Stacey Fearnall, a 36-year-old waitress at Nathaniel’s Restaurant in Owen Sound, Ontario thought she was doing a good thing by participating in a Cops for Cancer fundraiser. She raised more than $2,700 for the charity by shaving her head bald.
However, the management at Nathaniel’s thought differently, and fired her on the spot when she showed up to work with her shaved head.
The mother of two was told by her manager to leave after she refused don a wig, and according to her husband, was in tears when she returned home from the restaurant.
Nathaniels owner and head chef Dan Hilliard has tried to defend his decision with local media by saying that the restaurant has certain standards to uphold.
While the restaurant’s owners said they told Fearnall they wouldn’t be pleased if she participated in the fundraiser, they did not come right out and tell her she’d be sacked if she shaved her hair.
Fearnall chose to participate because her father died of cancer five years ago, and a cousin and close friend of hers are currently battling the disease.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, nothing like this has ever happened with past fundraisers.
Should she be allowed to keep her job? Let the management at Nathaniel’s Restaurant know!
Phone them: (519) 371-3440
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This is possibly the worst example of bad business I’ve ever heard of. She doesn’t look bad with a shaved head, and even if she did, she could have had chemo, or just chosen to do it. Of all the things to fire someone over, just for supporting a charity? I’m appalled. I hope the people in town picket the place and run it out of business for being so callous towards a kind-hearted lady.
I don’t usually comment on most matters, but I am really offended by the actions of the restaurat owners! I certainly will not be visiting this premise any time ever.
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