Woman Donates Kidney for Boss; Boss Fires Her; Fair?

Saw that on the news this morning. There has to be more to this story.

All this happened at a fair?

Walden, I was thinking the same thing!

donating a kidney makes you a good person, not a good employee...

I was thinking the same thing

The semicolon would indicate otherwise.

The semicolon would indicate otherwise.

In 1494 it would be a correct usage.

The modern uses of the semicolon relate either to the listing of items or to the linking of related clauses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon

The Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder established the practice of using the semicolon to separate words of opposed meaning and to indicate interdependent statements.[1] "The first printed semicolon was the work of ... Aldus Manutius" in 1494.

Grammer corrected via text while driving.

It is also correct usage for 2012.

The boss had to know they were going to register very high on someone's turdometer for that one.....

should have worked on spelling while checking the grammar

He must not have T9 on his phone!

But to fire someone because they are having health issues due to giving YOU their kidney? That doesn't make you a good boss, that makes you a butthead.

The boss couldn't even use it though!

again, we are making assumptions, based on poor reporting, that the employee was fired for health issues. We don't know the reason for termination.

Could you imagine being the boss?

Everyday - showing up to work and the employee reminding you how you have HER kidney. A little blackmail come review time. Always having to make sure the employee was the team leader. It would get tiring, I would think.

"reminding you how you have HER kidney"

But she does not have HER kidney she has a kidney from another person.

oh, I see.

Just a kidney? Like she doesn't have a back-up for that. Sheesh, you'd think she thinks she's special or something.

Please drive yourself to the nearest police station and ask them to write a ticket for distracted driving.

Or better yet, send 'em a damn text message!

They probably already know as the gubmint is monitoring our every move.

Actually the commentary (not reported news) says that the employees kidney went to someone else in the pool putting the boss in a better position to get hers. It doesn't say she got it. Maybe she was still waiting for one and it affected the way she felt toward the employee. Not an excuse for firing her but it could have been the case.

The boss probably got upset because her recovery was quicker then the woman who donated and might have thought she was milking it. However, recovery is far easier for the recipient than the donor of kidney.