“‘You’re not really about to fire somebody else, are you?’ I ask.
‘Yeah.’
‘You just fired somebody less than 10 minutes ago.’
‘Yeah, but he’s been taking too many breaks.’
‘Are you kidding? Is anybody going to ask him why he’s taking breaks? Maybe he’s sick.’
‘No, they said he’s been doing it all week. He’s a bigger dude, so they think he’s doing it’—the break room and the bathroom are in the air-conditioned part of the warehouse where the suits have offices—’because it’s too hot for him on the floor.'”
Reporter Mac McClelland (who we interviewed last year) has written an in-depth article documenting the economic state of Ohio, covering personal stories as well as the political factors involved.
