Fans of the Philadelphia Union fly a Gadsden flag during a game against Real Salt Lake at PPL Park on June 11, 2011 in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (CBS) — A Crystal Lake waitress says she lost her job because she wore a Tea Party bracelet to work.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports, Megan Geller, 23, tells the Northwest Herald she wears the bracelet with the words “Don’t Tread on Me,” the phrase that appears beneath the iconic snake on the yellow Gadsden flag, and which is often seen and heard at Tea Party rallies.
LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Conway reports
Geller tells the newspaper a couple she was serving at the local Outback Steakhouse took offense and complained.
Geller said her mother, Tonya Franklin, got the bracelet at a Tea Party event, and a couple dining at the restaurant did not like it and asked for the manager, the Northwest Herald reported.
After Geller was fired, a group rallied in front of the Outback Steakhouse, waving American and Gadsden flags and accusing the restaurant of violating her free speech rights, the Northwest Herald reported.
Company officials tell a different story. They say Geller was inattentive to diners at two tables and say that if the bracelet had been a problem, managers would have told her to remove it, the newspaper reported.
463 Comments
We’re not talking about a t-shirt or waving a flag. We’re talking about a small bracelet, probably one of those rubber ones that you see people wearing all the time, showing support for this cause or that one. These people just sound like the mean type who would pick at the smallest detail. Were they really that offended by a little braclet? I am not a Tea bagger or a Republican, but one thing I definately am not is a Democrat. Either one of the other choices are better than the latter.
November 15, 2011 at 9:05 am
@ StupidPeople George W. could represent a number of people or even some four legged animals and so on, but the first one that comes to my mind is George Washington (George W.) and if I may further your education just a bit. George W. was an Indepent. Now you rush to judgement on this person by accusing he or she of lying. With your limited education and minimal understanding of political parties I am very pleased to see how far you’ve come. It’s just a shame that perhaps most of your travel has been in the wrong direction, but we can work on that.
November 15, 2011 at 1:38 pm
indepent??do you mean independant?..of what party do you suggest this? The democrats and republicans as we know them todaywere not even existent. I do, however, agree that if this were to happen to a Liberal the howls would be deafening
November 15, 2011 at 8:53 pm
George Washington was a Federalist, which was the party of the “right” back then.
November 15, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Glad I got a rise out of so many. Yes you are right, when you work someone you should be politically neutral in the workplace. THE POINT is politically neutral is “we are equal but some are more equal than others” I am not a Dem,a Repub or a member of Tea Party.I just find interesting that if you views are left wing it’s over looked most of time and if it is brought up it’s a freedom of speech issue. If they are right wing you get fired or ridiculed. Fair is fair right? And after all it;s all about fairness in todays world.
November 15, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Rally the Slurs you just used towards AMERICANS who simply want the government to be like it was intendeds to are MOST always uttered my DEMS the most RACIEST people in the USA , that is fact BTW there is an OVER abundance of evidence that DEM leader ship is like that .
November 15, 2011 at 9:46 pm
You are not a ‘Tea bagger’??? Excuse me? I don’t think conservatives are, generally, either… Save your nasty terms for Obama and his bathhouse ilk for those type of practices–and call the Tea Party the Tea Party.
November 16, 2011 at 3:56 am
The term ‘tea bagger’ is used by leftists to dehumanize and insult tea party people, because it is a term that describes two gay men sucking on each other’s genitals. So please, if you are not a leftist, do not use it to describe others. (like my beautiful Mother, for example.)
November 18, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Free speech rights? I wasn’t aware that Outback Steakhouse is now considered a government entity.
The simple fact is, no government action means no free speech rights. As employees we should all be aware that most of us can be fired for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all, so long as it is not an illegal reason (such as discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, age or disability).
November 15, 2011 at 9:06 am
You forgot political views
November 15, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Actually, I didn’t.
November 15, 2011 at 1:19 pm
well maybe you conveniently omitted that intentionaly.
November 15, 2011 at 1:44 pm
You can absolutely be fired for political views. I work for a company that caters to liberal, progressive, Democrat interests, and we’ve been told in no uncertain terms that they don’t care what our political views are, but if we ever publicly make them known, and if they happen to be contrary to our customer base, we will be terminated. That includes making monetary contributions to Republicans/conservatives, since that information becomes public available.
November 15, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Political views are not protected.
November 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
They were within their rights to fire the young lady for wearing the bracelet, but I am within my rights to add Outback with Olive Garden and Red Lobster to my list of unpatriotic and anti-free speech places where I will not spend my money.
If Outback truly fires employees for being “inattentive to diners”, they wouldn’t have many employees on their payroll.
This firing was clearly politically motivated so I will have to begin complaining to store and restaurant managers whenever a Subaru with Obama stickers offends me in a parking lot.
November 16, 2011 at 10:52 am
I bet that if someone was fired for wearing an Obama or a OWS bracelet that the ACLU would sue.
November 16, 2011 at 10:52 am
dancingbrave, political views are indeed protected. Only CERTAIN political views are protected. Consertvatism will not be tolerated. We now know, the American flag is not tolerated in certain California schools either.
November 16, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Political views are not a protected class in employment, you can be fired for espousing them at work.
November 16, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Glad to know we can fire anybody … as long as they don’t work for the government.
November 15, 2011 at 8:29 pm
PA is an at-will employment state and you can be fired for NO reason at all, with the exception of any discrimination of any type! You could be the best & most productive employee and let go for no other reason than the company wants you gone!
So, Heather is right in that statement!
November 15, 2011 at 9:34 pm
They cant legally fire someone for political views…Thats why they always say its for another reason…and I will never eat there again…can you fire a jew for being a jew? NO
November 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm
@John…FEDERAL law does not protect political affiliation in descrimination cases. However, WITHIN the government, it is illegal to descriminate with respect to political affiliation by executive order. I’m not sure about Illinois statutory law, but unless there is a local law against political descrimination, you can be fired for that reason. Don’t agree with it…but to the best of my knowledge…that’s how the law works in these cases.
November 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm
You are such a sad, misguided little sheep, Heather.
So, free speech is only applicable so long as there is a “government entity” around? Give me a break.
Election Day for you is 7 November this year…
November 15, 2011 at 9:14 pm
No I’m afraid you’re the “sheep”. What Heather said is accurate. When you sign all those papers before you start employment what do you think you’re signing? My guess is you’ve never even read them.
An employer can fire you for just about any reason they want so long as it is not illegal.
They can’t fire you for being an advocate for Tea Party principles in your private life but if you’re advocating them at work they most certainly can.
All your post offered was ignorance and name calling and in your own words you’re nothing but a “sad, misguided little sheep.” Time to work on that education.
November 15, 2011 at 9:27 pm
This is what is said in the first amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
So, considering thats whats actually written, how exactly were her first amendment rights violated? Clearly they werent. So, does this mean you want there to be government regulation of private businesses? Cause thats what it sounds like you want.
November 16, 2011 at 7:01 am
Actually Heather has it exactly right. The rights in the constitution are designed to protect individual liberties from governement opression, and that’s as far as they go. A private business (non government owned) isn’t bound to let their employees say whatever they want to.
Now from a HR standpoint, if the girl were any good at her job, she probably wouldn’t have been canned. It takes some time and effort to interview and hire candidates, as well as train them and then ramp them up to where they’re operating at full efficiency. Given the option of correcting a small deficiency in a good employee (i.e. telling them to take a bracelet off) or going through the firing/ hiring process which puts the restaurant at a disadvantate in terms of resources, it’s a no brainer.
November 16, 2011 at 10:02 am
Easy on the common sense, buddy. That stuff doesn’t seem to fly around here…
November 17, 2011 at 3:45 am
Read the Constitution good sir. Free Speech is a right the government can not infringe upon. A business can tell you not to say certain things. Freedom is a two edged sword in some respects. You’re are free to do what you want as long as you don’t violate someone’s rights. A business can do the same. If you agree to the business’ terms for employment, you are obliged to follow it. If you don’t like it, you are more than free to find a job elsewhere.
November 16, 2011 at 10:04 am
I’m sure if Heather had her way, there will be no Novemeber 2012 election and Obama would be declared the President in perpetuity.
November 16, 2011 at 10:42 am
Really? The inability to distinguish between fact and opinion astounds me.
The Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech.” By it’s terms the free speech right in the Constitution is only implicated by action of the federal government. The Supreme Court has interpreted the right of free speech to be implicated by state action pursuant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states “nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” According to the Court, freedom of speech is so essential that citizens are deprived of due process when state government abridges the right.
Now that we know what the Constitution IS, the Constitution is NOT a list of things other people and/or businesses are not allowed to do to you. A private business does not violate any Constitutionally protected right when it abridges the freedom of speech. That’s just simple fact- first year law school case law. I really don’t know how we jump from learning how the Constitution works to the insinuation that I ought not be allowed to vote, but given the level of education you’ve displayed, I won’t sweat it too much:)
November 17, 2011 at 5:19 pm
*its
November 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Naw a true republican wouldn’t work for such an organization so no they couldn’t fire him or her, and to say they don’t care about your political veiws and say they will fire you for them in the same breath for whatever reason is pure hypocrtical but then again what more could anyone expect from a bunch of left wingers.
November 16, 2011 at 4:55 am
Who’s saying any of the commenters critical of this story are lefties? I’m a libertarian and it sounds like Outback Steakhouse was well within their rights. Would it be an act of d@uchery? Sure! Illegal? No. The First Amendment limits what the government can do about our free speech. So unless the government told Outback Steakhouse to fire her, she (and you, vicariously) are out of luck.
November 16, 2011 at 10:03 am
JWS is absolutely right. I am a libertarian as well. I was simply explaining the law on this issue. It is not a free speech case because the Constitution only protects free speech from encroachment by the government. Since Outback is not a government entity, it can constitutionally limit the speech of employees. And I “conveniently” left political affiliation and views off the list of illegal reasons for terminating an employee because political affiliation and views are not protected under federal law or most state law.
We must be able to dispassionately discover the actual state of what the law is, because only then can we decide based on our own values whether we agree or disagree with that law, and then lobby for whatever changes we deem appropriate. In your case, Mr. Hamilton, your time may be well spent lobbying your representatives (both federal and state) to protect political affiliation and views in employment.
November 17, 2011 at 10:40 am
Discriminatory firing should not be illegal, at least if you believe in freedom. Let the market decide if it wants to patronize a place that only hires Blacks (or whites). If it’s viewed as a bad thing, then people won;t eat there. And it will work itself out without Big Government intrusion.
November 16, 2011 at 8:11 am
No thanks. I don’t trust the “market” enough to see if blacks are going to be served. We’ve been there before. We all have a right to a decent existence.
November 16, 2011 at 8:32 am
Simple stuff….BOYCOTT OUTBACK NATIONWIDE….are Americans precluded non-Democratic Party activities in the State of Illinois these days?
November 16, 2011 at 9:53 am
I always liked the Outback but firing because of a bracelet is stupid. Boycott the restaurant and show your “Freedom of Speech” and the right to avoid Outback.
November 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Will have no problem boycotting Outback. Explain how a bracelet is a problem. Would ANY bracelet be a problem? I’m calling BS on this one. I’ll just add Outback to my growing list of companies that won’t get my money. Too many choices out there…
November 16, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Since when has a symbol of freedom become offensive? The world is becomming dysfunctional, and not because of the people who wear symbols of freedom, but because of the people who lack the education to understand and appreciate them. We now have such an ignorant (and hyper-sensitive) society…..
November 16, 2011 at 9:57 am
This gal is an idiot on two fronts. One, wearing a teabagger bracelet at work was a stupid idea and two, any waitress who thinks the tea party has her interests at stake is delusional.
November 16, 2011 at 10:31 am
Hey smarty pants, do you know what a teabagger is? I’m assuming you do because you’ve been teabagged before. I’d rather be a teabagger than a teabaggee. Open wide!
You libs are fools to keep using that word.
November 16, 2011 at 11:06 am
Com SenseWiz,
I get the Wiz part. Because you are nothing more than Wiz. But you clearly have no sense since you can’t do anything more than insult. So here you go Wiz expert.
November 16, 2011 at 11:29 am
ComSen your not. You sound like the other cesspool for brains that cannot think for themselves. Try writing something intelligent you poor misguided idiot.
November 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm
And I suppose you think that anything Obama has done has been in your best interests? If so, I’d start wondering if I might be a bit delusional myself if I were you!
-Oz
November 16, 2011 at 12:17 pm
“Don’t Tread On Me” is from the Gadsden Flag of the Revolutionary War. That phase is from the revolutionary War!!! Not owned by the Tea Party. You, Wiz, are the delusional one. Oh….one more thing Wiz…..”Don’t Tread On Me”, Rattlesnakes bite when messed with idiots like you.
November 16, 2011 at 12:41 pm
com sense wiz you have no idea where that phrase originated it originated about 1775 to show that no one can run roughshod on us you must be a low iq braindead liberal
November 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm
any person who thinks liberals have brains is delusional…you communist thugs are complete trash
November 16, 2011 at 12:53 pm
comsensewiz, You do realize that when you use the term ‘teabagger’ to describe/insult that group of people (People like my mom) you also bring to the mind of any informed reader, the image of two men sucking on each other’s genitals. This is a very low-class (and perverted imo) thing for you to do.
