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Author Topic: Man gets Fired from Miller for Drinking a Bud Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 03-03-2005 12:04 AM                     web page RACINE, Wis. -- The battle of the beers took a new twist in Racine this week when a Miller beer distributor fired an employee whose picture was in the paper. He was drinking a Bud Light. Competition between Miller Brewing and Budweiser has never been hotter, according to WISN-TV in Milwaukee. Anheuser-Busch may have three times the market share of Miller, but Miller is the hometown brew. "This is what happens when you drink a great beer," former C.J.W. employee Isac Aguero said. Racine Journal Times Last Saturday night in Racine at the Mardi Crawl on Main Street, a newspaper photographer asked a group of revelers to pose for a picture. The only problem was that a man holding a Bud Light worked for a Miller distributor. "I was just having a good time," Aguero said. Aguero said when he went to work on the day his picture hit the paper, the place was abuzz. "When I came in, they said, 'You're in trouble for drinking Bud Light,'" Aguero said. Then, his boss gave him the ax. "I asked him to tell me the reason why I'm fired, and he was like, 'There's no reason. We just don't need you no more,'" Aguero said. To Aguero, the reason was as clear as his picture in the Racine Journal Times. Aguero's boss wasn't in, but off-camera, a C.J.W. employee would not discuss personnel issues, but said the company does not tell its workers what to drink. C.J.W'.s employee handbook doesn't directly address drinking the competition. "It's my choice of beer. Who can tell you what to drink or not to drink? What you like?" Aguero asked. Aguero is supporting two young sons so he's on the job hunt, but he's trying to keep his sense of humor. "I was actually thinking I was going to go apply at Anheuser-Busch," Aguero said. To Aguero, the whole incident makes no sense. "It's like saying you work at Pepsi and you get caught drinking a Coke, are you fired for that?" Aguero asked. "I'm not sure. I mean, I guess so. I got fired for Bud Light," Aguero said. Two years ago, a truck driver for Coca-Cola lost his job after he was spotted chugging a Pepsi. For its part, Miller Brewing said its distributors are independent businesses with their own policies -- that Miller has no formal policy on this issue.  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 03-03-2005 04:17 AM                     Odd... Thankfully, my bosses don't can me for going to the Edwards every once in a while..  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-03-2005 06:18 AM                        He should have said that he was just a loyal employee doing some 'market research' into the competition!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-03-2005 09:31 AM                     Miller Brewing is a bad word in the Olympia, Washington area. Two years ago they suddenly closed the Olympia Beer Brewery in Tumwater. It had been in business since 1895 and they threw nearly 1,000 people out of work. The building sits empty and dark now when I drive by.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-04-2005 12:04 AM                  He deserved to be fired! Kudos to the employer for weeding out the stupid ass employee that has NO common sense nor any clue as to loyalty to his employer! What a dumbass.... Fuck him! Yours in Christ... >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-04-2005 04:07 AM                     quote: Jim Ziegler Thankfully, my bosses don't can me for going to the Edwards every once in a while.. Kinda funny when I heard of a small company's owner who used to "discourage' their employees in a somewhat severe manner, in attending a EDW's cinema that was in the same town as his theatres were in. Pretty sad when a owner shows insecurity like that to his employees. Richard...it's called Politics, or a good case of 'conflicting interest' - it happens sometimes. -Monte  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 03-06-2005 05:15 PM                        I wonder if I'll get fired for occasionally renting DVDs from the Video Americain up the street (I work at a Hollywood location) Since I get free rentals from Hollywood, I usually don't rent from VA unless it's something obscure enough that Hollywood doesn't have it (or something mainstream that Hollywood, inexplicably, doesn't have on DVD, like "Jesus Christ Superstar")  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-06-2005 05:47 PM                        Yes, you will, if they see you. You have to make sure nobody recognizes you.  |  IP: Logged

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