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New way to get fired

by The Panda Man · 11/10/2005 9:01 am

This AP story was just too good to pass up. If you are looking for a new way to lose your job, try this one and let us know how it turns out.

Security Guard Fired for Seeing Ghosts

The issue started on Sept. 11, when Wade Gallegos alerted his supervisor at Neighborhood Patrol of Urbandale that ghosts were haunting a neighborhood he was guarding. The supervisor arrived at the scene, where Gallegos showed him where the ghosts were still apparently standing. The supervisor claimed he saw nothing and fired Gallegos five hours later. The company found no signs of drug use or alcohol.

It gets better. The fired ghost-seeing guard sought unemployment benefits, but the company contested his claim and it ended up in court. Naturally, the judge decided that the man was eligible to receive benefits, but did allow for his questionable use as a guard.

"Such beliefs do render the claimant unfit to act as a security guard," Judge G. Ken Renegar ruled. "The employer cannot have security guards who see ghosts and apparitions and inform the employer, and then the employer sends out the patrol cars."

Hopefully the security company was not paying this man to carry a gun.

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4 Responses to “New way to get fired”

gregg on November 10th, 2005 at 9:12 am

Why judge this guy? Maybe he sees dead people. I remember as a kid I ordered a pair of X-ray glasses out of a comic book. When they came in I was able to see thru peoples clothes. And i’m perfectly normal.;-)
Ken Kelley on November 10th, 2005 at 9:59 am

And so, are there any remaining questions about whether the Texas Workforce Commission leans toward the employee vs the employer?
sassy_sista on November 10th, 2005 at 10:28 am

Years ago when working as a clerk in a Museum, security officers complained of gallery areas being haunted with spirits as well as remaining very warm in temperature when a Frida Kahlo exhibition was going on. Unfortunately, these occurences did not keep the officers from working in this area.

Maybe I should call my HR office and see if visions of ghosts can get me a paid leave of absence. Inquiring minds want to know!
An Observer on November 10th, 2005 at 12:13 pm

It would seem that even wothout empirical evidance for or against these apparitions being real, the judge has found that they are not. Interesting!