Beyond The Broken Spectrum

If you haven’t heard already, a Home Depot employee was fired from a Florida store for a dress code violation. Sounds pretty clear cut and straight forward; he broke the rules, refused to follow the rules he agreed to when signing his contract of employment, and as a result was fired for insubordination. This wouldn’t even be a news story if not for the content of the pin he was fired over.

As a company policy in an attempt to be a neutral company to its customers, Home Depot has long had a blanket policy requiring that any pins or patches worn at work must be company issued. The same goes for hats and other articles of clothing, in that they cannot display any sort of logo or message unless it has been authorized by Home Depot. My uncle works for Home Depot and is not allowed to wear his Texas A&M hat due to company policy, because it could be offensive to a customer. It is a very sound policy that is entirely non-discriminatory in manner.

The employee was fired for wearing a pin that read “One nation under God, indivisible.” In what sounds like a sobbing manner, the guy made the statement “I’ve worn it for well over a year and I support my country and God, I was just doing what I think every American should do, just love my country. It feels kind of like a punishment, like I was punished for just loving my country.” If this is about patriotism, Home Depot offered him a pin that reads “United We Stand”, but he rejected that offer. It seems the guy was just looking for trouble and believed he was above the company policy that he agreed to.What is eye catching here is that Home Depot waited a year before approaching him about his pin, which they didn’t do until after the employee started bringing a bible to work. That’s a screw up on their part and it only serves to fuel this guy’s supporters, even though ultimately, its irrelevant that they were late in confronting him about his dress code violation since a violation is a violation.

I find it funny that he refuses to take responsibility for his actions and admit he was wrong, and would rather play the religious discrimination card and play to people’s emotions about their patriotism and God. I would hope any sensible person would not fall for such a trap, and would come to the realization that this employee is in the wrong. This has nothing to do with God or patriotism, but a person’s refusal to follow a rule that they agreed to.

So now Home Depot is being sued over the matter. Though I would hope it is unlikely that Home Depot would lose such a clear cut case, there is really no telling these days as more and more Judges are ruling on emotion rather than by facts and laws.

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