From Metro Networks...
A Colorado man says a simple sip of Coors beer cost him his job. Ross Hopkins claims he was fired from a Budweiser distributor after he was spotted drinking Coors in a Greeley bar by the company president's son-in-law. American Eagle is not denying the charge, saying a conflict of interest led to the termination. However, Hopkins says he was never asked to sign an agreement that he would not drink a competitor's beer and is filing a lawsuit. On top of it all, Hopkins says he doesn't even like Coors that much and only took a swig because it was offered to him during a one-dollar beer night.
If I worked for a company that was so petty about what their employees did while they were off, I'm not sure I'd keep working for them. Companies need to stop worrying about their employess during off hours, it's just a good way to lose good people for a stupid reason.
Bud stated at first he was in uniform yet later contracted that statement because it was late saturday night and he was a mon-fri worker.
Posted by: jack | May 23, 2005 at 10:49 AM
American Eagle is wrong and need to hire this man back with lots of back pay! This type of controlling behavour is un-welcome here in colorado
Posted by: sandra | May 23, 2005 at 10:45 AM
It doesn't surprise me, and I think it was entirely justified if he was in uniform. Here in Dallas, we have big HQs for CocaCola and PepsiCo, and they are both ferocious in thier fighting spirits. You will not find anyone here who works for one consuming or even patronizing a location that is exclusively marketing the other, even if they are only drinking iced tea or water. That is just How It Is Done. CocaCola people don't eat at Taco Bell or KFC. They know better.
Posted by: Phelps | May 19, 2005 at 11:15 AM