This is what John Stone, a car salesman at a dealership in Chicago was told by his boss last week. He wore a Greenbay Packers tie to work, and because his manager was a Bears fan, the manager asked Stone to remove his tie. Twice.
Now, I don't really care about football, but I know that people can get pretty emotional about their team loyalties. But to ask someone to remove a tie that supports the competing team? That seems unreasonable.
To fire that person because they refused to remove their neckwear seems even more unreasonable. And yet, it happened.
Is this what the world is coming to? People are so stubborn and sensitive about a sport that they are willing to seriously threaten the livelihood of someone merely because they support a different team?
Well that manager is really kicking himself now. Not only does he look like a complete idiot and a sore loser for firing someone because their necktie reminded him that their team beat his team, but now Stone is getting calls from Packers fans all over the country who want to buy a car from him and only him!
And he's been offered a job at another dealership by a guy who felt sympathy for him when he read about his story in the news. So I guess it's a happy ending. But still, it makes you wonder about that manager: was there really nothing more important for him to get upset about?
http://www.suntimes.com/3488244-417/stone-packers-wearing-bears-fired.html
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