Wis. Man Says Beer Choice Cost Him Job

AP - Yahoo ^ | February 11, 2005

[EveningStar]

RACINE, Wis. - A man may have found out firsthand just how nasty the competition is between the world's two biggest beermakers.

Isac Aguero, 24, said he was fired from his job with a Miller Brewing distributor, the same day a picture appeared in The Journal Times of Racine of him drinking a Bud Light, which is brewed by Anheuser-Busch Co.

The photo, taken Feb. 5, was part of the newspaper's weekly "On the Town" feature, which depicts the city's night life.

Aguero, who had been a forklift operator at CJW Inc. for four years, told the newspaper he was informed by co-workers when he arrived at work Monday that he was in trouble because of the picture.

He said he was called into the general manager's office and told he was fired. Aguero said he was not given a reason and claimed he never had problems with his bosses.

"It was a Saturday and I wasn't at work," he told The Journal Times. "They can't tell me what beverages I can drink.

"Bud Light's my beer of choice, I always drink that. Just because I work there, do I have to change what I drink?"

Thomas Bey, a CJW sales manager, read a statement to The Associated Press Friday and would not answer any questions. He said the company does not publicly discuss past or present employees.

Repeated calls Friday by The Associated Press to the phone number listed for Aguero went unanswered.

[EveningStar]

ping

[My2Cents]

He said the company does not publicly discuss past or present employees.

Well then, how about discussing their stupid firing policies?

[cripplecreek]

Beer has cost me a job or two over the years as well.


The boss doesn't like it when you call in sick, get drunked up and forget you called in already and call in sick for a second time.

[EveningStar]

Good lord. LOL!

[theDentist]

We don't want him drinking the competition's flaccid, lousy beer.
We want him drinking our flaccid, lousy beer."

[b4its2late]

He should've been drinking Miller, then, in reality, he would've been paying alot less for the Miller than the Bud since he would've been paying his own salary, and not peeing it away.....

[austinmark]

What happened to the good ol' day's of......

"Less Filling" VS. "Tastes Great" ?????

[Lazamataz]

Wis. Man Says Beer Choice Cost Him Job

Don't choose to drink beer on the job.

Pretty simple.

[cripplecreek]

I don't drink anymore but there are still plenty of stories to tell. I called in once and said I couldn't come in because "I got a bone in my leg".

They wrote that one down.

[RightOnline]

Stinks.

Will GM fire any employees who drive Toyotas or Mercedes?

[EveningStar]

Wisconsin ping

[HairOfTheDog]

The boss doesn't like it when you call in sick, get drunked up and forget you called in already and call in sick for a second time.

ROTFL!

[Tempest]

""It was a Saturday and I wasn't at work," he told The Journal Times. "They can't tell me what beverages I can drink. "

But... but... they're a private employer.... And it could've just as well been a cigarette....

[USNBandit]

I see a new budding career as a Bud Light spokesman.

[dread78645]

Don't choose to drink beer on the job.

You're taking your tag-line waaay too seriously there ...

[Dog Gone]

I called in once and said I couldn't come in because "I got a bone in my leg".

Good thing I'm not eating or drinking anything at the computer right now, or I'd have made a mess.

[Lazamataz]

I did that on purpose.

You have to KEEP HOPE ALIVE.

[labette]

I'm outraged, especially when I consider how much perfectly good Coors is available.

[Lazamataz]

I called in with an erection once.