The question is this:
* Is there a dress code that prohibits the use of any emblem at all? If not, the boss was in the wrong. The man was dressed appropriately for the job he was doing. Unless they specify that the ties must be plain or striped, or something else that prohibits certain materials from the ties, they cannot stipulate later what the person is wearing.
* When they do the Bears promos, do they wear any Bear paraphanalia? If so, this man had every right to wear the Packers' tie.
Point taken, but one should use at least a modicum of good sense and good taste, code or not.
Otherwise they could come in wearing their underwear and according to your reasoning, they should be allowed to stay at work. Reason...no formal dress code . I don't buy it.
That being said, I only want to point out that he was wearing the tie the day after the game and not the day before. Chicago had already lost. He should be allowed to switch allegiance. The local dog was out of the fight.
I believe it may have been an over-reaction by the employer, but the employee should have enough sense to realize some customers would object. Maybe even leave.
I'd have given him the day off, rather than lose a customer. Give him some time to think about it and come back in the next day sans GB tie, with the clear understanding that if he wore the tie the next day, he would be fired.
that's about as reasonable as I could be, but I'm not a Chicago fan.
