-Downs syndrome advocate groups strive for equality for people with trisomy 21.
-Man with Trisomy 21 is treated like a normal person would have been
-WHARRGARBLE

Just tell him the firing was a prize, he will be all happy.

Well no wonder he has Down Syndrome. His sister is his mother!

Derp thread!

tototototo: -Downs syndrome advocate groups strive for equality for people with trisomy 21.
-Man with Trisomy 21 is treated like a normal person would have been
-WHARRGARBLE

No "normal" person in a "normal" job would be canned for such a minor infraction. I'm a regular at Goodwill, but won't be back until there is a favorable resolution for this kid.

R.A.Danny: No "normal" person in a "normal" job would be canned for such a minor infraction.

This. Plus an employee okayed it, and it was his MOM doing the buying, yeah?

Anyway the people who whine about "surely all the employees get all the good stuff" would probably shut up anyway if they heard it was a guy with a handicap, so they're probably not such an issue.

Main thing though is it was his MOM doing the buying. The guy himself apparently doesn't care for shopping anyhow.

That's just retarded.

Wow, sometimes I wish we *could* build a space elevator so we can toss useless people like these board members into a nice hard vacuum.

Kind of makes me not want to donate shiat.

FTFA This employee earned $11 per hour sorting donated items

Holy shait. Do they have benefits?

Arbitrary enforcement of petty rules is the glue that holds the gears of this great society together.

I only paid potato for my shirt!

stirfrybry: I only paid potato for my shirt!

*shakes fist*

BiggusDickus: Kind of makes me not want to donate shiat.

Really? It makes me WANT to donate.

To the Salvation Army maybe.

tototototo: -Downs syndrome advocate groups strive for equality for people with trisomy 21.
-Man with Trisomy 21 is treated like a normal person would have been
-WHARRGARBLE

He absolutely was not treated the way a normal person would have been. The store manager shiatcanned him to make room for a friend, or just a "normal" person who could do the job a bit faster or who could do the job while looking less retarded. 10 years of employment always, always, always earns you some leeway when you commit a minor offense - unless you're disabled.

dennysgod: FTFA This employee earned $11 per hour sorting donated items

Holy shait. Do they have benefits?

I thought the same thing, but then read he had been there for 10 years.

You know, there better be some mitigating circumstances to his firing. Otherwise... damn. I can't afford to boycott Goodwill.

yeah, minor rules like this basically separate those in good with the PTB from those who aren't.

Crud! even I, as cold heated as, I am knowing this is wrong on so many levels.

/Please do the needful...

People who don't possess the reading comprehension skills needed to understand that the story is about an injustice done, pointing and effectively going "DERP TARD DERP"?

Welcome to Fark.

Do Not Approve.

/caution link is hot!

Well, all I can say is f*ck Goodwill.

dennysgod: FTFA This employee earned $11 per hour sorting donated items

Holy shait. Do they have benefits?

wtf! i have a 4 year degree and i dont make that haha.

It isn't "downs kid" or "retarded", it's "differently abled".

I used to work at a goodwill (they hire the "normal" peope for management) and that place was riddled with the most ridgid jerks with the most assinign rules of any place I have ever worked.

This thread/news article/issue was just plain retarded.

If there is no policy issue with family members buying stuff anyway, why did anyone make issue here?

Someone here is retarded, and for some reason, I am certain it's not the employee.

/Mom should have kept her shopping purposes to herself anyways, but someone else got pretty stupid.

Perhaps just to play devil's advocate, I can sort of see Goodwill's point. What do you do whenever some fool donates a Rembrandt, or similar? Without this policy, old folks would hang out at the store all day, and whenever something good came up, call their friends to come buy it quick! The store's actual sales floor would be left with crap. You see enough of this with yard sales.

The entire point of a goodwill is its "garage sale"-ness. If good value items didn't hit the floor from time to time, you'd lose your regular (not poor) customers, which pay the rent. Contrawise, people would be less likely to donate items if they thought the employees would just steal them (or sell it to themselves for $0.01)

It's unfortunate the kid has down's syndrome and couldn't comprehend this, but you can't just let that go on a regular basis. If word go out that the employees were doing this, the store might not be able to operate.

studebaker hoch: It isn't "downs kid" or "retarded", it's "differently abled".

