Topic: Outback Steak House not so Tea Party friendly?

[BMG]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/15/waitress-says-she-was-fired-for-tea-party-bracelet/

A Crystal Lake waitress says she lost her job because she wore a Tea Party bracelet to work.

As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, Megan Geller, 23, tells the Northwest Herald she wears the bracelet with the words “Don’t Tread on Me,” the phrase that appears beneath the iconic snake on the yellow Gadsden flag, and which is often seen and heard at Tea Party rallies.

[LadyVirginia]

Company officials tell a different story. They say Geller was inattentive to diners at two tables and say that if the bracelet had been a problem, managers would have told her to remove it, the newspaper reported.

Soooo they fired her for being inattentive?  How convenient.


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Just another reason I buy less and less and make more and more at home.

[Libertas]

Sounds like a nice way for the restraunt to learn what flaming bags of sh*t can be used for.

[Pandora]

From The Northwest Herald -

"The evidence shows the claimant was discharged from [Outback Steakhouse] because they received a couple complaints from customers since she was wearing a bracelet with a political point of view," according to documents from the state agency. "Since the claimant's action, which resulted in her discharge was not deliberate or willful, the claimant is not ineligible for benefits."

Outback did not challenge Geller's unemployment claim, or submit any information regarding her claim, Kadow said.

If Outback did not submit any information, what evidence is on the documents of the state agency that bolsters the girl's claims?

I do wish the reporting on everything these days was written more clearly.

[LadyVirginia]

I do wish the reporting on everything these days was written more clearly.

That would require thinking more clearly--not something that's very common.

[Glock32]

Journalism is one of those professions with completely unearned respect attached to it.  Teachers are another such profession, at least these days.  Another thing that I detest about modern "reporting" is the near-ubiquity of anonymous sourcing.  "According to sources close to...", etc.  This is nothing more than a tactic for slinging baseless manure and hoping that it will stick thanks to some bare patina of legitimacy imparted by it being reported in "the news".

What, When, Who, Where, How.  Is it that hard?

[LadyVirginia]

Journalism is one of those professions with completely unearned respect attached to it.  Teachers are another such profession, at least these days.  Another thing that I detest about modern "reporting" is the near-ubiquity of anonymous sourcing.  "According to sources close to...", etc.  This is nothing more than a tactic for slinging baseless manure and hoping that it will stick thanks to some bare patina of legitimacy imparted by it being reported in "the news".

What, When, Who, Where, How.  Is it that hard?

Nope, it's not.  Which explains why the MSM doesn't think much of bloggers and citizen-journalists (though they have used them to stay relevant) and why many in education hate homeschoolers. 

It's never good for the wizard when someone looks behind the curtain.

[BigAlSouth]

From The Northwest Herald -

"The evidence < blah blah blah . . . , the claimant is not ineligible for benefits."

Outback did not challenge Geller's unemployment claim, or submit any information regarding her claim, Kadow said.

If Outback did not submit any information, what evidence is on the documents of the state agency that bolsters the girl's claims?

I do wish the reporting on everything these days was written more clearly.

NOT INELIGIBLE? Uhhh, is that a double negative?

OK. I guess she gets her funemploy bennies. The problem for those in the food service industry is that unemployment bennies are based on a percentage of wages. SOL if there were unreported tips . . .

[Sectionhand]

NOT INELIGIBLE? Uhhh, is that a double negative?

Sort of . See also ; " Not unlike "