Waitress Says She Was Fired From Outback For Tea Party Bracelet

[RamboLiberal]

A Crystal Lake waitress says she lost her job because she wore a Tea Party bracelet to work.

As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, Megan Geller, 23, tells the Northwest Herald she wears the bracelet with the words “Don’t Tread on Me,” the phrase that appears beneath the iconic snake on the yellow Gadsden flag, and which is often seen and heard at Tea Party rallies.

Geller tells the newspaper a couple she was serving at the local Outback Steakhouse took offense and complained.

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Company officials tell a different story. They say Geller was inattentive to diners at two tables and say that if the bracelet had been a problem, managers would have told her to remove it, the newspaper reported.



http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/15/waitress-says-she-was-fired-for-tea-party-bracelet/

[Ian David]

1. Yes! Spread this to all your right-wing friends and urge them to boycott Outback Steakhouse!

Just don't tell them that Outback Steakhouse is a far-right organization, and one of Rick Santorum's largest campaign donors for the past decade.

[trumad]

4. if its not approved swag

Then so be it.

[Scuba]

9. Bingo.

[SidDithers]

18. You, sir, are a diabolical genius...

:thumbsup:

Sid

[dtexdem]

45. That's what I was thinking -- that Outback is rightwing.

That makes me wonder about the accuracy of the waitress' account.

And I note that "don't tread on me" and the accompanying snake emblem is a historical American symbol, not owned by the teabaggers, although widely appropriated and used by them.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

47. IF the restaurant has a policy against that kinda thing......

....I doubt that your average manager would care or take into consideration what the political leaning was of the company.....they would tell them to remove the offending clothing/jewelry or face termination. I bet most people who work at Outback have no clue or care that the home office leans right.

[Devil_Fish]

53. I, for one, don't want any Santorum with my steak no mater how frothy. NT

[HappyMe]

2. As much as I despise the TP,

this is bullshit.

[Blue_Tires]

21. I'm pretty sure it's her story that's bullshit

to say nothing of her personal politics

[HappyMe]

24. I suppose. He said, she said.

:shrug:

[zbdent]

43. If Outback Steakhouse has specific rules about what their uniform entails ...

then she could have been fired for wearing her "TP" bracelet ... but the spin is disingenuous ... like the "Veteran(s) who can't fly their flag" that keep popping up ... (the area has no problem with them flying the flag, it's just that the flagPOLE violates the rules of the housing area, THAT THEY ACCEPTED WHEN THEY MOVED IN! ... but Faux can't pass up people just reading the headlines and missing the real story ...)

I have it on really good authority that, if a person at a national chain of sandwich shops refuses to take off jewelry or continues to wear non-approved clothing, they will be terminated ...

[The Straight Story]

3. She should be happy over this

Cause tea party types are all about employers being able to do such things on a whim.

[Fumesucker]

5. Exactly right n/t

[xchrom]

6. +1

[MatthewStLouis]

8. Good point. Only employers have rights.

[redqueen]

10. +1

[Blue_Tires]

13. +1

funny how quick she morphs from Randian teabagger to oppressed working-class prole when it's HER ass that's put on the street...

[tsuki]

27. +100K

[redqueen]

30. "...from Randian teabagger to oppressed working-class prole when it's HER..."

:rofl:

Spot ******* on!

[sarge43]

31. Nailed it.

:thumbsup:

[patrice]

34. +a google, for what the 99% actually DO share, our labor-capital is disposable.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

55. Succinct! Insightful!

and funny!! :rofl:

But of course, the best political humor IS succinct and insightful.

[emulatorloo]

20. Excellent post n/t

[Blue_Tires]

38. Oh, God this gets better and better--Irony is truly dead

Miss Big Gummitt-hating teabagger has the stones (and lack of self-awareness) to draw unemployment:

http://www.nwherald.com/2011/11/14/woman-says-she-was-fired-over-tea-party-bracelet/aga530m/?page=2

"The evidence shows the claimant was discharged from because they received a couple complaints from customers since she was wearing a bracelet with a political point of view," according to documents from the state agency. "Since the claimant's action, which resulted in her discharge was not deliberate or willful, the claimant is not ineligible for benefits."