November 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Would you object if she was wearing a pro-marxism braclet? C’mon, it’s just a braclet – her views are her views, so what!?
It’s not like it says something pornographic – But unfortunately, the left can only to resort to (dirty) name calling – That’s all you’ve got isn’t it – Sorry, you lose.
Seriously, those tea partiers you dislike so much, they do have her best interests at heart.
November 17, 2011 at 4:36 pm
She could be fired for her political views, and Outback has the right to do so, since they are a private enterprise. Now, Ms. Geller is entitle to express her opinion in public, and outraged patrons can decided not to support that restaurant anymore, all with in their own rights. I for example, will not support that Outback restaurant, or perhaps any of them, since I am or was a very good customer of them with my friends.
November 16, 2011 at 11:29 am
And your an ass. She was fired because of her political affiliation, that is a crime ass hole.
November 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm
This is so funny… When the Teabagger laxative is applied to the Teabaggers, they complain vociferously. Ha!…
There is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom of expression, number one. The former is protected, the other may or may not, and it’s the acts of liberal “activist judges” that have included expression as a part of the 1st Amendment under the principle of judicial review, which of course, Teabaggers shoud eschew… So I find it hilariously hypocritical for a Teabagger to be for freedom of expression when in fact, it’s a liberal value.
Secondly, you do NOT have either freedom in a workplace environment. Unless otherwise stipulated in the law, your employer can fire you for dress (or lack thereof), statements that are uttered to anyone on the premises, or anything that is written on the Internet as long as one is using an employer’s computer. And there is no recourse for wrongful termination in this case. You have NO reasonable expectation of privacy in your work. Period.
Case in point, are the dress codes in workplaces that forbid navel-low pants and piercings. Or dreads. Or visible tattoos. It’s legal. Subject to the sole interpretation of the employer. But you don’t see Teabaggers complaining about people with rap clothes or dreads being fired. Of course.
Thirdly, if I was served by a waitress sporting a Teabagger wrist band, I’d complain to the manager. Besides considering her demented for supporting those who are bent on subjugating her.
November 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm
I dont undestand, if she is a tea partier, then she agrees that government should stay out of her business., hence, no protections. Isn’t this exactly what she defends by being of that persuasion?
November 16, 2011 at 12:16 pm
It’s not like Outback is such a great catch for a job anyway. For the idiot above that said he would complain to management if he saw a tea party bracelet…YOU NEED A LIFE IF YOU ARE THAT EASILY OFFENDED.
Signing off to email Outback that they have lost my business.
November 16, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Ever hear of the arcane construct of equal protection under the law, there Tim? Didn’t think so, but it is the bedrock upon which our system of laws is constructed and upon which they should be enforced. That is what the founders intended.
I’m sick of arguing with people who are brainwashed by leftist bumper sticker spouting union thugs who feel that might makes right, when they own the business or their union employs the teachers and controls the democrat party etc.
Anymore if they try to convert me to their thought patterns or try to occupy my property, my might will make right. They will be shot, on the spot and it is as simple as that.
Rich in New Mexico.
November 16, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Our rights are dissolving so rapidly. Guess Outback Steakhouse is off my list of restaurants I used to eat there 4 or 5 times a month.
November 16, 2011 at 12:44 pm
If she was wearing a shirt with a red star or with Che on it, she would have been given a raise and a bigger tip by the complainant. But, no worries, their isn’t no double standard out there, is there?
November 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Then people that serve me should not wear there pants around there butts. It sounds like to me she has a good case since Ill is not a right a work but this about PC and not work. Also when I see anything a person wear that serves me that is offensive I will ask the to be fired
November 16, 2011 at 1:54 pm
We should be fired for ANY reason, including race, sex, religion or anything else. No one has a ‘right’ to a job and it is the entrepreneur that takes the risks–many times failing and losing their life savings.
Lest you think me heartless, keep in mind that an efficient owner will hire the BEST person for their company usually despite any other considerations. If they’re omitting someone for silly reasons (age, race, etc) they’re at a distinct market disadvantage and will not be solvent for long.
November 16, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Lookin for a hand out! Tea-bagger deserved to be fired! Poor attitude, agressive behavior? This job is all about customer service, hello?!
November 15, 2011 at 10:31 am
Wow, that was perfectly said. So many people don’t realize the simplicity of what the Tea Party and Republican’s stand for. They just don’t get it. Thanks for spelling it out so well.
November 15, 2011 at 11:14 am
You’re welcome, Steph.
November 16, 2011 at 7:48 am
So if someone does NOT support what you like then they are dumb !!!!! Sounds like YOU are the ignorant moron. Can’t handle the fact that people have their own opinion ????
November 15, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Bottom line is the article didn’t mention it and for all anyone knows Unknown could be the manager that fired her making up stuff and hiding behind a name like Unknown. I love how people come in here making all of these big bold statements and then think oh I better use an alias because someone may know me.
November 15, 2011 at 12:40 pm
I sure hope she didn’t expect to get tips at that job. You know, expecting others to pay for you out of their hard-earned money. A real bagger would have said, no thank you, I get an hourly wage and I don’t need your money.
November 15, 2011 at 12:56 pm
A “bagger” (and I’m not sure if you understand the truly gross context of this term, but you guys use it anyway) just has this crazy belief that the constitution should be followed and we tend to agree with a crazy guy from long ago, “To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father’s has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association–’the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.’” –Thomas Jefferson: Note in Destutt de Tracy’s “Political Economy,” 1816. ME 14:466
We believe that LeBron James (a large BHO supporter) has as much right to keep his $40M as we do our $40K. So as I’m guessing you’re a BHO lover and an OWS lover … since LeBron makes $40M (which puts him WAYYYY up in the top 1%) … how much of that should be taken from him and used to buy IPads, IPods, et al for the OWS crowd? Or do we not take from absurdly rich progressives?
November 15, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Getting tipped in America is part of a cultural expectation, and agreement, which has to do with rewarding someone accordingly based on the quality of their service. There is *nothing* leftist about that, so your charge of hypocrisy is non-sensical.
“The bigger the government the smaller the citizen.”
Dennis Prager
November 18, 2011 at 7:59 pm
You like to use the word bagger in your attempt to dehumanize others, because you know it brings to the mind of the reader the image of two men sucking on each other’s genitals. You enjoy this because you are perverted, as well as being a racist, oh, and worst of all, a leftist.
November 18, 2011 at 8:06 pm
One more thing; Megan’s dear mommy, who organized the entire scene, was described to many of Megan’s friends as physically and mentally abusive. So its ironic that she now rushes to her daughter’s aid. Or rather, is using the situation as a platform for her political fanaticism.
November 15, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Wow sounds like what the Democrats do maybe they should recruit her rofl
November 15, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Yeah, and Herman Cain probably tried to ‘lift up her skirt and rush toward her genitals’, too…whatever…
The Gadsden Flag is part of HISTORY–any other politics y’all choose to read into it need to be settled in your psychiatrist’s office.
I won’t be eating at Outback again… they’re overpriced, anyway.
November 16, 2011 at 4:06 am
That was totally out of place. You Left-siders are waay out there. So now you assert, in the third person no less, that this was a set-up by the waitresses
*allegedly* “abusive” mother? Is the mother abusive b/c she’s a TEA Party’er, or is she a TEA Party’er b/c she’s abusive? Or are you asserting that there is no difference. You sound like a political fanatic your own self, kiddo.
November 16, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Doesn’t Democrat= free handouts for the lazy, raising taxes, and increasing spending?
November 15, 2011 at 2:50 pm
And demonizing the very people footing the bill.
November 15, 2011 at 10:15 pm
No that’s the Republicans, study the history of these things, you will see I am right!
November 16, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Right, I mean correct… That almost makes sense. Better get back on your med’s…
November 16, 2011 at 5:04 pm
No, you are incorrect. The Left is *always* about growing the State and always has been. The very heart of a conservative’s values are about shrinking the power of the State, and diminishing the power of the central government.
Or, as Dennis Prager puts it:
“The bigger the government the smaller the citizen.”
The fact that we’ve had Republicans who are not conservatives is the problem. Not that Republicans are just as Leftist or Statist as the Dems have become. That’s just silly and unclear thinking.
November 16, 2011 at 8:36 pm
well said, now I needn’t reply… Oh wait… Thanks!
November 17, 2011 at 8:46 am
Yo Momma, you are a complete moron
November 15, 2011 at 8:23 pm
She should be fired for supporting liberty and limited government? Your understanding of the Tea Party is seriously off base.
November 15, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Tea Party = Smaller government, free markets, free people. The corporations you hate make products to build you house, medicine to cure your child, cars for you transportation needs, clothing for your body, the computer you posted this comment from, food, water, shoes, personal care products, weapons for your defense, and on and on and on. Also, if you have a pension, it’s being provided by corporations, if you have an IRA or 401K it’s invested in corporations. Get off the whole ‘corporations’ bashing bs/
November 15, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Sounds great if you’re rich and well-connected. But the gap between rich and poor is greater than it’s ever been. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans are unemployed or underemployed. Millions of Americans have been abandoned and have no way out. Capitalism does not work. We should have a maximum wage that is 10 times the minimum wage, and corporations should be outlawed for anything but luxury/entertainment type items. Essentials like food, housing, transportation, energy, healthcare, schools, etc., should all be run as not-for-profit enterprises under the purview of the federal government.
November 15, 2011 at 9:02 pm
You wouldn’t know real capitalism, since it hasn’t been practiced since 1908. Real capitalism has a small government that tends to only the things given in the Constitution. National defense, postal roads, and arguments between the states. That’s it.
Real capitalism allows people to FAIL for making mistakes. Tell me when you saw the last real failure of a major company? They all simply go into chapter 11 or 13, shed their debt or get a bailout from the government. THAT is NOT capitalism.
There are no real hindrances for starting a business in real capitalism. If you want to be a barber, then you open a shop. If you are good people come to you, if you suck you are out of business. No license fees, no rules and regs, no schooling. You succeed or fail on your own. If you wanted to learn a trade then you interned and learned it.
There were no income taxes, no corporate taxes and no FICA or SSDI taxes. The only way government got any money was on tariffs and sales stamps. If you have a “maximum wage”, then you will have ZERO businesses, because the person starting the business is taking all of the risk, and deserves the rewards. Not everyone is worth 1/10th of the CEO. They show up and go home on a time schedule. The CEO is responsible 24/7/365 for everyone working for him.
I also noticed that you failed to go after anyone in entertainment for their earnings. Or congress or the President for their earnings.
Finally, if you want to live where all of your “essentials” are not for profit, then I suggest you move to Cuba or some other Communist country(because that is what communist means, everyone is the same, no matter the skill level) The USSR tried that one. They failed in less than 80 years. The US has been going for over 200. France and Germany for over 500. England for over 1000.
November 15, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Well stated, but I dont know if France, Germany and England have been practicing true free markets that long. You know….the Kings forest and all.
November 16, 2011 at 1:27 pm
And anyone who disagrees with the premise of your glorious worker’s paradise gets an all-expenses-paid trip to the ovens, huh? Yep, if millennia of human history have taught us anything it’s that people will put forth their very best efforts in life once you explain to them that someone who works 100 hours per week will enjoy the same standard of living as someone who works 100 hours per year.
November 15, 2011 at 11:21 pm
This might be a surprise to you. We are not really a truly capitalist society. I know if you went to college it is not your fault they did not teach you these things. Throughout history there have been two basic forms of social organization: collectivism and individualism. Under socialism a ruling class of intellectuals, bureaucrats and social planners decide what people want or what is good for society and then use the coercive power of the State to regulate, tax, and redistribute the wealth of those who work for a living. In other words, socialism is a form of legalized theft.
What you are seeing in Greece and other Europe countries and with socialism it has run out of people to steal from.
Yes, there are winners and losers in capitalism. The winners are those who are honest, industrious, thoughtful, prudent, frugal, responsible, disciplined, and efficient. The losers are those who are shiftless, lazy, imprudent, extravagant, negligent, impractical, and inefficient.
What the issue is today is the government in an effort to get or stay elected try to select the winners and losers to gain votes. Those without jobs are there because Obama wants a collective form of government and to get to that he needs millions of Americans coming to the government with their hands out for what few benefits the government can provide. Remember in collectives losers are discarded in a trash heap and imprisoned or you can find them in mass graves.
November 16, 2011 at 7:13 am
well said steve bell, it’s amazing how much sense common sense makes
November 16, 2011 at 10:18 am
Ooo I like this Steve. Very concise and to the point. Going to copy and save it. Thanks.
November 16, 2011 at 2:03 pm
“No rules, just right.” Well, erm, maybe some rules.
November 15, 2011 at 8:25 pm
I tested that “no rules” policy, but apparently urination on bar tops is some sort of a “health code” violation. I think they made that up.
November 15, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Sounds like just another jealous “little” pri ck.
November 15, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Guess I will frequent Longhorn Steakhouse instead.
November 15, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Longhorn might not take care of its customers like Outback demonstrated, if you believe this waitress.
