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This reminds me of an incident that showed up in one of my college courses: A forklift driver who got fired for drinking Budweiser. He worked for a company tha

This reminds me of an incident that showed up in one of my college courses: A forklift driver who got fired for drinking Budweiser. He worked for a company that Miller Brewing company contacted with and a newspaper took a photo of him at a public event drinking Budweiser. Different situation, same kind of pettiness and retaliation.

TomK32 4y ago
https://journaltimes.com/news/local/he-had-a-bud-light-now-he-doesnt-have-a-job/article_4fec718c-fbf5-5c63-ab08-a466b6d40c51.html https://journaltimes.com/news/local/he-had-a-bud-light-now-h... Fired for driking Bud Light. Is that even beer I ask as a German...
- NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
  Legally speaking, it is beer.
  - kstrauser 4y ago
    Says so right on the label: "Technically, beer!"
- kayodelycaon 4y ago
  I don't think whether or not Bud Light is beer is relevant to the story. And to answer your question, yes, it is beer, as defined by https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-25/subpart-B/subject-group-ECFR6ebce257c6ef31d/section-25.15 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-I/subchapter-A...
- mindslight 4y ago
  It depends on how drunk the horse was.
- beebeepka 4y ago
  Got warrant?
- rexpop 4y ago
  This joke is typically boring, but you've raised it to the height of "in poor taste" by wielding it to segue out of the serious subject of a man losing his job.
- TheCleric 4y ago
  According to German law, no. According to US law, yes. Now whether it's GOOD is a different question.
  - ArnoVW 4y ago
    When you say 'law', you're talking about the 500-year old law that codifies what you can put in beer? (reinheitsgebot) or did you have something else in mind? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot
    - TheCleric 4y ago
      Yes that's what I was referring to.
kiernanmcgowan 4y ago
The required brand loyalty from Miller crazy - friends who have worked for them will pour non-miller beverages into glassware so that they can't be photographed holding a competitor's product. This is not in public mind you, but at someone else's apartment and not on company time. Not sure if Budweiser / AB does the same thing back but its a really backwards way to run a company culture.
- panda88888 4y ago
  Also something similar. A motorcycle (scooter) company in Taiwan only allows their own brand motorcycle into the company parking lot. So if you commute with a non-company scooter, good luck finding parking.
  - esperent 4y ago
    Counterpoint to that: I've been shopping with my girlfriend for a new scooter for her over the past few days. We went to the Yamaha dealer which has limited space for parking in front so all the staff bikes are mixed up with the show bikes (it's Vietnam so 10 staff = 10 staff bikes). We got to see the Honda equivalent parked right next to the Yamaha we were considering (Honda Scoopy vs Yamaha Mio Classico) and decided it looked nicer. Didn't decide yet but she'll probably get the Honda. So if people are going to the building to be impressed by your bikes, yeah I can see that it's reasonable to avoid having them parked right next to your competitors bikes where the customers will walk past them. That counts x1000 for the head office where the customer might be shopping for an entire dealership instead of just one bike. This doesn't mean it's ok to say what bikes your staff can drive or what beer they can drink, of course. But branding at your own company premises is something that you can and probably should control.
    - panda88888 4y ago
      I should clarify that this is at the R&D + manufacturing facility, not customer facing shop. :)
  - kotaKat 4y ago
schwoll 4y ago
Well I'm never drinking another Miller again...
FractalParadigm 4y ago
When I was driving transport truck I applied for a job at Coca-cola, and was told after the interview I wouldn't be getting the job, because their security cameras saw me drinking a Pepsi while driving in the parking lot. Apparently it's against policy and a firable offense to be caught drinking a non-Coca-cola product on-property or in-uniform anywhere.
spritefs 4y ago
Do any tech companies do something similar to this?
rtkwe 4y ago
At least with this there's the actual lawsuit from the lady's firm and to MSG's slight credit there's no way for them to know who is and isn't working on their case (it'd be even worse if they did somehow know who exactly in a large firm was working exactly on their case to be honest).

TomK32 4y ago

https://journaltimes.com/news/local/he-had-a-bud-light-now-he-doesnt-have-a-job/article_4fec718c-fbf5-5c63-ab08-a466b6d40c51.html https://journaltimes.com/news/local/he-had-a-bud-light-now-h... Fired for driking Bud Light. Is that even beer I ask as a German...

NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
Legally speaking, it is beer.
- kstrauser 4y ago
  Says so right on the label: "Technically, beer!"
kayodelycaon 4y ago
I don't think whether or not Bud Light is beer is relevant to the story. And to answer your question, yes, it is beer, as defined by https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-25/subpart-B/subject-group-ECFR6ebce257c6ef31d/section-25.15 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-I/subchapter-A...
mindslight 4y ago
It depends on how drunk the horse was.
beebeepka 4y ago
Got warrant?
rexpop 4y ago
This joke is typically boring, but you've raised it to the height of "in poor taste" by wielding it to segue out of the serious subject of a man losing his job.
TheCleric 4y ago
According to German law, no. According to US law, yes. Now whether it's GOOD is a different question.
- ArnoVW 4y ago
  When you say 'law', you're talking about the 500-year old law that codifies what you can put in beer? (reinheitsgebot) or did you have something else in mind? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot
  - TheCleric 4y ago
    Yes that's what I was referring to.

kiernanmcgowan 4y ago

The required brand loyalty from Miller crazy - friends who have worked for them will pour non-miller beverages into glassware so that they can't be photographed holding a competitor's product. This is not in public mind you, but at someone else's apartment and not on company time. Not sure if Budweiser / AB does the same thing back but its a really backwards way to run a company culture.

panda88888 4y ago
Also something similar. A motorcycle (scooter) company in Taiwan only allows their own brand motorcycle into the company parking lot. So if you commute with a non-company scooter, good luck finding parking.
- esperent 4y ago
  Counterpoint to that: I've been shopping with my girlfriend for a new scooter for her over the past few days. We went to the Yamaha dealer which has limited space for parking in front so all the staff bikes are mixed up with the show bikes (it's Vietnam so 10 staff = 10 staff bikes). We got to see the Honda equivalent parked right next to the Yamaha we were considering (Honda Scoopy vs Yamaha Mio Classico) and decided it looked nicer. Didn't decide yet but she'll probably get the Honda. So if people are going to the building to be impressed by your bikes, yeah I can see that it's reasonable to avoid having them parked right next to your competitors bikes where the customers will walk past them. That counts x1000 for the head office where the customer might be shopping for an entire dealership instead of just one bike. This doesn't mean it's ok to say what bikes your staff can drive or what beer they can drink, of course. But branding at your own company premises is something that you can and probably should control.
  - panda88888 4y ago
    I should clarify that this is at the R&D + manufacturing facility, not customer facing shop. :)
- kotaKat 4y ago

schwoll 4y ago

Well I'm never drinking another Miller again...

FractalParadigm 4y ago

When I was driving transport truck I applied for a job at Coca-cola, and was told after the interview I wouldn't be getting the job, because their security cameras saw me drinking a Pepsi while driving in the parking lot. Apparently it's against policy and a firable offense to be caught drinking a non-Coca-cola product on-property or in-uniform anywhere.

spritefs 4y ago

Do any tech companies do something similar to this?

rtkwe 4y ago

At least with this there's the actual lawsuit from the lady's firm and to MSG's slight credit there's no way for them to know who is and isn't working on their case (it'd be even worse if they did somehow know who exactly in a large firm was working exactly on their case to be honest).