Asshat Repuke Gets House Cafeteria Worker Fired Over Cheese Sandwich

[DeSwiss]

Rep. Brady wants fired café worker reinstated

The Hill
By Betsy Rothstein
November 15, 2007


Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind-Asshat)

House Administration Committee Chairman Robert Brady (D-Pa.) is fuming after a cafeteria worker in the Capitol lost his job days after Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) left the establishment in a huff because his sandwich was grilled, not toasted. Kennison Battle, better known as “Mohammed,” was fired this week following the Souder incident. However, it is unclear if Battle’s termination and Souder’s stormy exit last week are related. Regardless, Brady — who has jurisdiction over Capitol Hill campus issues — has been trying to get Battle his old job back.

“It’s ridiculous,” Brady said Wednesday. “Big guys gotta bother the little guys? What the hell is the matter with them? I don’t think he deserved to get fired. … It’s a shame.” Brady spoke with Nicole Hall, the café manager, who told him she didn’t want to fire Battle, but was forced to. “She was upset she had to fire him,” Brady said. When Brady asked to speak with David Anderson — Hall’s superior — Anderson declined to discuss the matter. Brady subsequently approached House Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard about the firing and is awaiting a response. Battle’s former colleagues said he was well-liked. “He seemed to be a pretty good gentleman,” said James Gaylor, a temporary sandwich and dessert maker at the café. “I knew him for four days.”

A female café employee who spoke anonymously said she knows that “Battle was a good employee” who “talks well with the customers.” The Hill reported on the Souder café incident on Tuesday. Earlier this week, Souder spokesman Martin Green stated in an e-mail: “Mr. Souder was asked for — and gave — his order three times. After around 20 minutes, he was still waiting, so he canceled the order and walked out so as to get to his next meeting on time. Despite the poor service, he decided not to file a complaint.”

After the print deadline, Green said, “Mr. Souder did not file a complaint. He left the café without saying anything because he had no intention of causing the employee any harm. He finds the whole issue discouraging, but assumes that there were problems with the employee’s service far beyond what he experienced last week.” A Capitol employee who frequents the café said she knew Battle. “I was sorry to hear it,” she said of his firing. “He’s so nice, always nice, always friendly. But it is not uncommon for members to be rude.” Hall, the café manager, then halted the conversation: “No talking to reporters! No talking to reporters, please!”

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- From the look of the fat bastard's double chins, he should be eating salads anyways....

[Lost4words]

1. that sob needs a field lobotomy, we should all learn the technique

8643

[Botany]

2. No pass smell test.

“Mr. Souder did not file a complaint. He left the café without saying anything because he had no
intention of causing the employee any harm."

Then why was he fired?

[gratuitous]

14. That jumped out at me, too

Apparently, this is the first time in recorded history that someone "had to be fired" even though no complaint had been received. How did the lunch room manager know to fire Mr. Battle and not someone else?

Well, we all know that a Republican congressman would never, ever lie just to avoid looking like a boorish pig, so the explanation must lie elsewhere.

[EV_Ares]

3. I certainly would hope the people in his district will help him lose his

job after this incident. A man who supposedly is there for the people and workers like the one he threw his little "hissyfit" about and pulls this stunt. Get these kind of people who work for us out of there.

[demnan]

4. This man deserves a shit sandwich

served up not toasted or grilled but steamy hot!

[DeSwiss]

15. Which is the reason.....

...he should start bringing his own lunch. I worked in the food industry years ago and there was always one CARDINAL RULE: "You don't piss off the people who handle your food."

[lonestarnot]

5. I'd like to feed that rat bastard a cheesy sandwich. Quesadilla fuckwad!

[Evergreen Emerald]

6. I'll be we could do something about this.

letters? e-mails? who is in charge?

[Botany]

10. This help?

Contact Information
Web Site: souder.house.gov
E-mail: [email protected]

Washington Office:
2231 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1403
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Main District Office:
1300 S. Harrison St., #3105
Ft. Wayne, IN 46802
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[lonestarnot]

12. They heard from me whoever they are! LOL

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. great! Keep it kicked.

Time to get the guy his job back.

[CoffeeCat]

7. Typical spoiled, brat Republican...

Someone needs to cojack this jerk in the gorgonzolas.

[Bitwit1234]

8. He's from Indiana what do you expect.

[Bitwit1234]

9. Let' all send emails to his newspapers

I'll find some of the newspapers email address and post them. We can send the newspapers an email and ask them what kind of person he is...you gets a man fired over the preparation of a cheese sandwich.

[marmar]

11. I wonder if he heard anyone call Mr. Battle "Mohammed".....

That probably would set off an asshole like Souder: "I don't want to be served by no Mooooslim or Mooooslim sympathizer"