November 16, 2011 at 8:13 am
Longhorn is owned by the same bunch as Olive Garden and Red lobster.
November 16, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Good for Outback. The Tea Party is out to destroy America, and is a racist, terrorist organization. It’s time we fight back in any way possible. Firing this woman was entirely appropriate.
November 15, 2011 at 8:27 pm
hmmm..sounds like tolerance for differing opinions to me! must be a liberal
November 15, 2011 at 8:44 pm
You seem like a very open-minded person.
November 15, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Shouldn’t you be out on a ledge somewhere? YOur rant is so slanted, I’d advise you not to look down.
November 15, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Quit talking out of your @$$.
November 15, 2011 at 8:29 pm
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Oh please…..can’t you idiots come up with something original? You whine and gripe and most likely haven’t even been to any Tea Party event PERIOD. You jerks get your news from MSNBC and don’t even bother to think for yourselves. You’ and people like you are so cliche, you vow to “FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS” yet you expect the Govt to take care of you. You and people like you have no probelm in taking from others to support your lifestyles. You walk around with your hands out expecting the GOVT to fill them up. And your battle cry is rich republicans. You make me sick.
November 15, 2011 at 8:30 pm
I’m sure you will be OK. After all, you have that trust fund.
November 15, 2011 at 8:31 pm
My family and I are now boycotting Outback as this is totally ridiculous. Next some dumb person will be offended if the waitress is a blond or has the wrong color shoes. Wearing a bracelet is absolutely NO reason to fire someone. Offended??? I doubt it, probably some left wing, socialist, marxist , Democrat, without a job, was the sensitive idiot. Outback should lift the franchise or fire the manager for being an idiot.
November 15, 2011 at 8:34 pm
I have already put in a comment on their website and now in the process of posting on my websites and food websites with comment sections. Hopefully they go away soon.
November 15, 2011 at 9:11 pm
As a former manager of retail stores, I can tell you for a certainty that nothing with words on it would have been allowed. Customers come in for the service and goods available, not to look at what that person is wearing. We were even so “evil” as to disallow any extra earrings. One pair only and only for women. This was a fortune 500 company when I was there. I was never allowed to wear even a necklace that could be seen at any of the stores or restaurants that I worked at.
November 15, 2011 at 9:50 pm
To Scott Batten: My reply from Outback confirmed what you have stated. Do I believe that this girl was being treated differently for her political views? I have no clue other than what I read in the article. So unless more information comes out, I have no plans on joining in a boycott against Outback Steak House. Thanks, Scott.
BTW, What grates me in this thread are the incessent attacks on the Tea Party by liberals, especially those who have never in their life attended a Tea Party event. These fools seem to rely on MSNBC to find out what the current group think is. Seriously, you people really need to come up with better smears. The ones you are using are old, tired, and cliche.
November 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Won’t be long until they can’t tolerate having a white waitperson at all. I’m sure they’ll say it makes them feel uncomfortable. Just another way to put Whitey down and the self loathing liberal class will be right there with them. Don’t believe me, apply to a law school near you, if you are white, and male you simply need not apply. See court decision re: Michigan law school.
Once they can populate the ruling class with their own, well I think you can see the rest, second class status for white men, revenge will be the order of the day and then who knows; kristalknactch all over again. You will have to kill me now; I will not wait to be picked off via affirmative action professionally and then by your Nazi policies eventually.
Till we meet, Rich in New Mexico.
November 16, 2011 at 8:14 pm
you leftist are such Nazi.
Your ignorance of history is amazing as well.
The don’t tread on me motto goes back to the founding of this nation.
If anyone is is in bed with big business it is you leftist who use the government to pick winners and loser. You morons whould be ashamed of yoourselves.
You don’t deserve a great country like this.
November 15, 2011 at 8:35 pm
That’s why they’re making it as bad as they can in the limited time they have left in power. They’re trying to make it a place they DO deserve, and dragging true Americans down with them.
November 16, 2011 at 2:42 am
I hate to tell ya this, but leftists are socialists or communists. Righties are the Nazis. Just wanted to help you keep things straight!
November 16, 2011 at 5:09 am
Sorry, Nazis stands for National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Ooops!
November 16, 2011 at 6:17 am
Actually, Wootdude, Nazi is short for National Socialist Party. In other words, the left. Let’s keep things straight!
November 16, 2011 at 6:23 am
I know what it stands for, but go research it and you will find that it is the opposite of what communism and socialism are about. And since leftie equals commie/socialism, then that means rightie equals nazi. Don’t take my word for it, look it up!
November 16, 2011 at 7:12 am
Or you can just research WW2 and find that the Nazis fought the commies. And since the lefties equal commies, then guess who the righties are?
November 16, 2011 at 7:18 am
Actually, wooty. The NAZIs are very much on the left. They’re just to the right of Communists. Its like MSNBC and CNN. Both are far left, but MSNBC is definitely farther left than CNN.
November 16, 2011 at 8:47 am
Nazi’s were fascists. Facsists are conservatives. Dur.
They might have called themselves socialist, but they weren’t any more left wing than Glenn Beck. You can look it up.
November 16, 2011 at 8:37 am
Facsists socialized (ie govt owned) industry. That would make them Left wing. You can look that up.
November 16, 2011 at 1:04 pm
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You are so typically stupid. You deserve a statist creep like Obongo.
No Mo O…. out de do in fo!!!!
November 15, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Curious.
I seem to remember the Right complaining that anyone who made fun of a sitting President was being unpatriotic. I guess the view changes when the person occupying that seat ins’t a Republican.
When Bush was in office, I afforded him the respect that position entitled him to. Please show the current sitting president, whether you agree with him or not, the same respect. You don’t need to respect the man, but you SHOULD respect the Office.
November 16, 2011 at 3:22 am
Boycott Outback Socialist Steak House. No rules, just right – Only, you can’t wear a TEA Party bracelet. Sue ‘em, too.
November 15, 2011 at 8:37 pm
You can crawl back in your hole now, ok princess? M’kay bye now…
November 16, 2011 at 7:54 am
How witty of you and your band of morons.
November 16, 2011 at 11:19 am
This woman should be in jail for being a member of the racist, terrorist Tea Party organization. She should feel lucky that she was just fired.
November 15, 2011 at 8:37 pm
OK Stalin….
November 15, 2011 at 8:45 pm
I want to know what fascist-liberal company you work for that fowns on conservative contributions. Is it the NY Times? MSNBC? Current TV?
Or are you truly talking out of your @ss?
November 15, 2011 at 8:49 pm
It’s all about our clients, not the company. It would be extremely damaging/embarrassing if our clients found out employees of our company were contributing to Republicans, which is why it is prohibited.
November 15, 2011 at 8:57 pm
So you would violate your employees right to participate in the electoral process? Keith sounds like a bit of a FASCIST. Typical of a progressive.
November 15, 2011 at 9:12 pm
It’s socialist liberal or fascist conservative…sheesh. If you’re going to post, at least get name calling right!
November 16, 2011 at 5:14 am
Keith, you are a racist.
Racists are inherently evil.
November 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm
you must be a genious………………
LOL
November 15, 2011 at 8:37 pm
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If she had an Obama T-shirt on or Vote for Rham T- shirt on everything would have cool. She just doesn’t understand freedom of speech and expression in Chi town. Poor girl.
November 15, 2011 at 8:39 pm
You have no idea whether or not she would have been reprimanded for wearing an Obama shirt, and since it didn’t happen, you sound exceptionally ignorant for making the comment. The lady has every right to make her political opinions known, but during her shift as a customer-facing waitress at a restaurant that doesn’t want negative publicity and doesn’t wish to have their name associated with the Tea Party movement, is no time to make those sort of statements. Unless she was ignorant or just plain stupid, which is a definite possibility given her apparent political leanings, she should have expected to be fired for wearing something so blatantly political while working with customers of varied beliefs.
November 15, 2011 at 8:55 pm
This message is specifically for Mr. Hypocrite, Jeremy K Galloway, who clearly believes the double standard he seems to live everyday is justified and normal.
Always be careful, Mr. Jeremy, not to use run-on sentences and blathering, illogical statements when you are insulting someone else’s intelligence based on your perception of his/her political beliefs.
I’ll quote one of my favorite lines from “A Confederacy of Dunces” just for you, Mr. Galloway–”Your lack of knowledge of that which you profess to speak merits the death penalty!”
November 15, 2011 at 11:25 pm
@Jeremy K Galloway, yeah right moron, a bracelet doesn’t matter at work and who cares if one table complained about her, if you ever served in your life you would know there is always one bad table every night. Just because you hate your political opponents doesn’t make this right. You are pathetic for defending this.
November 16, 2011 at 12:16 am
what is pathetic is you insulting people who stand up for their rights and for limited government. you sound like a rude person. maybe you should be fired from your job by being brainwashed against the tea party.
November 15, 2011 at 8:39 pm
She doesn’t have a right to free speech on private property.
November 15, 2011 at 8:40 pm
F Outback.
http://911essentials.com
November 15, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Keith G
Good for Outback. The Tea Party is out to destroy America, and is a racist, terrorist organization. It’s time we fight back in any way possible. Firing this woman was entirely appropriate.
I agree, anyone attempting to get in the way of Government Action just does not want to help or support their fellow citizen of the world.
November 15, 2011 at 8:43 pm
George…….you’re an idiot.
November 15, 2011 at 9:18 pm
George, I don’t know if your tongue is in your cheek, or your head is up your arse!
November 15, 2011 at 11:04 pm
If by destroy, you mean make the country fiscally responsible, then I guess the Tea Party is out to destroy it.
If by racist, you mean that we want people to come into the country legally through the front door, then I guess so.
Actually, a warning would be the first step for something like this in most reasonable work places. Unless she had been warned, in which case, firing is the right thing to do.
George, if you are a citizen on the US, then you are not a citizen of the “world”. Those are not the same thing. If you mean that we all live on the planet Earth and should try and get along, then I agree(but you are doing a lousy job of leading by example).
November 15, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Libt ar ded idiot. Go back to your gated community and worship your black pets at a safe distance.
November 15, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Does that include the “government actions” of Kristallnacht and the Night of the Long Knives? Tiananmen square? The Killing Fields? The Great Leap Forward? Stalin’s Show Trials? Have you died of embarrassment from your idiotic statement yet?
November 15, 2011 at 10:53 pm
keith g – “anyone attempting to get in the way of Government Action just does not want to help or support their fellow citizen of the world”
So you’re anti-OWS?
No, of course not, more likely you are you a marxist, or an anarchist right? I’d say one of the latter as leftists tend to make statements that mirror their true feelings… Reread and believe keith g, you are the racist who loves the idea of America being torn apart by terrorism…, you keith g are the bad guy.
November 17, 2011 at 5:03 pm
You need to check your facts. I heard her interviewed, you are wrong on every point you make.
November 15, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Maybe it was part of her 15 pieces of flair?
November 15, 2011 at 8:46 pm
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One more liberal Joint I won’t frequent!
November 15, 2011 at 8:48 pm
“Liberal”? You’re joking right? They are one of the two biggest contributors to Rick Santorum’s campaign, along with Walmart. Look it up.
November 16, 2011 at 11:36 am
No more outback’s for me.
November 15, 2011 at 8:50 pm
I find it amusing how many people think after watching TV and the evening network news that everyone is a progressive democrat. Then are shocked to find out that about half or more of the country actually has the audacity to believe in things like accountability, responsibility, religion, and ethical behavior. Yeah, there are a whole bunch of conservatives out there. Regardless of why the woman was fired it always seems acceptable to march on wall street and defecate in the street vs. assembling peacefully in DC while picking up after yourself.
November 15, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Please don’t imply that being conservative means being religious. The left is religious and collectivist.
Ethical behavior – do you mean the desire to regulate a single man’s sexual preferences such as outlawing strip joints? That’s big government so I hope you only meant that governments need to show “ethical behavior” and not that government should regulate your morals onto others.
November 16, 2011 at 2:42 am
and having said that, let’s remember that the “Tea Party” was originally the Ron Paul crowd but the name got hijacked by a bunch of religious feminist types like Sarah Palin and Christine O’Donnell and Michelle Bachmann who would all get more laws passed regulating male behavior if they could
Tea Party means the desire to repeal laws and keep religion out of lawmaking, whether that’s Christianity or Marxism or Feminism (all religions).
November 16, 2011 at 2:48 am
Your Libertarian seeming perspective ignores the fact that the Founders believed that for the constitutional, democratic republic to work, there would have to be a religious populace. Why? Because for people to govern themselves enough to justify the free society dream, there would need to be a belief in the cultural ether that there is an objective reality to right and wrong. Note, how as ‘secular’ society has increased, so have the cameras the police. The less people govern themselves, they think about what they can get away with rather than what is right or what is wrong.
November 16, 2011 at 5:43 am
If Outback is stupid enough to drive away a good portion of their customers who are TEA Party supporters, as they have just done with this little antic, then they probably won’t be upset when the whiny liberals refuse to make up the difference because they would rather give their money to the losers at the “occupy whatever” camp.
Bad move, Outback. Americans vote with their wallets, not just their ballots!
