Wednesday, September 12, 2007
More Idiots in the Workplace
Remember the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition? Rule #255: No good deed goes unpunished.
Well, there's always someone ready to prove this true. Here is yet another. In short, a restaurant employee came to the rescue of a woman who was being carjacked, and as a result, he was fired. Happily, though, the man is receiving job offers from people who were either impressed with his character or outraged by his former employer's actions.
Follow-up: I found the original story about Canales' firing, which also mentions that he is a former convict himself. Let's hope his experience doesn't discourage him, or anyone else, from doing the right thing.
Well, there's always someone ready to prove this true. Here is yet another. In short, a restaurant employee came to the rescue of a woman who was being carjacked, and as a result, he was fired. Happily, though, the man is receiving job offers from people who were either impressed with his character or outraged by his former employer's actions.
Follow-up: I found the original story about Canales' firing, which also mentions that he is a former convict himself. Let's hope his experience doesn't discourage him, or anyone else, from doing the right thing.
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