Registered: Oct 2000
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A friend is about to quit his job because his boss is a worthless fuck and he tells me there's nothing he can do about it because his boss and 95% of upper management are Native Americans appointed there. He works at a fine dining restaurant located on a Sioux reservation near here. My ideas were shot down because they told me the Better Business Bureau and attorneys can't affect tribal affairs at all. I'm stumped.

Is this correct?

Any ideas?

Just thought I'd check with asylum's vast wealth of knowledge before he's fired or quits.

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He wants to quit because his boss is a worthless fuck?

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Breaking multiple company policy rules and generally making it hard for him to stay there. Frustrating me because he helped build the place and loves it.

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Give them blankets laced with smallpox.

What...? It works.

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He could start his own company and put the injuns out of business.

Failing that, barium salts are hard to detect.

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I dunno, it sounds to me like maybe upper management is just implimenting some wampum-saving measures. They probably had a powwow and decided that your friend had been there for the fewest moons and should be scalped first.

Call it a hunch.

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Tell him to get some salvia (sage), particularly Salvia Apiana, or white sage, but any will do. It's on sale all over the place, now that grocery stores have racks of plants outside ready for planting. Cut the stems off, wrap them all together with red thread and stick them in front of a fan to dry. Then burn them and when it's burned down about halfway, extinguish them and take the bundle and ashes to work. (That avoids setting off the smoke alarms at work, and yet makes it appear he actually performed the ceremony.) Make sure to scatter the ashes in a line across his boss's doorway and leave the bundle somewhere nearby, as though interrupted midway through the ceremony. Believe me, he'll get the message. It means somebody at the company tried to exorcize the evil boss. A white guy will be least suspect. The tribe will probably take care of the rest. At the very least, it'll freak them out and they'll keep an eye on the bastard.

You can also find out what tribe he's dealing with, and google up info on their ceremonies for fighting evil spirits and apply them to his boss. They'll never suspect him, if he keeps his mouth shut. Let us know how it works out.

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Hahahah. I wish that would work in academia.

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Originally posted by fubar
He could start his own company and put the injuns out of business.

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If all else fails, remember that murder can be your friend. Just remember to bury their hearts at Wounded Knee. No one will look for them there.

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Was also an idea thrown around. But then I could never kill anyone.

















Unless they lotted on an item they can't use.

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Carry around a copy of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and tell the boss you're doing research.

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quote:

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Originally posted by fubar
He could start his own company and put the injuns out of business.

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It's the restaraunt in a casino...

Guess I could've mentioned that.

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You didn't need to mention it. You said they were injuns. It goes without saying. Now, ask your friend which day of the week his bosses sober up enough to go to their sweat hut. I have a plan.

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If it's a tribe owned business on tribal land, the state may not have any say over what happens.

What he should do is make the biggest public stink that he can about how he's being run out of the business after all he's done for it. It may not save his job for him, but it'll probably come back to haunt the people pushing him out.

That, or steal their horses.

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The state does not have any say. the res is almost another country according to federal law.

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Yeah, and when I buy cigarettes on them I realize that 'other country' is America.

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Maybe it's just a case of too many chiefs and not enough Ind... never mind.

Indian casinos are all considered part of the reservation. Recently, the Supreme Court ruled on that, I'm sure somebody here will look it up. If only to prove me wrong.

Please tell us what tribe it is, at least. We can really come up with some specially tailored ops for him then.

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Please tell us what tribe it is, at least. We can really come up with some specially tailored ops for him then.

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Really. Fry bread is not "fine dining".

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ever

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Originally posted by Trenchant_Troll
Hello?

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Originally posted by glurp
Sorry, I must not have been paying close attention. I tend to do that when I don't give a shit what the thread is about. Good thing this one has it's own crossing guard.

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Shouldn't you be doing a rain dance?

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