Posted on 05/17/2005 7:21:15 AM PDT by zaxxon
Man Fired By Bud Distributor For Drinking Coors
Sip Of Coors Costs Man Job At American Eagle Distributing Company
POSTED: 6:38 am MDT May 17, 2005 UPDATED: 7:23 am MDT May 17, 2005
MILLIKEN, Colo. -- A former employee of a Budweiser distributor said a sip of Coors cost him his job.
Ross Hopkins, 41, said he was fired as a supervisor at American Eagle Distributing Company after he was seen by the son-in-law of the company president with a Coors at a Greeley bar.
His apparent disloyalty led to his dismissal two days later. And now Hopkins is suing American Eagle in Weld County District Court for unspecified damages, saying he has a right to drink anything he wants in his off-hours.
In its court response, American Eagle doesn't directly challenge that Hopkins was fired, at least in part, for drinking a Coors in public. But the company said it didn't engage in a "discriminatory or unfair employment practice."
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.
Doesn't BUD get it? This ain't good publicity.
I'd fire the man too. Coors is pisswater.
Hard to blame him.
Posted earlier.
Better to be drinking Coors off the job, than to drink Bud on the job.
saying he has a right to drink anything he wants in his off-hours. (snip)
And when he is driving the delivery truck, he only drinks Bud!
Boy, Coors s*cks too...I mean it's almost a firing offense just for drinking Coors!!!
So is Bud.
What's the difference between Budweiser and making love in a rowing boat?
Nothing. They're both f****** close to water.
You smokers might want to get all worked up about this too.
Better to drink Coors period. Bud is bilge water. Being born and raised in St. Louis, Anheuser Busch must pump their water from the bottom of the Mississippi.
This BUD IS NOT for you!
Coors Light is a good easy-to-drink light beer, but did you know that it actually has a pretty strong alcohol content? Quite a bit higher than other light beers? That's part of the reason it is so popular, from what I've heard.
That is correct!
We used to tell a joke when I lived in Denver. Flush twice, the Coors brewery is uphill from here.
I feel sorry for this man fired after drinking coors. Talk about a double whammy. The only question is which is worse?
My sentiments exactly. When I was in Colorado in the 1970s I noticed that in local bars NO ONE drank Coors. It was mostly Bud or Miller. Ask for a Coors and the bartender would look at you funny and say "you're not from around here, are you?"
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