Today on Save the Assistants we’re happy to present you with a real hero: Douglas G. Williams of Minnesota. Williams was working, washing cars, when the carwash manager asked him to pick up some litter around the area.
Williams said he had gone to work that day even though he had the flu. He said the other car washer was on vacation and there was a sale, which meant he had extra cars to wash, when he got word he was supposed to pick up cigarette butts in the parking lot.
Williams said that he was busy and that the sales manager could go “[expletive] himself,” according to court documents. The lot manager passed along the comment and the sales manager fired Williams for insubordination.
This story has a happy ending. Even though Williams was fired, the Minnesota Court of Appeals found that he was entitled to get unemployment “because his conduct was a single incident that did not have a significant adverse impact on the employer.”
If Dick Cheney couldn’t get fired for saying “go fuck yourself,” then why should this guy? Hear that, assistants of America? It is totally allowed to tell your boss to fuck off, and you can also expect benefits afterward! There’s legal precedent. We salute you, Douglas G. Williams. The next beer is on us.
You can read the complete article here.
If only we’d known about this last September…
Ahhh, I see a plan taking shape….