Florida Hotel Fires Worker for Wearing American Flag Pin
- Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:43pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A Florida hotel fired its front desk supervisor after the man wore an American flag lapel pin, a violation of the hotel’s personal appearance policies that prohibit employees from wearing badges and pins.
Sean May told Jacksonville’s WJXT that his manager at St. Augustine’s Casa Monica Hotel told him Thursday to remove the pin or leave. He refused to take it off and was sent home. The following day, the hotel informed him he was fired.
“I wear it with pride because I like where I live and I love this country,” May told the station. When his manager gave him the ultimatum, “I said I‘m not going to remove the pin so I guess I’m going home.”
May, 26, said he wore the pin everyday for two years and never had a problem with it until his manager approached him.
The hotel defended the decision to fire May in an email to the station:
“The Casa Monica Hotel located in St. Augustine, Florida, is an American-based, homegrown historic hotel,” the email reads. “The property reflects its pride in America and great patriotism by flying the Stars and Stripes high over the hotel. The American flag greets every guest and employee with its symbolism of our belief in this great country.”
“However, our employee handbook clearly states, ‘No other buttons, badges, pins or insignias of any kind are permitted to be worn.‘ No matter an individual’s national preference, political views or religious affiliation, it is a standard regulation which ensures equality for all Grand Performers [employees].”
According to the station, a recent upper level management change has led to a reinforcement of certain policies that may have been allowed to lapse.
May said he never received complaints about the pins from hotel guests, many of whom he said seemed to like it.
“I‘ve actually gotten more comments about it than any of the service I’ve actually done at the hotel,” he said. “Why would I want to work for a company that isn‘t going to be supportive of what I believe in and what I’m working towards?”
The station said it received a massive community response to May’s story, which first aired Thursday. One Florida resident, Air Force veteran Bruce Whalen, said the lapel pin should be a dress code requirement for all residents and is calling for a boycott of the hotel.
“Anybody who takes a chance on his livelihood to take a stand for patriotism is a hero and should be treated like a hero,” Whalen said.
Earlier this week, an Olive Garden restaurant in Alabama prompted national outrage for not allowing an 80-year-old patron to bring an American flag in for a Kiwanis club banquet.
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Comments (218)
Scarab Sport
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:53pmI have a second home in St. Augustine and have eaten dinner and Sunday brunch at the Casa Monica. However, never again. I will take my business to another place in town. If I owned a restrurant, I would hire that employee.
Report Post »oriondma05
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:31pmInstead of not eating there again.. you should go in waving an American flag with some friends, get a table, sit down.. and then leave and not eat there again.
Report Post »Scarab Sport
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:38pmI just sent Mr. Kessler, the owner of the hotel, an e-mail letting him know I will be taking my business elsewhere and do not think that I am alone. There is an e-mail link on the web address in your reply. I would encourage others to send him an e-mail too. Hopefully, he is a man of integrity, gets the message, and does the right thing. Thanks
CottonMPG
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:39pmI work for the federal government of this United States and we aren’t allowed to wear any unauthorized pins on our uniform. Included as unauthorized is the small American flag pin. If it isn’t given to us by our dept. It is not allowed on the uniform. They should have given him authorization to wear it but a lot of employers have rules that prohibit adding extra things to your uniform. The smaller the number of employees the easier it is to make exceptions for things like this.
Report Post »One of the strong
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:43pmBOYCOTT this hotel, march on it, wave flags, and declare them un-american, they are only concerned about their “PC” patrons, and don’t want anyone to offend their socialist clientele.
Report Post »dc5
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:49pmYou don’t have to have a restaurant to hire him. Offer him another position!!! Put your money where your mouth is. Lip service is not enough.
Report Post »kraphtsman
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 8:47pmAmericans who travel should take this story into account when booking hotel rooms in Jacksonville, and tell ALL of their family, friends and business associates to do the same. Let their consciences be their guide.
