The Whole Town's Talking About the Webb Boys... And How They Fired a Car Salesman

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 25, 2011 7:52PM

A car salesman is having his fifteen minutes of fame after he was fired from his job yesterday for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie to work. John Stone was asked to remove his Packers tie yesterday when he arrived at Webb Chevrolet in Oak Lawn, where he worked as a salesman. Stone thought that his boss, Jerry Roberts, was joking and went on about his day. Roberts later fired Stone when Stone refused to remove the tie.

Stone has since received a job offer from another dealership while appearing on WGN Morning News today. Stone said he wore the tie because he was a fan of former Packer running back Ahman Green and because his grandmother was a Packers fan. As for Roberts, he admitted that he fired Stone for wearing the tie, then went into damage control mode, saying that Webb Chevy has done promotions for the Bears in the past and Stone didn't explain to him the significance of wearing the tie.