Hospital Receptionist Claims She Was Fired for Smelling Like Cigarette Smoke

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Submitted by alkieanon on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 08:23

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Hospital Receptionist Claims She Was Fired for Smelling Like Cigarette Smoke: A Fridley woman named Stephanie Cannon believes she's the victim of discrimination -- fired because she smelled like cigarette smoke. Cannon, a smoker for 18 years, says she smokes almost a pack a day of Camel Menthols. But when she landed a job in June as a medical receptionist at Park Nicollet Health Services, in the Frauenshuh Cancer Center, she says she followed the hospital's clearly-stated "no smoking" policy. (There is no smoking allowed at any time on the premises.) "There were never any performance issues at all," Cannon insists. Yet six weeks after she started she says her supervisor told her, "We don't want you smelling like smoke when you come here."

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2703953.shtml?cat=127

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alkieanon

Sat, 07/28/2012 - 08:24

How to Deal With an Employee Who Smells Like Alcohol: Unless you operate a brewery, no employee should ever smell like alcohol. An employee who arrives at work smelling of alcohol likely causes problems with co-workers and customers. If the employee appears under the influence of alcohol, the situation becomes even worse. Managers have the power to swiftly deal with these types of issues and make it known to all employees that smelling like alcohol at work is completely unacceptable.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/deal-employee-smells-like-alcohol-18078.html

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JR Harris

Sat, 07/28/2012 - 10:36

Stephanie Cannon could have just claimed she was on a relapse and was planning on going to a 12 Step Nicotine Anonymous. It may save her job, she has a incurable, progressive disease that only a pagan "higher power" of your choice can help if you pray to it. Where better to kick the habit than at a hospital?

https://nicotine-anonymous.org/

Of course if they were going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting drunk, like Darrin Porter of Cincinnati did 15 minutes after Christmas day ended, they could also be arrested -

C’mon Son: A “very intoxicated” Cincinnati man was taken into police custody after he carried some beer into his Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and refused to leave. Read more after the jump!

Wendy L.

(HP)–Darrin Porter, 45, showed up drunk at the 12 Step House at 12:15 a.m. and wandered the hallways, interrupting a meeting according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Employees escorted Porter out of the facility, but he allegedly returned. When police arrived, the suspect declined to answer officers’ questions and demanded to know their names and social security numbers, according to Fox 19.

Police claim they detected a “strong odor” of alcohol on the suspect’s breath and took him into custody, according to WLWT.

Porter has been charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated and obstructing official business.

Source: http://www.inflexwetrust.com/2011/12/30/man-arrested-for-bringing-beer-to-...

This story was also covered on the Orange Papers Forum "Alcoholic disrupts service at AA meeting, told to leave" http://orange-papers.org/forum/node/598

"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.

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alkieanon

Sat, 07/28/2012 - 11:17

The get out of work free card. LOL!