And if one REALLY want to get even with this hotel owner, they should offer to buy rooms for ANY Occupy Wall Street participant for a full weekend. That way, the hotel would become infested with all kinds of vermin (bed bugs, lice, and smelly/dirty people). Then, all one need do to punish this firm is book a room there, and when you subsequently get a bedbug bite, call the county health department to complain. I GUARANTEE this would result in the loss of THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of dollars to this hotel (having worked in the hospitality industry for some time…)
Report Post »robert
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:00pm“According to the station, a recent upper level management change has led to a reinforcement of certain policies that may have been allowed to lapse.”
Here’s the reason for it folks, if you didn’t notice yourself.
Finding out who the people are who hate America and who now control the hotel will explicitly reveal why.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 10:40pmI Reserve the RIGHT to NOT patronize any business that DISSES The FLAG of OUR Nation!!
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:52pmThe Libs are taking God out, and our Flag our of America to usher in Sharia Law in America – very soon if you live in America you will be required to ware a Muslim pin or you will starve to death or be killed.
I choose to fight back with both barrels.
Report Post »Marine 1
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 12:29amEarlier this week it was the Olive Garden restaurant and now it’s the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida. Being unamerican is just that –unamerican. One more spot we can avoid spending our U.S. Dollars in. If you don’t like the “Stars and Stripes” then get the hell out of the United States. Try running your freaking businesses in Iran or Afghanistan. see how long you last. We don’t want you here anymore. We only want Patriots with an America First mindset.
Report Post »Gorp
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:42amI don’t know if this is a different take on this story or not.
In the story it states: “However, our employee handbook clearly states, ‘No other buttons, badges, pins or insignias of any kind are permitted to be worn.‘ No matter an individual’s national preference, political views or religious affiliation, it is a standard regulation which ensures equality for all Grand Performers [employees].”
While I’m all for wearing a flag pin, this employee knew the rules when he hired on and decided to break these rules. How can this be held against the company for enforcing the rules everybody has to live under while on the job? Sure the company can change this rule to let him wear his flag pin, but then where does it stop? Will the next employee want to wear a pin or button stating that they like to have sex with sheep? I know I’m going off into the extreme here but. If one rule is OK to break then how far will it go and what next rule will be OK to break?
He signed the employment application when he hired on. He knew the rules and chose to break them. The company has a right to dictate to their employees how to conduct themselves while on the job, up to and including how to wear their uniforms.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:47amno more casa.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:28amLets not get crazy here people… I don’t think it is about the “American flag ” pin, per se.. I think it’s about the pin in general.. The worker knows the rules.. They have a rule against wearing ANY pins so this is the mans fault.. Sorry…
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:42amJust wondering , ALL of you.. So, the hotel lets the man wear the American flag pin.. Now you are ALL happy, right ? But, what if now that they let the man have his way, a Cuban employee starts to wear the Cuban flag pin on his uniform ?.. Stating, he can wear his so I can wear mine.. would you like that ? I didn’t think so.. So, in any case they set “rules” and they must be enforced, no matter how slight they are.. Don’t be stupid people, the Hotel has an American flag flying high on top of the building.. Boycott if you want but I see it a different way.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:51amIf I’m ever lucky enough to visit St. Augustine again, the Hotel Casa Monica will only see my back side.
How dare our own country refuse to let anyone wear an American lapel pin.
In same note, my local Olive Garden, nor any other, will see me again either.
I‘ve had it supporting any business who can’t acknowledge AMERICA. Down with your businesses and hopefully other loyal Americans follow suit. A lapel pin shouldn’t bother anyone, period!
Report Post »MitchRappInCharge
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 2:52pmYou’ll be hard pressed to find a more conservative, God loving Patriot than myself.
That being said, I’m siding with the hotel on this issue. As some others have already stated. This is not about the American flag. The employee handbook clearly states the rules. Granted, he’s been wearing it for quite some time now, but now the company apparently is under some sort of new management and they are now enforcing some old rules. I don’t see the problem. It’s not like they are saying you can wear other pins, but you can’t wear the flag pin. It’s against all pins or any other additions to their daily uniform. It seems obvious to me by the huge flag above the hotel that it has nothing against the flag or America. They simply want their uniforms to be clean and consistent.