Outback did not challenge Geller's unemployment claim, or submit any information regarding her claim, Kadow said.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

40. Plus it's one more person unemployed

The GOP......keeping millions out of a job so one man will lose his......

[ellisonz]

44. +1

[Initech]

46. I'm loving the irony of this.

[deutsey]

7. She should just let the marketplace work this out for her. n/t

[toddwv]

11. Apparently this is a case of her just sucking as a waitress and

then complaining about getting fired.

"Company officials tell a different story. They say Geller was inattentive to diners at two tables and say that if the bracelet had been a problem, managers would have told her to remove it, the newspaper reported."

She probably treated all her customers like they were progressives, Muslims, blacks and/or Mexicans.

[patrice]

26. Seeing as she was probably sensitive to being "tread on", she probably hated waitressing. nt

[Blue_Tires]

12. I hate that the media have let the teabaggers completely claim the Gadsen flag

like they invented it (or even that it remotely reflects their views) or some shit...

permanently assign the confederate flag or biohazard symbol or something to them

[geardaddy]

16. Agreed.

[RufusTFirefly]

14. She should've gone to her union rep about this

Oh. Wait. Never mind.

[Blue_Tires]

42. She isn't too proud to cash an unemployment check, though...

[DefenseLawyer]

15. I don't really like talking about my flair

[geardaddy]

17. I wonder if she's related to Pamela Geller.

[Morning Dew]

25. Or Uri .

Wreck too much cutlery and they won't keep you around.

[geardaddy]

37. lol

[LanternWaste]

19. No idea about Outback, by at my office...

No idea about Outback, by at my office we are not allowed to wear any clothing that advertises (whether directly or through implication) a particular political party, ideology, philosophy, or religion.

Of course it's stated in the policy manual as "no written advertising or branding of any kind that may be seen on any clothing", but as I was involved in writing the policy, I know that it stemmed from a combination of the office Church Lady and the office Heavy Metal Meat-head both wearing clothing that had phrases and graphics that were less than kind, and we were forced to deny political clothes also to maintain consistency.

[patrice]

22. Imagine the same waitress reading a story about another waitress who wore a rainbow-love bracelet

and was let-go.

[patrice]

23. . . . or the clenched fist of Labor Solidarity!

[tsuki]

28. Or one that said the 99%.

[patrice]

32. Indeed!

[Tunkamerica]

52. Or one with a frog! ...i don't get what we're doing.

[KamaAina]

29. A likely story.

Outback is an extremely Red company. If anything, they probably told her it wasn't visible enough. :eyes:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

33. Akira Kurosawa could base a remake of Rashomon on this incident

He could contrast the events as seen by the waitress with the same incident as perceived by the manager. It would be an intense study of perception and reality from different points of view. In the case of Tea Party reality, the film would also enjoy strong comedic elements. Unfortunately, Kurosawa left us several years ago.

[patrice]

35. Excellent model!! Lots of potential in your idea! nt

[southernyankeebelle]

36. It would be wonderful if you could go eat dinner without someones politics in your face. It

is tacky. People don't go out to get stress when they are eating.

[Tunkamerica]

51. In terms of waiters and waitresses it is in their best interest not to offend their patrons

you can vote with your tip.

[Taverner]

39. Good. I wouldn't wear my IWW pin at work either.

[ehrnst]

41. What does she want? Worker's rights? (nt)

[spanone]

48. call your union....oh, wait a minute

[JoeyT]

49. Wearing the symbol of a dickish movement that hates 80% of the population

isn't a good idea when you're dependent on tips.

She might be able to find another job, but you can't fix stupid.

[coyote]

50. Boohoo!!! What about personal responsibility the tea party always preaches? N/T

[Raine]

54. 23 yrs old and a teabagger

that's really sad to be so young and so stupid :-( hopefully with age will come wisdom.