Heinz Ketchup Warns Employees of "Workplace Threats and Violence"

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Bud Helms

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Excerpt from the May 8 Neal Knox Report --

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The Security Department for Heinz, makers of ketchup and other foodstuffs, has put out a flyer to employees warning about "Workplace Threats and Violence," and listing "Early Warning Signs of a Potentially Violent Individual."

No. 11 is "Extreme interest in semi-automatic weapons and their destructive power to people." That's a libel on all of their employees and their customers. The first shotgun I ever fired my dad's semi-automatic Browning duck gun -- and I happily have never gotten over the "extreme interest" that it helped engender.

The Heinz Vice President of Human Resources is Les Dakens, P.O. Box 57, Pittsburgh, PA 15230.

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[This message has been edited by sensop (edited May 10, 2000).]
 
Anyone have an email addy for this genius?

What about overweight people who like spoons and forks...? Shouldn't he warn about them too?

CMOS

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A lot of big companies have rules against bringing weapons (not just guns but pocket knives as well) into the workplace. Their building their rules -- our option, either accept it or find another employer (or try to change the rules if we're high enough up the ladder).
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It's not the bringing of weapons onto the property, it's the classification of individuals who enjoy shooting as a "Potentially Violent Individual" through their "Extreme interest in semi-automatic weapons and their destructive power to people."

Malicious ignorance in the first degree.

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John/az2, I have an NRA pistol target (with several bullet holes in in) hanging on my wall. Some people give me dirty looks while others comment that I'm a good shot.
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Just sent them an e-mail - the losers.

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In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains
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My employer had the same type of "warning signs" posted by the copier. Next to the equivalent to #11, I wrote something like, "This is as bigoted as telling us to lock up our desks if there are any black people in the office."

The notice disappeared shortly after that and has never reappeared.
 
Heinz has never been what one could call pro-gun.

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In my opinion Hienz always made lousy tasting
Ketchup anyways; too much vinigar with too sharp and sour a taste.

I much prefer the sweeter taste of Hunt's Ketchup.

So now, Hienz anti civil firearms rights political correctness leaves a bad taste in your mouth, much as their Ketchup does, so is anyone really suprised at this?
 
Puting this in context...

I would be concerned if someone in the office repeatedly dwelled on how many people could be taken out with an semi-automatic rifle.

And I like semi-automatic rifles.
 
Did you see the (very funny) movie "In and Out"?

Everyone stand up and say "Well, I have an extreme interest in semi-automatic weapons!"

What bozos.
 
In the workplace safety literature, disgruntled employees who don't get along, are loners, poor job performance and talk alot
about guns, esp. their killing power (with meaningful glances around the workplace) are
usually seen a bad indicator.

It's pretty common in such lists.

What did the rest of the flyer state?

I hope no one sits at my lunch table although
we talk guns, we are happy employees and respectable of the boss.
 
When John Heinz was alive and a senator for Pennsylvania, he and the company were a lot friendlier to gunowners.

Now that his bitch of a communist wife Theresa has taken over, things are going downhill...
 
I sent them an email and told them I was a member of an organization with over five thousand members that was interested in identifying companies which, through practice or stated policy, advocated a politically motivated agenda in the workplace. I didn't mention the Second Amendment or RKBA in any way. I asked them to contact me by return email and verify the posting of "Early Warning Signs..." and if No. 11 was correctly quoted.

No answer, as of yet, of course.
 
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