Man claims he was fired to refusing to wear 666

[carole]

A man claims he was fired to refusing to wear a sticker which contained the numbers 666. He says he is a Christian and if he had worn the sticker he would have been doomed to hell.

www.theblaze.com/stories/factory-worker-claims-company-fired-him-for-refusing-to-wear-666-sticker-at-work/

[mechtaur]

So, now Jesus saves you, but only if you don't wear something with 666 on it?

Man, Christianity keeps changing the rules on me.

[Art Vandelay]

If so, than good on his ex-boss. If you can't do your job because of your imaginary friend than you can simply fuck off.

[Tenfold_Maquette]

Nov 27, 2011 11:05:27 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

If so, than good on his ex-boss. If you can't do your job because of your imaginary friend than you can simply fuck off.

Seconded.

[priestling]

Nov 27, 2011 11:06:13 GMT -5 Tenfold_Maquette said:

Nov 27, 2011 11:05:27 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

If so, than good on his ex-boss. If you can't do your job because of your imaginary friend than you can simply fuck off.

Seconded.

Thirded! And accident-free for nearly 2 years? Dude, that's awesome!

[Mlle Antéchrist]

Billy E. Hyatt claims he was fired from Pliant Corp., a plastics factory in northern Georgia near Dalton, after he refused to wear a sticker proclaiming that his factory had been accident-free for 666 days.

Seriously, guy? You think you'll be damned for wearing THAT?

On the other hand, assuming he's telling the truth (and there could very well be more to the story) it does seem a bit excessive to fire him over it. I doubt that not wearing the sticker would impact his job performance.

[Vene]

I suspect management got fed up with him. If it was just the sticker, then it's excessive (although this is the land of at-will employment where you can legitimately lose your job for any reason or even no reason).

[brendanrizzo]

So, what did the sticker look like?

[Star Cluster]

Nov 27, 2011 11:25:53 GMT -5 Vene said:

I suspect management got fed up with him. If it was just the sticker, then it's excessive (although this is the land of at-will employment where you can legitimately lose your job for any reason or even no reason).

Yeah, I agree. If he's this batshit nuts over wearing a sticker with something like 666 Accident Free Days on it, he had probably been proselytizing something fierce at work. I would think that something like this would not be grounds to fire someone unless there had been other factors involved, even in a Right-to-Work state. I live in such a state and have had employees before and wouldn't think of firing one of them over something this insignificant, especially if they were an otherwise good employee.

Something about this case just isn't being told in this story.

[lexikon]

The Mark of the Beast is really 616, so he should have been okay.

[DeadpanDoubter]

The comments are brain rotting on that story...

[the sandman]

Nov 27, 2011 11:05:27 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

If so, than good on his ex-boss. If you can't do your job because of your imaginary friend than you can simply fuck off.

Eh, I think that's going a bit far. I am wracking my brain trying to figure out how wearing an accident free time tracking sticker is an essential part of his job. His boss should have just been, "Aw, fuck it man, just don't wear the sticker today. Now go do your damn job and stop bothering me." Over-reaction on BOTH sides.

[Vypernight]

I don't think we're getting the whole story. I'm guessing something else happened and he's just saying it was because of the sticker. Just guessing though.

[Mlle Antéchrist]

There probably is more to the story, but that doesn't necessarily preclude the possibility that management overreacted.

[gomer21xx]

Nov 27, 2011 15:32:36 GMT -5 the sandman said:

Nov 27, 2011 11:05:27 GMT -5 Art Vandelay said:

If so, than good on his ex-boss. If you can't do your job because of your imaginary friend than you can simply fuck off.

Eh, I think that's going a bit far. I am wracking my brain trying to figure out how wearing an accident free time tracking sticker is an essential part of his job. His boss should have just been, "Aw, fuck it man, just don't wear the sticker today. Now go do your damn job and stop bothering me." Over-reaction on BOTH sides.

I remember reporting this story on a recent show and I had the same reaction you did.