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Hello, my name is Benjamin Davis and I live in Bristol, VA.

I'm contacting you at this time regarding an issue I've run into at work. I work for Michael's also in Bristol. I discovered a few weeks ago that there was an employee - a fellow manager (Person A) - throwing recyclables into the dumpster. I asked her about this and she said she had a corporate accommodation not to use the compactor (recycling for cardboard). I asked the store manager about this and she said that Person A has an accommodation through corporate not to use box cutters because she has cut herself with one before. I informed the store manager that these boxes I saw her throwing away did not need to be cut down and would fit directly into the compactor. She waved this off as though I were making it up.
I decided to start leaving notes on the boxes so that she would know which ones could go into the compactor and which ones needed to be cut down first.
On Monday the 14th Person A decided to have a meeting with me about the notes. She asked that I quit leaving the notes which I did after that meeting. During the meeting, I asked her if she knew that company SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) detailed that these boxes go into the compactor even if they needed to be cut down first and that she needs to assign someone to cut them down if she cannot. She said she doesn't care that she has an accommodation through corporate. I told her that has nothing to do with her still not recycling the boxes, that the accommodation is to avoid box cutters does she not understand that it is wrong to not recycle? Person A responded with "no I don't think it's wrong I follow the Bible." to which I responded by informing her there are multiple biblical verses indicating that recycling is the right thing to do, and asked if she would like me to send her the voices. There was another manager present in the meeting (Person C) who witnessed her saying "okay" to my question.
Fast forward to Thursday the 17th wherein my store manager (Person B) gives me a final written notice that I need to stop harassing person A or my employment will be terminated. Upon calling corporate about this they have asked me to go on leave pending an investigation.

Please help me all I've done is stand up for our Mother Earth and now they are attempting to fire me for it. Many thanks for your time,
Ben

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Recycling aluminum works because a buck can be turned doing it. All other recycling is a waste of time, effort, and money. Most companies put on a front of "green policies" as PR. Nothing more. My advice is stop harassing person A, and person B will be happy. That is if you wish to remain employed. Here is the thing. If you wish to recycle and other things knock yourself out. The minute you start trying to force feed it to others that's when the problems start.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein