10 Mar 07
Theoretical situation:
I work in a grocery store. One day while shopping at this particular store, obviously off duty, I say some thing insulting to one of my coworkers. Assuming i don't swear or use any directly insulting words(i.e. lazy, stupid, ugly, etc.) can I be fired for what i said?
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10 Mar 07
Originally posted by ArachnarchistIt is silly to think that calling a coworker stupid, even when on duty, would get you fired, IMO.
Theoretical situation:
I work in a grocery store. One day while shopping at this particular store, obviously off duty, I say some thing insulting to one of my coworkers. Assuming i don't swear or use any directly insulting words(i.e. lazy, stupid, ugly, etc.) can I be fired for what i said?
10 Mar 07
like dbp said, you should be able to be fired for anything your employer wants. You don't have a right to your job. You have a right to contract with a company and exchange your labor and time for pay, and the people running the company have the right to end that contract.
Unemployment payments are communism.
10 Mar 07
Originally posted by Arachnarchistdepends on whether the insulted co-worker makes a formal complaint to the manager, and if so how the manager deals with it.
Theoretical situation:
I work in a grocery store. One day while shopping at this particular store, obviously off duty, I say some thing insulting to one of my coworkers. Assuming i don't swear or use any directly insulting words(i.e. lazy, stupid, ugly, etc.) can I be fired for what i said?
as you were off duty, the co-worker was effectively insulted by a customer, what is the remedy for an insulting customer? i guess he could be asked to apologise and may do so. if he refuses to do so, then the management has an option to bar him from the store in future.
10 Mar 07
Originally posted by CoconutIt depends on the state you live in. That is, assuming you live in the US.
like dbp said, you should be able to be fired for anything your employer wants. You don't have a right to your job. You have a right to contract with a company and exchange your labor and time for pay, and the people running the company have the right to end that contract.
Unemployment payments are communism.
It also depends on if your job is unionized.
'Nut has only fried simulated chicken like foods for the Colonel. Yeah, he would be the voice of reason and experience.
Shut up 'Nut.
10 Mar 07
Originally posted by deathbypawnCan't collect unemployment here if you get fired from a job or if you quit a job. Too many people would work only enough to collect unemployment. So they had to revamp the whole system. Now you need to get laid off and of course have enough employable hours. You can always appeal if there's just cause etc. Either way it's a much better system now.
...with that said if they fire you you can collect unemployment
10 Mar 07
Originally posted by ArachnarchistYou can get fired for what you said, because, you've created a conflict which affects the workplace, even though you did it outside working hours.
Theoretical situation:
I work in a grocery store. One day while shopping at this particular store, obviously off duty, I say some thing insulting to one of my coworkers. Assuming i don't swear or use any directly insulting words(i.e. lazy, stupid, ugly, etc.) can I be fired for what i said?
The point isn't really when it all started, the point is that perhaps the workplace is now a tense environment, affecting morale and everyone's productivity, and for the sake of morale, it needs to be corrected.
Of course, if it doesn't affect your work, well, then that's a different matter, but I doubt that's the case if you are slinging insults at your coworker.
11 Mar 07
Originally posted by Coconutunemployment payments are insurance payouts.
like dbp said, you should be able to be fired for anything your employer wants. You don't have a right to your job. You have a right to contract with a company and exchange your labor and time for pay, and the people running the company have the right to end that contract.
Unemployment payments are communism.