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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 04:22 PM
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Woman saves her sibs and gets fired from her job for it
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005509140424

COLUMBIA —An employee was fired from her $7-an-hour job at the Family Dollar store in Spring Hill after taking time off to rescue two younger siblings from hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, she says.

Kolonie Sims, 20, third-in-charge at the discount retail store, said her bosses and a district manager gave her permission to go.

But when she got back Monday after two days in Mississippi, Sims said, she was told that she no longer had a job.

"I had to get my family," she said. "I had to get them. I went and did what I said I was going to do."

Her bosses didn't necessarily object to her trip, she said, but objected to her leaving work four hours early on Thursday and not leaving for Mississippi until late Friday.
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Lindsay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 04:28 PM
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1. Of course, they know there will be plenty of other
poor people lining up to take that job. So they don't have to care.
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NewInNewJ. Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 04:57 PM
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3. Here is the stores email. I think they deserve to here from us. .
hrservicecenter@familydollar.com <hrservicecenter@familydocom>llar.

Welcome to Family Dollar Online
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 04:31 PM
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2. Does the term "national news" sound familiar? It is to me.
Edited on Wed Sep-14-05 04:32 PM by MissMarple
But it may blind side the Family Dollar management. I'm just sayin'.

:eyes:

edit: smiley change
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 07:57 PM
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5. YESSS!! Olbermann just made that guy the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!
:bounce: Thank you Keith! What a sweetheart!
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 05:10 PM
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4. Can you say media blast ......
:bounce:
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:36 PM
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6. trust fund for the 2 saved and contact info for Family Dollar
Trust fund
To contribute to a trust fund set up for David and Kendra Maine, contact First State Bank, P.O. Box 127, Chapel Hill, Tenn. 37034 or call 931-364-2260.


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Make your voice heard
Family Dollar Executive Offices
Post Office Box 1017
Charlotte, N.C. 28201-1017
Telephone: 704-847-6961
Web site: www.familydollar.com

Family Dollar Spring Hill Store
5441 Main St. #2
Spring Hill, Tenn., 37174-2453
Telephone: 931-486-1119

To send an e-mail:
www.familydollar.com/contact.aspx


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