November 15, 2011 at 8:50 pm
because the love the constitution?
November 15, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Do you have access to Outback personal records? How do you know she was in “Constant hot water?” How do you base your facts when none of what you are claiming was ever said.
November 15, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Well after the fallout I think that the Out Back is going to get hit in the Ol Pocket book because if you are a member of the Tea Party, then I guess you would boycott this chain of resturants to make it known that you do not appreciate how they treat thier employees. If you are a union member then again you probably would do the same for unfair labor tactic’s.
November 15, 2011 at 8:52 pm
A common misunderstanding about Constitutional rights is that they apply to non=government entities. They don’t!
I can throw someone out of my house who spouts political ideas which I do not approve.
Constitutional protections ONLY apply when the GOVERNMENT is trying to curtail them.
Geeesh!
November 15, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Agreed, and people can also choose not to visit Outback’s steak “house” as well.
November 15, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Her manager needs to feel what having his/her teeth being knocked out of their hi//her head feels like for starters.
November 15, 2011 at 8:57 pm
I saw that racist bracelet on that girl, same one who waited on me in the article. I told my boys, “i aint tipping that girl, and no one that roll with me better tip her either”. Yup, she costed herself a big tip.
November 15, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Denorius, why did your parents punish you with such a stupid name? Oh, because you are an idiot.
November 15, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Hah! Everyone knows that you g r oids don’t tip.
November 15, 2011 at 10:10 pm
If you disagree with Herman Cain, you’re a racist, libturd.
November 16, 2011 at 2:43 am
Hey Tom.I am a waiter and I can tell that “a big tip” for you is about 5%.I can tell you are a cheapskate .You got served by the waitres and stiiffed her.In this case you used her political wiews to save yourself few bucks.What is pathetic though is that you are proud for what you did.
November 16, 2011 at 9:43 am
Bless you Tom. Have you ever had a cogent thought? You are a real jewelo. We know you were 16 years old before you learned to wave good bye. By the way, have you learned to tie your shoe laces yet?
November 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm
My heart goes out to this gal, but unless she was completely ignorant or just plain stupid, which is highly probable given her apparently far right-wing political leanings, she should have expected to be fired for wearing something so blatantly political while working with customers who may very well have more reasonable political beliefs and would therefore, and rightly so, be offended. I certainly wouldn’t want to be served by someone who is an obvious racist and disregards the needs of the poor and homeless while standing up for the ‘rights; of the top 1% to not pay taxes. Of course, rather than complaining to the staff, I simply would have just refused to leave a tip. Sorry about your luck lady…maybe next time you’ll think about that before you decide to advertise the fact that you’re socially and economically clueless!
November 15, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Dumb post, tangential, worthless dribble from the losers of the world that want handouts from others. Nobody owes you a living pal but if you think in such tangential ways, nobody is going to respect a word out of your mouth.
November 15, 2011 at 9:06 pm
You wrote that not being a leftist means she is more likely to be stupid. Yet when you look at the OWS compared to how the tea party people behaved, and over two years and with millions of people. We pick up after ourselves, we don’t defecate in public and we have George Will and Dennis Prager and many more, calm, intellectual and deeply insightful thinkers on our side. You have name callers and whingers, and fools. Reality is exactly the opposite of what you perceive. You’ve been had and you don’t even know it.
November 15, 2011 at 9:57 pm
I emailed Outback and told them I’d never eat there again. Go to Outback’s site and you can send them a message. Hit them where it hurts – Their bloomin’ pocketbook.
November 15, 2011 at 9:00 pm
If she wore a memorial lapell for Ted Kennedy when he died (and whom every republican despised), would she have gotten fired for that? I’m sure that every democrat in that restaurant woukld have stood up and ssaluted.
November 15, 2011 at 9:02 pm
She has NO First Amendment protection on private property. A public eatery cannot however discriminate against Black patrons on the basis of race. But private colleges do not have to tolerate the Ward Churchill’s of the world whereas public universities are obligated to uphold first Amendment free speech.
Though Outback serves the public and may not discriminate with employment or patrons as it relates to Blacks, they most certainly have the power to bar political speech by employees.
November 15, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I believe the real story is the restaurant only allows “you want fries with that shake” bracelets. She should have checked the employee handbook.
November 15, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I could do without visiting Outback Steakhouse……. There are other and better steak houses out there
November 15, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Let Outback know what you think. Here is where can send them your thoughts…
http://www.outback.com/contactus/generalcomment.aspx
November 15, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Thanks for the Link I hjust sent them a note.
November 15, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Call the district manager for the Chicago area and tell them that unless they fire the General Manager of that restaurant that you will no longer eat in their restaurants.
November 15, 2011 at 9:07 pm
The only way to find out is if the couple that she served speaks up to what upset them. Right now it is just he said she said.
November 15, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Never ever will I got OUTBACK to eat!!!!
November 15, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Yeah!! Bloomin’ Onions have, what, a whole days’ worth of calories? Ridiculous!!
November 15, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Outback sucks anyway. It won’t be hard to boycott them.
November 15, 2011 at 9:42 pm
I hope this is a typo and not how you speak.
November 15, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Paul Reiher you are an a$$ and outback does suck.
November 15, 2011 at 10:10 pm
You really should wait until the FACTS come out before you get yourself all worked up.
November 16, 2011 at 5:57 am
Agree, that goes for the Darden company of restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse) that kissed Moochell’s behind with her crusade against what we eat while herself and her own kids pork out.
Thankfully we have a nice variety of family owned restaurants to choose from, these big corporation restaurants rarely see me inside their doors.
November 16, 2011 at 7:05 am
Actually, I decided to book a reservation for ten based on the fact the owners seem to take care of its customers.
November 16, 2011 at 8:08 am
Left wing pigs… Thats all this state has to offer…
November 15, 2011 at 9:13 pm
anyone want to buy my gift cards to outback no more for me
November 15, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Now if you would have had a Fleabagger t-shirt on you would have got a raise.
November 15, 2011 at 9:22 pm
fas·cism - [fash-iz-uhm]
noun
1. a governmental system led by a dictator or central authority having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
This could apply to either George W. Bush or (apart from the racism) Barack Obama. Or the beliefs of pretty much any member of the US congress or the US Senate. It also very much could apply to most neoconservatives (or neoliberals, as they’re called outside the United States). Just thought I’d point that out, as Keith sounds decidedly ANTI-fascist. Socialist or maybe state-capitalist are more accurate names for the system he described. Of course, I wouldn’t expect a Tea Partier to know much of anything about politics, etymology, history, or anything that wasn’t written or espoused by Ayn Rand…
November 15, 2011 at 9:24 pm
The best economic days of this country were the 1950′s when we had a 90% top income tax rate. Today, the rich pay nowhere near their fair share. If we’re not going to institute a maximum wage, we should return to a 90% top income tax rate for anyone making over $250K.
November 15, 2011 at 9:27 pm
The best economic days were in the 1950′s? Really? The average house was was about 1200 square feet, now it is over 2200 square feet. The average home had one car, now it is two at a minimum. The average house had a SHARED phone line, called a party line. Now the average person has their own cell phone. The average car got 8MPG, not 24MPG like now.
Secondly, and far more importantly, study history please. We had 90% tax rates in 1917 by 1920 we were in a heavy depression, deeper than the Great Depression, but not as long. Why? Tax cuts spurred growth and that started the roaring 20′s.
Study the Great Depression, they had 90% tax rates then as well. How many people actually PAID them? Very few, those that had money simply QUIT working and shut down their businesses. If that is what you want, then by all means raise the tax rates. If what you really want is increased growth, then you should be begging for the lowest possible tax rates.
November 15, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Hey Keith, how’s the state of Felonois doing now that the drooling idiot Gov Quinn signed that gigantic (and nowhere near 90%) tax increase into law? Leading the country (including even COMMIEFORNIA!) in hemorrhaging jobs, you say? Gee, maybe mindless communism isn’t so great for bringing about prosperity after all…
November 16, 2011 at 1:09 am
God it must nice to be so stupid Keith. You can blow through life completely ignorant of consequence. If you haven’t read Reagans’ biography, he makes a great case against your beloved 90% tax rate. He stated after earning so much money a year, he would simply stop working. Why put forth the effort and only receive 10 cents on the dollar. The consequence, movies didn’t get made and misc crew that were your average wage earners didn’t work. He said a typical film would have 100′s of people involved daily. I will never understand how you high tax thieves will improve your lives or the lives of others by stealing from the hard workers of society.
November 16, 2011 at 8:31 am
Hey, Keith, I’ve got news for you… nobody ever actually paid that 90% tax rate, you baffoon.
The Department of the Treasury actually has one of those new-fangled website thingies. Perhaps you should do a little research before spouting off about things in which you’re clearly not aware.
November 16, 2011 at 9:12 am
I don’t think most of you understand that the State of Illinois has determined that she was wrongfully terminated. They sent a letter to her saying that. In other words, this girl just made a lot of money, or will soon, in a lawsuit. The stupid Manager should be fired, and probably will be, after her lawyers take Outback for a 6-figure judgement…
November 15, 2011 at 9:30 pm
You Tea Partiers (or Tea Baggers as some of you apparently prefer to be called) are either intentionally ignorant or too stupid to comprehend that Barack Obama and the Occupy movement are completely at odds with each other. Obama is one of the largest recipients of Wall Street donations and his administration is chock full of the same Wall Street casino investment bankers who ruined the economy in the first place. He’s as much a part of the crooked system as any Republican. So please, either get that fact through your skull or refrain from purporting that you know what you’re talking about. ‘Obama’ DOES NOT = ‘Occupy.’ If you want us to stop calling you racist or Nazi’s or greedy, heartless, intelligence-deficient rednecks, please don’t group us with these godawful Democrats just because a few of them have tried to hijack our movement. In case you haven’t noticed, ALL of the mayors who have tried to evict Occupy groups from city parks are DEMOCRATS. Occupy is not a part of any political party. We are a non-partisan movement dedicated to helping the ‘common’ man and defending our interests against greedy bankers and politicians. In fact, we have more in common with the Tea Party than either of the two major political parties. If I didn’t hate your guts so much it might be of interest to join forces with you Tea Party folks. Of course, I’m sure the hatred is mutual. No hard feelings. :)
Viva La Ocupacion!!
November 15, 2011 at 9:34 pm
If this is the case, then why are you at Wall Street instead of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. or in front of the Capitol Building? At least when the Tea Party went to the battlefield we picked the one that is causing all the problems, or do you think that the banksters just get to do what they want? If so, it is time to study up on how this thing works.
November 15, 2011 at 10:12 pm
Did the OWS movement allow you to move out of your mommy’s basement, Jeremy?
November 15, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Might want to tell all those 99% who don’t showerers to stop waving around Obama signs then, libturd.
November 16, 2011 at 2:45 am
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I’m a conservative and a tea party guy.. she should have just stuck to her uniform. Now, if it was because of the bracelet.. I would hope she was told first.. but regardless, personal responsibility says… you are at work.. only work stuff on please.
November 15, 2011 at 9:38 pm
I know I’m not going to go eat at Outback again any time soon.
November 15, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Boycotts work!
November 16, 2011 at 11:53 am
It seems to me she has some legal options against the steakhouse. When I was manager if I was to fire every cashier that a customer complained because of a personal issue like an employee was black and didn’t say sir to a white customer, yes that has happened etc I would be firing people every day. BTW I being in restaurant where liberals customers are at a table and are partying and making fun at conservatives and nothing happen. Next time, I guess I will try complaining and see what happens.
November 15, 2011 at 9:39 pm
NO MORE OUTHOUSE RESTAURANTS FOR ME. DEEGEE
November 15, 2011 at 9:40 pm
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Henceforth, I’ll take my tea at the Crumpet Tea Room.
Barbarians!
November 15, 2011 at 9:44 pm
Not a smart move Outback. I’ll be taking my business elsewhere. You’ve got plenty of competition!!!!
November 15, 2011 at 9:45 pm
there is no way they would have fired her just for wearing the stupid bracelet. it seems like she just sucks at her job, got fired, and then ran to the paper with some made up sob story to get sympathy.
November 15, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Actually that’s not true. If the owner is a leftist they would very easily want to fire her if they could. Leftists are almost always vindictive and filled with anger and bitterness, even hatred towards those who disagree with them. It could have been worse than just being fired I suppose.
Try leaving a car with a Bush sticker on it in a leftist neighbourhood, compared to an Obama one in a conservative neighbourhood. Or better, just compare the tea party people to the OWS. Lol ;)
November 15, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Are you kidding? The waitresses at Outback are so bad they will take anyone. I have even had one spill hot coffee all over me.
November 15, 2011 at 10:20 pm
I would normally agree with you. But, in the past 2 years I have seen more blatant double standards than I care to admit to. The media and most people have quickly forgotten the name calling and accusations the Tea Party and other groups have put up with. I cannot speak for this woman or the truth in this matter. What if a waitress was wearing a kafiya in the same situation of he said, she said? Logic would tell us nothing would have happened. In reality this story would be national around-the-clock news. These are not logical times.
