'$10 if You Guess Who Will Be Fired Next'

[The Straight Story]

'$10 if You Guess Who Will Be Fired Next'


An Iowa administrative law judge has blasted QC Mart convenience store owner William Ernst for operating a "firing contest."

Ernst announced the contest in a chain-wide memo sent to his employees. He encouraged them to predict which cashier would be fired next. The winner would earn $10, and the contest would start anew.

His plan was to whip his employees into shape, but instead he's ended up paying for their voluntary unemployment.

A number of QC Mart employees quit after realizing that the firing contest was not a joke, reports the Des Moines Register. They then filed for unemployment, which William Ernst appealed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/tagblogsfindlawcom2011-freeenterprise-idUS405315332420111007

[virgogal]

1. "The Ass of the Century" award goes to---------William Ernst.

[valerief]

3. self-dele, dupe

[valerief]

4. I smell another GOP candy for prez. nt

[Journeyman]

6. I'd say you're on to something - but there are 89 years to go . . .

plenty of time and opportunities for someone else to claim the title.

[Initech]

7. I dunno - there's a lot of competition for that title.

But this ass is way up there!

[SomethingFishy]

Where do these people come from?

And do they not see the anger? This whole poking the badger game is not going to end well for guys like Ernst.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Did William Ernst just ask for his taxes to be raised?

[Honeycombe8]

5. How cold. How could someone treat other people that way? nt

[AndyTiedye]

8. It Really is Just a Game to Some of These People, Isn't It?

[Kalidurga]

9. Wow

and it didn't occur to him that this would be seen as wrong? wow, just wow.