Some of you need to back up the canoe and take another look at the situation.
Report Post »BORNINTOAWORLDATWAR
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 11:18pmHey Minty
This is not cuba, so take your cuba pin and shove it.
Report Post »This is a case of anti-Americanism in the USA so I would expect resistance.
So you on board with the Occupy thingy too ???
WTF
showmerancher
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:53pmThe employer can set the rules they desire. This is a free country. As far as I’m concerned they are free to serve whatever clientele they wish. It is fairly clear that they wish to serve the despicable, unpatriotic Liberals; great. I’m also free to patronize other hotels that cater to a more refined and patriotic class of people. As someone who has regularly traveled the world, I’m glad to be warned of this establishment, and believe that even Liberals will better served by knowing where they can stay among their own despicable kind. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:50pmI’ve got a boat in St. Augustine and winter there…and every morning a group of us would have coffee there every morning. I emailed and called them after I saw this…Looks like we’ll be having coffee somewhere else next month.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:45pm“no matter their national PREFERENCE!?!?”
What kind of P.C. crap is THAT?
I’ve never even HEARD of such a thing!
It will be P.C. speak as of now!
I was divided over the dress code thing, until I read their statement. When I see they are stumbling over themselves to be politically correct with a phrase like, “national PREFERENCE,” well, that just kind of reveals their actual motives.
Report Post »Edct
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:47pmNo one stay at this stupid ass PC hotel again….hit them where it hurts.
Report Post »Edct
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:53pmThey are in St. Augustine and their number is Tel: 904.827.1888 if you would like to talk to them about your reservation plans.
Report Post »PASSIONFORCHRIST
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:32pmWe are AT WAR! IN THREE FRONTS! AS A PATRIOT, WE SHOULD BE FLYING OUR FLAGS EVERY DAY & PROUDLY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY FOR AMERICA! IT’S THE SAME MESSAGE WHEN YOUR WEARING A PIN, NECKLACE, EARRINGS ETC. FLY AND WEAR IT PROUDLY!!!!!!
Report Post »Gorp
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:13amThe way today’s world is going you almost have to be too PC just to cover your a$$ from some kind of lawsuit.
I‘m sure you’ve heard of warning labels being put on blow dryers warning not to use them in the shower? Or, if you take this medicine it will save you. Or it will kill you. Every possible side effect has to be covered or they can get sued.
In today’s Sue, Sue society any and all companies and businesses have to cover all possible bases just to protect themselves. There are lots of people, and ambulance chasing lawyers, looking to sue anybody and everybody for anything and everything.
I’m all for wearing a flag pin. I have flags flying at my home. But that’s not the issue here. The issue is company rules that every employee reads, knows and agrees to live by in order to be employed at this establishment, or any other.
Report Post »cmsmik
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:14amHere you go people, let these Anti American jerk s know how you feel.
Casa Monica Hotel
Report Post »95 Cordova St. St. Augustine, FL 32084
Tel: 904.827.1888
Fax: 904.819.6065
Toll-free: 888.213.8903
info@casamonica.com
clockwatcher
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:44pmI bet they will change their policy if people did not use this hotel any longer. Perhaps a billboard could be used to show the the people which hotel allows the staff to wear the flag pin.
Report Post »FASTCOMPANY
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:35pmIts a private company and he is an employee either conform of leave. The employer sets the rules not the employee.
Report Post »glenng2
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:46pmThat’s what he did he left and so will a lot of the hotels business.
Report Post »randy
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:34pmActually it’s a Marriott Hotel.
Report Post »So, today I ADD Marriot to my never patronize list
NotAsheeple
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 7:59pmIf he wore the Pin for 2 yrs …..WHY NOW….. a flag pin is not a disgrace…this hotel is going down down down…just like you… you commie
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:52am@FAST
Noo … in this case the AMERICAN PEOPLE SET THE RULES!!!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:43amThe company set a policy of no pins. Employees need to conform to that policy or not work there, period.
