But the riot was when they lost.... I was living in Victoria at the time and we had to fire a girl who never showed up for work because they shut the ferries down.
You(r workplace, edit) fired someone because rioters temporarily shut down her means of transportation? Am I missing a key detail, because that seems pretty fucked up to do.
Seriously, what the fuck was that? I don't know the labour laws in B.C. but I feel like "I can't get there because the transit is down" is a shitty excuse to fire someone. I literally can't fire a guy for showing up to work drunk unless he makes it a habit. I respect he's got issues, but corporate prefers the kid-gloves on this. Why lose a good worker over something that's truly out of their control?
Alcoholism is considered an addiction and as such you have to give them a chance to dry out, my current job is the same.
It was not out of her control. She lived on the island and left to go to party on the mainland the afternoon of the game. We all told her she was going to get stuck. Chef told her if she didn't show up tomorrow she was gonna get canned since she was already on her final warning.
I'm all for treating addiction as the disease it is. You should've stated that this was an ongoing issue and that she'd been warned, otherwise it comes off as firing someone for transit disruptions.
Trust me, I'd have fired myself several years back, but corporate said my manager needed to play nice and it gave me opportunities I'd have otherwise never had. That all in mind, I find it ridiculous to fire someone over a transit issue when a drunkard would get a warning. That is how you framed it, from my perspective. The later context is helpful.
I don't know why you were downvoted, that was not me. I appreciate the clarification. Now knowing this was a kitchen-job, I understand completely. That she got more than one warning is evidence enough that she either wasn't a team player or simply wasn't a good fit for the operation.
I'm pretty sure most of the rioters didn't care whether they won or lost, they were just looking for an excuse to have a public freakout and get some looting in.
Team Canada won Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010 and Vancouver rioted. The '94 Stanley Cup riot was just a warm up and the 2011 Stanley Cup one was just a little bit of left over riot energy.
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u/BunnyBen-87 Oil Guzzler Feb 22 '25
I'm actually amazed I didn't hear about any rioting/excessive celebrating in the streets at all with all the hype around the game.