Bag boy canned

I heard this today from reliable sources:

A popular bag boy at a local market was reportedy fired for not responding to the recent emergency brought on by Hurricane Ike. According to my contacts, all the market's employees, but one, showed up to help the owners load refrigerator and frozen goods into a refrigeration truck that had been parked in the lot behind the market to try to save their stock from spoiling due to the power outage. The long-time employee was allegedly terminated for not turning out when he was needed. It is not known what his reasons were for not coming to the store to help out in the emergency, or if he had in fact been asked to do so.

The denizens of the bench in front of the market began to notice that he was not hanging around as usual and inquired of an employee within. Speculation is that the 56 year old man will have difficulty in finding employment and there is great sadness along the bench to nowhere over the situation.

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Also from reliable sources: He was scheduled to work that day. When he didn't show up, he was called and asked to come in, but he refused, saying he had better things to do.