Report Post »You as the consumer obviously have the right to give your money to another establishment.
lukerw
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:31pmCasa Monica-R.I.P!
Report Post »Beavereater
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:28pmSure would be terrible if someone went to bedbugregistry.com and reported something.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:30pmso, you are from the left? Cause we on the RIGHT don’t do things like that little lone think it. But you go ahead…
Report Post »findre
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 7:45pmSounds gay…..really does sound gay. Beavereater?
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:23pmI think the management was well within their right to control their employees on this matter while they were working but I also have the right not to go there when I want to visit the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum. I have also noticed that it is hard to walk into a hotel with a lobby TV on that is showing Fox news. I probably would not have noticed the pin but I do have a problem going to a fast food restaurant when the the girl taking orders and making change is wearing a bejeweled booger valve in her nose. I would worry that stuff like that would attract lightning. I guess gen x and gen y folks don’t have enough pain in their life so they have to make some.
Report Post »Pharmer1
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:42pmA “bejeweled booger valve”? :)) Ya, I guess it could conduct electricity to the brain.
Report Post »proud2bmom
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:09pmThat wouldn‘t be a Gen X’er. We are now middle aged soccer moms & dads. The booger valve wearing kids are Gen Y and Millenials. We’ve gotten enough crap over the years, please don’t lump us in with these losers.
Report Post »gallinipper
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:30amDNEWTON… You make a great point concerning the bejweled nostrils, the very long fake fingernails give me the creeps, always wondering what major disease lives under them. An American lapel pin would make me RETURN to a motel, not make me leave.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:22pmIf he was wearing a Communist hammer and sickle, I bet he would have stayed.
Report Post »Marcia
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:24pmIf he was wearing a gay pride rainbow pin, I’ll bet he could stay, too.
Report Post »The_Hut_In_Co
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:47pmor the flag of mexico!
Report Post »Dagger82
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 12:07pmJust a note about companies that allow flags and pins on their uniforms, Home Depot (unlike Lowe’s and others) actually supports the radical agenda. See: http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147512695. I’ve opted to take my business elsewhere.
However, I also regard those companies that allow exception as patriotic support for displaying our national emblem. They show strength of will and support for our American way of life.
Report Post »liriadavila
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:20pmAnother name on my list
Report Post »hawleybrown
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:18pmCalled and left the General Mgr a scathing message…then went to their website and sent my 2 cents worth there too. What a disgrace.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:31pmHey, way to go…and when he gives in and it creates a precedent allowing employees to wear lapel pins, won’t it be grand when the Iranian wears his? And the liberal wears his “vote Obama” pin? And the Muslim wears his “Sharia Law Rules!” button?
Because the hotel won’t be able to say American Flag pins only…unless they want to be sued out of existance.
Christ, you Blazers don’t think beyond your next glass of Koolade!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:41pmhttp://www.casamonica.com/contact_us/contact_us.asp
Contact them .. I told them they should hand out flag pins for the entire staff … or incorporate them on the name tags .. if they are so “American”
TEA!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:43pmHey almighty .. they could make it part of the logo on the name tags .. no extra pin required .. think outside of the koolaid box.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:54pmHey CatB…a business that earns its bread & butter by luring in and catering to tourists from around the world…yeah, let’s just have everyone wear American pins and refuse all others. That should help business. Oh, wait…I forgot…we can tell them to go somewhere else if they don’t like it.
I know…lets demand the GUESTS wear them as well!
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:01pmThe Almighty – This IS America, the hotel is IN America. The flag does not represent any political party but the country we live in. Stuff your Koolade up your nose. We don’t drink that stuff.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:15pm@NHwinter
Very good…now that you remember what country you live in, maybe you’ll soon remember that businesses have the right to set certain standards for their employees that do not violate American laws. Followed shortly thereafter by remembering that employees who do not want to follow their jobs policies & requirements, not only CAN but SHOULD leave.
