'Only in America' comes to mind

imastawka
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Wisconsin Business Gives Guns to Its Employees as Christmas Bonus

 

a group of people posing for a photo: The employees were allowed to pick any firearm they wanted, within a specific budget.

 

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..............

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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)

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Actually, not quite "Only in America".

 

ISIS gives guns to it's employees too, and they don't wait until Christmas.

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Thanks for that extra cheery thought.

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Pleased I don't work in that company (actually, America is off my holiday list!).
Guess I'll have to pass on that Christmas present.
I'd have settled for a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine!!! LOL
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story for the new year, 'disgruntled employee uses xmas gift to kill work mates in drunken rampage'

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Exactly what I was thinking, the dude that purchased the Assault Rifle after he has been fired.

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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),shok.gif

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@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. Smiley Wink

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-oqgIZGhbU

 

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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!Smiley Surprised

 

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.Smiley Very Happy

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