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A park ranger's love of public dancing may have sent him waltzing into the unemployment line.
Deryl Nelson, 51, worked at Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for seven years. About a year into into the job, he drew cheers for joining a group of visitors doing the Macarena.
I watched the video and didn't see anything wrong with his dance moves per say. Dancing on the job is not professional. I'm finding it hard to believe that this guys manager would terminate him for dancing, there was probably more that we just didn't know about.
IF the manager did fire him for dancing and seeing the video online, why couldn't the manager just pull him to the side and tell him not to dance on the job anymore? I would have given him a chance to correct his behavior before terminating him.
After reading the article, it looks like the guy had other disciplinary issues. From a parent's complaint, it sounds like he was grabbing his crotch. If the guy could actually dance well like this guy below, maybe people wouldn't have cared.
I watched the video and didn't see anything wrong with his dance moves per say. Dancing on the job is not professional. I'm finding it hard to believe that this guys manager would terminate him for dancing, there was probably more that we just didn't know about.
IF the manager did fire him for dancing and seeing the video online, why couldn't the manager just pull him to the side and tell him not to dance on the job anymore? I would have given him a chance to correct his behavior before terminating him.
How do you know he hasn't already been "talked to?" Someone in his position is expected to act with a little profesional deportment, which he is not doing when he breaks into dance whenever he feels like it. He is not being paid to express himself because it makes him feel good. His recent five day suspension would fall under the unprofessional conduct umbrella, as does this, so they probably used progressive discipline and showed him the door.
How do you know he hasn't already been "talked to?" Someone in his position is expected to act with a little profesional deportment, which he is not doing when he breaks into dance whenever he feels like it. He is not being paid to express himself because it makes him feel good. His recent five day suspension would fall under the unprofessional conduct umbrella, as does this, so they probably used progressive discipline and showed him the door.
Yes, I agree. As stated, it was unprofessional and frankly I think he had other things on his record besides the "the manager fired me for dancing" claim. It's the FED, and it's much harder to get fired from a FED job than it is anywhere else, this is why I think there was more. You could be right about him being warned before, and him just not saying anything about it.
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