Save a woman from a carjacking, get fired
Remember the advertisements about doing a good deed on 9/11. Well, it seemed Juan Canales was in the right place at the right time to save a woman from a carjacker in the parking lot outside the Fort Lauderdale restaurant where he worked as a waiter.
Canales tackled the culprit and kept the man pinned down until police arrived on the scene. He was then questioned by police and reporters.
Unfortunately, when he returned back to the restaurant, the manager fired him on the spot, much to the dismay of his co-workers and restaurant goers.
"He told me you're dismissed, you're fired," Canales said. "And I looked him and I said, 'Are you serious?' (He said) go get out of here, you're fired."
"Did he give you a specific reason why?" the reporter asked.
"No, he did not," Canales said.
According to reports, the manager of the 84 Thai Food restaurant did not like the attention the rescue was bringing to his establishment. He even stated that Canales was not a good employee.
But because of his good deed, he got job offers from area business owners including two electrical companies and a roofing firm. Even the manager of the Thai restaurant apologized and wanted to give his old job back.
84 Thai Food Manager Sathaporn Yosagrai said "I feel sorry about all of this."
However, Canales has no plans to return to his former workplace, "He hurt me too much."
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Is there some sort of fear about helping others in need? Somehow I was thinking the manager thought that by stopping the carjacking, his restaurant will get all the attention, and someone out there may want to carry out a crime against his place. It's kinda stupid.
Even if the waiter was not a very good worker, it's seriously a bad time to fire him right after he saved a woman's life. Talk about really bad publicity.
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