Ron

Aaaaannnndddd now they come crawling out of the woodwork!

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Woman fired after Obama Facebook post: 'I'm not racist'

"The assassination part is kind of harsh." Ya think?

She reminds me of a line in a Reacher novel I recently read, in reference to doctors classifying certain patients. It goes like this:

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R-Star

Fat bitch.

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seifer0406

while what she said is despicable I am against companies firing people over internet posts. It's one thing if she's organizing something evil, it was just some dumb spur of the moment facebook post.

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Headliner

I can see why they do it though. Even though you may not be at work, you are an employee of the company and should be a good representation of the company's image.

R-Star

Yea, racism and talking about how assassination would be a good thing is no big deal.

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Ron

Perhaps you would feel differently if you owned stock in Cold Stone.

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seifer0406

I honestly don't think one employee's facebook post would have a major impact on the value of a multinational corporation.

Again, I'm not saying what she did was right, but it's not something that should cost her her livelihood. Theres a good chance that she might not get another job afterwards because of all this scrutiny. It's way overboard imo. Especially when you consider that the whole thing was a revenge ploy set up by her ex-boyfriend trying to ruin her life.

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Ron

Wow, how clueless can one be? It damn well does have an impact, a very negative one.

One can only imagine if the NAACP tells its membership (which, last I checked, numbers over half a million) to boycott Cold Stone Creamery. If you watched the video, you know they gave them high praise for acting so quickly. What do you think would have happened if they hadn't?

You got that right. And Cold Stone's stock would be plummeting come Tuesday morning. Given the public's sensitivity over such matters, this is a no-brainer on the part of CSC.

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seifer0406

Well consider me clueless I guess. I honestly don't believe any of the events you described would happen if Cold Stone decided not to fire the 22 year old woman but it looks like it's just me.

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R-Star

That's because you're a child who thinks grown adults shouldn't have to be responsible for themselves.

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Mr. Hobbes

If you don't fire an employee for racism, it means your company tolerates it.

You get rid of the problem before it escalates.

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e-monk

apparently there were already organized protests - not sure how the link was made between her and her job though

also did anyone notice the difference between her facebook picture and her reality? 'it's me, but like 40 lbs ago'

Krstic All-Star

Two very simple thoughts on this:

A) she's an idiot

B) firing her for being an idiot is still objectionable, and I wouldn't be surprised if she was able to sue Coldstone successfully.

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kbdullah

If you've ever worked for a Fortune or multinational corporation, you've likely been through an onboarding process regarding diversity training, etc. You could presume that she has coworker friends on Facebook or co-workers that became aware of it since it went viral and those co-workers would now think Cold Stone turned a blind eye to a potentially damaging work atmosphere. Companies will do what they need to in order to avoid lawsuit and save public face.

Mr. Hobbes

Na it's the shot where you can't see the body. It's the standard conceited but ashamed fat girl pose.

Really? What's the reason? In legaleze.

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