 Eideard? No, the fired Santa. |
This story is being retold all over the SF Bay Area. Apparently the long-time Santa was let go after one complaint in 20 years of service. Apparently some bureaucrat in NY found no reason to back the employee in this matter. It’s seriously disgusting. Everyone in SF is irked about this. I’m not shopping at Macy’s anymore. The company doesn’t deserve customers. The boneheads at Macy’s do not even know the California laws regarding employment and will probably be sued over this. I mean what court or jury will not award “Santa” a huge settlement. What idiots. It should be noted that all decisions come out of New York nowadays.
John Toomey, known for 20 years at the Union Square Macy’s in San Francisco as “Santa John,” was told Saturday he’ll have to take his “ho, ho, hos” elsewhere because an adult couple complained about a joke he cracked.
The joke has been in his Santa bag for decades. But after thousands of tellings, the 68-year-old retired caretaker for the elderly finally hit the wrong recipients – apparently an older woman and her husband, who considered it inappropriate.
Note that the two a-holes who complained were elderly and actually went on Santas LAP!! So the corporation takes them seriously?
I’m just happy to see that with over 30 posts nobody has blamed Bush or Obama. The political sniping on here is really getting boring.
#34 Lightbulb42,
That’s because it’s like poking fun at Mac users: It’s so easy to piss them off it’s not funny anymore.
I’ve been praying for years that Macy’s goes under. I’m a Bostonian and they’ve destroyed at least two of our own (far better) shopping institutions, Jordan Marsh and Filene’s. I vowed NEVER to set foot in a Macy’s and I never will. They are horrible people who sell overpriced garbage. Die, Macy’s DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!