Packer Fan Gets Fired

  • jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    January 25, 2011 at 2:10 pm #930047

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    General Manager Jerry Roberts asked Stone to remove the tie five times, saying it might aggravate bear fans and make it more difficult to sell cars.

    Sounds like he should pull his head out of his and do what the boss tells ya. Want to wear a Packer tie? Open you own car dealership!!

    -J.

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    January 25, 2011 at 2:22 pm #930058

    Quote:

    Quote:

    General Manager Jerry Roberts asked Stone to remove the tie five times, saying it might aggravate bear fans and make it more difficult to sell cars.

    Sounds like he should pull his head out of his and do what the boss tells ya. Want to wear a Packer tie? Open you own car dealership!!

    -J.

    YEP

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 25, 2011 at 2:25 pm #930061

    Some things are more important than a job like a tie that says to the world, “I am a Packer fan”.

    walleyewacker18
    Rice Lake, WI
    Posts: 620
    January 25, 2011 at 2:26 pm #930063

    True Packer fan just like all of us Loyal Wisconsinites. “Gosh I love da packers, I’d do anything for da packers” Looks like this guy did. Rock on man. Show that boss!! I’m sure he will get a lawsuit and win….Bears fans must be a little sour still

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22450
    January 25, 2011 at 2:33 pm #930070

    Car dealerships do have such a thing as a dress code. I know alot of people think they are having their rights trampled on, because you cannot wear what you want…. you can wear what you want, but not if your gonna work at a car dealership. I suppose if he gets a penny, the next thing will be a Chevy salesman wearing a FORD tie to work, because he can I see this guy losing.

    big G

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 25, 2011 at 2:34 pm #930071

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    True Packer fan just like all of us Loyal Wisconsinites. “Gosh I love da packers, I’d do anything for da packers” Looks like this guy did. Rock on man. Show that boss!! I’m sure he will get a lawsuit and win….Bears fans must be a little sour still


    I might have to switch again by the end of the day.

    hnd
    Posts: 1579
    January 25, 2011 at 2:46 pm #930080

    big g hit the nail on the head. the point of a car salesman is to…ahem…sell cars….good luck selling a car to a bear fan when you are wearing a packer tie. the guy wearing the packer tie is obviously a moron.

    as a fellow salesguy (not cars) i’m pretty much a fan of whatever team the guy i’m trying to sell to. or at least i’m certainly not a fan of their rivals.

    normal conversation : “well i’m not a texas fan but i certainly hate oklahoma” this works well.

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    January 25, 2011 at 2:47 pm #930081

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    Quote:

    True Packer fan just like all of us Loyal Wisconsinites. “Gosh I love da packers, I’d do anything for da packers” Looks like this guy did. Rock on man. Show that boss!! I’m sure he will get a lawsuit and win….Bears fans must be a little sour still



    I might have to switch again by the end of the day.

    X2

    That one did it for me.

    I am now offically on the Steelers band wagon….I think

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    January 25, 2011 at 2:52 pm #930084

    Quote:

    Quote:

    General Manager Jerry Roberts asked Stone to remove the tie five times, saying it might aggravate bear fans and make it more difficult to sell cars.

    Sounds like he should pull his head out of his and do what the boss tells ya. Want to wear a Packer tie? Open you own car dealership!!

    -J.

    X3…

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    January 25, 2011 at 2:53 pm #930086

    Poor dude, wears one tie with a “big G” logo and WHAM, right to the soup line!

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22450
    January 25, 2011 at 2:57 pm #930090

    big G

    lonewolf
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 292
    January 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm #930104

    A few unanswered questions. Were bear fan sales people aloud to where bear ties? Was he aloud to where the packer tie last week? I would think that there would be alot of Packer fan customers.

    whiskeysour
    4 miles from Pool 9
    Posts: 693
    January 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm #930132

    Looks like there was no dress code as the manager said it would have been alright to wear the tie on Saturday. And was the dress code, if any, presented to the employee in writing?

    I agree the guy should have removed the tie, but I slao agree the manager was a dick for asking him too. really doesn’t matter, the guy was offered a job at another dealership and accepted. I wonder how many of his loyal customers will now go to the new dealership? All good salesman keep a client list and I’m sure the guy will be calling those that he knows are looking for a car.

    Go Pack Go!!!!!

    AllenW
    Mpls, MN
    Posts: 2895
    January 25, 2011 at 4:13 pm #930133

    I’m just wondering that if he’s married, what his wife said to him when he told her he was wearing the wrong tie and got fired??

