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(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Mattress salesman refuses to take being laid off lying down, gets in pillow fight with boss. Except not with a pillow   (tampabay.com) divider line 19
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TheGreatZarquon 2009-07-03 01:32:15 PM  
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"All right, who said 'mattresses' to Mr. Lambert again?"

 
Megain [TotalFark] 2009-07-03 02:44:59 PM  
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Cyrusv10 2009-07-03 02:49:12 PM  
FTA: Larry Dale Hummel, 43, of 8505 N Mitchell St., was reacting to being fired from Family Mattress on Thursday by luring his supervisor back to the 8518 Nebraska Ave. store later that evening and threatening to kill him with a baseball bat, according to an arrest affidavit.

Clear case of passive voice.

/I'm a stickler for grammar.

 
mrEdude 2009-07-03 02:53:21 PM  
I don't get where they got ATTACKS from.
What I get is that he was THREATENED.

 
lajimi [TotalFark] 2009-07-03 02:56:41 PM  
I imagine we'll see more and more of this as companies continue to hide behind employment at will.

 
Proud2B_American 2009-07-03 02:58:16 PM  
Supervisor ought to be glad they didn't work in a butcher shop...

/Got nothing...

 
JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm 2009-07-03 02:58:19 PM  
This happened on Nebraska Avenue, so it is not surprising at all.

Actually, the only surprising thing is that there was not a transexual prostitute involved somehow.

 
Pmoon 2009-07-03 03:06:29 PM  
Remember when you carry a baseball bat for protection always have a glove and a ball too for credibility. As my baseball bat had nails in it even this did not save me from some serious questioning.

 
JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm 2009-07-03 03:06:48 PM  
Proud2B_American: Supervisor ought to be glad they didn't work in a butcher shop...

/Got nothing...


I worked in a butcher shop in highschool, and one of the butchers got fired for feeling up an underaged employee. She had been fired two days earlier for stealing and came back threatening a sexual harassment lawsuit unless she got her job back and they fired the butcher. The guy was married and had kids, and I really thought he was going to start slicing people up while he was packing up his knives.

 
LittleSmitty 2009-07-03 03:07:10 PM  
Maybe I should have done that instead of packing up my desk and going home When I lost my job. It certainly would have been more personally fulfilling, but I doubt it would have had a positive impact on any new employment prospects.

 
Aello 2009-07-03 03:12:54 PM  
Seriously though, pillow fights with a Tempurpedic pillow could seriously injure someone. I'd say probably as much damage as a baseball bat.

 
greenapple2step 2009-07-03 03:20:09 PM  
Have to ever considered that maybe the boss who fired him was a total dick?

 
gorgor 2009-07-03 03:21:07 PM  
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smage 2009-07-03 03:30:03 PM  
Something tells me this won't improve his future job prospects (unless he has a good swing and a MLB scout was on hand).

 
RY28 2009-07-03 03:50:43 PM  
If only there was a way to search for images of pillowfights on the internet tha would be great.

 
kona [TotalFark] 2009-07-03 04:34:59 PM  
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Bestbank Tiger 2009-07-03 06:15:44 PM  
Came in for pictures of hotties in lingerie having a pillow fight.

Left disappointed.

 
sbchamp 2009-07-03 07:24:47 PM  
mrEdude: I don't get where they got ATTACKS from.
What I get is that he was THREATENED.


Feared for his life
Denny Crane approves
\would've shot 'im

 
cats4rent 2009-07-03 07:25:00 PM  
2k bail? he must not have hit the guy.

 
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