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(AP) --  A Chicago man has been fired for refusing
to remove the Green Bay Packers tie he wore to work the day after
the Packers beat the Chicago Bears.

John Stone was working as a car salesman at Webb Chevrolet in
the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn. He says he wore the Packers tie
Monday to honor his late grandmother, who was a big Green Bay fan.

But that kind of sentimentality didn't impress his boss, Jerry
Roberts.

Roberts says the dealership has done promotions involving the
Bears and he was afraid the tie could alienate the team's fans and
make it harder to sell cars.

Roberts adds that Stone was offered five chances to take of the
tie and refused to do it.

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