buffalo_jill2
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
Hi, I apologize, I know this is a lot of reading but I want to make sure I tell you everything so please bear with me
My son has been working at an "artist themed restaurant" for the past 4 years. This past Saturday, 10/06/07, he was fired for "disrespecting" his place of employment. Despite the fact my son is 23 and knows EVERYTHING, he says he's the boss, he can do anything he wants to. By no means do I think my son is innocent, he admits to his part but I have to question some of his employers actions.
This restaurant is located in a popular and busy mall. My son had finished his shift and went to another establishment in the same mall to have some drinks with a friend. They left there, walked around the mall and stopped across the walkway from where he worked. They were both a bit tipsy, (to what degree I'm not sure) and were talking, laughing and as my son put it, they were making out. He said it was nothing bad, they were just kissing.
During this, my son notices his manager walk out the restaurant he works at and is approaching them. My son says to his friend, "uh oh, here comes the gm, lets get the #$#% out of here". (the girl he was with had also worked at this restaurant but had recently quit) The manager heard what my son had said and told him he was suspended for 1 day for "disrespecting his place of employment while in his uniform". (They are required to wear black pants and a tee-shirt shirt with the restaurant name embroidered above the pocket.) He then told my son to leave the mall.
The girl he was with began telling the manager exactly what she thought of him as my son began walking to his car. From what my son was told, she became belligerent and it was not pretty. She met my son at his car and they talked for a while. Knowing he shouldn't drive(and I have to be thankful for his judgment there) he decided to change his shirt and they would shop around the mall until he felt safe to drive. While shopping, they walked by the restaurant my son worked at, they did not stop, they weren't talking, they were just passing by. The manager spotted them and called security to remove them from the mall. He told my son to talk to him before beginning his shift the next day.
The next day he was told he was fired for disrespecting his manager, his place of employment and for not leaving the mall. My son asked him if he would accept his resignation and he told him "that's not and option for you" (even though the manager had fired a bartender the same night of my son's incident for being intoxicated while working and he allowed him to resign) He also told my son he will be giving a "non-hirable" (sp?)reference to future possible employers.
What's really bothering me most is his boss saying he will give a reference of non-hirable. Come to find out, his boss was infuriated by what this girl said to him, it apparently got quite loud and ugly but my son wasn't even there at that point. He left when he was told to. My son can't control what another person says even if he was there. It seems to me he is taking his anger out on my son. Also, does his boss have the right to dictate whether someone can be in a mall? He changed his shirt before re-entering the mall the second time.
I question his being fired in the first place, none of this even occurred in his place of work but it is what it is. My son definitely used poor judgment in his actions that night but to be labeled non-hirable? I'm sure I am bias in my view of this whole mess and would love some unbiased opinions.
Thanks so muchWhat is the name of your state?
Hi, I apologize, I know this is a lot of reading but I want to make sure I tell you everything so please bear with me
My son has been working at an "artist themed restaurant" for the past 4 years. This past Saturday, 10/06/07, he was fired for "disrespecting" his place of employment. Despite the fact my son is 23 and knows EVERYTHING
, he says he's the boss, he can do anything he wants to. By no means do I think my son is innocent, he admits to his part but I have to question some of his employers actions. This restaurant is located in a popular and busy mall. My son had finished his shift and went to another establishment in the same mall to have some drinks with a friend. They left there, walked around the mall and stopped across the walkway from where he worked. They were both a bit tipsy, (to what degree I'm not sure) and were talking, laughing and as my son put it, they were making out. He said it was nothing bad, they were just kissing.
During this, my son notices his manager walk out the restaurant he works at and is approaching them. My son says to his friend, "uh oh, here comes the gm, lets get the #$#% out of here". (the girl he was with had also worked at this restaurant but had recently quit) The manager heard what my son had said and told him he was suspended for 1 day for "disrespecting his place of employment while in his uniform". (They are required to wear black pants and a tee-shirt shirt with the restaurant name embroidered above the pocket.) He then told my son to leave the mall.
The girl he was with began telling the manager exactly what she thought of him as my son began walking to his car. From what my son was told, she became belligerent and it was not pretty. She met my son at his car and they talked for a while. Knowing he shouldn't drive(and I have to be thankful for his judgment there) he decided to change his shirt and they would shop around the mall until he felt safe to drive. While shopping, they walked by the restaurant my son worked at, they did not stop, they weren't talking, they were just passing by. The manager spotted them and called security to remove them from the mall. He told my son to talk to him before beginning his shift the next day.
The next day he was told he was fired for disrespecting his manager, his place of employment and for not leaving the mall. My son asked him if he would accept his resignation and he told him "that's not and option for you" (even though the manager had fired a bartender the same night of my son's incident for being intoxicated while working and he allowed him to resign) He also told my son he will be giving a "non-hirable" (sp?)reference to future possible employers.
What's really bothering me most is his boss saying he will give a reference of non-hirable. Come to find out, his boss was infuriated by what this girl said to him, it apparently got quite loud and ugly but my son wasn't even there at that point. He left when he was told to. My son can't control what another person says even if he was there. It seems to me he is taking his anger out on my son. Also, does his boss have the right to dictate whether someone can be in a mall? He changed his shirt before re-entering the mall the second time.
I question his being fired in the first place, none of this even occurred in his place of work but it is what it is. My son definitely used poor judgment in his actions that night but to be labeled non-hirable? I'm sure I am bias in my view of this whole mess and would love some unbiased opinions.
Thanks so muchWhat is the name of your state?
