Kid gets fired for talking to hockey celebrity

[Woozie]

Also, he broke a rule, and SE decided to fire him -- there's nothing wrong with that at all. Every time he goes to work he agrees to the TOS and they have the right to enforce them however they please. That dirty cheater deserved to lose his job as camera man. Next time he should play fair.

[isladar]

TOPICAL

[Stumblingdrunk]

Also, he broke a rule, and SE decided to fire him -- there's nothing wrong with that at all. Every time he goes to work he agrees to the TOS and they have the right to enforce them however they please. That dirty cheater deserved to lose his job as camera man. Next time he should play fair.

Damn straight

[Mizango]

Also, he broke a rule, and SE decided to fire him -- there's nothing wrong with that at all. Every time he goes to work he agrees to the TOS and they have the right to enforce them however they please. That dirty cheater deserved to lose his job as camera man. Next time he should play fair.

lloool well done.

[0ni0n]

Wut? So the kid got DC-11. Tough luck.

[Kang]

The "no talking to celebrities" thing really urks me though.

Rogers is stationed at the back of the GM Centre and the visiting team buses always come through where we work. So contact with the players is unavoidable.

GM Centre owners are dicks anyways. I hope Billy wins his lawsuit.

[Sythe]

The floral print needs to go. It looks like bad sofa upholstery lol

[Mizango]

Only Don Cherry can pull off such win. The wolf shirt was probably from his personal collection, a real pussy magnet it is.

[Shuemue]

Also, he broke a rule, and SE decided to fire him -- there's nothing wrong with that at all. Every time he goes to work he agrees to the TOS and they have the right to enforce them however they please. That dirty cheater deserved to lose his job as camera man. Next time he should play fair.

For this analogy to be accurate, it needs for every FFXI player who got caught duping to be retarded. Is that what you're saying?

[Lbelle]

When I worked at G4 there were similar rules. Unless the talent talked to you, then you weren't supposed to talk to them or bother them or anything like that. No autographs, nothing. It sucks and is kind of an annoying rule especially when you work with the people everyday, but like Tricen said, if he was given a rule repeatedly and kept breaking it then maybe he deserved to get fired. This might have just been like the last straw type of thing, not the first time he did it.

[TheShadyMan]

20 Bucks says that his 'severe learning disability' was probably something stupid like dyslexia or A.D.D. and he's just a punk kid. Volunteer works probably something for community service.

[archibaldcrane]

I think the word "fired" is a bit harsh. Volunteers aren't fired, because they aren't employed. They just told the kid, who isn't worth paying anyway apparently, that they don't want him bothering their talent.

Also Don Cherry is awesome.

[Kang]

I think everyone thinks the kid was fired. The headline for the story is misleading (it threw me off as outlined by the title of the thread I gave it >.< ).

Billy didn't actually get "fired". GM Centre staff barred him from acting as a Rogers TV volunteer inside the building. He can still work for Rogers but just in the production truck outside the arena. He can also still come into the building, but only if he buys a ticket.

Rogers has nothing to do with this.

It's still lame though.

[Shalyn]

Kinda reminds me of the whole LM-17 thing. Sure, you can do whatever you want because it's your company, but it reaches a point where it simply is not fair. No, life is not fair, but goddamnit, there needs to be some good in the world. Fuck the rules, you conservative power-pushers.. YEAH!

[Shuemue]

Kinda reminds me of the whole LM-17 thing. Sure, you can do whatever you want because it's your company, but it reaches a point where it simply is not fair. No, life is not fair, but goddamnit, there needs to be some good in the world. Fuck the rules, you conservative power-pushers.. YEAH!

Duping bans were fair. I can go another hundred pages, can you?

[Shalyn]

I wouldn't bother, people have their opinions and are entitled to them, not going to change mine though

[Kang]

Just a follow up story with more info:

newsdurhamregion.com | Admiration for Don Cherry's ties led to teen losing volunteer TV post at GM Centre

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OSHAWA -- Oshawa teen Billy Steele had a question for his idol Don Cherry: "How many ties do you have?"

Billy, 17, spoke to Mr. Cherry on a break from volunteering as a cameraman for Rogers TV at the General Motors Centre on Jan. 13 during the OHL skills competition.

"I was never told I wasn't allowed to talk to him," said Billy. "He was such a nice guy."

But it's that conversation which has given the company running the centre, Global Spectrum, cause for banning Billy from working as a volunteer for Rogers inside the GMC.

"We have rules and regulations set up for the safety of our patrons, athletes, and stars," said Global Spectrum spokesman Ike Richman from his office in Philadelphia, PA.

"We've talked to him numerous times and this young man seems to not want to adhere to procedures."

Billy's father, Bill Steele, says the U.S. run company is picking on his son.

"I admit sometimes Billy has a hard time following directions properly," Mr. Steele said. "But this is workplace discrimination. My son has a severe learning disability."

"We don't blame Rogers," Mr. Steele said. "The company has been great to Billy. They've stood by him."

He admits this isn't the first time Billy's run into trouble at the GMC.

When he first began volunteering two months ago, Billy took a couple of his friends into a restricted area.

"He was told not to do it again, and Billy knows not to now," said Mr. Steele. "He just needs things to be explained to him."

When asked about the incident, Mr. Cherry said he is "infuriated" with Global Spectrum.

"I resent the fact that (they've) brought my name into firing a young kid who comes up and asks me about my ties," he said.

Billy says he was told by Rogers TV that he had been reassigned to work on other sporting events the day after his chat with Mr. Cherry."I like working with Rogers," Billy said. "But I wanted to be a cameraman with the OHL because I love hockey."

Billy has attended every Oshawa Generals home game since being reassigned.

"Security follows me around the building," Billy said. "They say I'm a troublemaker."

On Jan. 25 Billy carried a sign reading 'Murphy Sucks' into the game. The commentary, in reference to the netminder of the Belleville Bulls, was confiscated by security personnel and destroyed.

Witness Dale Chilvers said Billy was told the sign was inappropriate.

"They followed him and my son to the bathroom. I would say Billy was targeted," Mr. Chilvers said.

"I think if they take it away he should have been able to go after the game and pick it up. But they destroyed it. The sign was ripped into shreds in a ton of pieces."

Global Spectrum at the GM Centre referred inquiries about Billy's situation to Mr.Richman in Philadelphia. Mr. Richman said Billy has been spoken to numerous times about rules and regulations, and Global Spectrum's goal is to protect the safety of patrons, athletes and stars.

Rogers Television in Oshawa declined comment, but a spokesperson in Ottawa said there are no written rules against approaching celebrities, at the same time "common sense" applies when volunteers are working on a production crew.

Bill Steele, Billy's father, has launched a lawsuit against the city of Oshawa and Global Spectrum for $100,000 over the sign being torn up.

He has also filed a Human Rights complaint alleging workplace discrimination in light of his son's learning disability.

As for Billy, he said he's upset because he's not been given another chance to work at the GM Centre. The hockey fan said his goal is to one day work as a cameraman for Toronto Maple Leafs games.

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If you click on the link there's also a video story about this.

Now Global Spectrum (arena owners) are harassing Billy when he pays for his own ticket to go to the arena. Real classy.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

I fully believe there are women out there that show up on a nightly basis to give Don Cherry a part of their wages.