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John C. Stone – fired from his sales job at an Oak Lawn Chevrolet dealership for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie – is joining a new team. Stone, 34, will begin working as a salesman at another suburban Chevrolet dealership on Thursday.
“It’s overwhelming right now,” Stone said today. “I still haven’t settled down from being hurt like that, but I’m getting over it because all I wanted was my job.”
John Stone said that when he went to work Monday morning at Webb Chevrolet in Oak Lawn, he decided to wear a Green Bay Packers tie he’s had for years to honor his late grandmother, a huge Packers fan.
Little did he know that the seemingly innocent gesture would cost him his job, Stone said.
Stone said that when he showed up at work, general manager Jerry Roberts called him over to his office and then ordered him to take off the Packers tie or else he would be fired. Stone said he thought Roberts was joking and went back to work. Get the full story>>
