Mrxican word

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“ Pipe welder Bill Hen– deley Jr. said he was fired from his job Wednesday for using the word "Mexican" in describing a person from Mexico at a group safety meeting. Hendeley said he has worked for Fagen Inc., an engineering and construction company based in Granite Falls, Minn., off and on for the past 10 years. The company is building an addition to the Big River Resources ethanol production plant in West Burlington. Hendeley, who recently moved to Burlington, said he has never been fired, has never even been reprimanded for making inappropriate comments, and co–workers describe him as a model employee. At a group safety meeting Wednesday, however, Hendeley singled out supervisors and a Hispanic worker for smoking in inappropriate places. Smoking is only allowed in a designated area across the road from the plant. "I guess if you're a supervisor or a Mexican, you can smoke anywhere you like," Hendeley reportedly told an Hispanic safety supervisor. Several days earlier, a Caucasian worker was suspended by a Hispanic supervisor for smoking in the parking lot of the plant, said Jeff Kokemiller, a Fagen employee. Following the suspension, Hendeley and his co–workers said they observed supervisors and a Hispanic woman smoking in trailers near the plant. Hendeley said he simply was pointing out discrepancies in policy enforcement. [full] ” It sounds to me like he was fired for pointing out the churlish supervisor's duplicity.  "Mexican" prolly wasn't the decider.  It's like when I told Sister Edna, "Sister, you said the  host (communion wafer) would bleed if I bit it, and it didn't.  Wasn't that a  lie?"  She broke her pointer on me.  You have to be delicate when you point out to a superior that you're smarter than them.