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Waiter fired for heroism

Posted by Fired Fred on September 12, 2007 4:22 PM
Juan Canales didn't want his customer to have a side of carjacking with her order, so he stopped it from happening. The carjacking, I mean...
Canales was fired after subduing a knife-wielding man who tried to steal Massiel Marquardt's Honda CRV outside the restaurant, at 979 State Road 84. After Canales got suspect Albert Means on the ground, three other men helped hold Means down until police arrived.

Canales spent an hour talking to police and the media. He returned to work but when the lunch shift ended, his boss fired him. No one answered the phone at 84 Thai Food Tuesday.
His ex-boss is quite the asshat, and a graduate of the Compleat Dick School of Management. Just like lots of people who get a little authority in the workplace. He let Juan take care of the lunch crowd, then told him he was canned. Classy.

Juan won't be job hunting for too long, since the news report about him said he's got plenty of job offers from people who skipped Dick School on their way to the workforce.

Ever go up against someone with a knife? That's just scary. If Juan has a motorcycle, he probably needs a sidecar for his massive stones.

His old boss at the Thai place deserves a long weekend spent in the company of E coli. Who is your porcelain god now?
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