one?”
I am glad the greeter filed the suit. The officer shouldn’t have acted the way he did. The officer deserved to get fired. I hope the greeter wins the suit.
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