Not in that particular way, but;

My former employer hired a guy to work in the same department as I had been working for the past ten months. He is strictly a traditional shooter and knows very little about compound bows. He can shoot them, but has difficulty setting them up, tuning them, installing strings/cables, etc. On top of that, he knew very little about sales and had several customers ask for another employee's help in making their decision.

He was there three weeks when I was called into my manager's office an hour into my shift. I was informed that the corporate office was saying that the store needed to make some cut-backs and I was being laid off.

The differences between myself and the other employee;

I'm 19, he's 30-something.
I have only myself to support, he has a family.
I had been there ten months, he was there three weeks.


Tell me, was that necessarily fair? Not really, but its understandable. I was laid off bbecause it would be easier for me to find a new job and I could probably keep myself affloat on unemployment until something else came along. The fact that I was a good salesman and new our products extremely well didn't matter.

Again, not the exact same situation, but I can dig it. What I can't understand, however, is why someone would disrespect someone else by doing the things mentioned in this thread simply based on skin color, religious beliefs, etc. Maybe its just how I was raised.