Not you or anyone else has the right to tell a business owner what their practice in this matter is…and if you truly BELIEVE in America, you’ll fight for his right to set his own rules.
I say again, your faith in your God and your country lies in your heart, mind and deeds…not in a dime store trinket or in how many bibles you own.
M 4 Colt
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:14pmHay The almighty, it’s clear to see that your not one of us by the way you worded your last post, you kept referring to God as your God, not our God,or my God so it’s clear now your just another left wing troll.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:07pm@ M 4 Colt
No, what is clear is that you need to read something other than TV Guide and comic books. Maybe then your comprehension skills will improve enough to understand different ways of wording things.
If by “us” you mean narrow minded lemmings who can’t see the big picture, people foaming at the mouth and about to start burning crosses on hotel lawns…then you are right…I am not one of you…and damn proud of it!
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:08pm@ALMIGHTY
“…maybe you’ll soon remember that businesses have the right to set certain standards for their employees that do not violate American laws.”
You are absolutely correct. But at the same time it is the prospective customer’s RIGHT to take the actions of the company into account when deciding whether or not to give them our money. And it is again our right to spread the news of this travesty to everyone we know not to visit said hotel, or any Marriot hotel at all for that matter.
Your comments are asinine. We are well within our rights to boycott a company that does not jive with our values.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:18pm@ Doctor Nordo
My God…you people really are loons. You’re like those open mouthed half wits, Robert Preston instructs about the evil of a pool table in The Music Man.
Just dazed and confused refugees from a down syndrome ward wandering around looking for the next “heretic” to tie to a stake.
Absolutely pathetic…and scary.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:16pmAre there not company policies where you ppl work? My employees follow my company policies and if not, they pay the consequences. Safety glasses, tie hair back, no jewelry, the list goes on and on. I realize it is the American flag but so what. Posters on the Blaze never cease to amaze me.
Report Post »rabornmd
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 4:24pmI wonder if a letter of clarification was requested from those in charge outside the hotel. Managers should look for back up from superiors before termination of long term employees. I agree that policies should be followed and it this case I will bet the policy will be modified somehow.
Report Post »Plutos_Pal
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 6:40pmOf course all workplaces have policies. And if customers don’t like a policy, they can choose not to patronize that business.
I don‘t understand why those who find it necessary to point out that businesses have the right to set policies don’t think consumers have the right to not patronize a business because of a certain policy.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 3:29pm@ Plutos: Highly unlikely you read this but I have not seen one post where those of us that have said the company has the right to have policies says the consumer cannot go elsewhere. What is your point? My point is most of you ppl are freaking morons with the letters, boycotts, unamerican, etc etc etc. IT IS A freaking company policy and I’m sorry but employees are to follow company policies. IDIOTS, almost every last person that has gone ballistic on this story is an IDIOT…..
Report Post »NightWriter
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 7:59pmOh My! I love my country – AND my flag.
This is NOT about an American Flag pin… the is about unauthorized additions to a uniform required to be worn by employees… the young gentleman apparently got away violating the terms of his application agreement for two years prior to being ask to remove it.
Nowdays, a manager MUST make these sorts of rules – and require employees to abide by them…
If you DO NOT spell the rules out IN WRITING (as this company did) and ask them to sign, before hire… some of these kids will show up for work with piercings in every possible facial/head area – with purple and/or green hair… wearing a button reading something atrocious re: *Nanny goats… now there‘s some Good lovin’*… and then SUE your butt, if you find it unacceptable.
I swear some of you sound like those clowns down at Wall St, crying – ‘I won’t work for someone who’s going to tell ME what TO DO… sheesh!
Report Post »Proverbs30v5
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:13pmSounds like it should be the manager who gets fired. Clearly he’s not concerned about the bottom line.
