Official removes 'unacceptable' display
Published: Nov. 29, 2007 at 4:40 PM
CHICAGO, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- An aide to the Cook County, Ill., recorder said a clerk was ordered to take down a Christmas display that appeared to be soliciting tips.
Darlena Williams-Burnett, chief deputy to Recorder Eugene Moore, said Wednesday that a clerk's holiday display, which featured photocopies of $1 bills above Christmas stockings at cashier's stations, was inappropriate, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.
"It's unacceptable behavior," she said. "I hope none of the customers felt obligated to donate because some fool had this hanging from his work station. I gave instructions for them to be taken down."
Williams-Burnett said she did not have any confirmed reports of tips being solicited by employees -- a practice outlawed more than 20 years ago -- but "that's the appearance that (the display) gives."
"I manage a bunch of knuckleheads on a daily basis," she said.
The chief deputy later said she manages many good, hard-working employees but a few have been known to make trouble. She said the clerk who decorated the office is facing disciplinary measures.
Darlena Williams-Burnett, chief deputy to Recorder Eugene Moore, said Wednesday that a clerk's holiday display, which featured photocopies of $1 bills above Christmas stockings at cashier's stations, was inappropriate, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.
"It's unacceptable behavior," she said. "I hope none of the customers felt obligated to donate because some fool had this hanging from his work station. I gave instructions for them to be taken down."
Williams-Burnett said she did not have any confirmed reports of tips being solicited by employees -- a practice outlawed more than 20 years ago -- but "that's the appearance that (the display) gives."
"I manage a bunch of knuckleheads on a daily basis," she said.
The chief deputy later said she manages many good, hard-working employees but a few have been known to make trouble. She said the clerk who decorated the office is facing disciplinary measures.
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