Air Drummer fired from gas station attendant job

Avid "air drummer" Christopher Garcia started work at a Cedar Rapids Sinclair service station last summer, but his hobby soon drew customer complaints, reports the Des Moines Register.

The problem? While most air drummers use imaginary drumsticks to flail away at invisible drums, Garcia's sticks were real.

"My customers were feeling threatened by it," manager Judi Moorman testified at a recent unemployment-benefits hearing. "They didn't feel comfortable that these sticks were flying around. And, you know, he would get rather close to people."

Moorman played security tapes to show Garcia, 46, drumming while behind the register or walking around the store, headphones constantly on. Shoplifting soared during his solos, she added.

"My drums are not a joke; they are a part of me," Garcia protested. "People used to come into the store and say, 'Dude, you're so good with those drumsticks.'"
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LOL!

"My drums are not a joke; they are a part of me,"

I bet the manager thought of some creative ideas to really make them a part of him.

Guy is so distracted with his "air drumming" - shoplifting goes up.

Guy is fired for not paying attention to what's going on in the store - keeping an eye on the "customers" who are "just browsing" - who browses in a service station?

Guy claims that he's the victim - he "was fired for doing too much air drumming" and "people felt threatened".

Faux news portrays him as the victim.

This freeptard never "grew up" - career air drummer at age 46 (and he brings his own sticks to work) . . .