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Dappleganger

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Tue Mar-02-10 10:38 AM
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Workers Let Go Over Jaywalking

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Source: ClickOn Detroit

DETROIT -- More than 45 workers at the Marathon Oil Refinery in Detroit have been told they no longer have a job.

The workers told Local 4 it's because they were jaywalking.

Workers who did not want to be identified said they were given termination papers because they crossed the public street in front of the refinery without using the crosswalk.

"I was floored. I was in awe. I couldn't believe I got terminated over it," said the worker.

Read more: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22713775/detail.html

Huh? Why couldn't they just recieve a reprimand instead of being fired for walking in the road??

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