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In reply to the discussion: Chili's Waitress Fired Over Facebook Post Insulting 'Stupid Cops' [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)She was hired to give good service to her customers. Not take out her unfortunate past experiences on them even if all she was going to do was let their food get cold in the window before serving it and not doing anything to taint it.
People are plain stupid if they think they actually have 1st, 4th or 5th amendments protections at a private company. The "Bill of Rights" was about declaring how the federal government (at time of adoption, but was later expanded to include states, localities, etc.) was limited in it's actions over the people. NOT how private entities like your employer, church, non-profit, etc. have to behave toward you.
You have no right to free speech, no right to not incriminate yourself, no right to prevent search of your locker/desk/company vehicle etc. at a private workplace under the Constitution. Those rights, if they exist where you work, have generally been granted under state and local laws. Hence the "right to work" states vs. the states that are not "right to work" states allow employers to generally fire a person for, as my business law professor said, "Good reason, bad reason, no reason - as long as it's not a protected reason (i.e. race, religion, gender)."
On closing, I can't believe after the Applebee's/minister incident that any person working in the hospitality industry would post something critical of a customer online. Texting it isn't safe either. Just like embarrassing photos, once the content has left your device and is on anybody else's device or server you have no control over where it's going to end up. Recall, the Applebee's server didn't post the snarky receipt from the minister - her friend did.