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Verizon SUSPENDS worker for using work equipment to rescue cat which was
Daily Mail, UK ^ | 23 March 2019 | LEAH MCDONALD

Posted on 03/25/2019 10:07:44 PM PDT by EinNYC

A Verizon worker was suspended from his job for rescuing a cat which was stranded on top of a telephone pole.

Maurice German was working in a neighborhood in Port Richmond, Pennsylvania last Saturday, when a resident asked him to help rescue 'Momma' the cat.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: mauricegerman; pennsylvania; portrichmond; verizon
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To: EinNYC

Me Neither.


61 posted on 03/26/2019 7:50:14 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: left that other site

There was a time when the Bell System wanted what we called “good citizens” as workers. Those days and the days of the Vale Medals are long gone.


62 posted on 03/26/2019 7:53:01 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: be-baw; SanchoP

If they go too lightly on this gent, then they can also be sued later on when someone else does it and they come down hard. Verizon is in a no-win situation.


63 posted on 03/26/2019 7:53:33 AM PDT by MortMan (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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To: EinNYC
Wasn't it in Police Academy that they used a 9mm to get the cat down? That seems cheaper than using bucket equipment.
64 posted on 03/26/2019 7:57:31 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: Roccus; left that other site

Vale S/B Vail


65 posted on 03/26/2019 7:57:35 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: CommerceComet
Wasn't it in Police Academy that they used a 9mm to get the cat down? That seems cheaper than using bucket equipment.

Think you're funny? Here's your first clue: you're not.

66 posted on 03/26/2019 8:48:40 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

From good PR to bad, in one fell swoop.


67 posted on 03/26/2019 8:52:11 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: reg45
They are going to lose a lot of customers.

Doubtful.

68 posted on 03/26/2019 8:56:47 AM PDT by Drew68 (No, as a matter of fact, I didn't read the article.)
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To: Roccus

Yes. Those were the days, my FRiend.


69 posted on 03/26/2019 8:57:05 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Roccus

Vail Medal






Here Ya Go! :-)

70 posted on 03/26/2019 8:59:14 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: MortMan
If they go too lightly on this gent, then they can also be sued later on when someone else does it and they come down hard. Verizon is in a no-win situation.

HR has written guidelines for every scenario.
I gotta share:
I retired in 2013. (aneurysm) After all the paper work was submitted and approved my last day was set for May 31.After adding my vacation days my last workday was May 5th.
After my house had sold and the movers had already gone,my boss had driven 400 miles to collect my keys,ID,laptop and cellphone,HR decided my last day would be June 1st and my idiot boss agreed.

Now --- everyone that thinks I drove a 1400 mile commute to show up at a place where I no longer worked please pick up the heaviest item within reach and smack yourself upside the head. Idiocracy is not our future,it's here already.

71 posted on 03/26/2019 10:48:30 AM PDT by SanchoP (Why does DC hate Americans so much ?)
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To: EinNYC; Daffynition
a resident asked him to help rescue 'Momma' the cat.

Because...

If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Verizon corporate must have missed the memo.

74 posted on 03/26/2019 1:09:00 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word.)
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To: tired&retired

As someone who had cats most of his life, my testicles shrunk a bit at that!


75 posted on 03/26/2019 6:46:08 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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To: glorgau

LOL! Yeah, the quick way anyway!


76 posted on 03/26/2019 6:49:02 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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To: malach

That’s ok. I have been in the tree care industry for thirty years. I have all the right eguipment. I also have grown up around farms, kennels and animals in general. I am realistic about animals, and how their feelings and emotions work differently then humans.
Now if you will excuse me I’m going out to visit my rabbits.They have much more personality then a cat.


77 posted on 03/28/2019 5:53:15 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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