D.M. man fired for seeing ghosts
A security firm fires an Iowa man who says he saw an apparition while on the job.
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Security Guard Fired for Seeing Ghosts
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 07:47 AM
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 07:52 AM
Man, that is sad!
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 08:37 AM
Security Guard Fired for Seeing Ghosts
Information from: The Des Moines Register
1 hour, 5 minutes ago
DES MOINES, Iowa - A judge ruled that a former security guard who was fired for seeing ghosts cannot be denied unemployment benefits.
According to a court ruling released this week, the former guard's allegation of apparitions does not constitute misconduct.
The issue started on Sept. 11, when Wade Gallegos alerted his supervisor at Neighborhood Patrol of Urbandale that ghosts were haunting a neighborhood he was guarding.
The supervisor arrived at the scene, where Gallegos showed him where the ghosts were still apparently standing.
The supervisor claimed he saw nothing and fired Gallegos five hours later.
The company found no signs of drug use or alcohol.
Neighborhood Patrol challenged Gallegos' application for unemployment benefits, arguing he was guilty of misconduct.
"Such beliefs do render the claimant unfit to act as a security guard," Judge G. Ken Renegar ruled. "The employer cannot have security guards who see ghosts and apparitions and inform the employer, and then the employer sends out the patrol cars."
However, the judge ruled, seeing ghosts is not the type of misconduct that can disqualify Gallegos from receiving benefits.
Information from: The Des Moines Register
1 hour, 5 minutes ago
DES MOINES, Iowa - A judge ruled that a former security guard who was fired for seeing ghosts cannot be denied unemployment benefits.
According to a court ruling released this week, the former guard's allegation of apparitions does not constitute misconduct.
The issue started on Sept. 11, when Wade Gallegos alerted his supervisor at Neighborhood Patrol of Urbandale that ghosts were haunting a neighborhood he was guarding.
The supervisor arrived at the scene, where Gallegos showed him where the ghosts were still apparently standing.
The supervisor claimed he saw nothing and fired Gallegos five hours later.
The company found no signs of drug use or alcohol.
Neighborhood Patrol challenged Gallegos' application for unemployment benefits, arguing he was guilty of misconduct.
"Such beliefs do render the claimant unfit to act as a security guard," Judge G. Ken Renegar ruled. "The employer cannot have security guards who see ghosts and apparitions and inform the employer, and then the employer sends out the patrol cars."
However, the judge ruled, seeing ghosts is not the type of misconduct that can disqualify Gallegos from receiving benefits.
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 08:41 AM
That is crazy to fire someone for that. Glad he got something for it.
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 08:54 AM
That's stupid
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 09:15 AM
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 10:29 AM
well living in Iowa I'm not to surprised this happend. It seems like people in this state are either to blind or ignorent to see the truth about spirits. Personally I would have gotten a laywer and sued the pants off of all of them! Thats a crying shame.
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 03:23 PM
Oh Lord.... Good thing my company isn't like that - I'm always telling someone about my latest encounter. Course I've been here so long, maybe they think my job has finally driven me over the edge. 
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 10:00 PM
They fired the guy because he saw a ghost? Heck, I once took a job as a security guard in a casino/hotel primarily because the place was known to be haunted by a previous owner and everyone who worked there knew it!
I just wish I'd spent more time investigating while I was working there. After all, I had free run of the entire place between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM.
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I just wish I'd spent more time investigating while I was working there. After all, I had free run of the entire place between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM.
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Posted 10 November 2005 - 11:51 PM
yep, i also would have got me a lawyer and sued!
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Posted 12 November 2005 - 03:32 PM
It kind of makes me think of the story I read about how a soldier saw the ghost of Ann Boleyn at the Tower of London. He fainted. His superior thought that he was drunk and reprimanded him. Other soldiers came forward and said that they, too had seen ghosts. In the Tower of London - could you imagine? 
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Posted 12 November 2005 - 09:34 PM
It kind of makes me think of the story I read about how a soldier saw the ghost of Ann Boleyn at the Tower of London. He fainted. His superior thought that he was drunk and reprimanded him. Other soldiers came forward and said that they, too had seen ghosts. In the Tower of London - could you imagine?
I've heard about that story, I think the deal with his superiors thinking that was he had been found unconscious. I can't recall if he quit soon after the experience but if I do remember correctly he wasn't fired for it.
Just plain ridiculous the other guy was fired for what he saw. Even if he did get the benefits entitled him there honestly was no bonafide excuse to terminate his employment.
Edited by lulaboo, 12 November 2005 - 09:35 PM.
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 11:45 AM
The Tower of London story is a little foggy (foggy - ha,ha, Tower of London) because it happened over 100 years ago, so there are different versions. I think the soldier got reprimanded. In this day and time, you would think that people would be a little bit more open-minded about spirits, but I have met a lot who are not.
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 08:07 AM
I can remember reading somewhere that a security guard in a museum in Paris, France swore he saw the Mummy walking from the Egyptian exhibition. As I recollect the guard feinted and was found on the floor by other guards as was the Mummy. Myth/true don't know, I just remember reading it in the Readers Digest or similar mag.
Didn't say they fired the guard though!
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Didn't say they fired the guard though!
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 12:07 PM
That is soooo wrong!
Man..Glad its not like that where I work...I work in a historical theatre and staff here see lots of stuff......
Man..Glad its not like that where I work...I work in a historical theatre and staff here see lots of stuff......
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