on 17-11-2018 12:46 PM
Wisconsin Business Gives Guns to Its Employees as Christmas Bonus
A Wisconsin company is presenting its employees a controversial Christmas bonus: A gun.
The owners of BenShot, a business that sells bulletproof drinking glass products, decided this year that they wanted to give their 16 employees a unique gift they could put to good use, and so they chose firearms.
Ben Wolfgram, co-owner of the father-son business, said their team is a close one.
“My dad and I talked about it. First, it was for personal safety,” Wolfgram told InsideEdition.com. “The second part, we thought it would be fun for our employees.”
They gave a $500 price range and allowed employees to pick any gun they wanted within that budget.
“We had a couple [people] buy a Smith & Wesson,” Wolfgram said. “One guy got an AR-15.”
Wolfgram said two of the employees opted not to get guns because one said “she had enough at home” and the other “didn’t think she would use it.”
He said he’s received all kinds of feedback about his decision, but insisted it has been mostly positive.
“We have future outings planned to go to the shooting range as a team-building [exercise],” he said.
See? Only in America, surely.
And why do you need bulletproof drinking glasses?
I shudder to think..............
17-11-2018 01:22 PM - edited 17-11-2018 01:25 PM
on 17-11-2018 01:43 PM
Actually, not quite "Only in America".
ISIS gives guns to it's employees too, and they don't wait until Christmas.
on 17-11-2018 01:53 PM
Thanks for that extra cheery thought.
on 17-11-2018 02:45 PM
on 17-11-2018 06:05 PM
story for the new year, 'disgruntled employee uses xmas gift to kill work mates in drunken rampage'
17-11-2018 06:37 PM - edited 17-11-2018 06:37 PM
on 17-11-2018 06:49 PM
When I see these kind of post I always think that life is cheap in America as you only need a small amount of
money to purchase a legal gun to take someone out,(or in this instance you get one as a free gift),
on 17-11-2018 08:33 PM
@kopenhagen5 wrote:
stawks, I'm guessing they make shot glasses that are very strong if dropped and just use the analogy of being able to withstand a bullet.
But guns ?..............................................(insert sound lurch makes)
"Shot glasses" , nice one Kopes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-oqgIZGhbU
on 18-11-2018 09:10 AM
If you opted not to get one, I wonder if you could ask for some cash instead?
$500 is a pretty expensive Christmas present from an employer!
As for bullet proof glasses. I don't know about any of you lot, but if i had someone shooting at me, the last thing I'd be caring about was whether they might hit my glass instead.