Pretty sure it's "Palin-American" now.

I think the policy is fairly obvious:

Employees are not allowed to purchase(or possibly have someone else purchase items for them) on days they work because people are going to start hoarding the good stuff and making a profit off it.

However, I think "common sense" and "better judgement should prevail in certain circumstances.

jaylectricity: Well no wonder he has Down Syndrome. His sister is his mother!

I lol'd!

captainktainer: He absolutely was not treated the way a normal person would have been. The store manager shiatcanned him to make room for a friend, or just a "normal" person who could do the job a bit faster or who could do the job while looking less retarded. 10 years of employment always, always, always earns you some leeway when you commit a minor offense - unless you're disabled.

Hey it's the free market at work. The fact that they won't have to hire a guy to follow this tard around with a mop to keep customers from slipping and suing them.

Sorry for the bad spelling on my droid and it is hard to type on

She was meeting Dustin at the store before his shift on a Thursday, her day off, to donate goods. While there, she picked up a $3 shirt for him. The sales clerk at first refused to sell it to her because employees aren't allowed to shop at the store on days they are working. But there's no prohibition against family members shopping. Lane said she'd been allowed before to buy for Dustin, who has no interest in buying clothes. Another employee told the clerk it was OK. Lane got the shirt, but she was then told employees can't even be in the store casually on days they are scheduled to work

Someone who was not an employee was with an employee shopping before his shift began. How does accompanying the employee make them an employee?

Thats an ill will. fark em.

As a controversial firing in Washington, D.C., dominated the news last week, a questionable firing in Washington, Iowa, slipped under the radar.

I had to read that first comma-heavy sentence twice.

/did the subject write the story?

That's retarded.

fark that stupid tard, he was taking someones jerb.

Sim Tree: It's unfortunate the kid has down's syndrome and couldn't comprehend this...

Do you know how I know that you didn't read the article?

No one is fired on a first violation, said Marlyn McKeen, president.

So, then...?

HE didn't buy it, his mom did. No rule against that. He didn't even want the shirt. Probably doesn't even understand why he was fired sine he didn't do anything wrong. We can't start making rules about someone's mom, or someone's aunt, or friend of so and so, or else nothing would ever get done around here!

Goodwill spokeswoman Dana Engelbert said the shopping policy is strict because of a public perception

This on the other hand will do wonders for the public's perception of "goodwill"

/forest... trees.

So we have to make special rules for them?

Thanks, ObamaCare!

jaylectricity: Well no wonder he has Down Syndrome. His sister is his mother!

I almost spit in my beer

OnlyM3: Goodwill spokeswoman Dana Engelbert said the shopping policy is strict because of a public perception

This on the other hand will do wonders for the public's perception of "goodwill"

/forest... trees.

Yeah my perception of goodwell just went into the shiatter.

"Goodwill" Ha.

Who cares if the employees "get the good stuff" anyway? They're GOODWILL EMPLOYEES. If anyone deserves a little bit of a break...

But this is asinine.

AbbeySomeone: That's just retarded.

Thats just mean.


funny but mean

sammiejunkmail: I used to work at a goodwill (they hire the "normal" peope for management) and that place was riddled with the most ridgid jerks with the most assinign rules of any place I have ever worked.

Sadly this.

I currently work for Goodwill industries (Not the store, in a different section of the company), and the asinine rules are dead on. From my observations, adherence to the arbitrary policies and penny-pinching is standard operating policy. Every change (no matter how minor) must be submitted to a supervisor for permission. While budgeting is important to any business, Goodwill is paranoid about any deviation from established procedure, despite the obvious inefficient and money-losing way of doing things.

They're penny wise, pound foolish. Fark 'em.

/Planning to quit really soon

OnlyM3: This on the other hand will do wonders for the public's perception of "goodwill"

/forest... trees.

Fer frickin' serious.

jaytkay: So we have to make special rules for them?

Thanks, ObamaCare!

I thought Obamacare was all about eugenics. He would most certainly be up for a visit by the death panels if Obama had his say. Sh*t, Obama would probably prefer his getting fired so they can hire a minority, or even better, an illegal immigrant.

Impasse: stirfrybry: I only paid potato for my shirt!

*shakes fist*



I really busted out laughing after this.

Gimmie a train ticket to hell in the club car please.