Dear Editor,
On Friday January 19, as I was reading the newspaper I came across an article “Unlawful dismissal of airport employees” so that really got my attention and I started reading but the more I read the more I thought to myself. “Where in the world is it unlawful to fire an employee that is involved in theft?”
I frequent the airport quite often as I am a frequent traveller doing business on and off the island. Now please correct me if I am wrong, airport security is hired to protect the airport and everything and everyone that uses the airport, namely passengers, businesses, etc., etc.
So first of all as a businessman why would I set up my business on the airport when the ones that are supposed to take care of and protect my business are the ones involved in stealing? Then like I said when I first read about this situation at the airport I thought to myself it is very sad and unfortunate because at first it was said to be a misunderstanding.
Okay, let’s give the employees the benefit of the doubt that it was indeed a misunderstanding, but then a few weeks later in the paper I read that six out of the 15 employees got their jobs back. At first I thought that wasn't fair but in that same article it also stated that those six got their jobs back because they brought back the stuff, so then I said to myself okay, that seems fair enough.
My question is, why didn't all of them do the same? If all of them did take their stuff back then yes we could all honestly say it was indeed a misunderstanding but when those didn't carry back the stuff then that wasn't a misunderstanding, they didn't care about their jobs at all.
Now I find it really really sad that they would blame their boss and label him the bad guy. I find that their story doesn't make sense because as a businessman and someone who got common sense there ain't a place or business in the world that allow stealing. When you work for a company and you steal that is grounds for immediate dismissal, no ifs, ands and buts about that. But then they all got a second chance to take back the stuff they took that should clearly see that their boss did consider and give them a second chance so for them to blame him and label him the bad guy is clear that these workers have no common sense at all.
Then they named two other guys and apparently they want to blame them as well but if we all be honest and use our common sense we would see that these people were doing their jobs. Then in closing these workers should have realised that what they did gives the airport a bad image because as a businessman I wouldn't feel safe opening a business at the airport where the ones that are supposed to protect it are helping themselves.
Now I believe in life when we as human beings do something wrong we are always quick to blame others for our wrongdoings and don't accept that it does be our wrongdoings and stubbornness that put us in difficult situations. Now let’s be honest with ourselves and realise the obvious – that the mere fact that their boss even considered giving them a second chance clearly shows that he is not as vindictive as they say because in similar situations another boss would not even consider giving them a second chance. You all need to use your common sense and be honest with yourself.
Name withheld at author’s request.
