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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:11 PM Jun 2013

This is what pushback looks like. Sometimes you don't even need to yell.

or heckle. Just make a statement and stand your ground.

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/07/bus_driver_becomes_improbable_spokesman_for_school_hunger_partner/

A school bus driver who says he was fired over a Facebook post about a hungry student is rapidly becoming an online folk hero, but at what cost?

On May 21, Johnny Cook, a driver for the Haralson County School System in Tallapoosa, Ga., posted a status update about a middle-school student who said he was denied a meal because his reduced-lunch card was 40 cents short.

“This child is already on reduced lunch, and we can’t let him eat,” he said in the post. “Are you kidding me?”

The post went viral, with more than 2,200 shares and 130 comments. Later, Cook posted a lengthy follow-up, stating that the school district gave him an ultimatum: Either remove the post and apologize, or face termination. Cook said he apologized for not bringing the matter to the attention of school officials, but he refused to remove the post because he believed the student was telling the truth about not being fed....more

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This is what pushback looks like. Sometimes you don't even need to yell. (Original Post) Skidmore Jun 2013 OP
Pushback does not come from one person screaming their lungs out Drale Jun 2013 #1
Which is what this person has done. He stood his ground Skidmore Jun 2013 #2
This is positive news. siligut Jun 2013 #3

Drale

(7,932 posts)
1. Pushback does not come from one person screaming their lungs out
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:15 PM
Jun 2013

it comes from careful plotting or getting your story out there and getting people on your side.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
2. Which is what this person has done. He stood his ground
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jun 2013

and has rallied people to his side for collective action.

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