Report Post »therapist
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:11pmQuick, someone buy the hotel and fire the management. Then hire Sean ! We desperately need Americans working and serving Americans as well as other nationalities. PC needs to be shut down.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:09pmLet me guess, none of you will ever stay at this hotel again. – Which works out well because you are Broke.
Report Post »garbagecanlogic
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:04pmCongratulations for Sean. Perhaps someone could text or tweet the protestors on Wall Street and tell them there is a job opening for some socialistic thinking individual. Lets see, “Casa”, I believe that is Spanish for “house” isn’t it. Wonder if the Mexican flag can be worn there? Probably only on days ending in “Y”.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
Report Post »The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
demint.disciple
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:55am@garbagecanlogic..Lets see, “Casa”, I believe that is Spanish for “house” isn’t it. Wonder if the Mexican flag can be worn there? Probably only on days ending in “Y”.
Report Post »Thats the whole point of the rule you dope, so NO ONE can wear whatever flag pin they want.. If you let the guy with American flag then you must let the guy with the Mexican flag.. Open up that shallow mind ,kid..
vehoae
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:01pmWhat a travesty to have to witness the declining of our Republic. Especially knowing that those of the X and Y generations who have been brainwashed by so-called educators who wouldn’t recognize non-revisionist history if it reached up and slapped them, are now moving into positions of power throughout this Republic.
Lord, come quickly.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:19pmIf I ever stay there I’m stealing a towel….
Report Post »Joyceeeee in OH
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:58pmAmen to that! I pray for that daily!
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 6:23pmDon’t give up on all of us Generation Y people. I don’t buy into the leftist lies and people like me can provide hope and leadership for the future even if times get tough.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:00pmCasa Monica doesn’t sound very American to me. This anti-American business deserves no American support. Boycott them!
Report Post »TxSon
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:00pmIt’s the same dress code for everyone. If you can’t abide by the code at this job, find a new job that allows you to dress the way you want.
While it might be sort of petty for the hotel to be so strict. It is their right to establish and enforce whatever dress code they want.
I say “good for you” for standing up for your beliefs. Now get a job that allows you to express them.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:07pmI would say that he wore it for two years .. with no problem — only compliments .. it should be grandfathered in .. heck they should PASS them OUT FOR ALL THE STAFF if they are so d*mned “AMERICAN”!
TEA!
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:09pmoh goodness TXSON, you are going to get jumped for this one. Totally agree with you and it will not matter one bit what you or I say. This is not UNAMERICAN for this company to expect this. What happens when another worker wants to wear a pin with whatever country they were from? Its company policy, give me a break. Every company has policies, follow them or see ya. Prepare to be like a piece of meat and a pack of wild dogs cause here they come….
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:10pmExactly right and we can not visit this hotel ever! Good luck to Sean.
Report Post »selenesteets
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:11pmword. Part of patriotism, remember, is allowing private entities to self-dictate. That includes the business and the man.
Report Post »Besides, allowing a flag pin opens an avenue for others to claim discrimination if they want to wear, say, a probama pin or something. The regulation makes sense from the company’s point of view.
UlyssesP
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:12pmSame code for everyone. They should ALL be wearing the pin.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:24pmI agree Txson. I have worked for many companies over the years and all have had written in stone requirements that begin to lapse due to current management focusing on dertain things and not on others…then, when new managers take over, they invariably expect every rule and regulation to be followed in order to make a point…and they then, ever so slowly, begin to focus on their pet peeves and let other things slide.
Two years going by means only that he was able to get away with a clear violation of their dress code for 2 years…now he needs to get in line with the rules his current manager seeks in enforce.
Jesus people….we seem to all be for capitalism and against government regulations telling us what to do in out businesses…yet here you all are complaining how one business operates, plus trying to act like the government by telling them what they have to do about this or that.
All or nothing policy’s rule the workplace…if he wears his flag lapel pin, should another employee with a Palestinian heritage be allowed to wear theirs?
Jesus people…your love for your country is in your words, deeds and your heart…not in some dime store knick-knack!
