Working at Coke and drinking Pepsi

steelcmg · #1 10-26-2005, 07:30 AM

So I have a friend who works at coke and he told me that if he gets caught drinking Pepsi (or any other of cokes competitors). While he is working he would be fired. I’m not sure on how this works but is this legal? He wants to quit soon so I told him to test the waters and then talk to a lawyer about it. Should he try this or will he lose the case?

Paluka · #2 10-26-2005, 07:32 AM

I'm pretty sure you can be fired for any reason that isn't a legally protected one like age, religion, ethnicity etc...My boss can fire me if he doesn't like the sort of music I listen to.

arod15 · #3 10-26-2005, 01:03 PM

He should do it anyway because if he quits he cant collect unemployment...

diebitter · #4 10-26-2005, 07:32 AM

He should contact Pepsi maybe for legal support? They'd kill for the publicity.

steelcmg · #5 10-26-2005, 07:34 AM

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Yea that wouldnt be a bad idea since one of the managers offered him a job before.

obsidian · #6 10-28-2005, 12:25 AM

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I have a friend who is a truck driver for Pepsi. It is exactly the same way for them. It used to be worse though. Before they didn't want their employees drinking anything but pepsi products whether they were working or not. He told me that a manager saw an employee buying milk at the grocery store and had a talk with him about it. Also, another driver left an empty orange crush can in the truck when he brought it back and ended up getting canned the next day.

captswifty · #7 10-28-2005, 01:49 AM

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It used to be worse though. Before they didn't want their employees drinking anything but pepsi products whether they were working or not. He told me that a manager saw an employee buying milk at the grocery store and had a talk with him about it.

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wtf? The manager didn't want the employee drinking milk? All employees would weigh 300 pounds if this were the case.

Punker · #8 10-26-2005, 07:33 AM

I have a sneaking suspicion that a company as large as Coke may have possibly investigated the legal ramifications of this policy.

steelcmg · #9 10-26-2005, 07:35 AM

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Yea the difference is the coke company he works for is family owned. I guess there isnt to many of them around anymore. Not sure if that makes a difference.

#10 10-26-2005, 07:37 AM

Yeah tell him to start a lawsuit over some petty bullshit. Always the right play.