November 16, 2011 at 12:14 am
Yes, “joke,” because we ALL KNOW how “tolerant” and “reasonable” liberal useful idiots are.
In acuality, examples of liberal bigotry and hypocrisy are innumerable and disgusting.
November 16, 2011 at 12:36 am
So much for the “tolerance” aand “diversity” crowd.
November 16, 2011 at 5:03 am
@ Japes: Actually, leftists are too stupid to run anything in this country. They’re so busy having abortions and collecting welfare that they don’t have the time, nor the intelligence, to own or manage anything. Either this is the work of a radical right winger, or the waitress’s story is trumped-up to get media coverage and paint herself a victim, when in reality she’s a terrible person but there’s no news coverage for that.
November 16, 2011 at 7:18 am
I smell a lawsuit, mate!
November 15, 2011 at 9:55 pm
The cheap libs- They were just looking for a free meal or a way to get out of leaving a tip.
November 15, 2011 at 9:57 pm
If anyone is aloud to wear a ribbon for Breast Cancer or anything like that she can sue them.
November 15, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Outback serves really average food. The waitress is better off working anywhere else; you’re better off eating anywhere else.
November 15, 2011 at 10:06 pm
What vindictive jerks – without any provocation – that complaining couple are.
November 15, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Facts about the Tea Party.
http://napoleonlive.info/politics/tea-party-hearty/
November 15, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Crystal Lake is a rather conservative town . . .
November 15, 2011 at 10:13 pm
even if the waitress was slow in dealing with a few tables, the liberal DEM complainers clearly broke the bank and got her fired. I often see waitresses wear pagan symbols (ankhs, pentagrams, tons of tattoos including tramp stamps, etc). Imagine conservatives complaining about all of these causing firings? The country would come to ruin. Outback has lost my respect and obviously some business.
November 15, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Notice how CBS didn’t report that the symbol is a classic one from over a hundred years ago. It’s about the strength of our nation. Either CBS are too stupid to realize it or didn’t want to report it. If the worker had an O’Bummer tat on her arm, no harm done, right?
November 15, 2011 at 10:20 pm
It’s Chicago – what did she expect?
November 15, 2011 at 10:25 pm
I can understand if she was warned about the bracelet before, not if it was a first time occurance. I just hope Outback Steak House starts taking in EBT cards, because I know they won’t be getting my money. Now the customers got so ‘upset’ that they had to complain, people need to grow some thicker skin.
November 15, 2011 at 10:26 pm
and…. if I knew I had a Liberal working for me they would probably be out a job.. goes both ways.. and no I never eat at Outback
November 15, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Ha Ha look at all the America hatng right wingers get their panties in a bunch.
This was a BUSINESS decision, performed by a BUSINESS who can hire and fire as they wish. Funny how the free market only works for right wingers when it is removing workers rights.
I’m heading to Outback!!!!!!!!!!
November 15, 2011 at 10:27 pm
But Bob, most the non-leftists here agree with you that the buiss. had a right to fire her if they wanted to. Are you thick?
November 15, 2011 at 11:01 pm
Knowing how businesses go out of there way to avoid legal problems and knowing how a lot customer service employees are slackers, I’m inclined to side with management.
November 15, 2011 at 10:35 pm
OMG, Kieth, you have got to be kidding You wrote…”food, housing, transportation, energy, healthcare, schools, etc., should all be run as not-for-profit enterprises under the purview of the federal government.” Have you been to the DMV lately??? It’s run by the government ! ! !
November 15, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Not to mention the fact that just about all of the five Goobermint Motors Chevy Volts sold so far have caught fire and/or burned down the stupid owner’s house.
November 15, 2011 at 10:43 pm
You’d think the lib couple would’ve been satisfied with simply doing what libs always do and just stiff the waitress but I guess their totalitarian tendencies got the best of them…again…as always….
November 15, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Don’t Tread On Me is also the motto on the Navy Jack, which is raised in remembrance of 9/11.
November 15, 2011 at 10:46 pm
ha only losers go to outback. real people eat at tgi fridays…
November 15, 2011 at 10:57 pm
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Rumor is that the complaining couple was Barack and Michelle.
November 15, 2011 at 11:04 pm
I seriously doubt it. During this epic Depression of his, only $900/lb Kobe beef is considered good enough for President Cloward (according to him).
November 15, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Real believers in true free market capitalism, such as I am, would actually support the restaurant in firing her for wearing the bracelet, if they have a policy against it and she refuses to follow it. People need to learn to understand that just because you have rights, does not mean you can do anything you want on other people’s property when they are paying you for your time.
If the government were persecuting her, this would be a free speech issue. If the employer fired her, it could be because of her bracelet and I would say that is their right. And anyone who believes in the meaning of that bracelet should agree with that sentiment, and if they don’t, they do not understand the true meaning of economic freedom.
November 15, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Believe me, James, anyone who is a conservative also understands that the business had a legal right to fire her if they didn’t want her working for them. I think a lot of the comments here blur the line between this legal right, and whether or not it was right or wrong. Or, not only was it the morally just thing to do, but indignant of the reality that if this had happened to a leftist (Say, for example, a busboy is fired for wearing his Che t-shirt or having an Obama bumper sticker) most the media in our culture, dozens and dozens of news networks, comedy and morning shows, etc. would be condemning it as heartless and mean spirited and ugly and representative of the cold heart and caricature that the Left has worked so hard to clarify and build of the right in the cultural ether. This hypocrisy makes it hard not to fight fire with fire when it happens in the opposite. But of course, you are right about Outback having the right; and thank you for explaining clearly why.
November 15, 2011 at 11:55 pm
outback is part of the darden restraunt group chain. Olive garden is also apart of the chain and they refused to allow the american flag in an alabama restruant.
November 15, 2011 at 11:06 pm
I’LL NEVER STEP FOOT IN AN OUTBACK AGAIN,,,
What happened to free speech????????
November 15, 2011 at 11:08 pm
No problem.
Everyone boycott Outback Steakhouses until an apology is issued and the waitress is rehired.
Simple solution.
November 15, 2011 at 11:13 pm
More liberal intolerance. Liberals simply cannot tolerate people who think differently than them. They want their voices silenced and only want one viewed tolerated. If you fail to agree with what you are told then you will be stricken down by the liberal Gestapo.
November 15, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Well, I won’t be giving those politically Incorrect folks any of my hard earned $$$anymore!
November 15, 2011 at 11:20 pm
I truly wish that the name and address of the hypersensitive couple who allegedly complained were able to be posted!!
November 15, 2011 at 11:29 pm
By far, the most intelligent comment on this thread.
November 15, 2011 at 11:31 pm
(Referring to Ken DeJong)
November 15, 2011 at 11:33 pm
What Mit says about it!
Do you dare to find out why they say Mit flips and flops! Remove all doubts see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6BCXIsgLE
November 15, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Whats funny is that the demographic that Outback attracts is far more likely to be a Tea Party member or someone who supports them…
..than one of teh OWS group.
November 15, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Only the truly ignorant would think any business has to give it’s employees free speech rights! How stupid are people?
The Constitution restricts the government from shutting you up. Anyone else in the country in any position of authority over you can tell you to shut up. As a server of many years, I believe the manager, she was not an attentive server.
November 15, 2011 at 11:51 pm
Below is a copy of a note that was sent to Outback. We are so quick to condem things that bother us (as did the Outback customer) without knowing we are condeming.
“I have just read a newspaper article concerning the firing of a waitress, Megan Geller at your Crystal Lake, Ill. location. The article stated that Ms Geller was fired for wearing a bracelet that was inscribed with “don’t tread on me”. Are you aware of the historical significance of this statement. It goes back to the struggle of our forefathers in 1775 and is still used by the US Navy today. If she was in fact fired (solely or partially) for wearing this bracelet. Outback owes her and all of us an apology.
I would like to see Outback follow through on this in the media. My wife and I visit our Outback in Saint Lucie West, FL at least 3 times a month.”
Also remember remember that “Don’t tread on me” is our First Navy Jack and as of May 5, 2002 all US Navy ships fly it during the war on terrorism.
November 15, 2011 at 11:54 pm
She was probably fired for not wearing enough flair
November 15, 2011 at 11:57 pm
How many pieces of flair was she wearing?
November 16, 2011 at 12:19 am
Indeed. What people are clearly forgetting is that numerous places of employment have dress codes. Express your 1st Ammendment rights on your own time at as many events as you please, Left or Right. Let that right not be confused with certain standards which employers have their own right to limit what its employees say or do, to reduce disruption to customers. This isn’t a left or right issue. It’s about employers making certain general rules or guidelines on a server’s professional appearance. Don’t like it? Go work somewhere you can have a million “message” tattoos/rings/bracelets/whatever. End of story.
November 16, 2011 at 1:43 am
rofl…nice Rational Man
November 16, 2011 at 7:58 am
Yes, I’m sure it wasn’t her Tea Party bracelet. Because we all know how “tolerant” and “open-minded” the smug useful-idiot liberals are.
Just ask any conservative minority or female who was subjected to a barrage of smears and false-witness-bearing by the mainstream media and useful-idiot liberal bigots.
November 16, 2011 at 12:40 am
No it was the bracelet and the commie complaints from O’Bamabots.
November 16, 2011 at 1:06 am
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Not like it is hard to boycott outback, but count me in.
November 16, 2011 at 1:26 am
I think I SAW 3 CARS IN OUBACKS PARKING LOT LAST TIME I PASSED BY IT.sOUNDS LIKE A BUNCHA REDNECKS TO ME.
November 16, 2011 at 7:00 am
I support the Tea Party, and I don’t believe her for one freakin minute. Sounds like a disgruntled employee to me….. In fact, it sounds like one I fired.
November 16, 2011 at 1:27 am
Thank God she didn’t have an ‘In God We Trust’ bracelet on, or else they would have probably STONED Her!
Seriously, they actually said they fired her for being ‘inattentive’ to two tables? I guess that means Outback will now be firing at least half of their wait staff- or else pay a hefty lawsuit settlement to this woman, primarily for coming up with such a lame and tiny fig leaf to cover the shame of their ridiculous decision!
November 16, 2011 at 1:33 am
Did you actually read the article? Since the issue was supposedly involving not wanting her ot wear a Tea Party slogan, the protesters were therefore far more likely to be Republican/Tea Party types. Duh.
November 16, 2011 at 1:46 am
Did you actually read the comment? Pathetic! was talking about the customers who complained, not the protestors who demonstrated in front of the restaurant. Duh.
November 16, 2011 at 2:20 am
Wow…read the comment before lambasting someone for a mistake that you made in your comprehension,…..Why Johnny Ringo, your no peach at all!
November 16, 2011 at 8:59 am
More liberal weasels. Nothing is more disgusting then a spineless liberal.
November 16, 2011 at 2:28 am
I will miss the Bloomin Onions, but I will never eat there again. How much more Un-American can you be? When I was a young man this kind of thing was unheard of. The entire country would have effectively shut down any business that attacked our liberties like that. Today people don’t seem to react so much to these assaults on our future.
November 16, 2011 at 3:02 am
Okay, I have no love for the Teabaggers, but firing someone for wearing a bracelet you happen to disagree with?
If customers took offense at the bracelet, then the Manager should have reminded them that we live in a free and democratic nation and her right to wear that bracelet is protected under the 1st Amendment.
On the other hand, if she was actively engaging in a political discussion at work, that is a no no, but the article didn’t seem to imply that is what happened at all.
November 16, 2011 at 3:16 am
I for one will not visit this Outbacks again. Where I spend my money is my only weapon left at my disposal as a citizen.
November 16, 2011 at 3:22 am
If there is any truth to the part of the story where someone complained about her bracelet, I would like to make them wear that bracelett in an electrified form, where any time they stopped acting like an American who respects other people’s right to speak freely, they’d get an electric shock until they learned the lesson. Argue with her all you want. But stop trying to silence the opposition, blast it all.What the heck are you afraid of? You’re nothing but a couple of conservaphobics. You need sensitivity training to instruct you on how to be tolerant of other viewpoints – and not just other people’s skin color.
November 16, 2011 at 3:34 am
This is really interesting. I don’t remember the last time I read a waitresses jewelry at dinner…or even noticed that she was wearing jewelry.
November 16, 2011 at 4:09 am
So what the manager stated – she was fired for ‘being unattentive” to two tables…. I understand it is an at-will employment state, however, they gave us ‘the official’ reason. How many times have all of you been at restuarants and the only time you see the server is taking the order, picking up the check (the food was brought out by someone else). When you returned to that restuarant did you see that server still there? In many cases yes. They did not mention any patterns of behavior. So my question to you, should a server be fired for having 2 complaints?
November 16, 2011 at 4:14 am
Another lazy piece of journalism. Did the writer ask other waiters about the person who was fired? Did they try and find the reported customers or other customers at the restaurant to see what kind of waiter she was? Lazy, lazy, lazy
November 16, 2011 at 4:26 am
Oddly enough, or maybe I should say ironically enough, the tea party crowd, and I am a sympathizer, should stand behind Outback. It’s their restaurant and they should be able to do as they please without government telling them they have to allow someone to stage a political protest on the job. The tea party should stand for the right to kick tea partiers off of private property. I won’t boycott Outback because I never go there anyway–my ribs are better.
