Rallying the troops Date Friday, April 19, 2024 - 06:24 PM PST Topic Drama Hey everyone. Allow me a minute or an hour of your time...and maybe you can help a couple of friends in need. We don't ask much...just a small favor, porfavor... Here is our story...think of it as a performance, if you will, on a stage of utter ridiculousness and tragic corporate garbage. On that note. Let's introduce our colorful cast of characters!! Michael: Our protagonist, youngest child, bat lover, fashion connoisseur, person at the ass end of a greased totem pole at this moment. Angie: Middle child, works in management with Michael, likes buttrock and skulls, on our side. Cindy: Oldest sister, works with angie and michael, cause of this whole mess, NOT on our side. Let's begin on the 12th of October, 9AM. Michael's lung goes *PHLOOF* and collapses....lucky number three. He lands in the hospital with a rather gnarly tube in his chest, and unfriendly nurses. They perform a procedure to prevent his lung from going *PHLOOF* again, which hurts like a mofo and knocks him out of commission for THREE WEEKS. *time swirly* Last Friday...four days until he finally returns to work. We receive a call from Angie (oldest sister..management..our side) telling him to have his prescription receipts handy when he comes back to work. Why? You ask? Oh well let me tell you!! Cindy (Oldest sister..phones..messmaker) was apprehended at work peddling narcotics. Come to find out she had been using Michael's sob story (hospital, stupid doctors, pain) to get prescription pills off other employees for her own use. While in recovery, they did not talk even once, on the phone or otherwise. I saw her a few times while dropping paperwork off at the workplace, gave her a brief update on him, and got out of there. Now here's the kicker. After being caught, in essence, she "threw him under the bus". After changing her story THREE times under questioning, contradicting herself and tripping over her stories several times, she said that she was getting the drugs for MICHAEL because the doctors wouldn't give him meds for his pain! I would go into further detail the things she said to try to cover her ass, using Michael's good reputation to get her out of yet another mess, but you get the jist of it..... anyway. Michael arrives at work today, on time as always, and is handed a termination letter. It stated he was being terminated on the basis of violating the company's drug and alcohol policy. He demanded a drug test, and was refused. He immediately left the building and came home, and we went right to a hospital and paid $280 out of pocket for a drug screening, which turned up, of course, 100% NEGATIVE for ANYTHING. What's my point? He was fired on nothing but HERESAY by a KNOWN DRUG ADDICT AND COMPULSIVE LIAR who only succeeded in dragging michael down with her! AND was not even given a chance to DEFEND himself or prove otherwise! Here's what we are doing/have done so far: Paid for a professional drug screening, which came up negative, retrieved the preliminary copy, waiting for the hard copy. Written and emailed a grievance letter to management stating the facts of the situation, as well as citing his attendance/performance record (spotless) and how it compares to other staff members and is definitely NOT compliant with a drug user/seeker. Compiled all of his medical records pertaining to his hospital stay, discharge, and checkups as well as his prescription receipts and packages and unused product for verification. Called a lawyer that specializes in employment law (seems promising but still looking). NOW *BIG NOISE* what I need from YOU...you wonderful troops you... An anonymous co-worker/s of his have put up a website "FREE MICHAEL" (http://freemichael.freeservers.com/index.html) to let fellow employees, friends, and really REALLY bored internet browsers email the CEO and let them know what they THINK about an honest, hard working man being fired on untrue, unfounded, and baseless accusations by unreliable sources! It would be much appreciated, you know. And if you have any legal advice, don’t hesitate to post it. We'll take what we can get. We don't want to sue for ridiculous and exorbitant amounts of money. We just want him to be given back the job that he worked hard to get, that he EARNED, and that was stripped of him unfairly. And if we can't have that...we're taking it as far as insanity will allow. There are others in his position too....you won't just be helping us, you'll be helping them too. Please, if you choose to do us this little favor, refrain from crude and violent language, as that will get us absolutely nowhere and endanger his chances of getting his job back. Be honest, adult, and let them know just how WRONG this is. Thanks for your time, guys..michael thanks you too! This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=424