    Al

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22450
    January 25, 2011 at 4:41 pm #930151

    Just goes to show his character…. very poor. Give a man a job and he will find a way to shi7 on you…. even drags his dead granny into it ??? Poor character all the way around… For those of you who he is a hero too… don’t ever try to live the american dream & open your own business. there are toads out there like this guy, who want to take advantage of you….

    big G

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 25, 2011 at 4:43 pm #930155

    Quote:

    A few unanswered questions. Were bear fan sales people aloud to where bear ties? Was he aloud to where the packer tie last week? I would think that there would be alot of Packer fan customers.


    IMO, if he isn’t the owner, it doesn’t matter. I like sitting at my computer in my underwear, but I understand if the boss won’t allow it. However if he makes it so I can’t visit IDO…

    nic-habeck
    Lake Mills, WI
    Posts: 831
    January 25, 2011 at 4:57 pm #930164

    Would be interesting to see what the official company policy is for dress code if there is even one. The second question would be consistency of the rules, this is what always gets companies, as the courts seem to side with employee’s more often than not…if this went that far.

    I would bet that 20 year old chicks with nice hoots would sell lots of cars, but haven’t seen many (actuall any) of them working the lots.

    Stupid employee, stupid employer, stupid story.

    salmo_trutta
    River Falls,WI
    Posts: 661
    January 25, 2011 at 5:57 pm #930189

    Atleast he got to talk on espn’s sportcenter, this will end like the girl fired for letting peterson pee after hours, another hire back after bad publicity.

    hnd
    Posts: 1579
    January 25, 2011 at 6:30 pm #930204

    in illinois you can be fired for no reason if i remember correctly. i doubt he would have a case.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    January 25, 2011 at 6:41 pm #930208

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    I’m just wondering that if he’s married, what his wife said to him when he told her he was wearing the wrong tie and got fired??

    Al

    The women in cheeseland know better than to say anything to their husbands about Packer attire.

    Packer Fan loses it

    garvi
    LACROSSE WI
    Posts: 1137
    January 25, 2011 at 6:57 pm #930212

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    Just goes to show his character…. very poor. Give a man a job and he will find a way to shi7 on you…. even drags his dead granny into it ??? Poor character all the way around… For those of you who he is a hero too… don’t ever try to live the american dream & open your own business. there are toads out there like this guy, who want to take advantage of you….

    big G

    And you just proved your character G

    Nothing like reading between the lines and putting your own spin on it.

    Sounds like this guy might be happier working for a better person then the ahole he was.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22450
    January 25, 2011 at 7:56 pm #930244

    Do you think McDonalds let’s you wear GB ties ??? Why should this car dealer let some a-hole (who knew exactly what he was doing & if you don’t believe it, your naive) hurt his business ??? He was told twice, to remove it.. he didn’t.. oh poor guy…. What kind of “spin” is that ??? Problem is, some society, makes these a-holes out to be heros.. if he wants to be a hero, he should enlist. Yeah, he didn’t want the attention….. and Japan didn’t mean to bomb Pearl Harbor either…. just proves he is an idiot.

    big G

    chappy
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 4854
    January 25, 2011 at 8:05 pm #930246

    I’m with ya on this one G! The guy was told to take off the tie a few different times. I know at 3M if the boss tells you to do something and you don’t do it within reason….Your [censored] is out on the street! Sounds like the manager was well within his right to ask him to take it off.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22450
    January 25, 2011 at 8:15 pm #930248

    Yep , whether it was a GB tie, a Harley T Shirt, or even a Bears tie, if the boss tells you it is inappropriate, it is. And if you “choose” to ignore, that’s insubordination. That just makes you out of a job and even dumber…

    big G

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 25, 2011 at 8:25 pm #930256

    Oh, but he thought he was kidding…

    swimingjig
    Waumandee, WI
    Posts: 695
    January 25, 2011 at 8:26 pm #930258

    I bet if the Bears would have won and he wore a Bears tie that wouldn’t have happened. Sounds to me that the Boss Man is a poor sport. By reading some of the posts I don’t think he is the only one.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22450
    January 25, 2011 at 8:30 pm #930262

    Not everybody in the world, looks through green tinted glasses either…

    His boss openly admits, they do advertisements with the Bears… and I would agree, if the boss says it’s ok, then it is. Pretty simple case of somebody fawning for his 15 minutes….

    big G

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