just exactly WHAT part of insulted the client and embarrased his company don't you understand???
Posted on 08/21/2004 7:29:19 PM PDT by crusty codger
A man who heckled US President George Bush at a political rally has been fired from his job at an advertising and design company.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.scotsman.com ...
"I am a Republican Union member who has voted Republican since Nixon and now realize's what/why the rest of America hates about your kind. But I will still vote for GWB because JFnK is a lying Communist!"
Methinks doth does protest too much.
Sorry, buddy, but you are wrong. This firing was 100% justified. If he had been at the event on his own, he could heckle to his heart's content, and no one could have said anything. But he went with the company on a client invite ... he was obliged to conduct himself accordingly, which means that he cannot embarrass the client.
just exactly WHAT part of insulted the client and embarrased his company don't you understand???
I a gree with CitizenK on this matter.
This is a question of ethic.
This heckler should have not use the goodwill of the client of his company he work for.
If he want to protest the rally then she should have stand outside holding a sign.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196362/posts-Graphic designer fired after heckling Bush
They may hate "our kind", but not enough to turn their noses up at good paying jobs we offer.
It looks like the guy took advantage of a client's kind deed, and used that good deed to embarrass the client. The employee had to know what he did would cause embarrassment to the client. Forget the specifics of what happened for a moment. Don't you think that if an employee takes advantage of a client's good will in a way that is certain to cause embarrassment to the client, the employer is justified in firing the employee?
Here's Will
Your clip from something doesn't apply at all.
btw: What is it from?
Remember when Clinton had a Pregnant woman ARRESTED by the SECRET SERVICE cause she called him a name at the Taste of Chicago??/ That wasn't reported, and it was Clinton HIMSELF that had her arrested,....Bush didn't fire this guy.
Perfectly stated.
If you accept a gratuity from a company, your conduct should NEVER bring disgrace or embarassment to your respective company, especially if you are a guest.
Furthermore, if you invite a guest; and they behave in a similar fashion as this individual; you (the guest's sponsor) should expect to be disciplined the same.
Tell me, do you think its appropriate to bite the hand that feeds?
I had that going through my head too!
"If I hear the words "free speech", I'm going to hurl..."
hurl.
I can hear the Democraps now, "the Bush Campaign is personally responsible for this poor man having lost his job!", when, in fact, it is the idiot's own dumb choices that caused him to be fired. Typical, "tell only part of the story", politics on the behalf of Democrats!
I'm with whoever it was that said, "I hope this guy isn't smart enough to breed". Lord knows, he certainly has nothing to contribute to the gene pool!
In the government agency I work for that person will become either management or a union officer.
It most certainly does.
btw: What is it from?
Seinfeld.
I despise Kerry and all that he stands for.........but as a member of a worldwide marketing team for a Fortune 5 computer corporation, if a client invited me to some sort of pro-Kerry function, I'd bite my tongue and go with it quietly.
That's business.
Otherwise..........the gloves are off.
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