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Would Jerry had really lost his job?

posted 12 years ago by savair1
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The reason I ask this is I can't think of what he did that would justify him being fired.
1. He said he saw God, well Pat Robertson and the Pope do that every day you do not fire them
2. He grabbed a preachers mic well wouldn't that be within his first ammendment rights and all he was doing was handing him a list of questions he was told to get God to answer.
3. He said the preacher should sell shoes, well has Larry Flynt said a lot of worse things about Jerry Falwell and he wind up winning in court

[–] jkholman 12 years ago

Savair1,
in 1977 I was a bag boy in a supermarket not unlike the one Denver's character works. My co-workers and I were fully aware that the owner (an old cigar chomping skin flint) could fire us at a moments notice. We are talking about a different time with different practices and expectations.
If a person was late more than once in a short period (three months), he was fired. If a person said something smart-mouthed to his supervisor, he was fired.
If a person got rude with a customer, he was fired.
In 1977, each of us knew that if we lost a job, there were at least five guys in line to fill the vacancy. Rarely was a Help Wanted sign posted in the storefront window (in any store). And the owners were well aware of conditions.

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[–] scott-sw 11 years ago

He could still lose his job in this day and age. Managers of retail have little to no protection either from unions or state laws. About the only recourse is if you could prove you were fired solely for religious beliefs, gender, race or sexual orientation.