Waiter Fired for Being a Good Samaritan

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law on September 13, 2007 at 12:30 pm


Earlier this week, waiter Juan Canales saw a woman being carjacked from a parking lot near the Florida restaurant he worked, ran out, and rescued her.

Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, when he walked back to the restaurant, he was fired!

Canales was fired after subduing a knife-wielding man who tried to steal Massiel Marquardt’s Honda CRV outside the restaurant, at 979 State Road 84. After Canales got suspect Albert Means on the ground, three other men helped hold Means down until police arrived.

Canales spent an hour talking to police and the media. He returned to work but when the lunch shift ended, his boss fired him. No one answered the phone at 84 Thai Food Tuesday.

Many business owners found out about this and offered Juan jobs: Link



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10 comments to "Waiter Fired for Being a Good Samaritan"

  1. Rich
    September 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    Juan’s boss was the third worst person in the world on last night’s Countdown, as well he should be.

  2. Jake D.
    September 13th, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    What an ass that boss is!

  3. XuYu
    September 13th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    This is not the first time a hero employee has being fired for breaking some rule about e.g. “not resisting a robbery”. Google search “employee resisting a robbery” for tons more.

    So what if this hero waiter had been killed “on the job”? Was that car worth this guy’s life?

  4. biltmore
    September 13th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    Wow. I hope that his ex-boss gets hit by a damn car. That’s just rediculous.

  5. Tommy
    September 13th, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    What in the hell is this world coming to when a mans 1 hour wage is more important then that mans humanitarianism and bravery, not to mention the safety of another human being?
    84 Thai Food, you should be ashamed of yourself. If this was a manager that fired Juan, I would recommend the owner fire that manager and offer a public apology as well as offer Juan the managers job. If it was the owner who fired him I would hope the citizens of that community would boycott that establishment.

  6. jdg1956@sbcglobal.net
    September 13th, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    I will never darken the door to another Thai restaurant! God only knows what’s in the food anyway.

  7. Orjan Smorjan
    September 13th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    He stop her destiny fulfill, he bring great shame on thai restaurant!

    Also jdg1952@…, isn’t that generalization?

  8. Justin
    September 13th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    The owner probably was just looking for an excuse to fire him.

  9. scot
    September 13th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Asian mentality.

  10. David
    September 13th, 2007 at 7:28 pm

    Angry? Let ‘em know!
    979 State Road 84
    Southland Shopping Center
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
    954-462-5105


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