November 16, 2011 at 4:29 am
Too many suppositions. He said she said. Sorry report CBS.
November 16, 2011 at 4:34 am
A company has a right to monitor what their employees wear; political statements are normally considered taboo at most restaurants. When I was a teenager working at Outback I signed a paper to not wear anything that would possibly be offensive (i.e., religious, political, pro-choice/pro-life….).
It makes good business since. For example, I avoid church run coffee shops because of the religious idiots and I avoid the hipster run coffee because of neo-hippies. I like to get my coffee at places that just serve coffee not a message..
November 16, 2011 at 4:41 am
Looks like Outback is trying to go out of business.
November 16, 2011 at 4:49 am
They will not have my business!!
November 16, 2011 at 5:45 am
I live in Crystal Lake AND knew the girl. She was going to get fired anyway because she was terrible at her job AND she gloated about it. This is a non-story of someone trying to get their name in the headlines.
November 16, 2011 at 4:55 am
Also wouldnt it be a little ridiculous for a company that so adamantly supports its veterans and military members to fire someone for wearing a bracelet with the phrase “Dont Tread On Me”? Use a little common sense people.
November 16, 2011 at 6:10 am
If she was fired for wearing a political bracelet, good.
When I go out for a meal with my wife, I want a meal and a conversation with my wife. What I don’t want is someone who (if they’re doing their job right) is supposed to be invisible ,waving around political propaganda from any party while i’m trying to saw into my overpriced and under-cooked steak.
So while I doubt that this is the whole story, I will say on the off-chance that it is, I support this decision.
November 16, 2011 at 5:16 am
“When I go out for a meal with my wife, I want a meal and a conversation with my wife. What I don’t want is someone who (if they’re doing their job right) is supposed to be invisible ,waving around political propaganda from any party”
So a historical reference is political propaganda from a specific party now? I knew Democrats hated America, but I had no idea it was that bad…
November 16, 2011 at 8:13 am
That’s the company line. were the two diners who claim she was inattentive the same ones who were offended with the bracelet? If it was truly bad service and she had no bad track record, they would not fire her for that. She’d get warnings first. So had this waitress had a track record of previous incidents of poor service? I don’t know all the facts, but this whole thing smells a bit if you ask me.
November 16, 2011 at 5:30 am
This is an example of how our culture is now responding to being “offended”. Heaven forbid someone who waits on you in a restaurant have different political opinions. If you feel ‘uncomfortable’, you complain to the manager rather than stopping to consider first that the other person is not harming you in any way. This country is now running on reactionary decisions based on emotions, not reason or logic.
November 16, 2011 at 5:34 am
Your correct but we all know Liberalism is based on Emotions never facts .
Or the 10 year old that never grows up .
Who “”Needs “” that life long Nanny Womb to Tomb sadly .
November 16, 2011 at 8:06 am
I agree. I am sick and tired of those who act like their feelings are hurt if you have any certain political persuasion. After living in IL for 40 years, I am more offended by the crude, rude, and profane words people use in public. I am more tired of hearing the “f” word that anyone wearing a political emblem.
I am MOST happy not to live in Illinois any more!
November 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
When people tell me I have offended them I tell them that their being offended offends me.
November 16, 2011 at 9:00 am
LOVE IT!!
November 16, 2011 at 11:37 am
OB has the most over priced steaks n the industry.
Also. Their steaks are as tough as whet leather.
But if you enjoy a drink and LOUD boisterous people, then Outback is for you.
November 16, 2011 at 5:37 am
From time to time, I wear a pair of cuff links that show the Star of David.
On several occasions, folks seated near me asked to be moved. In every case, they were non whites that asked to be moved.
November 16, 2011 at 5:41 am
The Flag with the rattlesnake and the “Don’t Tread On Me” was used before the familiar stars and stripes was designed by Betsy Ross and George Washington. It is a histoical reference, not just a Tea Party symbol. Those people who fired the waitress are ignorant facists to say the least. These same jerks do not want any one wearing the US flag either. To them, it is OK to wear the Palestinian flag, the Iranian flag, or the Communist Chinese Flag, but how dare you show the American flag!
November 16, 2011 at 5:43 am
an OWS armband is ok? This country is now down the tubes.
November 16, 2011 at 5:56 am
Now I prefer Longhorn!
November 16, 2011 at 5:57 am
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Done with Outback.
November 16, 2011 at 6:03 am
I USED to be an Outback customer. Now I am voting with my wallet and not going into their Communist-sympathizing stores.
November 16, 2011 at 6:10 am
There are NO Outback Steakhouse’s in Australia!
November 16, 2011 at 6:12 am
How can you respect the “MAN” when he bows to other World Leaders..
LITERALLY, what a puke..
teh American President..teh SYMBOL of the Free World..
BOWING TO THUGS AND KINGS..
there si NOTHING to RESPECT about BARRY the Traitor..
November 16, 2011 at 6:13 am
This is outrageous!! Outback is never going to get a dime of my dining money.
Chiagoland at its best
November 16, 2011 at 6:14 am
After reading most of these comments its pretty obvious about 90% of the commentators are just parroting what their neo-conservative masters on talk radio and internet vlogs tell them to think.
November 16, 2011 at 6:15 am
Boycotted
November 16, 2011 at 6:19 am
IT DOESN’T MATTER if she was inattentive… THIS IS HOW THE LEFT GETS WHAT THEY WANT – THEY LIE… We CAN’T care anymore about doing the RIGHT THING, when it means doing the right thing toward a bunch of Socialists… THEY will use ANYTHING they can to get Conservative goals stomped… This is war, folks… Why can’t you see it… Bozo appoints a Socialist to the SCOTUS who just LOVES his Bozo-Care program, and now she’s going to be Ruling on it… IT WON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH “RIGHT”… SHE WILL RULE WITH THAT MORON… And we will be out here on the “right”, doing what is “right”, and giving away our country. In war, you PURPOSELY DECEIVE YOUR ENEMY – That’s OK then, right ? You don’t tell your enemy where your troops are, or where your next move will be, right ? But somehow, we think it;s “right” and “honorable” to respect our arch enemies. Remain stupid, if you choose. I intend to deceive & cheat our opponent at every turn. Such is the course of war… Nothing violent, mind you… I am speaking with regard to deception… I will tell a stupid liberal any day, that the day for Democrats to vote is the day AFTER the election… YES, it works.
November 16, 2011 at 6:28 am
Yawn..give it a rest you partisan ahole..
November 16, 2011 at 7:44 am
Pot, meet kettle.
November 16, 2011 at 9:44 am
Classy. You really have a way with words that give your arguments such substance and strength. Your debate skills are as impeccable as your creative choice of moniker.
/sarc off
November 16, 2011 at 11:29 am
Outback restaurant, OSI, should take a lesson from Darden Restaurants, Darden’s recent banning of the American flag, their quick reversal, and their massive ass-kissing of an offended, mostly patriotic, customer base.
Goodbye, Outback! Throw a couple periods of losses on the barbie, k?
November 16, 2011 at 6:33 am
If this waitress had an Ozombie button on, there wouldnt be a problem. wonder if Outback got a wavier from the health Care law. Never will I go to Outback again.
November 16, 2011 at 6:42 am
Oh great. I’m running out the places to eat with all the Un-American restaurants that need boycotting these days.
November 16, 2011 at 6:44 am
While the Tea Party currently use this statement it has a long history of use within the US. “DONT TREAD ON ME.” was also used by the Continental Marines as an early motto flag. It was the first flag ever carried into battle by the United States Marine Corps, during the American Revolution. It also was known as one of the US flags before being replaced by the Stars and Stripes. In addition, since the first Patriot Day on September 11, 2002, which remembers lives lost in the September 11 attacks the First Navy Jack has been flown on all active naval ships for the duration of the global war on terror which contains “DONT TREAD ON ME.” These words appear on all US Drill Sergeant identification badges. For those that are offended please do everyone a favor get a life or leave on the next plane or ship to China you will love it there.
November 16, 2011 at 6:46 am
Guarantee she would still have a job is she wanted to wear a burkha
November 16, 2011 at 6:46 am
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The real question, is why Geller thinks private businesses are bound by a constitutional amendment that applies to the government, not private business? Makes her kinda sound like a liar. Or in favor of government regulation of private business.
November 16, 2011 at 6:49 am
What the H@ll do you think the No-Smoking laws in bars and restaurants are if they aren’t the government regulating private business you leftist idiot. Guess you want it both ways just like always. Get a life you Commie!!!
November 16, 2011 at 7:18 am
Well said brother Fred and i don’t even smoke truth is truth
November 16, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Great fred freedom…So the government should stay out of private business…In which case this woman could have been legally fired for her bracelet, getting pregnant, or changing her lipstick. Thank you Fidos for pointing out the hypocrisy here.
November 16, 2011 at 7:31 am
Outback is overrated anyway. The Kangaroo meat is not that good . But bthe waiters and waitresses have always been pleasant.
November 16, 2011 at 6:49 am
Is that a Pledge Pin on your uniform!
- National Lampoon: Animal House for you younger folks…..
November 16, 2011 at 6:59 am
Big Business always has an excuse and Outbacks excuse is typical. Next it will be a cross or star of Davic
November 16, 2011 at 7:00 am
This is absolutely how demos operate. I suspect the customers complained
for the sole purpose of causing employment problems for the waitress. This was punishment for disagreeing with their socialist religion. Demos are petty meddlers and control freaks who do not respect your right to your own opinion. It’s their way or the highway. See them for the socialist/fascist control freaks that they are, nothing but Mao/Stalin/Nazi group think.
November 16, 2011 at 7:06 am
Outback is now on my, No Go list, not a great loss either
November 16, 2011 at 7:10 am
I won’t be eating at Outback.
November 16, 2011 at 7:11 am
OK Occupiers, let’s all go to Outback and take a dump at the front door. That’ll teach ‘em!
November 16, 2011 at 7:12 am
This is your typical he said she said – you’re not likely to ever find out the truth. But, if a couple did complain about the bracelet then those cowards deserve public humiliation and ‘we, the people’ should give it to them!
November 16, 2011 at 7:14 am
Done with Outback. The Outback communists seem to be doing Ok in our Tea Party made country
November 16, 2011 at 7:18 am
Never cared that much for “outback” anyway but I will never go back now!!
November 16, 2011 at 7:22 am
Well, that settles it. No comment from Outback so I’ll no longer go to any Outback. It is time to stand up for American Ideals and tell P.C. to take a walk.
November 16, 2011 at 7:40 am
Fergo huisbat? Framit onna dingwa!!! Hingle dommy tenwhat.
November 16, 2011 at 7:41 am
The article ‘skirts’ the issue of WHERE on her person she was wearing the bracelet.
For example, if that was ALL she was wearing…
November 16, 2011 at 7:42 am
I have seen more beastly looking waitresses — tatoos and body piercings galore — that I hope they didn’t fire her for wearing a Gladsden bracelet.
November 16, 2011 at 7:43 am
Perhaps instead of firing her, the manager should have simply taken her out back…
November 16, 2011 at 7:44 am
The Gadson flag is the only reference that the reporter can come up with, too bad. There is a richer naval significance to it, keep reading.
[In the fall of 1775, as the first ships of the Continental Navy readied in the Delaware River, Commodore Esek Hopkins issued a set of fleet signals. Among these signals was an instruction directing his vessels to fly a striped Jack and Ensign at their proper places. The custom of the jack-type flag had originated with the Royal Navy in the 15th century or earlier; such was the likely source of Hopkins' inspiration. This first U.S. Navy Jack has traditionally been shown as consisting of 13 horizontal alternating red and white stripes with a superimposed rattlesnake and the motto "Don't Tread on Me." The rattlesnake had long been a symbol of resistance to British repressive acts in Colonial America; its display on the new jack of the fledging Continental Navy fit naturally with the fervor of the times.]
November 16, 2011 at 7:45 am
Yeah I’m pretty sure the Constitution says “Congress shall make no law…”
Not “Outback Steakhouse will make no law…”
November 16, 2011 at 7:45 am
I do not buy from or frequent any business that openly supports Obama and his administration, period! I am not going to have my dollars or any part of them I spend in a business be shelled out to support Obama from that business.
Linked-in (online), Outback, and many others do not get my business and it does not hurt or bother me one bit. As far as I am concerned those that support socialism (Obama) are tratiors to America and those that vote along racial or political lines and not for the best qualified candidate to run America have hidden agendas. While I do not agree with many of these (counry destroyers) it certainly is their right as we just see things very differently and that has to do with upbringing and education.
November 16, 2011 at 7:46 am
I’ve never had good service at Out House, so how could this couple tell? ‘Straulia. Where men are drunked idiots and women hump ‘roos.
November 16, 2011 at 7:46 am
“who Cares
…Yes you are right, when you work someone you should be politically neutral in the workplace.
November 15, 2011 at 9:41 pm”
I’m not politically neutral in ANY place — ESPECIALLY when I work someone.
