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Old 04-25-2016, 11:54 AM  
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Wal-Mart: YOU'RE FIRED!!!

This story was in the KC Star this morning. Wal-Mart fired a brain damaged cashier who worked there for almost 20 years for discounting a jug of sweet tea for a customer by fifty cents. I hope he sues their ass off. Story is here:

Thousands of people are rallying behind a brain-damaged Walmart worker who was fired last week.

Frank Swanson was a cashier at a Walmart in West Plains, Missouri for nearly two decades.

He was well known in the local community as an enthusiastic worker who loved to hug customers.

He was fired just 20 days short of his 20-year anniversary with Walmart.

A Walmart spokesman said he was fired for violating a pricing policy.

"Letting an associate go is never easy," the spokesman said. "For this associate, point-of-sale policies had not been followed in some instances. A recent violation of those policies moved the associate to the final step of our discipline process, resulting in his dismissal."

Swanson's supporters claim he was terminated for giving out hugs, and they are planning a protest at the West Plains Walmart on Saturday to show their support.

More than 1,500 people have committed to attending the rally on a Facebook page called "Hugs for Frank" and another 3,100 said they are interested in attending.

"Walmart has decided to fire Frank, the sweetest employee you'd ever meet, for hugging a costumer," the page reads. "So we're going to gather at Walmart on Saturday April 9th with signs or t-shirts offering free hugs. Let's do this for Frank."

The workers' rights group Making Change at Walmart also released a statement on the matter.

"It appears Walmart fired workers for being decent and kind. So, if you believe in hugs or being nice to customers, don’t apply for a job at Walmart," said Jess Levin, communications director for MCAW.

Swanson's bosses cited his hugs as inappropriate, but that's not why he was fired, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Swanson broke store policy on at least one occasion by discounting a jug of tea by 50 cents, after a customer told him a competitor was selling the tea for 50 cents cheaper,the Post-Dispatch reports. He took the customer at her word, but under store policy, he should have asked her to produce a printed circular proving the competitor's price.

Swanson's sister, Babbi Marsh, confirmed that Swanson was terminated for excessive price matching.

"He never let anyone walk out without paying for their merchandise. What he was told was that he was being let go for excessive price matching," she told the West Plains Daily Quill.

Swanson suffered severe injuries including brain damage following an accident when he was young that left him in a coma for six weeks and temporarily paralyzed, his family told KSPR TV.

Walmart customer Jenn Harper called Swanson a "sign of hope."

"I feel like one of our own has been hurt," she told KSPR. "He's a sign of hope, he made your day better. If you were having a bad day at Walmart, he would light up your whole trip."

http://www.businessinsider.com/walma...0-years-2016-4
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:05 PM   #16
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If he was such a bad guy, how did he last in there for 20 years???
A guy, who was not brain damaged, had been at my company 24 years and was just fired 2 months ago for harassment of an employee. I don't see how they fired him after being here 24 years... he wasn't such a bad guy.

It just amazes me how people will allow emotions to drive their thinking.
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:05 PM   #17
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The latter.
Thanks. So its a simple case of employee sub-standard performance resulting in termination after the appropriate steps were followed coupled with some public sympathy because said under-performing employee was "special"?
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:06 PM   #18
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Because everything on Facebook is true...

Not that I really want to agree with PB... I agree with PB.
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:07 PM   #19
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Great, one less checkout person.
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:09 PM   #20
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A guy, who was not brain damaged, had been at my company 24 years and was just fired 2 months ago for harassment of an employee. I don't see how they fired him after being here 24 years... he wasn't such a bad guy.

It just amazes me how people will allow emotions to drive their thinking.
so just because he's been there 24 years he should be allowed to harrass someone?
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:10 PM   #21
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This made local news in Springfield a couple weeks ago. It was for far more than a jug of tea. He had been giving discounts I think I read around 20 times more often than the next highest employee and had been warned several times.

But lets not let facts cloud our judgement of the evil empire of WalMart.
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:10 PM   #22
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Wal Mart needed that fifty cents.

They owe Pennsylvania Employees $224 million for forcing them to work during their lunch breaks:

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/04/1...-lunch-breaks/
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:12 PM   #24
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Wal Mart needed that fifty cents.

They owe Pennsylvania Employees $224 million for forcing them to work during their lunch breaks:

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/04/1...-lunch-breaks/
Well it's a serious policy. $.50 adds up large for Walmart.
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Also, doling out hugs to Wal-Marts customers is both disgusting and a good way to get your ass beat.
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It's bogus. A 50 cent mistake doesn't get people fired.
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It's bogus. A 50 cent mistake doesn't get people fired.
They will fire you for being over on your drawer too.
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Why was a brain-damaged employee working the check out line in the first place?
You'll have to be more specific.
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