Posted on 12/25/2008 8:59:47 PM PST by george76
A Tennessee woman says she was fired just days before Christmas because of the way she was spreading Christmas cheer.
The pin says "It's called Christmas, for Christ's sake".
When Sutton admired the pin being worn by a customer, the stranger gave it to her. Neither knew its message would mean trouble for the cashier.
When a customer complained, the employee was asked to remove the pin due to store policy that no employee should wear a pin supporting a religion.
Sutton says when she returned from lunch that day, she was fired.
(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...
Now, that is pathetic.
What kind of rotten, miserable person would take the time out of his/her day to complain about a freaking PIN. And what kind of company would fire that person for wearing one expressing a holiday pin around Christmas. Unless there is some written policy, and there may well be...it’s just another cut in the fabric of our society. It’s all falling apart anyway.
If you can’t say Merry Christmas ... don’t take the day off work.
Dosen’t this story beg for more information?
She has a good heart and soul.
"A Christmas pin, on your uniform?"
Wouldn’t you like to know the identity of the complainer?
**this story beg for more information?**
Begs enough that if there isn’t more information forthcoming, I WILL BE considering cancelling my card and moving my business to HOME DEPOT!
Christmas tradition is based upon the winter festivals that go back into pre Roman times. Winter was depressing so the civilizations had winter celebrations under various names.
So if Christ was Born April(just like me) then why don't we celebrate it then?
Because the Church at the time decided to take over the winter festivals, and celebrate Christs birth then, works for me.
Lowe’s won’t explain why Sutton was fired, several employees told 6 News they believe she was fired because of the pin. They expressed support support of her, but they didn’t want to go on camera for fear of losing their jobs.
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=9577785
satan always overplays his hand
It must have been a stark raving mad lunatic, frothing-at-the-mouth atheist who complained... (to a gay, down-in-the-mouth, weenie store manager, no less)...
I would quite imagine that the company has a written policy against overt expression of religion. As much as religious types will deplore this as another sign of the PC secularization of society (and I would agree with this to some extent) — still, companies are and should be free to create such policies and enforce them at their discretion. And I imagine that the comments here would be much different if the pin had said “Praise Allah” or “Atheists for Peace.” However, immediately firing the woman was certainly uncalled for. Perhaps a warning about the policy, which would be well within their rights if, as I suspect, there is a written policy. But nothing more than that.
I having a lot of trouble believing this story as written.
Methinks this women was looking to be made a victim.
” the comments must have been made by a friend or relative of the ... Operations Manager Jim. “
” The store in Newport has become a flurry of write-ups......even as far as to try and write an employee up when he was laying in a hospital bed. “
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=9577785
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“And I imagine that the comments here would be much different if the pin had said “Praise Allah” or “Atheists for Peace.” “
Then you fail to understand the difference between conservatism and leftism.
In addition to which, that’s a pretty damned offensive thing to say.
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