November 16, 2011 at 7:47 am
Outback has no backbone ,it had better make sure that NO employees wears a Christian cross,Star of David or any other insignia of ANY organization. I do not usually patronize Outback, but now I will and intend top hold them to their “policy”. The left incessantly whines about fairness then lets give them fairness right in the @$$,good and hard.
November 16, 2011 at 7:48 am
Say it loud! I’m dumb and I’m proud!!!
November 16, 2011 at 7:49 am
But Che Guevara T-shirts are probably acceptable…
November 16, 2011 at 7:52 am
10 to 1 It’s a Black or far left Obama Lover Boss.
Who really should be fired !
Two Out Backs have closed in my area . Good Riddance !
The food is no longer that good .
Their Off Limits for this Former ReCon Marine .
November 16, 2011 at 7:57 am
What ever the REASON the restaurant claims they had for firing her, SHE HAS THE STRONGER CASE that the reason is her bracelet simply because of the TIMING of the firing. It came on the heels of the customers who take offense at a flag that’s been in existence for several hundred years.
Outback’s in trouble, and rightfully so. They will have to show a record of reprimands on her performance, and that this is simply the straw that broke their back. Additionally, they have to show they made an effort to train her better if they felt she was lousy.
November 16, 2011 at 7:59 am
Forewarned ? It’s a Bracelet not a Campaign Banner .
Based on that B/S She could not have a NO BAMA Bumper Sticker on her Car
in the Parking Lot .
I guarantee you if it was a Obama Bracelet …. It would have been Fine .
November 16, 2011 at 8:02 am
When a nationwide apology is issued from corporate hq, I might consider returning for some ribs.
November 16, 2011 at 8:03 am
To many unknowns, another he said she said senario.
November 16, 2011 at 8:03 am
Did she ever have an incomplete course in thrapy? Is she presently on medication when she was waitressing? Does the company have any history of discriminating against workers because of their political beliefs? In any case, as someone who holds freedom up as an important value, Outback can fire and hire at will. It’s a private business and businesses need the right to act in the best interests of their business.
November 16, 2011 at 8:06 am
That does it for me. Outback has made their last dime from me and my family.
November 16, 2011 at 8:08 am
There’s actually no evidence that she was expressing a political opinion at all by wearing that bracelet. The “Don’t Tread on Me” motto and snake symbol are as much a part of American history as the Betsy Ross flag. Maybe she just likes history. Of course, we all know what kind of people are “offended” by anyone displaying American symbols in America…
November 16, 2011 at 8:09 am
And another restaurant I will not patronise.
November 16, 2011 at 8:11 am
Do as the socialist democrats do…. DON’T frequesnt Outback…. Go somewhere else. It’s a pretty simple and easy choice.
November 16, 2011 at 8:11 am
This is another good reason for me not to patronize the Outback resturants…
November 16, 2011 at 8:16 am
Crossing the OUTBACK off my list of places to eat!!
What about you?
November 16, 2011 at 8:18 am
I don’t eat there anyway. Matter of fact I have quit eating at many restaurants.
November 16, 2011 at 9:01 am
Yup!
November 16, 2011 at 9:07 am
Ditto!
November 16, 2011 at 9:21 am
What do you expect eating at outback
November 16, 2011 at 8:23 am
WOW, ashamed to say I worked at Outback for over 2 years…this is absolutely ridiculous.
November 16, 2011 at 8:28 am
Uniform rules are a b*tch, aren’t they?
November 16, 2011 at 8:29 am
Did the restaurant follow a proper protocol as far as any type of disciplinary action? Sad thing about this is it will be presumed that all Outbacks will be this way. The ones I dine at are of a conservative nature and if these two offended ones complained the manager would have told her to take it off this one time not showed her the door. Also this story appears to be incomplete or missing something.
Just my 2 pennies worth.
November 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
Tea Party bracelet?!? Morons, the Gadsen flag pre-dates the Tea Party by, oh, a couple hundred years or so.
November 16, 2011 at 8:37 am
Much ado about nothing. No restaurant I’ve ever worked at allows anything personal with writing on it. No bracelets, no rings (other than wedding), no necklaces, modest makeup, etc. They can control abosolutely everything you say and do while in their store. People don’t want to be offended when they go out to eat, they want food. And its managements job to keep it as such. Pretty simple.
November 16, 2011 at 8:38 am
For liberal parasites free speech only applies to them.
November 16, 2011 at 8:42 am
Inattentive waiting of two tables alone has NEVER constituted a dismissal in the restaurant industry. It looks like these jackballs are attempting to equate, and then destroy the Gadsden flag like they’ve done the Confederate Flag. I’ll never eat at an OUTBACK ever again…promise.
November 16, 2011 at 9:01 am
Inattentive waiting of two tables alone has NEVER constituted a dismissal in the restaurant industry. It looks like these jackballs are attempting to equate, and then destroy the Gadsden flag like they’ve done the Confederate Flag. I’ll never eat at an OUTBACK ever again…promise.
November 16, 2011 at 9:03 am
Big Mis STEAK Outback!
November 16, 2011 at 9:03 am
Politics do not belong at work…..
Tea baggers are stupid. If Sara Palin and Bachmann are your poster girls…barf.
November 16, 2011 at 9:13 am
Tim, sounds like you’re the stupid one. If you knew anything about the Tea Party, you would be joining our group and fighting Capitol Hill for your country, otherwise, you’re not going to have one in about 10 years and neither will your children. Also, in case you haven’t noticed, if Sarah Palin and Ms. Bachmann were our poster girls, they wouldn’t be so far down the totem poll. Also, what’s so bad with either one of them? They are sure doing a lot more for this country than you are, while you sit on your a** and complain in a news forum. Why don’t YOU get off YOUR butt and get more involved in what’s going on around you?
November 16, 2011 at 11:18 am
This sounds like bad reporting. Very different accounts from both of the people.
November 16, 2011 at 9:22 am
No offense to anyone on the list of comments, and if i missed the one where it actually explains the “meaning” of that flag then disregard.. I have no political affiliation – I agree with those that make their point about the “offense” culture we now have, except for when it comes to the founding religion of this country, Christianity. Its ok to trounce those people now or any affiliation with that line of thought including the Tea Party. With that said, That FLAG was flown by one of the first Marine Corps Units ever, during the Revolutionary War.. We flew that flag due to being walked on by the King of England at the time.. It is not a Tea Party thing, it is an American Thing.. You who don’t see it, the enire gov’t, not just Democrats or Republicans ,but all are slowly but surely making you dependent on them.. They will continue to strategically place and orchestrate events to assert additional authority. Regardless of the restaurant, there is a deeper issue here, some or most of you are focused in the wrong area in this case.. if indeed it was the bracelet that got her fired
November 16, 2011 at 9:25 am
Sounds like someone has tread on her free speech rights.
November 16, 2011 at 9:29 am
Classic liberal intolerence at work.. So hateful, so eager to punish anyone different.
Remember O’s comment about punishing political-racial oppposites?
Libs, please, ask yourself when you became so bigoted.
November 16, 2011 at 9:29 am
The two diners were from Occupy Chicago. When the waitress told them they had to pay for their meal they complained. It’s certainly not the first American job that’;s fallen casualty to the Socialist Occupy Movement.
November 16, 2011 at 9:30 am
I didn’t know that private companies were exempt from having to follow constitutionally protected rights….
Got a big statue of that rascal MLK next that other rascal Lincoln because they fought for individual rights….duh
November 16, 2011 at 9:32 am
We need just build a giant wall. All clear thinking Americans on one side. All control freak,hyper sensitive liberals on the other. It’s obvious society has reached a point where we can no longer coexist. They are intolerable fruitcakes who are determined to remain such.
November 16, 2011 at 9:32 am
you people kill me. this has zero to do with politics. which is more likely; poor little demure megan was strung up for her beliefs, or she was fired because she sucked at her job? i’d put my marker in “she’s bad at life”. There is nothing to see here; just a sloppy crybaby that ran to her psycho-mom because she has a problem holding down an entry level job, and psycho-mom got on the TV by playing the victim card, which is the card hillbillies play best. She’s 23 people!! she needs mommy’s help? What ever happened to accountability.
November 16, 2011 at 9:33 am
Thank you for your interest in Outback Steakhouse.
The employee was not let go because of her Tea Party bracelet. On the night in question two separate tables complained about her lack of attention – one flagging down the manager to pay their bill as they could not find her and another going to the bar because they received the wrong drink and could not find her.
When the manager spoke to the employee about this she responded by yelling at him with a hostile attitude. This is why she was fired.
She was not fired because a customer complained about her bracelet. That would have simply been handled by asking her to take off the bracelet.
As to the Illinois Department of Employment Security letter stating she was fired for wearing the bracelet – this simply reflects what the employee told them. No hearing was held that we participated in, nor did we submit any information regarding her claim.
I would also point out this bracelet is not a Marine Corps bracelet nor is it a bracelet supporting our troops. The bracelet has only the motto “Don’t Tread on Me” followed by “November 6, 2012”. November 6, 2012 is the next Presidential election. The bracelet does not have any Marine Corps insignia. When the customer asked the employee about the bracelet, she said it was a Tea Party bracelet.
You can find information on what our company does to honor our military and support our veterans on our website http://www.outback.com – click Company Info then click Operation Feeding Freedom and Thanks for Giving.
Thank you.
Joe Kadow
Outback Steakhouse
November 16, 2011 at 9:37 am
open and shut
November 16, 2011 at 9:56 am
This is most likely fake BUT I will rely anyways……. I clicked the link provided. Thank you for showing me all the restaurants under the corporate umbrella. I will get the word out to ban them. Joe please explain what Operation Feeding Freedom have to do with a Tea Party bracelet? Note: I do not blindly take managements word on events.
November 16, 2011 at 10:33 am
Wake Up! – it’s there for you in black and white – she was fired for being a lousy waitress. You Tea Baggers are amazingly gifted at expressing faux outrage.
November 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm
The Bolsheviks can’t stand dissenting opinions or ideals so they act out in petty ways.
The diners who complained are the biggest a-holes in this story. Whiny little babies want to make the world into their little personal utopia.
Oh, and what the hell are they doing eating at an Outback??! Worst steaks on the planet!
November 16, 2011 at 9:40 am
Sorry, but the constitution only applies to the government, it doesn’t guarantee that a private person in a private business can say or do what they want with impunity. As reprehensible as it may sound, if a business wants to fire a waitress for wearing this bracelet, or refuse service to somebody wearing a jersey for the opposing sports team, or a military uniform, they’re free to do it. It isn’t the greatest business decision, but as long as they don’t discriminate based on the reasons outlined in Title VII, they’re not discriminating illegally.
November 16, 2011 at 9:47 am
Did you actually just say that the constitution only applies to the government and NOT the people? It absolutely DOES guarantee private individuals the freedom to say whatever they want whenever they want!! That’s what the constitution IS! A gurarantee that you have certain unalienable rights endowed by our creator that NO government can take away. If a business wants to fire someone for wearing what they deem inappropriate, that is THEIR RIGHT to do so as a participant in a free market society. The only thing that sounds reprehensible is the first sentence of your comment. I sure hope you’re nto teaching your children that.
November 16, 2011 at 11:10 am
I am done going to Outback in Crystal Lake. This is an outrage! Hey Outback, get a clue, there are a lot of tea party members visiting your restaurant and firing a waitress who is a tea party member is just plain stupid for your business. My family will no longer go to your restaurants!!!!!
November 16, 2011 at 9:47 am
Who cares about free speech? Every military veteran and their family for starters.
November 16, 2011 at 9:51 am
They had the right to fire her for good reason, bad reason or no reason at all – but I have the right to avoid Outbhack and I will. I will miss them but I can no longer support them.
November 16, 2011 at 9:53 am
They can kiss my business goodbye!!!!
November 16, 2011 at 9:56 am
their food is not that great any way, too much msg used. so the OUTBACK just made my list of places that i will never patronize. Now that’s freedom.
November 16, 2011 at 9:56 am
What everyone is missing, is you can boycott the restaurant, write to the corporate office, picket out front, etc. There are ways to address this that are legal. Now let’s get to work and e-mail outback, and stop eating there. It worked at Bank of America
November 16, 2011 at 9:57 am
I wonder if this policy is mentioned in the hiruing process. If not , she has a case, What about tatoos?Is the policy always enforced?
November 16, 2011 at 9:58 am
Ban these restaurants part of OSI Restaurant Partners…….CARRABBA’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Roy’s Restaurant, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar….along with Outback Steakhouse
November 16, 2011 at 10:11 am
I guess it’s Texas Roadhouse from now on, Goodbye OutBack
November 16, 2011 at 10:15 am
I, kind of agree with the restaurant, and has nothing to do with liberals or
conservatives.
A case in point, I have a restaurant and I want everyone libs or conservatives
come to eat as long as they have money. If customers don’t come because
they got mad, I will lose my business.
So, I don’t want my employees’s actions to destroy my business.
November 16, 2011 at 10:25 am
they already have a bunch of mad customers. look at the posts. stop being so PC. noob
November 16, 2011 at 10:51 am
Outback is loosing me as a customer. I ate there often, but not any more.
