Bank Teller Fired For Referencing God By Saying ‘Have A Blessed Day’ Files A Religious Discrimination Lawsuit


A bank teller named Polly Neace claims that her former employer U.S. Bank had her fired for referencing God by saying, “Have a blessed day.” In response, Neace has filed a lawsuit against U.S. based upon religious discrimination.

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The reason Neace believes her firing was a case of religious discrimination is because she had supposedly been telling her customers the same for years:

“I say ‘have a blessed day’ all of the time. I don’t think there’s any better kind of day you can have than a blessed day.”

Eventually, someone in management decided to reprimand her officially for saying “have a blessed day” after several customers supposedly filed a written complain the months prior to March of 2011. According to U.S. Bank, Neace also committed a “code of ethics violation” because she asked a customer, “Did you take the Lord’s name in vain?” and then talked to the customer about her Christian beliefs.

The written warning also said that “effective immediately you will no longer discuss the subject of faith or religion with customers and co-workers alike.” But several months later, Neace says she was reprimanded again:

“I was upset with the fact they were stifling me and not allowing me to act on my beliefs. A customer went through the drive thru and I waited on them. She said, ‘God bless you.’ I said, ‘Thank you, God bless you, too.'”

Neace was fired the next day when she was talking to a U.S. Bank manager and she joked she might as well be fired for going back to saying, “Have a blessed day.” Now that she has filed her religious discrimination lawsuit, Neace says, “I can’t back down from this. It’s the principle behind everything.”

U.S. Bank claims the religious discrimination lawsuit is without merit and has released this statement:

“At U.S. Bank, we hold our employees to high ethical standards when interacting with customers and co-workers, and take violations of these standards seriously. While we cannot comment provide comment on pending litigation, we believe that this lawsuit is without merit and believe the facts presented in future legal proceedings will justify our actions.”

Do you think it was fair for U.S. Bank to fire Polly Neace for her statements made while at work?

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