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:34pm@ the almighty crestoff: For petes sake, don’t bring common sense into this discussion….
Report Post »sybilll
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 5:38pmI would normally agree with you 100%. But, of late, labor departments/judges have sided with Muslims demanding i.e. being able to wear a hijab, even though the employer policy against such had been in place for decades. I am just glad to see a proud American taking the same stand the Muslim’s have.
Report Post »Plutos_Pal
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 6:51pm“@ the almighty crestoff: For petes sake, don’t bring common sense into this discussion”
Don’t worry, he isn’t. What is so hard to understand that if a business has the right to set policy that customers have the right not to patronize a business if they don’t agree with a particular policy?
We used to have a buffet around here that charged customers extra if they left too much food on their plate. Most people didn’t agree with that policy, so the buffet eventually closed down.
This is America. We have the right to not patronize a business for whatever silly ass reason we come up with.
Report Post »car2box
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:59pmOne less place I’ll be staying!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:06pmFor two years it was no problem .. who complained? I would bet someone did … probably an illegal or terrorist or both! St. Augustine’s Casa Monica Hotel won’t be getting my business .. and I live and travel in Florida.
TEA!
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:59pmI live in AZ and our last district manager (after 3 years of handling this area) told all of us managers that we no longer had to wear ties (mandated by our company dress code) between July and October…cause it was 115 degrees at times.
We just got a new DM last April, and…you guessed it…we went back to wearing ties in the uncomfortable heat. We did not like it, but it is the company policy…and it sure was nice while it lasted.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:47am@Plutos_Pal .. no one ever said you didn’t … You’re too funny.. Making things up out of thin air..
Report Post »Trowerpower
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:58pmNothing would have happened if it were a Mexican flag.
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:57pmIF you are a true American………avoid that hotel ……….never go there and tell everyone you know what they did. Put them out of business asap! Who wants to stay at an Anti-American hotel except Anti-Americans. Also……..firefighters……let it burn down next time.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:26pmGood grief! Don’t say that! The place will be packed! (sigh)
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 9:57am@Grace1798 you mean this holtel that has the American flag flying high above its building ? You mean that anti-American hotel ? WOW !!
Report Post »Texas Hills Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:56pmContact page for St. Augustine’s Casa Monica Hotel:
http://www.casamonica.com/contact_us/contact_us.asp
Report Post »Texas Hills Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:57pmI think they need to hear from us!
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:05pm@texas hills patriot….thanks…just left them a message.
Report Post »saraj63
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:10pmThank you for the link! They heard from me but I was nice about it. It is time for us all to be proactive!
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:15pmJust finished using their on-line message service. Only one bad word…Damn in describing their Hotel.
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 1:50pmLets see if Rubio takes this one on. See where his “COLORS” fly! DIP WADS running this hotel.
Report Post »Tired of Code Names
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:02pmPolitical Correctness run amuck. If they would allow this guy who lives in America and is an American Citizen to wear his American Flag pin, then the wonderful ACLU would jump on the first chance they could to SUE the hotel if some illeagle working there wanted to wear their Cuba pin or Mexican Flag pin. I wish they would all either embrace being American or go back to where they came fom if they can’t embrace being an American. Can I be German-American and get minority status please? I could make a lot of money off the hand me out programs too.
Report Post »TxSon
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:02pmPerhaps they fly in the direction of a person free to change jobs and a business free to establish and enforce a corporate dress policy.
Report Post »Plutos_Pal
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 6:56pm“Perhaps they fly in the direction of a person free to change jobs and a business free to establish and enforce a corporate dress policy.”
I would hope that they do. I would also hope that they fly in the direction of agreeing that a person can refuse to patronize an establishment with a policy that the person doesn‘t agree with and also to voice his or her opinion of the establishment’s policy on a public forum.
I don‘t believe anyone here has ever claimed that the hotel doesn’t have right to set the anti-American policy, just that they disagree with it to the point that it will stop them from patronizing the hotel.
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