November 16, 2011 at 10:26 am
I hope she spat in the food of the liberal cry babies that complained about her……
November 16, 2011 at 10:29 am
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I guess I will not darken the doors of Outback again
November 16, 2011 at 10:32 am
Showing your patriotism and a dislike for BIG government is not grounds for dismissal from a job.
The yellow flag with the rattle snake and the words “Do not tread on me” does not belong to the Tea Party in fact U.S. Marine Corps painted the symbol on drums prior to the Revolutionary war. The flag was created by Christopher Gadsden who was a colonel in the Continental Army and presented it to Commodore Esek Hopkins who flew it aboard the U.S.S. Alfred in 1775 (one of the first U.S. Navy ships) from which the Marines commandeered two British supply ships bringing weapons and ammunition to Boston.
Tea Party patriots use the Gadsden flag (coiled rattle snake) because it was first used in 1775 by the colonist to warn the British (big government) to back-off. It appeared in newspapers and early colonial currency. It is also associated with Benjamin Franklin’s writings who favored the rattle snake over the eagle at the national symbol.
November 16, 2011 at 10:32 am
I never had been to OUTBACK.
I guess I never will. VOTE WITH YOUR FEET.
Outback and Olive Garden are on my “do not buy” list FOREVER. Their predictably weak “apology” is not going to make it all better…..
We finish the job Nov 2012. NO MORE DEMOCRATS.
November 16, 2011 at 10:34 am
There is an Outback Steakhouse in my town. Wife and I DID like to go there. NO MORE! Should Outback rehire the waitress and apologize will not change our decision.
November 16, 2011 at 10:36 am
As a member of a local tea party, my group and I have met several times at Outback to discuss politics. As of today, our group will not be going Aussie anymore. Vote with your pocket book. These liberal corporations are more dangerous than our elected leader.
November 16, 2011 at 10:49 am
this place and olive garden are completely off the map for me. failures
November 16, 2011 at 10:50 am
I’m glad that the Teapartyers protested. Too bad they didn’t break a few windows, too, like the lefties would. It’s time that we on the right adopt the tactics of the left: threats, intimidation, angry mobs, etc. Such tactics are very effective!
November 16, 2011 at 10:56 am
I believe the waitress.
Oh, and the food at Outback Steakhouse is way too salty.
November 16, 2011 at 10:59 am
It is sad that someone got fired for wearign a Tea Party bracelet. It’s ever sadder that the manager lied and said it was because she was inattantive to 2 (just 2?) other diners as that’s not really a good excuse to fire someone especially if you’re busy. But the saddest thing is, and I am a Tea Party supporter, that people are forgetting that in a free market society, a manager or owner can fire anyone they want for an reason they want. Except, of course, for their religion, race, creed, sexual origin, etc.. Companies have the right to fire anyone for anything that they may wear to work or for saying something bad to the customer or not doing their job correctly, it’s the company’s right to do this. If they don’t like the TP, they can fire someone that supports them. It’s their company. Not yours, not mine, not the government’s, it’s theirs. Just like if you had a company and one of your workers did something you didn’t like or you just didn’t get along, you have the right to terminate them without reason or warning.
November 16, 2011 at 11:01 am
we have the right to botcott also!!
November 16, 2011 at 11:06 am
you are absolutely right about that, too! God bless America!
November 16, 2011 at 11:12 am
Does anyone know for sure the lady is telling the truth?
If so then i agree with Boycotting Outback !!
Did Outback state whether someone complained about the bracelet? nad if so is it not Coincidental she is fired the same day, now Outback superiors may not know the real truth the manager could be lying also here to them!
if it is found out the manager is lying then still boycott until the manager is fired!!
But if the laduy is lying then she deserved to be fired!!
But it is funny the same day someone complained about it she was fired!!
November 16, 2011 at 11:03 am
More flair!
November 16, 2011 at 11:04 am
I am offended EVERY DAY by liberals. However, it doesn’t count, because they have managed to create an atmosphere of fear and hatred towards ANYONE that doesn’t lick their boot heels.
This waitress needs to find out the home address of these freaks and burn their house down, WITH THEM INSIDE.
November 16, 2011 at 11:05 am
The food at Outback sucks anyway. I will never go there, especially if it is a leftist commie enclave.
November 16, 2011 at 11:08 am
I’ve worked in many restaurants and can tell you no one EVER gets fired for being inattentive to 2 tables. You get talked to…not fired.
November 16, 2011 at 11:17 am
Lets see I run a business here in calif with a customer base of 30 a day, I guess in a good month we can really put a dent in people not visiting the restaurant in the Sacramento area, by showing them this article, make things happen with your wallet people!!!!
November 16, 2011 at 11:24 am
Typical liberals; they don’t agree with the waitress’ viewpoint, so they get her fired.
Damn, I hate leftists. BTW since we want to talk about what’s offensive, I find Outback’s actions completely offensive, and I won’t frequent any Outback restaurant, anywhere, ever again.
November 16, 2011 at 11:28 am
I hope she’s not complaining. Don’t teapots believe that employers should be able to do whatever they whenever they want? Can’t have it both ways…
November 16, 2011 at 11:34 am
I hate to say this but the two sides that we Americans vote for and believe in politicaly are tearing this nation in half. Our economy is in ruins the greedy are getting all they can carry before we hit the bottom. Turmoil is World wide and who is setting back a looking pretty? Those that would otherwise be known as our enemies….Thats who. Those that don’t believe in religion well thats their choice and they have that right to choose. However for those that do it’s like they are the enemy. That to me is the problem we have strayed a long ways from what our founding fathers had in mind. There however is a lot of issues that our founding fathers never would have give consideration. These are the issues that are tearing us apart. We need to roll back the calendar on our views if we don’t want to be killing each other in the streets. Whites verses Blacks and etc….Democrat verses Republican. We’ll be fighting this one in the streets just and America will slip into extinction. Our enemies will wait till we are finished and come in for the rest. If it is Russia they don’t like Blacks anyway and for that fact Whites that used to be free. If it’s the Chinese pretty much all of us are toast. I however think it will be both of them…..And we are toast. Consider this when you look at your fellow American as an enemy. How stupid we really are.
November 16, 2011 at 11:36 am
Leave it to a liberal couple to complain about someone for expressing a philosophy that doesn’t fit perfectly with their own. I wish I could say that I’m shocked. I wonder if they smiled at the news, “Yeah, we got that young girl good!”
November 16, 2011 at 11:41 am
I will vote with my wallet and NEVER take it to another Outback as long as I live.
November 16, 2011 at 11:46 am
The complainers are morons. Well fed fat libs can’t tolerate an opposing view. It’s a tad sad.
November 16, 2011 at 11:55 am
Liberals are the least liberal people that I know. Control freaks,gossip mongers,nasty morons …..that is my opinion of liberals.
November 16, 2011 at 1:14 pm
TO ALL ! I am a Constitutional Lawyer. The First Amendment States : “Congress shall make no law . . . ” It says nothing and has no bearing on what private companies do. The First Amendment, like all others, only limits what the Government can do. If Outback wants to fire someone for their political views, they have that right.
November 16, 2011 at 11:56 am
There are two issues here.
First, if she violated their policy, it was a minor violation, and she should have been reminded to remove the bracelet. She may simply have forgotten. Firing her is an extreme action for something so trivial.
Second, the leftists are tremendously intolerant, and may well become violent as we undo all of their failed liberal big governemnt. The “occupy –” nuts may be just the beginning.
November 16, 2011 at 11:58 am
No worries she can always head down here to Florida and be hired in a second! In my opinion Outback steaks “suck”!! Blooming onions are like eating a can of lard! She is better off not working for that POS place!
November 16, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Question: Why did the couple feel the need to complain about a braclet? Unless something is downright profane, those are some sensitivities that you are willing to get someone fired – That’s just nasty.
I thought our differences of opinion, and their FREE expression, are what made this country great!
If indeed this girl was fired for the braclet and not for shoddy service, we should all be concerned.
November 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm
The time is now. Let’s get rid of political correctness through tort reform. Let’s also make sure our country stays free and without socialism.
November 16, 2011 at 12:12 pm
The left uses employment as a hammer to control dissent. The right does not and would be sued if they did. It’s all part of the plan to prohibit, by hook or by crook, any dissent against the left. Remember, the only real crime you can commit in a communist or fascist regime is some form of “counter revolution”.
If anyone disputes this, try this simple experiment: go through your company parkinglot and fire everybody who has an Obama bumper sticker on their car. This will quite nicely expose the double standard as armies of lawyers decend on the employer.
“Power over a man’s substance is power over his will”. – Madison
November 16, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Time for a civil war.
November 16, 2011 at 12:32 pm
A yuppy steak house for yuppys. Mediocre meat at best.
November 16, 2011 at 12:38 pm
This is why liberal democrat vermin should be spat upon at every opportunity.
November 16, 2011 at 12:45 pm
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Outback…..YOU’RE OUT! Join the ranks with Starbucks, another place I and my family will never set foot in.
November 16, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Hilarious that my comment was reported… apparently free speech is only valued by Tea Party dopes when it’s in agreement with their own views…
November 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm
This is what I just sent to them on their web page, contact:
I am giving notice that I will no longer be visiting your establishment (or any other locations) because of your ignorance!
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/15/waitress-says-she-was-fired-for-tea-party-bracelet/
November 16, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Hey Outback, guess where I won’t be eating anymore!
November 16, 2011 at 12:55 pm
How liberal of the liberals ,complaining about an inoffensive wrist band! Now Outback will lose my business because they are cowards.
November 16, 2011 at 1:11 pm
The customer was a Liberal tyrant.
The resttraunt was addressing a policy/PR dilema.
We can vote with our pocket books.
November 16, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Oooops……I see the restraunts statement. She may have been fired for poor service. Outback does do good work for service members. Sorry to the “unidentified custormer”.
November 16, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Imagine the media outrage had she been wearing an OWS bracelet and then fired?!?! But wearing a bracelet that supports a peaceful, lawful group wanting change is blasphemy!
November 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm
I smell a boycott cooking. Let’s get some picketers out front of that establishment.
November 16, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Gotta love these tolerant, open-minded Liberals.
November 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Outback Steakhouse sounds good tonight, I will gladly support any place that fires someone for supporting the Party of Tea Baggers. Tea Bagging: “The act of putting your balls in and out of a persons mouth”.
November 16, 2011 at 1:36 pm
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Well, here’s another steakhouse I won’t be bother with. Thanks for narrowing down the field Outback. You’re the guys with the really annoying commercials, right?
November 16, 2011 at 1:53 pm
I have not been to OUTBACK Steak HOUSE in years because they s u c k
November 16, 2011 at 1:56 pm
I’m a full backer of the Tea Party and our Constitution, but, stories like this always make me pause and think there is more to the story than just a bracelet. Maybe she was a lousy waitress and the complaint was the final straw.
November 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Good for Outback. I wouldn’t want an ignorant racist to serve my food.
November 16, 2011 at 2:01 pm
And as an added bonus, all these outraged racists are going to boycott Outback now – so now I can enjoy my food in peace without smelling Skoal tobacco and hearing a bunch of idiots talk about NASCAR. Attention Tea-Baggers and Right-Wingers – keep your promise, please boycott Outback so I can enjoy it more!
November 16, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Me to. What outback was it? I want to go.
November 17, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Vote with your wallet. Not one more cent of my money will ever be spent at Outback.
November 16, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Doesn’t have anything to do with me because I don’t go there anyhow…………..to expensive for a lousy steak and a potato that is double the normal size to fill you up!
November 16, 2011 at 2:12 pm
I’m going to eat at Outback tonight.
November 16, 2011 at 3:28 pm
fred freedom and the 50 people above you won’t
November 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm
But I will.
November 18, 2011 at 12:00 am
As a former restaurant Manager this is not uncommon;
Firing someone for poor performance and they claim it is for other reasons!
And people say the left is whiny and thinking they are entitled!!
November 16, 2011 at 4:52 pm
she can prove this by waving her right to confidentiality for her employee file.
November 16, 2011 at 4:58 pm
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Baby Jesus weeps for the gullible people in this thread.
November 17, 2011 at 3:41 am
Welcome to Obama change you people that voted for this clown this is what he meant by change.Welcome to the POLICE STATE and the NEW WORLD ORDER.Any time you speak out about the BIG BANKERS (THE GLOBALIST) things just tend to happen to people.Just wait until the start gathering you sheep up for a stay @ FEMA fusion camps.
November 18, 2011 at 7:30 am
Apparently CBS Chicago limits the number of conservative viewpoints on their website. No other reason for none of my posts to not be displayed as I neither cuss or disparage others. I do attack liberal view points by pointing out their flaws.
On this issue, I hope this young lady gets some help and take it to her employer. If not her then hopefully the once patrons of this restaurant will hold them accountable.
I have personally witnessed liberals defame people for no other reason than they have a conservative bumper sticker or even a Purple Heart Plate displayed on their vehicle. I have been a victim of bloggers that report my posts as being abusive for no other reason than they can’t legitimately debate their positions. I have no doubt that her wearing a Tea Party bracelet and exaggerated or just plane ole made up complaints were a major factor in the restaurant taking action against her.
November 18, 2011 at 11:17 am